WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said his administration planned to produce a list on Friday of \u201cDemocrat programs\u201d that will be closed as a result of the ongoing federal government shutdown.<\/p>\n
He did not specify the programs but indicated to reporters at the White House on Tuesday that the closures would be permanent.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Senate failed in its eighth attempt to pass legislation approved last month by the House of Representatives that would end the shutdown by providing government funding through November 21.<\/p>\n
The Senate voted 49-45 to advance the bill, short of the 60 yes votes needed in the 100-member Senate controlled by Republicans.<\/p>\n
The government shutdown entered its third week with Republican and Democratic lawmakers continuing to blame each other for the impasse.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnly Democrats have made demands, and by the way, very expensive demands\u201d in return for voting to reopen the government, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican, said in a speech to the Senate on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Senate Democrats are pushing to use their legislative leverage of withholding necessary votes for a stopgap funding bill to advocate for health care fixes. Senator Tim Kaine, a Virginia Democrat who represents many furloughed federal workers and military personnel, told NPR\u2019s Morning Edition on Tuesday it will take Trump engaging with Democrats to end the shutdown.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the president engages, we can solve this in 48 hours,\u201d Kaine said.<\/p>\n
Some federal workers and military personnel are facing the prospect of missing a paycheck for lack of funds. However, the Trump administration has said that it will redirect some money to avoid any interruptions of troops\u2019 pay.<\/p>\n
Thune did not allow a vote this time on a Democratic alternative, which would reopen the government with temporary funding but also include money to permanently extend a federal health care tax credit, which Republicans are opposing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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