Nebraska Democratic Party Chair Jane Kleeb issued the following statement after the White House and lawmakers reached a deal to end the federal government shutdown for three weeks until a permanent solution can be reached.
“While it’s encouraging news — and the details are still being worked out — this shutdown should never have happened in the first place,” Kleeb said. “The president’s temper tantrum over his insistence on wasting billions of dollars on a ridiculous wall was reckless, hurt working families, disrupted lives and threatened our safety. The president cannot hope to govern by acting like a two-year-old, and the GOP-controlled Senate — including Sens. Sasse and Fischer — should never have stood for it.”
The Senate on Thursday blocked Trump’s proposal para proporcionar $5.7 mil millones en dinero del muro fronterizo y otorgar protecciones temporales para algunos inmigrantes indocumentados a cambio de la reapertura del gobierno.
El proyecto de ley fracasó, 50-47, y necesitaba alcanzar un umbral de 60 votos. El Senado también rechazó un proyecto de ley respaldado por los demócratas para financiar al gobierno hasta el 8 de febrero que no proporcionaría dinero para el muro fronterizo de Trump. El Senado rechazó el proyecto de ley 52-44, aunque aprobó una legislación similar en diciembre.
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