Due to the failure of the U.S. Congress to reach an agreement on the temporary appropriation bill, some federal government agencies will be "suspended" from 0:00 on December 22, 2018 Eastern Time. (For details, see: Three "shutdowns" in a year! Trump : All thanks to the Democratic Party)
On January 4, local time, the partial "shutdown" of the U.S. government entered its 14th day, and President Trump once again convened the leaders of both parties in Congress Negotiations were held, but the two sides still did not reach an agreement. Trump has threatened that he is ready for a government shutdown that could last months or even years.
△On the 4th, US President Trump summoned leaders of both parties in Congress to the White House .
The U.S. government "shutdown" for two weeks and the "suspension" deadlock continues
During the talks on the 4th, Democratic leaders of the House and Senate Schumer and Pelosi both said that the Republican Party led by Trump People should vote as soon as possible on the latest version of the government budget passed by the House of Representatives on Thursday to end the deadlock of the partial "shutdown" of the federal government, and then discuss the issue of funding for the US-Mexico "border wall". Trump and Republicans insist that the Democrats must include funding for the "border wall" in the budget before the Republican-controlled Senate can vote on the budget to end the "shutdown."
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On the evening of the 3rd local time, the new US House of Representatives voted to pass the latest version of the government budget, but the bill did not include funding for the construction of the US-Mexico border wall. The financial power of the U.S. government is in the hands of the House of Representatives, and the budget bill needs to be passed by the House of Representatives first. This weekend, the Trump team and congressional Democratic leaders will once again negotiate on the government "shutdown" and border wall issues.
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Trump’s difficulty in conceding is all due to campaign promises
Analysts believe that One of the core issues why Trump is in a stalemate with the Democratic Party on budget issues is the funding for the construction of the border wall. In 2019 The second half of the year will kick off the 2020 US presidential election. Building a border wall was one of Trump's most important campaign promises when he took office. In order to gain the support of core voters, it will be difficult for Trump to make major concessions on this issue. The Democratic Party has great differences with Trump on this issue.
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Affected by the government "shutdown", museums and zoos are closed
This Friday, the partial "shutdown" of the U.S. government entered its 14th day, including the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Agriculture, and many others The U.S. federal government's department is temporarily closed. Affected by this, a large number of national museums and zoos in the United States have closed. Some national parks have even become "garbage dumps" because no one is cleaning them.
The Smithsonian Institution is a semi-official museum organization funded by the U.S. government. The U.S. Department of the Interior that provides funds to the institute is one of the government departments that has been "closed" due to the suspension of funding. Due to the inability to pay employees, more than a dozen museums affiliated with the society, including the African American Museum, the National American Museum, and the National Air and Space Museum, have been closed.
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In addition, the National Zoo, a subsidiary of the Society, was also forced to close its doors and suspended its opening to the public. The live broadcast of the giant panda, the "treasure of the park", was also interrupted. This made many netizens and media feel angry and disappointed. Of course, what’s even more disappointing are the tourists who made the trip in vain.
Visitor:
We may have to change our plans. We wanted to take our children to learn some knowledge after school, but the closure has ruined all plans. We can no longer go to museums and zoos.
Vendors in the zoo were also greatly affected.
Ice cream shop employee:
Because the zoo is closed, there are no customers now, business is very bad, and we have no money to pay rent and wages.
Garbage bags are scattered all over the park and public toilets are not being cleaned.
Many national parks are also affected by the government's "shutdown".Due to the lack of park managers and camp service personnel, plastic bottles and garbage bags are strewn in many national parks, public toilets are not cleaned, and there are even cases of tourists urinating and defecating in the park. Although some volunteers came to clean up the garbage on their own initiative, they had little effect.
Currently, some areas of many national parks, including Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings River Valley, have been temporarily closed to the public.
