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Abenzi bomthetho eCapitol Hill bazama ukuxhasa uhulumeni futhi baphasise umthethosivivinywa wenqubomgomo yezokuvikela ngaphambi kokuthi kufungiswe iCongress entsha, kodwa kunezimpawu zokuthi izinhlangothi zombili zithwale kanzima ukufinyelela esivumelwaneni ngalezi zinkinga ezibalulekile ezisasele.
Uxhaso lukahulumeni luphelelwa yisikhathi ekupheleni kwesonto elizayo mhla zili-16 kuZibandlela – futhi kubonakala kuqinisekile ukuthi abenzi bomthetho kuzodingeka bakwelule isikhathi esifushane njengoba bezama ukufinyelela isivumelwano esibanzi sonyaka ogcwele.
Ngokwehlukana, iNdlu bekulindeleke ukuthi ithathe umthethosivivinywa wokugunyazwa kwezokuVikela kuzwelonke wonyaka wezimali ka-2023 kuleli sonto, kodwa akukakacaci ukuthi kuzovotwa nini phakathi kwemibuzo mayelana nokuthi izinhlinzeko ezithile zenqubomgomo eziyimpikiswano zizofakwa yini emthethweni – njengokuthi ukususa igunya lokugomela i-Covid-19 lamasosha. Uma iNdlu isiwuphasisile umthethosivivinywa, ngokulandelayo uzothathwa yiSenethi.
Umholi weSenate GOP uMitch McConnell uxwayise ngoLwesibili ukuthi esikhundleni sokuphasisa umthethosivivinywa wokuxhasa ngemali unyaka wonke, abenzi bomthetho kungase kudingeke bathathe isinyathelo sokumisa igebe lesikhashana ukuze bakhahlele ikani ekuqaleni konyaka ozayo. Lokhu kuzodala impi enkulu yokuxhasa ngemali futhi kudale ukwesaba ngokuvalwa kukahulumeni ekuqaleni kweCongress entsha, lapho amaRiphabhlikhi esezophatha iNdlu futhi kuzodingeka anqamule isivumelwano namaDemocrats aphethe iSenethi.
Mayelana nomthetho wezimali zikahulumeni, uMcConnell uthe: “Asinaso isivumelwano sokwenza cishe noma yini, engasishiya nenketho ye-CR yesikhashana ekuqaleni konyaka ozayo,” ebhekisa kumthethosivivinywa wesikhashana owaziwa ngokuthi yi-CR. isixazululo esiqhubekayo.
Wengeze wathi: “Asinaso ngisho isivumelwano esiphelele sokuthi sizosebenzisa malini, futhi siphelelwa isikhathi.”
Ngaphandle kokusongelwa kokumiswa kwegebe, umholi weSenate Majority u-Chuck Schumer uphinde wagcizelela ngoLwesibili ukuthi amalungu ephalamende “asebenza kanzima” ukufinyelela esivumelwaneni sokuxhasa uhulumeni ngokugcwele ngaphambi komnqamulajuqu oluzayo, kodwa uvumile ukuthi “kunezingxoxo eziningi ezisele ukuze yenzani.”
USotswebhu weSenate Republican uJohn Thune usayine ngoLwesibili ukuthi akanalo “izinga eliphezulu lokuzethemba” zombili izinhlangothi zizokwazi ukufinyelela esivumelwaneni ngomthethosivivinywa woxhaso lukahulumeni we-omnibus, njengoba isikhathi siyashoda ukuze kuphasiswe lowo mthethosivivinywa omkhulu.
“Anginakho ukuzethemba okuphezulu ngoba ngibheka ikhalenda,” kusho iRiphabhulikhi yaseNingizimu Dakota. “Kuzoba yi-lift enzima kakhulu, kodwa kwazi bani? Ngicabanga ukuthi ngingasho ukuthi, uyazi, letha izingoma zakho ze-Yuletide nazo zonke lezo zinto lapha ngoba kungenzeka ukuthi sicula sodwa. ”
UMcConnell ukhale ngoLwesibili ngokuthi amaDemocrats avimbela ukudlula ngokushesha koMthetho Wokugunyazwa Kwezokuvikela Kazwelonke ngokuzama ukwengeza izinto ezingahlobene ngomzuzu wokugcina amaRepublican aphikisana nazo.
“I-Senate Democrats isaphazamisa imizamo yokuvala i-NDAA ngokuzama ukuhlanganisa izinto ezingahlobene ngaphandle kobudlelwane nokuzivikela. Sikhuluma ngesikhwama sokubamba izinto ezibalulekile ezibalulekile ezifuywayo, ”kusho uMcConnell ephawula esitezi seSenate.
“Ozakwethu kuyo yonke indlela badinga ukunqamula ukuthunjwa kwabo okungahlobene futhi babeke i-NDAA ye-bipartisan phansi,” engeza.
Abenzi bomthetho bakhiphe umbhalo wesivumelwano se-NDAA ngoLwesibili ebusuku.
Lesi sifinyezo, esikhishwe yiSenate Armed Services Committee, sithe “sidinga uNobhala Wezokuvikela ukuthi ahoxise igunya lokuthi amalungu e-Armed Forces agonyelwe i-COVID-19.”
CNN kubikwe ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto ukuthi igunya lalingase lihoxiswe njengengxenye yomthethosivivinywa wenqubomgomo yezokuvikela.
Esitatimendeni esithunyelwe ku-Twitter ngoLwesibili ebusuku, umholi we-House GOP uKevin McCarthy uthe “ukuphela kwegunya likaMongameli uBiden lokugomela impi ye-COVID kungukunqoba kwezempi yethu nangomqondo ophusile.”
Umholi we-House Majority uSteny Hoyer, waseMaryland Democrat, uthe ngoLwesibili iNdlu ibicabanga ukuqeda igunya lokugomela i-Covid-19 lamalungu ezempi ukuze kuqoqwe amavoti anele aseRiphabhlikhi ukuze kuphasiswe ukugunyazwa kokuvikela kwaminyaka yonke. Abantu baseRiphabhlikhi bathi ngeke bayisekele i-NDAA ngegunya lokugoma elikhona.
U-Hoyer uthe esibayeni sakhe samasonto onke kanye nezintatheli ukuthi amaDemocrat “awazimisele” ukuyeka umsebenzi, kodwa kudingeka ukuvumelana ukuze i-NDAA ifinyelele entanjeni.
“Asizimisele ngokuyiyeka. Lona akuwona umbuzo wentando; umbuzo wokuthi singakwenza kanjani okuthile? Sinevoti elisondelene kakhulu eSenate, ivoti elisondelene kakhulu eNdlu. Futhi awukutholi konke okufunayo,” kusho yena.
UThune uthe ngomthethosivivinywa wenqubomgomo yezokuvikela, “Ngicabanga ukuthi isihlengo amaDemocrats abesifuna ukuze kuphucwe igunya lokugoma inqwaba yezinto ezifaka ukuguqulwa kwezimvume, kodwa futhi nezinye izinto ezingeke ziqale ngasohlangothini lwethu. , futhi angicabangi ukuthi sizongena ebhizinisini, uyazi, lokubavumela ukuba basibambe.”
Le ndaba ibuyekeziwe ngentuthuko eyengeziwe.
