Barbara Sprunt

This doesn't really work unless they all get on the same page eventually.

This doesn't really work unless they all get on the same page eventually.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

Yeah, I think one thing that is easily conflated, and I totally get why, you know, people have questions about this, like appropriations and the continuing resolution, which is being debated now about, you know, how to avoid a shutdown of the federal government mid-March is different than reconciliation, right? They are different tracks.

Yeah, I think one thing that is easily conflated, and I totally get why, you know, people have questions about this, like appropriations and the continuing resolution, which is being debated now about, you know, how to avoid a shutdown of the federal government mid-March is different than reconciliation, right? They are different tracks.

Yeah, I think one thing that is easily conflated, and I totally get why, you know, people have questions about this, like appropriations and the continuing resolution, which is being debated now about, you know, how to avoid a shutdown of the federal government mid-March is different than reconciliation, right? They are different tracks.

On the reconciliation side, you know, there has been a lot of focus on the competing budget resolutions between the chambers. But that is a very early step. And we're just now entering another tricky season of negotiations. The Senate Republicans are going to want to do things with the House's plan.

On the reconciliation side, you know, there has been a lot of focus on the competing budget resolutions between the chambers. But that is a very early step. And we're just now entering another tricky season of negotiations. The Senate Republicans are going to want to do things with the House's plan.

On the reconciliation side, you know, there has been a lot of focus on the competing budget resolutions between the chambers. But that is a very early step. And we're just now entering another tricky season of negotiations. The Senate Republicans are going to want to do things with the House's plan.

Senate Majority Leader Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson need to find that compromise resolution. And I think that that is unlikely to happen until April. Yeah.

Senate Majority Leader Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson need to find that compromise resolution. And I think that that is unlikely to happen until April. Yeah.

Senate Majority Leader Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson need to find that compromise resolution. And I think that that is unlikely to happen until April. Yeah.

No. And I think, you know, this is a big question that Democrats are chattering about on Capitol Hill and being asked a lot about. There is sometimes the framing of like, will Democrats step in to prevent a government shutdown? And the messaging so far from Democrats has been very much like we do not have the power to shut down the government. Don't put that framing on us.

No. And I think, you know, this is a big question that Democrats are chattering about on Capitol Hill and being asked a lot about. There is sometimes the framing of like, will Democrats step in to prevent a government shutdown? And the messaging so far from Democrats has been very much like we do not have the power to shut down the government. Don't put that framing on us.

No. And I think, you know, this is a big question that Democrats are chattering about on Capitol Hill and being asked a lot about. There is sometimes the framing of like, will Democrats step in to prevent a government shutdown? And the messaging so far from Democrats has been very much like we do not have the power to shut down the government. Don't put that framing on us.

Remember, it is our friends in the Republican Party who control the House and the Senate and the White House. So please don't put that label on us. All right.

Remember, it is our friends in the Republican Party who control the House and the Senate and the White House. So please don't put that label on us. All right.

Remember, it is our friends in the Republican Party who control the House and the Senate and the White House. So please don't put that label on us. All right.