The partial US government shutdown is now in its second week. Democrats, who will take control over House with 36-seat majority, plan to vote on a two-part package on Thursday, intending to break the deadlock. One part of the package include a bundle of six measures worth USD 265B for funding non homeland security agencies through September 30. The second part include funding for the Department of Homeland Security through February 8, and provide $1.3 billion for border fencing and $300 million for other border security items including technology and cameras. But there won’t be funding for the border wall that Trump demanded and shut down the government for.
Democrat leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer said in a joint statement that “While President Trump drags the nation into Week Two of the Trump Shutdown and sits in the White House and tweets, without offering any plan that can pass both chambers of Congress, Democrats are taking action to lead our country out of this mess.”
The fate of the Democrats’ package is rather uncertain in the Republican controlled Senate. spokesman for Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell already said “It’s simple: The Senate is not going to send something to the president that he won’t sign.”
But Trump himself hinted that he might want to make a deal.
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