The United States Congress enters this Monday into a new week of political chaos, in which legislators have five days to avoid a partial shutdown of the Government, while conservative pressure grows for a political trial to be held against the main person responsible for President Joe Biden’s borders.
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives is also trying to find a way to get U.S. aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, and is scheduled to hear closed-door testimony from Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, in an investigation. which so far has found no evidence of irregularities on the part of the president.
Congress has been characterized over the past year by Republican animosity and confusion of priorities, especially after Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump undermined a bipartisan border deal in the Senate and now wants aid to allies. of the United States is expanded in the form of loans.
It’s been nearly two months since House Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer agreed to a discretionary spending level of $1.59 trillion for the year. fiscal that began on October 1, but Congress has failed to pass a law on the matter.
“The situation is increasingly chaotic,” said Brian Riedl, a researcher at the right-wing Manhattan Institute. “The longer Congress functions poorly, the more it is delayed in approving urgent and priority laws.”
The dysfunction has eclipsed classic partisan disputes between Republicans and Democrats, and hardline conservative supporters are now forming their own opposition camp within opposition ranks.
The main rating agencies affirm that the repeated disputes are affecting the solvency of a country whose debt has exceeded 34 trillion dollars.
In the latest sign of the ungovernability of the Republican majority in the House of Representatives, some hardliners threaten to remove Johnson as speaker if the Christian conservative allows a vote on a $95 billion foreign aid bill. of dollars approved by the Senate with overwhelming bipartisan support.
Separately, the White House has intensified its personal attacks against Johnson for blocking bills supported by Biden, who is scheduled to meet on Tuesday with Schumer, Johnson and other congressional leaders.
Congress’s most urgent task is to avoid a partial government shutdown when funds run out at midnight Friday.
Lawmakers currently have no plan to prevent it. Schumer said Sunday that Republicans need more time to “get their shit together,” while Johnson accused Democrats of imposing new demands.
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