So, if you've been following the government shutdown, this weird thing is happening where the solution to funding the government might be to fund the government. So, I want to take a second and explain. There's basically a split screen right now going on in Congress.You have the bill they've already voted on 14 times, and all that does is it just continues current government funding, but then on the other hand, you have a bipartisan group of senators that's working on updating funding levels for all the dep ...

I mean, look, the the CR that we sent over is a totally clean nonpartisan document. It's 24 pages in length that literally is the bare minimum language just to keep everything at status quo. And I will point out to you, status quo is Biden era policies and spending.We don't even like it. Republicans are trying to change that. But our appropriators were working through the process trying to rebuild that muscle memory to get the the regular order back to appropriating so we can be better stewards of taxpayer ...

Realistically, how does this end. I hope that that some Democrats in the Senate will wake up and say enough is enough. Let's turn the lights back on and let's get into these these vigorous debates about the subsidies and all the rest.That's what needs to happen. That's the only thing that can happen. People say, "Why aren't you negotiating with Democrats?" I literally, ally, don't have anything to negotiate.I didn't put any of my Republican priorities on the CR, so I can't pull those off and say, "Gee, is i ...

Now, thankfully, President Trump is trying to mitigate the damage as much as possible. His administration is working to limit the harm to the American people. But the longer this goes on, the more pain will be inflicted because it is inevitable when the government shuts down.The sad thing about it is that every single bit of this was entirely avoidable. Democrats could have worked with us in a bi partisan manner to avert this unnecessary and very harmful shutdown, but instead they did something that is rath ...

Blame is the name of the game for both parties today, but new polling shows Republicans would get more of the blame if the government shuts down. A morning consult survey shows 45% of voters say they blame Republicans compared to 33% for Democrats. Republican leaders strategy argue that the ball is actually in the Democrats court. >> Whether or not the government shuts down at midnight is entirely up to two people. It's Chuck Schumer and Hakee Jeff. Chuck Schumer needs a Schumer shutdown and I think that's ...

I think you should vote for me. >> Yeah, but but really you should vote for me. >> He asked his Democratic opponent to join him on the air.>> We can disagree without hating each other. And win or lose in Utah, we work together. >> So, let's show the country that there's a better way.My name's Chris Peterson and I'm Spencer Cox and we approve this message. >> Cox took the message beyond Utah when in 2023 he became chair of the bipartisan National Governor's Association. there.He launched a campaign called Di ...

Uh, in the meantime, the National Governor Association is holding its summer meeting starting today and tomorrow in Colorado Springs. The current chairman, Democratic Governor Jared Poliss of Colorado, will be passing the gavl to Republican Governor Kevin State of Oklahoma, who will serve as the new chair of the NGA. Democratic Governor Wesmore of Maryland will serve as the new vice chair.And the incoming chairman, Governor Stit, joins us now along with the incoming vice chair, Governor Moore. A bipartisan ...