Washington: A move stand up for community Illinois Democrats Raja Krishnamoorthy issued the statement in response to a potential government shutdown at midnight. He said that “If our government shuts down tonight, my office will remain open every day to assist my constituents until the government reopens, and I’ll be donating my paycheck to charities in our community for the duration of the shutdown. In the event of a shutdown, our active duty military will continue their operations at home and abroad while Social Security, Medicare, and the Veterans Administration will continue to function as usual for two weeks. For the rest of today and through any shutdown, I’ll continue to fight to pass a responsible budget that funds our military, CHIP, and other vital initiatives while protecting Dreamers.”
He viewed in if there is a federal government shutdown his office will remain open, and he will donate his paycheck to charities “for the duration of the shutdown.”With just few hours remaining for averting the shutdown, Senate Democrats and the White House are scrambling to reach a deal Friday afternoon. While President Trump has delayed his weekend trip to Mar-a-Lago, as last-minute efforts are underway to reach a deal.Senate Democrats are for now insisting on extending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for allowing the passage of the so-called Continuing Resolution—or short-term spending bill—that will provide the money to keep the government open.
However he in statement, Indian American lawmaker Krishnamoorthy said, “If our government shuts down tonight, my office will remain open every day to assist my constituents until the government reopens, and I’ll be donating my paycheck to charities in our community for the duration of the shutdown.” On Wednesday the bill’s passage was not assured as Democrats weighed the potential political risk of voting against the measure on chances if the talks collapse and the government shutdown with thousands of federal government workers throughout the state as it will be for first time that dozen other government closures the past three decades most recently in 2013.
Even before the vote, Trump was pessimistic, tweeting, “Not looking good” and blaming the Democrats who he said actually wanted the shutdown “to help diminish the success” of the tax bill he and fellow Republicans pushed through last month. Democrats balked on the measure in an effort to pressure on the White House to cut a deal to protect “dreamer” immigrants – who were brought to the country as children and are now here illegally – before their legal protection runs out in March.
With Trump’s tweet is an indication of the inability of the Republican and the Democrats to arrive at an agreement to fund the government expenses for a short period of one month News as per ABC.