China News Agency, Washington, September 30 (Reporter Sha Hanting) The U.S. Senate passed a provisional budget with 84 votes in favor and 10 against on the evening of the 30th local time, in order to avoid a “closed” government.

  September 30 is the last day of the 2020 fiscal year in the United States. The budget will ensure the normal operation of the government until December 11, instead of "closing" at midnight that day.

The two parties will also have time to negotiate the annual budget after the general election on November 3.

  In the interim budget, in addition to ensuring the normal operation of government departments, it also includes a total of 30 billion U.S. dollars in subsidies for agriculture and animal husbandry required by the Republican Party, and about 8 billion U.S. dollars in food subsidies for children affected by the epidemic required by the Democratic Party. Therefore, Won the support of both parties.

  Since the House of Representatives voted to pass the budget on the 22nd of this month, the budget will then be sent to the White House.

It is reported that US President Trump will sign the budget on the evening of the 30th to avoid a "closed" government.

  In addition, the new round of economic stimulus negotiations on the response to the epidemic also made progress on the same day.

Speaker of the House of Representatives Pelosi and Minister of Finance Mnuchin met for the first time after a month.

After the meeting, Pelosi issued a statement stating that negotiations will continue.

Mnuchin said that although no agreement has been reached so far, much progress has been made in the negotiations.

  Negotiations on a new round of economic stimulus package have been going on for several months, but due to the large differences between the two parties on the total amount of aid, they have not yet reached an agreement.

Since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, the United States has passed 4 rounds of economic stimulus plans and allocated nearly 3 trillion U.S. dollars, but many aids including unemployment insurance have expired in early August.

  U.S. media quoted analysis as saying that if the two parties fail to reach an agreement on a new round of economic stimulus plan in the near future, it may cause the U.S. economy to decline again in the fourth quarter.

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