Senators from the Republican Party and the Democratic Party have agreed on the spending cap for the rest of 2024, avoiding the risk of a possible government “shutdown”.
Johnson has told members of his party that the spending cap for 2024 will be 1.65 trillion dollars, of which 886,000 million will go to projects already approved in December under the defense spending bill, which is why non-defense spending was approved at 772.7 billion , says the joint statement from the two parties.
US President Joe Biden has stressed that this agreement “brings us one step closer to avoiding an unnecessary government 'shutdown' and protecting important national priorities.”
Biden has stressed that this pact “rejects deep cuts to programs that hardworking families rely on” and paves the way for financial statements “free from any extremist policies.”
The White House tenant has thanked Schumer and Jeffries for their leadership in reaching this agreement and called on Republican congressmen to “do their jobs” and “stop threatening to shut down.”
For his part, Senate Democratic Speaker Chuck Schumer released a joint statement with House Democratic Speaker Hakeem Jeffries, fully in line with Biden's position, in which they emphasize that the agreement means ” Poison pills” should not be included in the budget laws.
The agreement does not completely eliminate the risk of an administration “closure” this month, but is an important step towards avoiding one before the January 19 and February 2 deadlines.
Of fundamental importance will be the willingness of Democrats to reach an agreement in the face of conservative demands to exploit the spending law to force the imposition of further immigration restrictions at the country's southern border.