Les Etats-Unis en paralysie budgétaire, mais une fin rapide espérée
The United States entered a partial budget shutdown at midnight on Saturday, but with hopes of a swift end with a vote expected in Congress on Monday.
Three months after the longest shutdown in the country's history, the blockage this time stems from the Democratic opposition's refusal to adopt a homeland security budget without putting brakes on immigration enforcement, following the recent fatal shootings of federal agents in Minneapolis.
The US Senate had, however, passed a budget bill a few hours earlier that should allow the shutdown to remain short-lived. The House of Representatives must now approve the bill, with a vote expected early next week to end the shutdown.
The consequences are therefore minimal, since the blockade could last only a weekend, without many civil servants being put on furlough.
In a memo, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) asked the various departments Friday evening to put in place their plan for a budget shutdown, while stating that it "had hope" that this shutdown "would be brief."
The bill passed Friday with 71 votes in favor and 29 against is the result of an agreement between Donald Trump and Democratic senators. The latter refuse to approve the proposed budget for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) without implementing reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which they consider out of control following the recent events in Minneapolis.
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They finally agreed to adopt five of the six sections of the budget text, while the part concerning the DHS will be subject to further negotiations over the next two weeks.
But since their version is different from the one previously approved by the House, the bill must go back and forth for final adoption by Congress, before being signed into law by Donald Trump.
Last week, the initial text appeared to be heading for adoption in the Senate before the January 31 deadline, but last Saturday's events in Minneapolis changed everything.
The death of Alex Pretti, killed like Renee Good a few days earlier by federal agents in this northern US metropolis, has provoked a wave of indignation within the political class.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called Friday after the vote for negotiations with Republicans to devise "strong and common-sense" measures to "curb ICE" and "end the violence."
The Democratic elected official is demanding, in particular, an end to "flying patrols" and a ban on the wearing of balaclavas by agents.
"No secret police," he said at a press conference.
43 days
Due to the rules in force in the Senate, 60 out of 100 votes are needed to pass a budget bill, and the Republicans, even though they have the majority, therefore needed the support of several elected opposition members to pass their budget proposal.
Although the "shutdown" did indeed come into effect at midnight, the United States will probably not experience a repeat of the blockage of last October and November, when Republicans and Democrats battled for 43 days over the issue of health insurance subsidies.
Hundreds of thousands of civil servants were then placed on furlough, while others whose duties were deemed essential had to continue working. But all had to wait until the end of the budget freeze to receive their salaries.
The last "shutdown" only ended with the decision by some Democratic senators to vote for a budget bill prepared by the Republicans, in exchange for promises of concessions on these subsidies.
Their decision was heavily criticized by many Democratic supporters, who wanted to see a more vigorous opposition to Donald Trump.
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