We're now going to bring in Democratic Congresswoman Becca Balant of Vermont. Congresswoman, thank you for joining us again tonight. Good to see you.So, at least three of your House colleagues have already indicated that this sort of concept of a promise, I guess, of a vote coming in December is going to be a no for them. So, I'll begin with where do you stand. >> Oh, I think this whole thing stinks.And I think most members of the House caucus on the Democratic side are absolutely uh outraged that what what ...

What was behind this exemption, if nothing more than a personal relationship. Well, good evening to you and to Tyler. Thank you for having me back.Oh, it's just it's more of the same with this administration and with this president. Sanctions are on. You are exempted. Tariffs are on will reduce it for you. Tariffs are off.It is this erratic behavior by the president, by the administration. And we're talking about Russia here. We're talking about a country at war three and a half years now at war with Ukrain ...

Welcome back to Squawkbox. Joining us now, former Biden Treasury Official Natasha Sarin. She's a professor at Yale School and president and co-founder of the Budget Lab and former economic advisor uh Steven Moore.He's now with Unleash Prosperity. Stephen, you you still have um ears with people that are in charge doing all these things. What what what is your best uh guess as to to what's happening behind the scenes right now.Do you expect what Chuck Schumer has wanted all along, some type of backroom deal w ...

WELL, DEMOCRATS IN WASHINGTON BELIEVE THEY HAVE FOUND A WINNING ISSUE IN THEIR BATTLE OVER HEALTH CARE. THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, NOW THE 2ND LONGEST IN US HISTORY. DEMOCRATS ESSENTIALLY SAYING.ANY BILL TO REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO INCLUDE AN EXTENSION OF HEALTHCARE SUBSIDIES WHICH ARE SET TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. DO YOU BELIEVE DEMOCRATS HAVE PICKED THE RIGHT FIGHT. WELL, I'D SAY YOU'RE WELCOME TO AMERICA, I MEAN RURAL AND RED STATES THAT ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY THE BENEFICIARIES OF THE DEMOCRATS ...

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)It's more than wage stagnation, it's wage decline when you count, not widgets and toys from China, but the most important things people want to buy and invest in, like their families. Most of the most important things, like education, health care, and housing, went dramatically up compared to the median wage, especially for young couples wanting to start a family. ...

In just three days on November 1st, 42 million people in this country will have their food assistant benefits known as SNAP cut off. That is because of an apparent violation of the law by the Trump administration. The federal government currently has roughly $5 billion in a SNAP contingency fund.It's there for emergencies and some argue required to be used in emergencies like this one. The Trump administration is not allowing those funds to be used because they want to turn up what Mike Johnson has called t ...

Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the ongoing federal government shutdown, the fight over health care, fate of the ACA premium tax credits, and more. ...

We have volumes of ideas that we literally have published to bring down the cost of health care and stop the madness. Um, we have to build consensus around those to get it done. But I'll give you a quick example.In the big beautiful bill, in the working families tax cut that we passed and got signed into law July 4th, we included in the House version of that bill the cost sharing reductions model. It would have brought premiums down 12% uh for the average uh uh uh American and it would have saved taxpayers ...

I want to bring in now Congressman Jim Klyber of South Carolina Carolina, the longtime Democratic whip. Congressman, it's great to see you. You've seen shutdowns like this before, but does this one feel different to you.Because it does to me covering it. >> Well, thank you very much for having me. This one feels different because it is different.We've never had a shutdown, at least since I've been in the Congress 30 plus years, when people refuse to even allow uh the climate to exist for negotiations. When ...

We gave them our API. You know, they're going to be a referral site. We're feeding them daily updates because with cost plus, as our volumes go up and our prices go down, we pass through those savings.And so, it'll be great for us. We're we're really excited about it. Um, I think it's it's a great thing.This administration completely different. I'm not saying I'm a Donald Trump fan now, but credit where credit is due. They are trying their best to reduce the cost of prescriptions and of health care and of i ...