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AFP - Dems need to end the shutdown now · Brian Thomas

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  Speaker 2: and things and what AFP is doing. Most notably today,
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  Speaker 2: Let's get the government going again. That's the Democrats issue,
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  Speaker 2: is it not, donovan' neil, Welcome back to the Morning Show, Brian.
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  Speaker 1: Always a pleasure to be with you. Yeah, at twenty
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  Speaker 1: eight days and the federal government second longest shut down
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  Speaker 1: in American history at this point.
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  Speaker 2: And people are getting ready to start feeling the pain.
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  Speaker 2: I know, the snaps in a notice out to snappership
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  Speaker 2: in sid November. First, they're not going to have any
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  Speaker 2: more money left. Donald Trump says there is no money left.
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  Speaker 2: Lawsuit just filed by twenty five states saying, hey, you
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  Speaker 2: got five billion dollars you're sitting on. Sadly, even if
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  Speaker 2: they win that lawsuit and they allocate that pile of
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  Speaker 2: money wherever that happens to be, Donovan, it's not going
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  Speaker 2: to be enough to even cover the nut for the
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  Speaker 2: month of November, which is widely reported as nine billion dollars,
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  Speaker 2: far exceeding the five billion dollars that apparently is laying
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  Speaker 2: in a pile somewhere in Washington.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and that's really what we're facing up against. And
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  Speaker 1: you've got talking points coming out of you know, radio
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  Speaker 1: shows and television interviews with Democrats. Who are you talking
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  Speaker 1: about the political pressure point that they're using this for.
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  Speaker 1: This is about policy, Brian, It's about politics for the
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  Speaker 1: Democrats right now, and that's why they're not breaking ranks
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  Speaker 1: in the Schumer shutdown.
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  Speaker 2: Right. Well, let's go down the list. Here. We have it,
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  Speaker 2: among others, Senators Martin Heinrich. Paying our troops gives the
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  Speaker 2: president more leverage. Bernie Sanders, you reopen the government and
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  Speaker 2: we lose our leverage, Chuck Schumer, every day gets better
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  Speaker 2: for us, meaning the Senators, not the American people. Ruben Gallego,
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  Speaker 2: then I'd get just go back to another shutdown again
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  Speaker 2: after this one. Chris Coons. Frankly, this is our only
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  Speaker 2: moment of leverage, and although a very unpleasant tool to use,
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  Speaker 2: and finally we have Catherine Clark Congresswoman. There will be
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  Speaker 2: families that are going to suffer, but it is one
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  Speaker 2: of the few leverage times we have. While they're revealing
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  Speaker 2: their hand quite openly, they know it's painful, they know
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  Speaker 2: it's stupid, they know they own it. They know that
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  Speaker 2: the funding levels have not been reduced. They don't have
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  Speaker 2: any argument that the Republicans somehow gutted government spending and
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  Speaker 2: passing the clean cr from the twenty twenty four funding levels.
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  Speaker 2: I thought that was brilliant from the Republicans taking out
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  Speaker 2: that argument that they of course would have. The only
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  Speaker 2: thing they have the hand to hang on, have the
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  Speaker 2: hang to hang their hat on, is that these subsidies
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  Speaker 2: are going to end. For Obamacare, subsidies that in their
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  Speaker 2: own legislation passed I believe exclusively by Democrats has a
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  Speaker 2: cut off date of the end of this year. Hmm.
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  Speaker 2: I guess this is a Democrat's fault. Huh, Donovan, that's
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  Speaker 2: asolutely right.
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  Speaker 1: They set temporary subsidies to end that have nothing to
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  Speaker 1: do with the funding and function of our federal government.
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  Speaker 1: And I think that's why Republicans conservatives have the moral
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  Speaker 1: high ground in this in this argument and are winning it.
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  Speaker 1: But this isn't about winning the argument, right, Brian. It's
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  Speaker 1: the budges getting to a normal order of business, opening
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  Speaker 1: our federal government so that you know, these benefits that
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  Speaker 1: are promised to individuals in this country are able to
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  Speaker 1: flow to them, so that we can get back to
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  Speaker 1: getting the budget done in both chambers and sent to
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  Speaker 1: the President's desk, so for the first time in forever,
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  Speaker 1: we can actually have a normal budget process and fund
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  Speaker 1: our federal government. And here's the thing too, Brian, that
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  Speaker 1: we're not talking about as well, but starting to come
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  Speaker 1: into focus. We're not getting done because we're stuck in
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  Speaker 1: this stalemate. Right. We've got opportunities to do immigration reform.
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  Speaker 1: We've secured the border through the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act,
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  Speaker 1: but there's opportunities here to further reformer immigration system so
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  Speaker 1: that it works for the people coming to this country
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  Speaker 1: and the people in this country. Already, we've got opportunities
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  Speaker 1: to do more in terms of decisions in reforming government
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  Speaker 1: to make it work better for the people. And here's
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  Speaker 1: a big one, permitting reform. We've got to get permitting
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  Speaker 1: reform done so we can unleash energy abundance and help,
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  Speaker 1: you know, bring down the costs for homeowners as well
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  Speaker 1: as manufacturers in this country when it comes to energy.
