American economic damage reaches 10 to 30 billion dollars per week – Mehr news agency RCO News Agency

According to the report of Mehr News Agency, quoted by Al-Masirah Network, Bloomberg News Agency reported that the American economy suffers losses between 10 and 30 billion dollars a week due to the continuation of the longest government shutdown in the history of this country, which has entered its 36th day.

This news agency also announced that due to the continuation of this unprecedented shutdown, airports across the United States are facing a series of flight delays and cancellations.

The US Federal Aviation Administration is also in this load It reported that in order to maintain the safety of flights during the continuation of the federal government shutdown, air traffic has dropped by 10% at 40 airports in the country.

The US government shutdown entered its 36th day, the longest government shutdown in US history.

Many public services are still suspended; Civil servants have gone on compulsory leave and there have been disruptions at airports.

Still no way solution There is no way out of this impasse.

On the 1st of October (October 9) with the official start of the federal government shutdown, the activities of a large part of the country’s government were stopped.

This is the first government shutdown in Trump’s second term.

The first phase of the shutdown included non-essential services and included facilities such as the Parks Service and museums that operate with federal funds. After that, thousands of employees of federal departments, whose job descriptions were found to be “unnecessary”, were sent on compulsory leave. The number of federal employees who are subject to mandatory leave is more than 587 thousand people.

Meanwhile, 14 attempts in Congress to resume the activities of the Trump administration have been met with failure, with Democrats and Republicans insisting on their positions.

Republicans have accused Democrats of irresponsibly shutting down the government by rejecting the budget bill; While this bill could have kept the government open until November 21 as a temporary solution.

On the other hand, the Democrats emphasize that the responsibility for the compromise rests with the Republicans, who control both houses of Congress, but still need at least 8 Democratic votes to pass the budget in the Senate. So far, only 3 Democratic senators have voted in favor of the current bill, while Republican Senator Rand Paul has also opposed it.

Democrats also warn that Republicans should consider a sharp increase in insurance premiums in the health insurance program; Because according to the foundationKaiserIf the tax credits are canceled, the average insurance premiums will increase by 26%. Registration for these plans has started since the beginning of November.