On the 9th local time, a bill proposed by the Republican Party to end the U.S. government shutdown failed to gain enough votes in the Senate. The billNot passed。
U.S. President Trump said on the same day that he plans to cut some federal projects popular with Democrats, given that the U.S. Congress still seems to be deadlocked on restarting the government. Trump said they "will make permanent cuts and will only cut Democratic programs."
Trump did not specify which projects he planned to cut, but Trump has been threatening for days to start mass layoffs if Democrats continue to insist on concessions in exchange for passage of federal appropriations bills.
Earlier in the day, the provisional appropriations bill proposed by the Democratic Party of the United States was again failed in the Senate vote. (CCTV reporter Wu Hanying)