Because of the conflict of trump and Democrats in the United States more than two weeks of not running the government: the main facts
In the United States since December 22, partially blocked the work of the government (shutdown) after Congress refused to allocate money for the construction of the wall on the border with Mexico. RTVI has gathered the key facts about the conflict between the Democratic party and President Donald trump.
Bloomberg January 9 reported that the Democratic party in the U.S. Senate thwarted a vote on the bill on sanctions against Syria, Russia and Iran. Democrats refused to support any bills which do not relate to the partial blocking of the government’s work.
From 22 December 2018, the us government had partially suspended work.
Funding could not be approved for the ministries of internal security, transport, internal Affairs and justice, as well as for the state Department, NASA and the national Park service. 800 thousand employees have not been paid, and 380 thousand of them ceased to work.
3 January 2019 House of representatives 116th convocation, where the Democrats had the majority, to your first day of work was approved two bills on the budget. One of them offers to provide for the protection of the border with Mexico of $1.3 billion and another $300 million on protective equipment and camcorders. The other provides payments to agencies affected by the shutdown.
The speaker of the house of representatives Nancy Pelosi said that Democrats are against the construction of the wall because it is a medieval way of thinking that has nothing to do with modern politics.