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  Speaker 1: Although that's not happening, Brian, because we're stuck in the
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  Speaker 1: Schumer shutdown. That's sucking all the oxygen out of the room.
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  Speaker 2: All right, head caller earlier in the program, and I
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  Speaker 2: think it's an important time to interject this question. Maybe
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  Speaker 2: you have the answer, maybe you don't, But it seems
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  Speaker 2: to me odd if the Republicans weren't in recess, couldn't
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  Speaker 2: they be working on things? Couldn't they be sitting down
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  Speaker 2: and working on appropriations bills or at least maybe making
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  Speaker 2: phone calls. The Senators are obviously still doing their job, well,
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  Speaker 2: not doing their job, but at at least still still
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  Speaker 2: in Washington, DC. Get them out of recess, let them
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  Speaker 2: start working on legislation. Couldn't they actually, is it possible
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  Speaker 2: for them to pass something out of committee even during
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  Speaker 2: a government shutdown? Because they're still being paid their salaries.
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  Speaker 2: They could still do their work and show up in DC,
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  Speaker 2: pass something out of committee, put it up for a vote,
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  Speaker 2: and see what happened. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not entirely plugged into the strategy that Speaker Johnson
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  Speaker 1: has in terms of how he's run in his chamber
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  Speaker 1: with this, but my understanding is, and I think it
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  Speaker 1: fits in is right as a matter of policy, is
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  Speaker 1: the House of Representatives got their clean Continuing Resolution done
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  Speaker 1: back on September nineteenth. That was the deal that was
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  Speaker 1: negotiated with Jeffreys and Schumer and a Senate majority leadership.
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  Speaker 1: But then when Schumer started getting unrest from his left flank,
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  Speaker 1: he realized he had to This was a This was
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  Speaker 1: a point where he had to put a put a
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  Speaker 1: stake in the ground and cause the shutdown. What we
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  Speaker 1: need to get done is it's real simple, pass the
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  Speaker 1: clean Continuing Resolution. The Senate has had thirteen opportunities to
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  Speaker 1: pass this. Republicans and three Democrats have joined consistently to
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  Speaker 1: open the government up. That would cause Congress to come
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  Speaker 1: back into session would get these committees moving, And I
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  Speaker 1: think really, as a matter of principle, this is a
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  Speaker 1: clarifying moment for America and for Congress. Are we going
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  Speaker 1: to allow folks like Senator Schumer and the Democrats in
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  Speaker 1: the Senate to use this as a circus to score
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  Speaker 1: political points on President Trump and the new Republican majority,
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  Speaker 1: or are we going to get to a normal order business,
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  Speaker 1: reopen the government with a clean continuing resolution and then
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  Speaker 1: go back to debating and discussing bills with an open
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  Speaker 1: government rather than a closed federal government.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I'm a little perplexed by the idea that they
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  Speaker 2: in insisting on this painful government shutdown, which will become
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  Speaker 2: more painful for a lot of regular Americans each and
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  Speaker 2: every day, that they can score points against Trump off
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  Speaker 2: of keeping the government shut down. Let's review Democrat bothes
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  Speaker 2: required to open the government. Democrats have voted thirteen times
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  Speaker 2: to keep it closed. Democrats refuse to fund government unless
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  Speaker 2: Congress restores left wing projects, and Democrats admit to using
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  Speaker 2: pain as leverage and boast every day that it gets
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  Speaker 2: better for us. Some of the quotes I just gave
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  Speaker 2: you all the all the arrows, all the facts, all
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  Speaker 2: the information points of the Democrats owning this thing, How
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  Speaker 2: in the hell could it possibly inure to their benefit?
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  Speaker 2: And to be a point against Donald Trump, who's screaming
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  Speaker 2: about trying to get the government back open again.
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  Speaker 1: Well a lot of ways, it's it's that messaging war,
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  Speaker 1: right and making sure that that folks aren't distracted with
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  Speaker 1: the dips, dives and dodges that the crabs are doing
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  Speaker 1: right now. And that's a lot of what you're seeing right.
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  Speaker 1: It started out as this is about you know, health,
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  Speaker 1: making sure that we make permanent these COVID subsidies for Obamacare. Well,
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  Speaker 1: then it's about, you know, we've got we've got to
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  Speaker 1: restore some things that were lost into one big beautiful bill,
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  Speaker 1: acts that you know, impacted folks on Medicaid. And then
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  Speaker 1: it's shifting, you know, it shifts every week into something
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  Speaker 1: different that the Schumer shutdown is about. And why of
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  Speaker 1: the Democrats they're looking for something to stick here. The
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  Speaker 1: reality is September nineteenth, Republicans passed a clean continuing resolution
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  Speaker 1: and over to the Senate, well ahead of the October
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  Speaker 1: first funding deadline into the fiscal year. Democrats chose to
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  Speaker 1: shut down the federal government rather than vote for a clean,
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  Speaker 1: no frills continuing resolution, and that they've got to hang
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  Speaker 1: that hat on their heads now. And that's the important
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  Speaker 1: thing of getting out there and talking about this is
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  Speaker 1: that it's a very easy fix, Brian, as you've outlined,
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  Speaker 1: there's nothing to negotiate, nothing to a broker. It's just
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  Speaker 1: open the government, a very simple premise that is being
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  Speaker 1: convoluted in the mainstream media by by Democrats and their allies.
