Just not a shutdown: the US Senate approved short-term spending.

The White House and Congress on Wednesday continued negotiations on an agreement that would allow the US to adopt a new interim budget for the current fiscal year and avoid a possible government “shatdown”. According to Voice of America, the draft state budget did not include $ 5 billion to expand the construction of the wall on the border with Mexico. It was the inclusion of this item in the new budget that President Trump had previously insisted on, “Voice of America".

Senate Democratic leader Charles Schumer said his party would support the draft interim budget plan. He recalled that three-quarters of all government agencies have already received funds at their disposal until the end of September 2019. However, for the time being, several important departments remain without funding, including the Ministry of Homeland Security and the State Department.

In the event that Congress and the White House do not come to an agreement in the next two days, a partial government “shatdown” (closure of federal agencies) will begin in the United States. Offices and agencies that were left without funding, on Friday will suspend the work of some departments. More than 800 thousand federal employees will be sent on forced leave, and it is still unknown whether it will be paid.

Donald Trump was unable to carry out his plan to build a wall on the Mexican border, even through the current congressional composition, in which the Republicans have a majority in both houses. Next year, when the Democrats will have an advantage in the House of Representatives, the implementation of this plan will be even harder for the president.

In his tweet, Trump wrote on Wednesday that “one way or another, but we will win [and build] the Wall!” (The original spelling is observed - ed.)

Presidential adviser Kellyann Conway told reporters that the head of state "will definitely ... take a look" at the temporary version of the budget bill.

Last week, Trump announced that he would “gladly” give the go-ahead to close the government if Democrats did not allocate $ 5 billion to build a wall along the entire US-Mexico border (the length of the border is approximately 3 200 km).

However, after it became clear that the supporters of the Trump plan could not get a majority of votes in Congress, the president changed the tone. On Tuesday, the White House announced that they would try to find other ways to finance the wall: for example, we can talk about money that was not spent on time by several federal agencies.

“We will look at the situation ... It is too early to say. We need a secure border, ”said President Trump.

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