1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,480 Speaker 1: Both Hammer and Nigel are on vacation. My name is 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:05,480 Speaker 1: Casey Daniels. Jim is joining me in the studio today. 3 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:08,319 Speaker 1: So the Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, he said 4 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: that Chuck Schumer is incapable of telling the truth. He said, 5 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: after forty four years in Congress, he pretends not to 6 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:17,799 Speaker 1: understand the Senate's rules. He went on to say that 7 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: every eighth grader knows this from civics class, that it 8 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:25,919 Speaker 1: takes sixty votes to end the Schumer shutdown, and since 9 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: they only have fifty three Republicans, they have to have 10 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 1: a handful of state Democrats to do the right thing. 11 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:35,159 Speaker 1: You pointed out something interesting because I was like, what, 12 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: dare we on twelve or thirteen of the shutdown? And 13 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: it is day thirteen, And how do we know it's thirteen. 14 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 2: Because it started on August first, October first October first, 15 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 2: so you can track the shutdown throughout the month of October. 16 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 2: Whatever date did is, that's how many days we've been 17 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 2: in a shutdown. Today's October thirteenth, shutdown, day number thirteen. 18 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:58,279 Speaker 1: Yeah. Jd Vance was on a lot of the Sunday 19 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 1: shows and he said that the Democrats are hostage taking, 20 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: because you can't negotiate with one person who's taken the 21 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 1: entire federal government hostage over a health care policy dispute. 22 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 1: He went on to criticize the Affordable Care Act and 23 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: the Enhanced Tax credits, calling them rife with waste and fraud. 24 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: That was during an interview with Face the Nation. 25 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, for being honest about this. The Republicans have passed 26 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 2: a clean continuing resolution that has already passed the House 27 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 2: of Representatives, Toald Trump has said he would sign it. 28 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 2: The Democrats keep It's not called filibustering in the Senate, 29 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 2: it's called cloture. But you need sixty votes to end discussion. 30 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 2: Republicans don't have sixty votes. The Democrats are not allowing 31 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 2: discussion to continue. So if you just thought what he's 32 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 2: trying to say here is if you just follow your 33 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 2: eighth grade civics, it's the Democrats that are responsible for 34 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 2: shutting down the government because they're not agreeing with the 35 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 2: plan that's already passed the House. 36 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 1: Advance went on and he said that the Trump administration 37 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: is open to extending the Affordable Cares Act Enhanced tax credits, 38 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: but they're due to expire. At the end of the 39 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:13,520 Speaker 1: year to some of the people who receive them. 40 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 3: Now, what is your vision for that healthcare policy? Do 41 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 3: you want these tax credits to fade out over time, 42 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 3: extend them and then fade them out. 43 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 1: Are you open to making them permanent? 44 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 3: Well, the tax credits go to some people deservedly, and 45 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:28,919 Speaker 3: we think the tax credits actually go to a lot 46 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:31,640 Speaker 3: of waste and fraud within the insurance industry, So we 47 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:33,640 Speaker 3: want to make sure that the tax credits go to 48 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,519 Speaker 3: the people who need them. We also think that Obamacare 49 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 3: gave the health insurance industry a lot of ridiculous regulations 50 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,080 Speaker 3: that if we cut out, we could give people access 51 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 3: to better healthcare at a lower cost. That's what we're 52 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 3: working on, and again, I think there's a lot of agreement, actually, Margaret, 53 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 3: that's the crazy thing about this. There's a lot of 54 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:55,080 Speaker 3: willingness to negotiate, a lot of willingness to compromise from 55 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 3: both the moderate Democrats and certainly from the White House. 56 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 3: But if the far left Democrats led by Chuck Schumer 57 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 3: are going to shut down the government and refuse to 58 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 3: open up the government unless they get everything they want, 59 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 3: that's not a negotiation. That's a hostage shaking, and we're 60 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 3: not going to reward that kind of behavior from Washington 61 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:11,519 Speaker 3: d C. 62 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 1: He went on to say that, yeah, they'll be happy 63 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 1: to negotiate over healthcare policy, but only once you do 64 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 1: your job and open up the government. We're not going 65 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 1: to negotiate this. Now. Let's open the government and then 66 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 1: we'll have this conversation. 