United States The closure of the administration was narrowly avoided in the United States – without the Senate funding agreement, public places and agencies would have closed

The United States In the morning of Finnish time, the Senate approved a financing package that will allow the federal government to continue its activities until February 18.

The decision was finally reached by a clear majority of 69-28 votes, with twenty Republican senators voting with the Democrats in favor of the package, and the law was sent to the president Joe Biden to sign.

If if no agreement had been reached, the federal budget money would have run out the night before Saturday. Federal services, such as parks and museums, would have closed and agencies closed on Monday. Millions of officials would have left for Christmas ahead of schedule and without December pay.

“I am glad that, in the end, the cold won and the administration remains in place,” the Senate Democratic director Chuck Schumer comments after the vote, according to the news agency AFP. “And I thank the senators who helped us prevent the closure of unnecessary and costly administration.”

Senate went corresponding vote as early as September, when federal money was running out for the last time.

The ultimate reason is that Congress makes borrowing decisions separate from budget decisions. Most Republicans and some Democrats are opposed to Biden’s giant stimulus packages for infrastructure, health care and the fight against climate change.

Bridge times, however, the concrete cause of the controversy was the fight against the corona epidemic. Biden has, among other things, proposed employee vaccination and corona programs for employers of more than 100 employees, among others.

The Republican stern line against the proposal has declared that it will not distribute money for forced vaccinations. In the Senate, this group is the leading Republican senator in Utah Mike Lee presented at the Senate session the repeal of Biden ‘s vaccine program but lost a strict vote.

According to Lee, Biden’s vaccination program is an attack on individual freedom that “forces millions of people to choose between their jobs and forced vaccination”.

“Their own government is threatening to take their jobs,” Lee commented after the Senate vote Miami Herald according to the magazine.

Now the law passed will give Congress time to approve next year’s U.S. federal budget, which is still the subject of intense controversy over fundamental disagreements.

The federal government was last shut down as a result of a political quarrel at the turn of 2018-2019.

Biden said he had previously spoken to the leadership of both groups in the Senate. The president said he was confident the continuation of funding, as most senators wanted to keep the federal government in the emergency caused by the pandemic.