Democrats, y'all are in the minority in the in the House and in the Senate. The Republicans actually don't need you for anything that they are doing to destroy our democracy and our government except funding the government. They need Democrats to do this.They don't have 60 votes in the United States Senate. Um the the measure just failed in the Senate. Um three Democrats voted yes on it.One Republican voted no. Rand Paul voted no. Katherryn Cortez Masto, John Federman, and Angus King voted yes.Help me under ...

Breaking these this hour, senators were just voting on a second stop gap bill to fund the government. This is the Republicans's proposed funding bill. It's expected to fail.Last hour, the Democrats proposed funding bill failed in the chamber. Barring some kind of miracle, in less than 5 hours, the government will shut down. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that roughly 750,000 federal employees could be furoughed per day if a shutdown happens.Meanwhile, Donald Trump says he intends to use this shut ...

Joining us now, MSNBC senior Capitol Hill correspondent Ali Vatitali, Washington Post congressional reporter Mariana Sotomayor and former Democratic Congressman from New York, Joseph Cwley, who's been to this rodeo before. Thank you all for being here. Uh Mariana, what's your sense from your conversations this morning about just how confident Democrats are.Listen, they are feeling pretty good. And I know that's a kind of weird thing to say given the impacts that a shutdown would have, but it is really strik ...

Joining us now is Mark Short, Advancing American Freedom Board Chair. Mark was also the former White House legislative director during the first Trump administration and former chief of staff for the Office of Vice President Mike Pence. It's good to have you back, Mark.So, >> thanks, sir. >> What do you think happens here. >> Look, I I think we're headed to a shutdown.I think it's frankly to the points that Speaker Johnson just made. Uh I do think Republicans have been there before. I think typically most o ...

Joining us now is Democratic Senator Jeff Mkeley of Oregon. He is the ranking member of the budget committee. Senator, it's great to have you with us.Are you willing to vote no and shut down the government. >> Well, the Republicans are shutting down the government. They control all the branches of of government.Uh they have been the ones refusing to meet with Democrats. That is not the way the Senate works. During the time that the Senate was in the Democratic majority, we held extensive negotiations over e ...

And it is day 253 of the second Trump administration and it was a very very busy day of meetings over at the White House. First, the president hosted his Israeli counterpart, Prime Minister Netanyahu, to unveil a peace proposal for Gaza. It is a 20point framework to end the fighting and bring hostages home.Netanyahu supports the plan, but Hamas has not agreed to any of the terms, and the president made it clear that Israel would have the full backing of the United States to destroy Hamas if the plan falls t ...

The chamber is locked. Um, literally I cannot find one House Republican in this building. Meanwhile, there are a couple hundred House Democrats just one floor down from here having a caucus meeting that started uh about an hour and a half ago.So, we're here to do the people's business. We're here to avoid the government shutdown and save the healthcare of the American people. We were supposed to be and scheduled to be in session both today and tomorrow in advance of any government shutdown.and Republican Sp ...

And joining me now is Senate Minority Leader, Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York. Leader Schumer, welcome back to Meet the Press. >> Morning.>> Glad you're in New York. >> Well, we are thrilled to be in New York. Thank you so much for being here in person.We really appreciate it. I have to start off by talking about this big meeting at the White House on Monday. President Trump, all of the congressional leaders.How did it come about. And could this be a sign that you can get a deal done. >> Well, first, how ...

Congress is running out of time to fund the government. A shutdown would begin at midnight on Tuesday if no deal is reached. And both parties are already playing the blame game.Listen to what Minority Leader Hakeim Jeff said just this afternoon. Mike Johnson has my number. John Thun has my number.He knows how to reach myself. He knows how to reach Leader Schumer. The White House knows how to reach us.Why are they running out of town. It's because Republicans want to shut down the government. They want to co ...

Political Violence & Leadership - The industry acknowledges the human loss from political violence and the need to pull back from it [2][3] - The industry emphasizes that leaders should repair breaches in times of crisis rather than exploit them for political gain [4][5][6] Immigration & Border Security - The industry recognizes border communities as real places, not just political backdrops [9] - The industry believes in securing the border while upholding values like due process [10][11] Economic Issues & Working People - The industry notes that working people feel they are working harder for less and have been let down by promises of economic recovery [13][14] - The industry aims to focus on policies that directly help working people, such as housing affordability [17][18][19] Political Strategy & Elections - The industry suggests focusing on working people to improve election results and policy outcomes [19] - The industry observes that Republicans may use divisive issues to distract from their record [21] Healthcare & Government - The industry believes Democrats should hold the line to protect Americans' healthcare [25]