US President-elect Donald Trump said on Wednesday that lawmakers should reject a temporary bill that would fund the government until March, increasing the likelihood of a partial shutdown when current funding expires at midnight. Friday night.
A Trump aide said the Republican, who will return to the White House on Jan. 20, opposes the bill introduced Tuesday night, which would fund government agencies at current levels and provide $100 billion in coronavirus relief. disasters.
That could complicate efforts to avoid a shutdown that would halt everything from air travel to law enforcement days before the Christmas holiday on Dec. 25. It would be the first government shutdown since the one that stretched from December 2018 to the turn of 2019, during Trump’s first four-year term in the White House.
Congress’s next steps were unclear. Bipartisan agreement will be needed to pass the measure in the House, where Republicans have a narrow majority, and the Senate, where Democrats have a narrow advantage.
Trump’s comments came after his ally Elon Musk pressured Congress to reject the bill and said those who support it should lose their seats in the election.
Musk, Tesla’s chief executive and the richest person in the world, who spent more than $250 million to help Trump get elected, was tasked by Trump with reducing the federal budget.
Unless Congress acts, the federal government will run out of money to fund its operations next Saturday. On Tuesday, negotiators agreed to a deal to extend the funding until March 14.
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This content was originally published in Trump asks congressmen to reject government funding project on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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