The US votes on crucial shutdown bill

美国就关键的停工法案进行投票

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2024-12-20

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  • Hello and welcome to World Business Report from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Rahul Tandler.

  • There's a lot that's happened in the last couple of hours, so we're gonna take you through those stories.

  • Let's start with this one.

  • A vote will take place in around half an hour's time on a new deal, which Republicans hope will avoid a US Government shutdown.

  • A previous proposal to fund the federal government was abandoned after Donald Trump said he wouldn't support it.

  • Republicans have been out on US TV channels supporting their next president.

  • This is why we won on November 5.

  • Everyone is sick and tired of overspending.

  • When sunlight is put on these bills.

  • When now Elon and Vivek talk about it.

  • When members of Congress, when you guys, when we look at the bills, the American people don't like what they see.