The federal funding dispute rocking Washington before Friday’s closure time limit is among the earliest signs of a shift of power that would return the city to a political cold war involving congressional Repubs against a Dem White House.
An omnibus budget measure to keep the federal govt open would represent among the final acts of unified Dem political dominance in Washington. However, it is currently being dragged until the final minute because conservative Repubs want to postpone critical decisions till the new Congress convenes in Jan, when the republicans expect to utilize their new Majority in the house to reduce spending.
An omnibus budget measure to keep the federal govt open would represent among the final acts of unified Dem political dominance in Washington. However, it is currently being dragged until the final minute because conservative Repubs want to postpone critical decisions till the new Congress convenes in Jan, when the republicans expect to utilize their new Majority in the house to reduce spending.
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It’s an early sign of the stagnation that might follow from split govt, with neither party having the capacity to completely deliver on promises offered to voters during midterm elections of last month, in which Repubs won the Congress and Dems kept the Senate in their hands.
Some of these disagreements, such as those over welfare program financing and the requirement to raise the govt’s borrowing ceiling this year or next, risk to shut down the govt or harm the economy of the country. This signals the return of fiscal cliff fears, which were a yearly holiday season practice under the Obama regime when Republicans won legislative majority. During Trump’s presidency, the government was closed for thity-five days as during 2018-19 Christmas season due to a disagreement over the then-demand president’s for funding of the border wall, furloughing federal employees and halting key operations and services.
