United States: Democrats gathered outside the White House to condemn the layoff of federal workers decreed by Pres. Trump

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On Tuesday, in the United States, congressional Democrats gathered outside the White House's budget office to condemn the layoff of federal workers decreed by the Trump administration amid the government shutdown. Senator Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat, called it "a lie" and illegal for the White House to use the shutdown to impose mass layoffs. The Democrats stood behind people that held signs printed with Budget Director Russ Vought's face and his quote about wanting to put federal workers "in trauma." Democrats have focused on trying to keep Affordable Care Act subsidies from expiring for millions of U.S. citizens who purchase insurance on Obamacare exchanges. Meanwhile, without this federal support, costs are expected to soar across the health care economy.  #teleSUREnglish #UnitedStates #GovernmentShutdown #FederalWorkers #Democrats

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00:00Meanwhile, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, threatened to impose tariffs

00:04on countries belonging to the BRICS group, after accusing them of attacking the dollar's

00:08hegemony in the global financial system.

00:11The US president stated that the BRICS Association represents an attack on the dollar's hegemony

00:16in global finance, and announced that he would impose sanctions on the group's member countries,

00:22in an attempt to pressure the nations to abandon the bloc.

00:25During the first day of the summit, the leaders of the economic bloc rejected the protectionist

00:30measures and tariff policies promoted by the US president, giving empathic support to multilateralism

00:37and rejected protectionism.

00:44Also in the United States, on Tuesday, congressional Democrats gathered outside the White House

00:48Budget Office to condemn the layoff of federal workers, decreed by the Trump administration

00:53amid the government shutdown.

00:56Senator Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat, called it a lie and illegal for the White

01:01House to use shutdown to impose mass layoffs.

01:04The Democrats stood behind people that held signs printed with Budget Director Ross Broad's

01:09face and his quote about wanting to put federal workers in trauma.

01:14Democrats have focused on trying to keep Affordable Care Act subsidies from expiring for millions

01:19of other citizens, who pushes insurance on Obamacare exchanges.

01:24Meanwhile, without his federal support, costs are expected to soar across the healthcare economy.

01:30This is a Donald Trump-Russ vote shutdown.

01:33This is a Donald Trump-Russ vote shutdown.

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