Democrats strategise to reopen government

ANI  |  Washington D.C. [USA] 

The Democrats plan to vote on two spending bills and a stopgap measure to re-open the on Thursday when they take over the US House Majority.

"The is using the government shutdown to try to force an expensive and ineffective wall upon the American people, but Democrats have offered two bills which separate the arguments over the wall from the government shutdown," Nancy Pelosi, the stated, according to

The stopgap measure will aim at reopening the at the current funding levels till February 8 - without increasing the border security money.

The Republicans, on the other hand, have stated that the Democrat's strategy will not be enough to dissolve the impasse.

"(The proposal) doesn't represent a serious attempt to secure our border or find a compromise," Mark Meadows, a Republican from and one of Trump's closest aides stated.

A lack of consensus between lawmakers and US over funding for a wall on its border with led to a partial shutdown of government agencies in the country since late December.

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First Published: Wed, January 02 2019. 08:47 IST