Shutdown: Trump facing the Nancy Pelosi obstacle

After a month of paralysis, Nancy Pelosi, the new Speaker of the House, confirms her ability to resist the President.

A month after the start of the shutdown (the partial paralysis of the federal government), the US Congress began Tuesday to break the deadlock. But the two Houses take opposite directions, making a rapid breakthrough unlikely.

For a month now, the parliamentary barrier erected by the opposition has proved insurmountable for the president.

The Senate, dominated by Republicans, formalizes its support for President Donald Trump in a bill that resumes its offer on Saturday: $ 5.7 billion for its wall on the border with Mexico, in exchange for an extension of three years of protection granted under Obama to illegal immigrants arrived minors.

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