Approval of the US government budget after months of waiting

According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, The US Senate finally passed the government budget bill after months of waiting and only hours before the end of the budget of some departments and institutions. approved to prevent an impending government shutdown.

This plan was approved with 75 votes in favor against 22 votes against to cover the government’s budget deficit for fiscal year 2024.

According to this report, in the last hours of yesterday, during a bipartisan vote, American senators approved a budget of 467.5 billion dollars for agriculture, transportation, housing, energy, veterans and other programs until the end of the fiscal year. The latest, which is September 30, was approved. This bill has now gone to US President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law.

The budget of these departments ended by midnight last night and as a result these departments were closed. Since the beginning of the last fiscal year, four temporary budgets have been allocated to prevent the shutdown of these vital parts of the federal government.

Republicans in Congress easily passed the budget last week, but some conservative Republicans in the Senate Protests over the insufficient funds allocated for border security had delayed the approval of this budget, but the bill was finally approved.

At the same time, Congress should continue to work on an agreement to allocate funds to the military, homeland security, Health and some other institutions work. The budget of these departments will end on March 22, that is, in less than two weeks.

The total figure of both budget bills is 1.66 trillion dollars, and right-wing Republicans want to further reduce government spending to contain the national debt worth They are 5.34 trillion dollars. Last week, Congress passed the bill, which contains details of the deal that Schumer and House Speaker Mike Johnson negotiated earlier. They achieved it in January.

In this 1,50-page bill, the budget of six government departments to which Congress has allocated a budget and the budget The other 6 entities that will be allocated this month were specifically named.

Since the beginning of last year, the committees of the US House of Representatives and the Senate have been discussing the 12-item annual government budget bill for the new fiscal year, which started from October last year and lasted until October. This year continues, due to the lack of agreement on its final figure, they did not reach an agreement. Since then, four emergency budgets have been set aside for some government institutions to prevent the government from shutting down. .

Until September 30, 2023, which was the end of the fiscal year, the US Congress could not approve the provisions of the budget bill for the new fiscal year, which begins on October 1. because many Republicans in Congress wanted to drastically reduce government spending. A request that President Joe Biden and other congressional Democrats did not agree to. >

Helping Ukraine, helping Israel, and securing the southern borders and dealing with the movement of illegal immigrants, have been among the main points of dispute between the representatives and the government.

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