Battle in Congress is expected this fall in the budget and potential government shutdown broke out early on Thursday for the Republican in the Senate effectively killed a $ 5.4 billion dollar spending bill for transportation and housing projects.
But Republicans voted against the measure, denying it the 60 votes need to advance past a procedural obstacles.
With Republicans in the House of Representatives on Wednesday decided to stop to consider their own transportation funding measures to plug the Senate appropriations bill, Congress back to the drawing board to find a way to agree to spending and taxes.
This marks a much-touted return to the practice of the regular budget in Congress to overcome entrenched financial sector, an attempt between the two sides failed.
When Congress adjourned five weeks in September, members of Congress will have just nine days to make a stand piecemeal, stop-gap funding measures to keep government agencies shut down the new fiscal year on October 1 under way get.
On Wednesday, the Republican majority in the House to stop considering tougher $ $ 4.4 billion in transportation Housing Act, because not enough Republicans willing to support measures to overcome Democratic opposition, he said, layoffs just too deep.
Feeding sequestrum
In the Senate, Republicans - Susan Collins of Maine - Voting promote traffic measures.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell called on his party to prevent the bill, said Democrats are trying to spend far more than the opposite side of the board "sequestration" cuts will be allowed under.
These cuts in 2011 budget agreement after the motion, Congress failed to agree on other measures to reduce the deficit. They went into effect in March, and caused hundreds of thousands of temporary layoffs, government agencies and defense contractors.
However, even short-term spending measures, the Democratic-led Senate and the Republican-led House of Representatives will need to find a way to replace or at least reduce the cut archived. They are faced with a value of $ 9.1 billion gap between the top-line level of consumption, and even deeper differences in various domestic expenditure items, such as community development grants and the Environmental Protection Agency.
"We need to show that we will keep our word" to maintain cut spending, "McConnell said in explanation of vote, he dismissed suggestions that he faces from a conservative Tea Party backed candidate in his Kentucky hometown major impact on his re-election challenge in this position on the issue.
Senate Budget Committee Chairman 席帕蒂穆雷, Washington Democrats complained that Senate Republican leader "throwing tantrums" Block bill.
Senate Republicans select a job stagnation, "she added."
Adhere to the pursuit, the House budget legislation "normal order" after House Speaker John Boehner last Thursday for the first time publicly acknowledged will not pass the 30 September 12 spending bills, and that short-term funding extension "is likely to be in the country's interests. "
Congress faces another few weeks potentially more indirectly enhance the $ 16.7 trillion federal debt ceiling deadline. Failure to do so will ultimately lead to the U.S. debt and a possible global financial crisis as the default.
Meanwhile, Johnny Isakson of Georgia, led a group of eight Republican senators held its second meeting, on many days, the White House chief of staff Denis McDonough in trying to find the way forward on the budget.
The two sides have been tight-lipped, but acknowledged that little progress has been made so far. Nevertheless, the meeting is a regular, open communication lines between the administration and Congress Luaobama financial problems.
Republican aides said the group plans to August break contact by telephone. Other Republican senators attended Thursday's meeting, including Kelly Ayotte, Bob Corker, Graham and John McCain.
"I do not know that there is more optimistic earlier in the week there, but still is an open, Republican aides said."
 



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