The US Senate has been unable to agree on a proposal to end the budget dispute in the US, which has been going on for more than a month. Neither the draft of the Republicans of US President Donald Trump nor the draft of the Democrats was able to achieve the necessary 60-percent majority in the chamber of parliament on Thursday afternoon.

Thus, the fronts remain hardened in the dispute over the "shutdown". At the center of the budget dispute, which shut down parts of the US government just before Christmas, is Trump's call for money for a wall on the border with Mexico.

Trump's Republicans hold a majority of 53 out of 100 seats in the Senate. Because of the circumstances, it was expected that none of the proposals would score 60 votes. It was noteworthy, however, that the Democrats' proposal got more yes votes than the Trumps: 52 voted in favor of their proposal, only 50 for the Trumps.

The Republicans were voting on Trump's proposal, which provides, inter alia, $ 5.7 billion for the construction of a border wall. In return, according to Trump's information about one million migrants would have been promised protection against deportation for three years. The Democrats reject a border wall. Her draft, which was subsequently put to the vote, contained no money for it. The proposal instead provided for temporary funding of the disused sections of the government until 8 February. This should provide time for new border security negotiations.

BUILD THE WALL AND CRIME WILL FALL!

- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 24, 2019

Despite the stalemate, there is hope that the debate in the Senate may move into the stalled quarrel. The border wall has been a key campaign promise of Trump. On Twitter he wrote that without the wall there could be no security at the border or for the USA. Democrats consider a rigid concrete or steel wall "immoral" and inappropriate to stop illegal migration.

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They had last offered Donald Trump a compromise proposal, in which they had released $ 5.7 billion, which the President demands - but for an alternative border protection. The Democrats pleaded for a "smart wall": They want to invest in drones and sensors to monitor the border region. In addition, additional immigration judges and border officials are to be recruited from the extra money.

In addition, the conflict has been exacerbated in the past two weeks by a dispute between Donald Trump and the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi. The Democrat, landlady in parliament, Trump failed the invitation for the President's traditional speech on the state of the nation. He then canceled her a trip to the US troops in Afghanistan.