<prompt> Fingqa isihloko: CNN NgoNovemba odlule, abantu baseMelika bathembela kakhulu kumaRiphabhulikhi lapho ewanika amandla okulawula ngokuphelele iCongress. Abavoti bathenga umbono wokuthi iCongress yamaRiphabhulikhi yayiyobusa ngokuphumelelayo, isize isigaba esiphakathi futhi igxile ezindabeni ezibalulekile njengamathuba omsebenzi nomnotho. Manje, ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbili, lowo mcabango awusekho. Emasontweni amabili edlule, siye sabona iCongress yamaRiphabhuliki idala, bese ikhulisa, inkinga yezombangazwe ngokusongela ukuvala uMnyango Wezokuphepha Kwasekhaya. Awukho umsebenzi kahulumeni oyisisekelo ukwedlula ukugcina izakhamuzi ziphephile. Futhi nokho amaRiphabhuliki ngokunganaki abeka ukulondeka kwethu kuzwelonke engozini ukuze avikele ukulondeka kwawo kwezombangazwe. Ngokwehluleka ukwenza ukunwetshwa okugcwele kwezimali ze-DHS ukuyibamba ibe yisiboshwa ngezimfuno zokuthi umthetho uhlehlise izenzo zikaMongameli zokufuduka -- amaRepublican ashiya ukungaqiniseki ngezindlela zokuphila zamadoda nabesifazane abangaphezu kuka-240,000 abakhonza ngokuziqhenya njengabasebenzi be-Border Patrol, i-Transportation Security Administration nezinye izinhlaka ze-DHS. Amaphoyisa endawo ayoqhubeka enqatshelwa ukufinyelela ezibonelweni ezisiza ukugcina imigwaqo yethu iphephile. I-Federal Emergency Management Agency nezinye izinhlangano ezisabela ezinhlekeleleni zemvelo, njengeziphepho ezinkulu zasebusika, ziyophazamiseka emisebenzini yazo. Konke ukuze amaRiphabhuliki azame ukuthola amaphuzu ambalwa ezombangazwe ashibhile ngesisekelo sawo. Kodwa nakuba le nkinga yokuvalwa komsebenzi isesabisa, into esabekisa nakakhulu ukuthi lesi sitayela sokubusa esingasebenzi kahle sesiba umkhuba eqenjini lamaRepublican. I-Republican Congress ibonakala ihlose kakhulu ukulwa nayo ngokwayo, icindezela uhlelo lokusiza izithakazelo ezikhethekile nokunakekela igatsha eliqine kakhulu leqembu, kunokusebenzela isigaba esiphakathi. Lezi zinyanga ezimbili ezedlule ziye zaba ihlazo, ukulimaza izwe lethu, futhi abantu baseMelika ngeke basheshe bakhohlwe ukuthi i-Republicans yaseCongress iye yaba yinhlekelele engakhathali kangakanani.  <response>: Ben Lujan: Abantu baseMelika bavotela i-GOP Congress ngesithembiso sokuphathwa kahle okwakuza kuqala isigaba esiphakathi. Uthi lokho kwakuwukuzikhohlisa. Kwezezimali ze-DHS, nakwezinye izindaba, i-GOP iye yabeka phambili ukuhlinzekela igatsha layo eliqine kakhulu kanye nezithakazelo ezikhethekile. 