US lawmakers introduce a bill to prevent a government shutdown

According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, Senior negotiators of the US Congress passed a bill to fund key sectors government and prevent its closure during the remaining period of the last fiscal year.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s spokesman said the bill includes $1.66 trillion in emergency funding for fiscal year 2024. The bill contains details of an agreement Schumer and House Speaker Mike Johnson reached in early January.

US lawmakers last week the fourth temporary budget bill to prevent the closure of various departments of the government. In this bill, some ministries such as agriculture and transportation were funded until March 8 and some ministries such as the Pentagon until March 22.

In this bill One thousand and 50 pages, the budget of the six government departments to which the Congress has allocated a budget and the budget of the other 6 institutions that will be allocated this month are detailed.

Schumer’s spokesman added: This bill includes massive investment. that the Democrats had provided for American families, American workers and American national defense.

Mike Johnson announced in a statement that congressional Republicans have secured conservative political victories and rejected proposals from the left and significant cuts to agency budgets. and includes the key programs of government institutions.

Schumer stressed that Congress would vote on the bill before the Senate could come up with a package on Friday. Members of Congress will meet on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the White House announced last week that US President Joe Biden would pass a temporary budget bill passed by Congress to prevent the shutdown of various departments. The government signed.

On Thursday, the US Congress sent a temporary budget bill to Joe Biden’s office, avoiding the shutdown of parts of the US government until lawmakers Americans should buy more time to approve the budget of federal institutions.

Since the beginning of last year, committees from the US House of Representatives and the Senate have been discussing the 12-item annual state budget bill for The new fiscal year, which started from October last year and continues until October this year, was not agreed upon due to the lack of agreement on its final figure. Since then, three emergency budgets have been set aside for some government institutions to prevent a government shutdown.

This was the fourth time that the budget requested by the federal government was not approved. A temporary budget is approved to prevent the shutdown of parts of the government. With the approval of this temporary plan, the two budget deadlines will be extended until March. However, it doesn’t seem that the differences can be resolved until then.

The US Congress could not pass the provisions of the budget bill until September 30, 2023, which was the end of the fiscal year. for the new fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, as many Republicans in Congress called for drastic cuts in government spending. A request that President Joe Biden and other congressional Democrats did not agree to.

The American fiscal year begins on October 1st, but in 2024 Due to disagreements between the White House and congressional Republicans, the full budget has not yet been approved. Far-right Republicans who are following the advice of Donald Trump and want to attack the Biden administration have blocked the passage of the main government budget.

Help Ukraine, help Israel , and ensuring the security of the southern borders and dealing with the movement of illegal immigrants are among the main disputed issues. The current interim budget bill does not include any military aid for Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine.

while Joe Biden asked lawmakers in the House the other day The American representatives wanted to approve the resolution that the Senate approved for sending foreign aid.

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