The US government only has a few days left to run out of spending money. Meanwhile, the Republican Party is suffering from internal strife. They are still unable to agree on a draft interim budget.
Foreign news agencies reported, on September 25, 2023, that the US Congress only had five days left before the September 30 deadline to pass new budget legislation. Giving the government money to spend and avoiding a lockdown, however, council members were unable to reach an agreement.
Republican members of the House of Representatives who supported Donald Trump rallied in defiance of their party’s demands. Without accepting the short-term budget law, this will help the various agencies. The state has money to spend after the deadline arrives. This led to the current situation reaching a dead end until the White House issued a warning to various agencies to prepare for a shutdown
Now all eyes are on Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Who are trying to convince recalcitrant Republicans to pass short-term budget legislation to avoid a shutdown on September 30, the end of fiscal year 2023, but have not succeeded.
The goal of pro-Trump Republicans that gathered under the name “Freedom Caucus” is to nullify the agreement to temporarily raise the US public debt ceiling to avoid a debt default. That is, President Joe Biden and Mr. McCarthy made it in June in exchange for the White House agreeing to limit government spending.
Freedom Caucus is unhappy with the deal and wants the government to cut spending further. They also want to limit government spending to no more than $1.47 trillion through fiscal year 2024, $120 billion more than what Biden agreed with McCarthy.
On Tuesday, the US House of Representatives, where Republicans hold the majority, will begin debate on dozens of budget bills. This included budget cuts to several projects as demanded by the Freedom Caucus.
However, it is unclear whether Congress will find a solution in time. This is because discussing bills in the House of Representatives often takes weeks or even months. In addition, after passing the draft still needs to be sent to the Senate. That Democrats have the majority to continue consideration
The US government has shut down many times before. But the longest was 35 days during the era of President Donald Trump, after a dispute between Democrats and Republicans over allocating the budget to build a wall on the Mexican border. It is Mr. Trump’s main policy
But this time is different in that it is a struggle within the Republican Party itself. Especially among groups that support Mr. Trump’s extremist ideas. With groups that have more moderate ideas