67 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 2: This is a classic political move that politicians, both at 68 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 2: the state and federal level do all the time. They 69 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 2: try and slide stuff in when it has nothing. 70 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:33,679 Speaker 1: To do with me. 71 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 2: What's being discussed. What we're discussing is about a continuing 72 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 2: resolution that'll fund the government. The House of Representatives has 73 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 2: passed a clean continuing resolution, and the Democrats are trying 74 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 2: to slide in at the last minute here something about, oh, 75 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 2: you know, Obamacare subsidies. 76 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 1: So one other thing that they discussed was that. Well, obviously, 77 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: on Friday, Donald Trump started laying off federal employees, and 78 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 1: he has ordered the Secretary of Warp Hegseth, to find 79 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 1: and use available funds to pay US troops by October fifteenth, 80 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 1: despite the government shutdown. Allison, if you who go skip 81 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 1: ahead to number twenty one, here is JD. Vance and 82 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 1: he's explaining how the Trump administration will use the income 83 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 1: tax revenue and tiff tariff revenue to pay the US military. 84 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:27,479 Speaker 3: A lot of this will come from incoming revenues to 85 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 3: the internal Revenue service tariff revenue, but also income tax 86 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:33,720 Speaker 3: revenue that is going to make it possible for us 87 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:36,719 Speaker 3: to pay our troops. And this is another reason why 88 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 3: President Trump's decisive action on tariffs is one of the 89 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 3: reasons why we have the money and the treasury to 90 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:45,920 Speaker 3: actually be able to pay our troops. So it is 91 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 3: one of the critical things that we've done, of course 92 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 3: to reshore America's industrial base to create good jobs in 93 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:54,599 Speaker 3: the United States of America. But the tariffs have also 94 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 3: given us a little bit of financial flexibility so that 95 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 3: we can keep on as many essential services as pot possible, 96 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 3: including most importantly paying the troops. 97 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 1: Okay, So, in a court filing that happened on Friday, 98 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:10,920 Speaker 1: they revealed plans to lay off at least forty one 99 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: hundred federal workers across multiple agencies. Here's a breakdown of it. 100 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:20,040 Speaker 1: Health and Human Services eleven hundred employees, Treasury almost fifteen 101 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:23,920 Speaker 1: hundred employees, Education four hundred and sixty six three hundred 102 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: and fourteen from Commerce, one hundred and eighty seven from Energy, A, 103 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: Homeland Security one hundred and seventy six employees, HUD four 104 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 1: hundred and forty two employees, and the EPA ten to 105 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:39,840 Speaker 1: thirty employees. And the interesting thing is that FTC has closed. 106 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:44,280 Speaker 1: But Tim Burchett, he was on with Tucker Carlson and 107 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 1: he was talking about how leadership actually said that they 108 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:52,040 Speaker 1: weren't going to stop any of the insider trading because 109 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: the people need the money and now there will be 110 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 1: nobody there to police that. 111 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:58,920 Speaker 2: So you're talking about the Yeah, you know, famously Nancy 112 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 2: Pelosi has made you know, famous that because she's made 113 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 2: millions and millions of dollars in the stock market, allegedly 114 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 2: on insider information that she has, you know, with her 115 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 2: US House seat. And what he's saying here is that 116 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:16,559 Speaker 2: is super that regulatory process is overseen by the Federal 117 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 2: Trade Commission. But now there's not enough people at the 118 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:21,600 Speaker 2: Federal Trade Commission to start ed forcing things like that. 119 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:23,279 Speaker 2: I don't know why it's a big deal. They certainly 120 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 2: weren't enforcing things like that. And members of Congress before. 121 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 2: So again what we've talked about forever. So the government 122 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:34,159 Speaker 2: shut down and you're telling me nothing has changed, gotcha, Okay, fine, 123 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 2: good to know.