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  Speaker 2: All right, let's just say, for the sake of discussion
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  Speaker 2: that the Democrats capitulate, they open the government back up,
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  Speaker 2: and they continue this ongoing discussion over the extension of
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  Speaker 2: these supplements, which is what the Republicans say they are
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  Speaker 2: willing to do once you get the government open. Now,
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  Speaker 2: do I really believe the Republicans are going to be
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  Speaker 2: interested in continuing these subsidies down the road? Not really
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  Speaker 2: in the Democrats, I think appreciate that, which means opening
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  Speaker 2: the government up is going to end the debate over
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  Speaker 2: the continuation of the subsidies. But do you think, I
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  Speaker 2: think in the back of your mind, or do you
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  Speaker 2: think as a matter of going forward, if it were
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  Speaker 2: to go in that order, the government opens, they sit
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  Speaker 2: back down with the negotiation table. Do you think there's
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  Speaker 2: a lot of Republicans or enough Republicans to capitulate and
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  Speaker 2: give them something in return by way of supplements.
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  Speaker 1: Oh. I mean that's part of how Washington works, right,
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  Speaker 1: That's politics, is a lot of negotiating, debating and discussing
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  Speaker 1: on ideas. Now, whether you know certain folks will come
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  Speaker 1: to the table in good faith or not, that there's
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  Speaker 1: a whole other factor at play. But I think you know,
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  Speaker 1: throughout the process, going back to the passing the one
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  Speaker 1: big beautiful bill at the working Families tax cuts, right,
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  Speaker 1: there were opportunities for Democrats to vote to support of
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  Speaker 1: many of those provisions right that they would say they
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  Speaker 1: agree with, right, no tax on overtime, no tax on tips,
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  Speaker 1: making sure that working Ohioans Americans keep their lower tax rates.
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  Speaker 1: But you know they allowed themselves, they think, to get
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  Speaker 1: tangled up on the areas where there's more disagreement than agreement.
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  Speaker 1: And I think there's opportunities for debate on that. That's
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  Speaker 1: how this works, That's how the process works, and the
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  Speaker 1: opportunity we have now. And I believe it was Senator
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  Speaker 1: Housted who said this at a function I was at
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  Speaker 1: a few weeks back. You know, we can debate and
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  Speaker 1: discuss these things with the government shut down and not functioning,
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  Speaker 1: or we can debate and discuss these things with the
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  Speaker 1: government open and functioning like normal. And that's really the question.
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  Speaker 1: Do we want to debate these things while people are
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  Speaker 1: losing their snap benefits, military members are going and paid
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  Speaker 1: air traffic controllers are going on demonstration and walking off
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  Speaker 1: the job. Or do we want to do this where
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  Speaker 1: folks are getting their benefits, Federal employees are being paid
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  Speaker 1: to do their jobs. D see, police are getting paid
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  Speaker 1: to do their jobs, and our military men and women
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  Speaker 1: are being able to send their paychecks home to their families.
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  Speaker 1: It's real simple. I choose that option. Right, Let's open
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  Speaker 1: the government up and have continue to have these debates
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  Speaker 1: and discussions and see where we land.
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  Speaker 2: All right. I presume that the call of action will
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  Speaker 2: be for our the listening audience to have these discussions
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  Speaker 2: out loud with their neighbors and their friends. Is there
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  Speaker 2: any other action item you might suggest, Donovan O'Neil.
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  Speaker 1: Well, yeah, got, that's absolutely right. Also go to makes
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  Speaker 1: Governmentwork dot com. Makes Government work dot Com. There are
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  Speaker 1: a number of active pieces of legislation that when we
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  Speaker 1: get the government back open to get done, to get
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  Speaker 1: sent to the President, that would prevent government shutdowns like
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  Speaker 1: this from happening ever again in the future. So go
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  Speaker 1: to Make Government Work dot com to learn more.
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  Speaker 2: Donald Neo Americans for Prosperity. I always appreciate what you're
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  Speaker 2: doing for well everybody, and thanks for coming to on
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  Speaker 2: the show every week to talk about these issues. And folks,
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  Speaker 2: it's within your grasp to help out. Get over to
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  Speaker 2: the websites Donovan recommends every week and engage. They make
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  Speaker 2: it very easy. Donovan, we'll talk again next week. Have
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  Speaker 2: a fantastic week between now and then.