Saturday 20, January 2018

Al Jazeera
President Donald Trump of the United States of America
Possible Implications of America's Shut Down
Al Jazeera
Posted by Ambassador T. Brikins
The United States federal government began partial shutdown
at midnight Friday after Senate Democrats voted to block a bill over
immigration and spending.
A measure to fund the government until the middle of
February was passed in the House of Representatives on Thursday. But the
Republican-led Senate was unable to sway enough Democrats to vote for the bill
that would have kept agencies open.
The shutdown comes after the collapse of bipartisan talks on
a US spending bill that hinged on continued protections under the DACA
programme for undocumented immigrants, which Democrats support.
It would deliver a "direct and indirect impact" on
the US economy, Beth Ann Bovino, a senior economist at financial ratings agency
Standard and Poor's (S&P), told Al Jazeera.