The Senate fails to reopen the government after the fifth budgetary vote

The Senate failed on Monday for the fifth time to adopt government reopening spending measures.

Competent proposals by the Democrats and the Republicans were both shot, not having reached the threshold of 60 votes required.

President Donald Trump said earlier that another failed vote would trigger mass layoffs. Thousands of federal employees have been on leave or ordered to work without salary when the financing of their agencies ended five days ago.

But he suggested that he was open to trying to end the dead end and perhaps concluding an agreement with the Democrats who stick to requirements for the legislation to deal with health care. The Republicans put pressure on a “clean” financing bill.

The bill led by Democrats to prolong the funding of the government failed on Monday with a vote of 45-50. His republican counterpart then failed at 52-42.

Shortly after the vote, Trump went to social networks to blame the Democrats for having closed the government.

“I am happy to work with Democrats on their failed health policies, or anything else, but they must first allow our government to reopen. In fact, they should open our government this evening!” He posted on his social platform Truth.

The Democrats wanted to support the proposal led by the Republicans because they say that it undermines medical access to low -income Americans.

They want any financing bill to ensure health insurance subsidies for low -income Americans do not expose and not reverses Trump administration to the Medicaid health program.

The Republicans have repeatedly accused the Democrats of having closed the government to provide health care to undocumented immigrants – something that Democratic leaders deny. They also said that they will work on the issue of health care in separate legislation after the government’s reopening.

Speaking in the oval office on Monday, Trump said that he is currently negotiating with democratic leadership on any provisions for health care.

“We have an in progress negotiation at the moment with the Democrats who could lead to very good things. And I am talking about good things with regard to health care,” he said.

But Chuck Schumer, leader of Democrats in the Senate, then published a clip of Trump’s remarks to X with the declaration “It is not true”.

The White House warned since the closure began last Wednesday that permanent layoffs of federal employees are “imminent”.

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt echoes this on Monday, saying that the management and budget office is already working with agencies that will have to deposit people.

“We do not want to see dismissed people. But unfortunately, if this judgment continues, layoffs will be an unfortunate consequence of that,” she said.

Leavitt called on Monday democratic legislators to yield.

“There is nothing to negotiate. Just reopen the government,” she said.

In separate interviews with NBC’s Meet The Press on Sunday, the best Democrat in the House, Hakeem Jeffries, and the first Republican, President Mike Johnson, each blamed the other party for continuous confrontation.

Jeffries accused the Republicans of “lying” on the intentions of the Democrats in negotiations “because they lose the Court of public opinion”.

But Johnson said that the Democrats were “not serious” and negotiated in bad faith.

“They do this to get political coverage,” he said.