President Donald Trump yesterday in his first year in the White House celebrates it with the 'shutdown', or with the closure of all non-essential activities of the administration due to lack of funds. The blockade started at one minute past midnight in Washington, one minute six in Italy, a deadline by which the Senate should have ratified the budget law approved by the House which for the next 6 weeks would have guaranteed the necessary resources for operation. of the government. It is the first shutdown of the US administration since 4 when it lasted 2013 days and 16 public employees were temporarily left without salary. To approve the measure, which requires a majority of at least 850.000 votes in favor in the Senate, the Democrats have made a condition of confirming the protections for the 'dreamers', the young immigrants brought to the United States as children by clandestine parents. Trump attempted mediation by summoning Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer to the White House and announcing "important progress" after the meeting in the Oval Office. "It's not looking good" he then corrected in the evening via Twitter, when he realized that there would be no agreement, just before the vote. "The Democrats want a shutdown to debase the huge success of the tax cuts and what they are doing for our booming economy," attacked the billionaire.
The shutdown provides for the forced leave of public employees starting from less essential ones such as those who work in offices for the issuance of passports. They do not receive the salary even if in the past they managed to recover it, retroactively, after the agreement on the budget was reached. The military, considered essential, remain on duty during the shutdown but are not paid, even if engaged in war operations. Air traffic control services and the post office continue to operate, among others. The parliamentarians continue to receive their salary because the law provides for it.
