Congress has just five days to pass a spending bill and avoid a government shutdown. And now the White House is raising the stakes, threatening to go beyond traditional furlows and laying the groundwork for mass firings across the government if a deal is not reached. NBC News obtained a memo from the Office of Management and Budget asking federal agencies to prepare a quote reduction in force plans if possible. Joining us now, House Minority Whip and Democratic Congresswoman from Massachusetts, Katherine Cl ...

Joining us now, Democratic Congressman Pat Ryan of New York. Congressman, thank you for being here. We were talking earlier in the show about just how deeply unpopular the Republican legislation uh has proven to be and seemingly only more so uh including with significant tax breaks for the rich.But in these negotiations that may or may not shut the government, it does appear that health care has become really the animating point. >> Well, I think it's healthare, specifically the cost of healthare uh and it' ...

want to hear about the child care especially with the cuts that are happening in healthcare. We've been talking um throughout the show about uh what is in store uh for people in terms of their health. Well, I I watched the early segment on the uh rates that will are all already going up because that's right, insurance companies have to get those identified early before you enroll.Uh this is a disaster and I hope that everyone who's watching tells their members of uh Congress, the Senate to add the protectio ...

Well, right now the White House is telling federal agencies to prepare for another possible round of mass firings unless Congress can pass a measure by the end of Tuesday, which is when government funding is set to expire. As we said, one point of contention dividing the two parties is funding for healthcare. For more on that, let's bring in former Treasury official and Morning Joe economic analyst Steve Ratner.Steve, your first chart takes us through projections on how many Americans could lose their healt ...

Joining us now, House Minority Leader, Democratic Congressman Hakee Jeff of New York. Of course, we want to talk to you about the looming shutdown. But first, uh would like to get your reaction and what you're hearing from your colleagues on the Hill uh about uh the Jimmy Kimmel situation being yanked off the air.Well, good morning. Great to be with you. Uh Democrats in the House and the Senate are deeply disturbed uh by the events.This is another example of Donald Trump and the Trump administration weaponi ...

Democrats are signaling they're ready for a fight. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is taking a far tougher stance than he did back in March when he and nine other Democrats crossed the aisle to keep the government open. This time Schumer tells the Associated Press, quote, "Things have changed. " What's different now? Well, for one, public support for President Trump's so-called big beautiful bill remains underwater, down 22 points in the recent polls. And the most unpopular piece of that bill, deep cut ...

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So that was Susan Collins. Um, and those were her constituents making their discontent with the Republican senator from Maine heard loud and clear. That was a reception she got while attending a ribbon cutting ceremony from the voters who have elected her to the Senate five times now.To be fair, those same Maine voters have never elected Donald Trump statewide. Maybe she should examine why that would be that they'd be so unhappy. But we'll show you some places that actually have.This is Ohio at Republican C ...

When David Alheiser was born with life-threatening abnormalities four years ago, doctors did not expect him to survive. Now, his extensive medical conditions require constant care. Medicaid is how he's been able to live at home in North Carolina under his mother's care.That could change though because of how President Trump's big beautiful bill is shifting how federal funding is spent across the country. And according to David's mother, Rachel, North Carolina state legislature le leg legislators have alread ...

On paper, Susan Collins Senate seat would seem like a relatively easy pickup for Democrats in the midterms if she had not proven such a formidable opponent in Maine. Since she was elected in 1996, Collins has trounced every single challenger that has come her way. And in her last campaign in 2020, she beat Democratic opponent Sarah Gideon by more than eight percentage points, while Donald Donald Trump lost Maine by more than nine points.Already a slate of Democrats have stepped up. Each believing they can u ...