The Trump administration has frozen a few $ 26 billion (€ 22 billion) for projects in Democratic-furious states on the first day of the federal government shutdown.
The White House on Wednesday announced a freeze on the payment of $ 18 billion in payment for construction of transit projects in New York, the house of two top Democrats of Congress on Wednesday.
Freeze includes about 8 billion dollars in green energy projects in 16 Democrat runs including California and Illinois.
The top Democrat Chak Shumor in the Senate, who is from New York, said that Trump was targeting regular Americans for biased purposes.
“He is using American people as pawns, threatening pain in the country as blackmail in the country.
Republican Senator Thom Tilis said that he was worried that it could be difficult for New York to get out of the shutdown for the transit find freeze Congress.
“They need to be real careful with it, as they can create a toxic atmosphere here,” Tilis said.
Can follow the pruning of the Vance Warne if the shutdown remains
Mauhile, Vice President JD Vance warned that the administration could dismiss the dismissal association if the shutdown lasts for more than a few days.
The previous shutdown does not have results in permanent trimming.
Some 750,000 federal workers are expected to be furlohed since it is closed at midnight on Wednesday.
Other federal employees, soldiers and border are discovered as patrol agents, began to work without salary.
A wideness of scientific research, financial inspection, environmental cleaning efforts and other activities has been discontinued.
Senate fails to pass the funding bill again
On Wednesday, the Senate again rejected efforts to pass a bill to fund the federal government.
Both a Republican proposal will be received by the government through 21 November and through a Democratic vote, which will fail the couple into floor votes with additional health benefits.
Trump has a Republican 53-47 Senate majority. But they need the support of at least seven democrats to meet the 60-votes of the Senate’s 60-votes to spend the bill.
This is a shutdown of the first American federal government in about seven years. The government was closed for 35 days in 2018-2019 during Donald Trump’s first term as President.
Edited by: Srinivas Majumdaru