TEHRAN, Feb 11 -The acting White House chief of staff says he “absolutely cannot” rule out the possibility of another government shutdown as a temporary deal that ended the last one in January is about to expire in a week.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC)-“Is a shutdown entirely off the table? The answer is no,” Mick Mulvaney added, speaking on NBC’S “Meet the Press” program on Sunday.
A shutdown comes if Congress fails to pass the budget legislation for the next fiscal year or the president refuses to sign off on it.
The last shutdown lasted 35 days, the longest in the United States history.
The prolongation was prompted by disagreements between the Democrats and Republicans over President Donald Trump’s insistence that the budget include funding for a wall along the US-Mexican border to combat illegal immigration and drug trafficking. The Democrats oppose the wall, calling it unnecessary and ineffective.
Source: AFP
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