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Washington.- The United States Senate failed this Tuesday for the eighth consecutive time in its attempt to approve a temporary funding resolution that would end the partial shutdown of the federal government, which has already been going on for 14 days.
The vote held this afternoon in Washington resulted in 49 votes in favor and 45 against, failing to reach the 60 needed to advance.
The rejected Republican proposal had been approved by the House of Representatives and sought to fund the government until November 21. However, the Democrats voted as a bloc against it due to the absence of agreements to guarantee and include the permanent extension of credits for health security and the Obamacare program, which expires this year.
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For their part, Republicans oppose linking government funding to these subsidies, arguing without evidence that this program benefits undocumented migrants. Six senators did not vote, including Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, one of the three Democrats who supported the bill backed by the Republican Party in recent votes. The defeat of the procedural motion means the shutdown will last at least one more day. It is still unclear when the Senate might try to move forward with the bill again. The president, Donald Trump, has intensified the pressure by announcing that on Friday he will reveal a list of federal programs that his administration plans to eliminate permanently. The Trump Administration has also said in conjunction with the leaders of the Upper House that this could be the "longest government shutdown in history", blaming the opposition. During the shutdown, 4,100 layoffs have been recorded in different federal agencies such as the Department of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
