Due to the dispute between the two parties, the U.S. Congress was unable to pass the temporary appropriation bill, resulting in the U.S. federal government being shut down for 14 days. Johnson, the Republican Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, even said that this may become the longest-lasting government "shutdown" in American history.

So what exactly are the two parties in the United States fighting for on the budget bill? Does the repeated shutdown of the U.S. government over the years indicate that the party struggle in the United States is irresistibly escalating?

Special commentator, Su Xiaohui:The shutdown of the U.S. government has entered its third week, and the two parties still refuse to give way to each other.On the surface, the two sides are arguing about the issue of medical expenditure, and essentially about the concept of governance and social thinking to the deep-level game that is going on.¡£

On the issue of medical spending, the Democratic Party insists on extending Medicaid for low-income groups. At the same time, it must seize the opportunity to partially change the previously passed "big and beautiful" bill, especially the content of Medicaid, and prevent previous cuts, asking the Republican Party to compromise during the government shutdown.

The Republican Party stressed that medical subsidies have been abused and wasted before, so spending must be cut. This also involves a series of issues such as improving the fiscal deficit, and the policy is aligned. At the same time we see in the process of struggle between the two sides, involving medical expenses, and also derived a series of issues such as immigration.

Both parties "throw blame" at each other

Stop the government fighting.

Special commentator, Su Xiaohui:After Trump started his second term, he emphasized that this is the focus of his administration on the issue of immigration border, involving social thoughts, especially aiming at the concept of pluralism, equality and tolerance, and constantly launching offensives. The so-called correction has already produced this kind of wrestling between the two parties. Now that there is a government shutdown, it is obvious that the two sides don't give way to each other, which reflects that they want to take the opportunity to throw the pot at each other, or that the shutdown has triggered a new fierce fight between the two parties.

From the perspective of the Democratic Party, it is believed that the ruling party will bear more pressure and suffer greater losses, so it is directing the fire to the Republican Party. However, the Republican Party has constantly launched an offensive against the Democratic Party on people's livelihood issues, saying that it is precisely because the Democratic Party is uncompromising that the problems are difficult to solve, so a series of problems in people's livelihood are to blame the Democratic Party. At the same time, we have seen the effects that have already been produced, such as large-scale unpaid vacation and even possible subsequent layoffs, which are partially in line with the so-called drastic internal reform after Trump started his second term.

In addition, especially when it comes to immigration issues, what has already occurred is the cancellation of the citizenship ceremony, and the Department of Labor and other departments have been affected in terms of immigration services. However, this may be in line with the U.S. government's intentions and is in line with the current Trump administration's relevant policy needs. Therefore, at this time, both sides each take what they need, and also emphasize their own positions to further highlight their demands and put pressure on the other side.

Beauty is caught in a vicious cycle

Internal diplomacy increases.

Special commentator, Su Xiaohui:The U.S. is once again entangled in a vicious cycle that will exacerbate U.S. domestic diplomacy.When there are deep problems in the United States for a long time, the two parties do not intend to fundamentally solve the problem, but to use these issues to put pressure on each other and throw the pot to carry out the party dispute.This has resulted in the further intensification of the party polarisation of the United States, while the continuous externalization of the internal problems of the United States, to exert more influence on the outside, in an attempt to compensate for this huge and profound twilight that has already emerged at home.

At this time, the subsequent effects of the U.S. government shutdown concerned not only the development of the U.S. economy itself, but also the subsequent effects of the externalization of U.S. domestic affairs, the further reflection of domestic affairs and the subsequent effects on international peace and development.

Institutional issues that led to the shutdown of the US government

The financial management of the federal government of the United States depends on the budget system. The Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States discuss and revise the draft budget proposed by the government, and then submit it to the president for signature after reaching an agreement, which becomes the basis for various expenditures of the federal government.

The U.S. fiscal year usually starts on 1 October each year and ends on 30 September each year. If the previous Congress fails to agree on the budget at the beginning of the fiscal year, it can only be sustained by a temporary allocation bill.

The U.S. Senate failed to pass the new provisional funding bill on September 30 before government funds were exhausted, a major reason for the Republican and Democratic party's stagnation on issues such as health insurance spending.

Budget and appropriation deals front battlefield

Congressional disputes over budgets and allocations are rooted in party disputes.As U.S. political polarization increases, voting on budgets or temporary allocations often becomes a battlefield for the two parties.

The reason why the two parties can't talk about the budget and appropriation issues is that they "don't want to talk about it". The reason for "not wanting to talk" is to seek the exchange of interests, shirk political responsibility and even "oppose for the sake of opposition".

Government shutdown shocks US economy

Political disability caused by the shutdown of the federal government will lead to economic disability.

At the macroeconomic level, the shutdown will cause direct losses to the U.S. economy, and some industries will be severely impacted by the shutdown.

At the market level, the shutdown will cause the Bureau of Labor Statistics and other agencies responsible for the release of economic data to stop operating, which may affect the release of key data such as employment reports and inflation.

At the level of personal life, every shutdown will bring a large number of government workers' wage delays and "vacations".