The US government shutdown has now entered its sixth week, leaving millions of federal employees across the country working without pay or being furloughed. Due to the shutdown, flights are being canceled at airports. Food aid programs are affected. Common people are being affected due to the stoppage of government services. According to experts, this has become the longest government shutdown in American history, raising questions not only about the administrative structure but also the credibility of the democratic process.

For the first time, Senate lawmakers are trying to break this deadlock, but there are no signs of any progress in bipartisan talks. Democrats want the government to first pass the federal budget and then discuss policy issues, while the Trump administration is adamant on combining health policy and border security talks. This impasse is slowly starting to affect the American economy. Government loans to small businesses are closed, national parks and museums are locked, and many government contractors are on the verge of bankruptcy.

Trump’s adamant stance – ‘No compromise’

President Donald Trump made it clear on social media on Saturday (November 8, 2025) that he is not ready to compromise with the Democrats. He attacked the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and said that it is the worst health care system in the world. Trump wants Congress to give money directly to citizens so they can buy insurance themselves. This is an idea that can bring fundamental changes in the American health system. However, Trump’s proposal has been rejected outright by the Democratic Party, saying it will give unfair advantage to insurance companies and the private health sector and will make healthcare more expensive for the poor.

Trump attacks filibuster, demands change in Senate procedure

Amid the shutdown crisis, Trump has made another controversial suggestion. He asked Republican lawmakers to eliminate the filibuster rule, which requires 60 votes in the Senate to pass any legislation. If this rule is abolished, Republicans can pass legislation with a simple majority, thereby completely bypassing the Democrats.

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Us Senate Passes One Big Beautiful Bill: The US Senate on Tuesday passed the major expenditure bill of President Donald Trump. This voting lasted more than 18 hours, which was called “Vote-e-Rama”. During this time the senators introduced several amendments to this bill of about 1,000 pages and debated them. On being equal to the vote, Vice President JD Vance passed a decisive vote and passed the bill.

Tax cuts and heavy expenditure on army
Trump has named this bill “One Big Beautiful Bill”. Its purpose is to carry forward tax cuts (tax exemption) of his first term at a cost of 4.5 trillion dollars. Apart from this, there is a provision to increase the expenses of the army, provide funds for the process of deportation and border security of the people on a large scale.

America’s national debt will increase
According to the news agency AFP, this law may increase the US national debt in the next ten years more than $ 3.3 trillion. The passing of this bill in the Senate is being considered an important step for the Trump administration. The administration wants this bill to be made by Friday, so that it can be implemented before Independence Day.

However, now the bill will go to the House of Representatives, the lower house of the US Parliament, where some Republican MPs have also expressed concern over it. There is a proposal in the bill, under which about $ 1 trillion health care subsidy will be abolished, which can affect millions of poor Americans.

Health services of poor will be affected
According to the AFP, independent experts say that due to the proposed cuts made in the Medicade and Affordable Care Act, about 1.2 crore people can lose health insurance by 2034.

Musk threatened
Tesla’s owner Alan Musk had threatened that if Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ passes, he would launch a new party. Musk said, if Trump’s expenditure bill is passed then the ‘US Party’ will be launched immediately. Our country needs an alternative to Democrat-Republican Unipartity. After his statement, there are speculations that it is going to start the second round of debate between them?

Shop will be closed and returned to South Africa: Trump

Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social, ‘Alan Musk knew long before I supported me for the presidency that I am strongly against EV Mandate. It is ridiculous and it was always a major part of my campaign. Electric cars are fine, but not everyone should be forced to buy it.

Trump further wrote, ‘Alan can get more subsidy than any human being in the history so far, but without subsidy he might have to close his shop and return to South Africa. No rocket launch, satellite or electric cars will be produced, and we will save a lot of money.