U.S. Senate Rejects Democrats’ Plan to End Government Shutdown
The U.S. Senate voted against a Democratic-backed bill aimed at securing temporary funding for the federal government and ending the ongoing shutdown, according to webangah News Agency based on Mehr News Agency’s report via Russia Al Youm.
The vote came amid a political deadlock between Republicans and Democrats over how to pass the budget and include Democratic-backed reforms, especially in healthcare services.
this rejection substantially increases the likelihood that the government shutdown-which has halted parts of federal operations-will continue.
Meanwhile, as the crisis persists, many American citizens have signed an online petition demanding that members of Congress forfeit their salaries and benefits during this shutdown period.
Russia Al Youm cited Change.org-a global platform for online petitions and social activism-reporting that nearly 99,000 people have officially signed a petition calling for congressional pay suspension throughout the federal shutdown.
The petition aims to pressure representatives and senators to resolve the budget impasse promptly and reopen government agencies.
