Domenico Montanaro

As soon as he started saying Snoqualmie, I was like, I've been there. It's a really nice place. I totally forgot that it was a while back.

As soon as he started saying Snoqualmie, I was like, I've been there. It's a really nice place. I totally forgot that it was a while back.

I'm Barbara Sprent.

I'm Barbara Sprent.

I'm Barbara Sprent.

And I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

And I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

And I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

Yeah, it's not that easy when you have such a small majority in the House and you have varying factions within the Republican Party. They have some moderates and you also have some pretty hardline people on the right who don't want to see – much increased spending at all.

Yeah, it's not that easy when you have such a small majority in the House and you have varying factions within the Republican Party. They have some moderates and you also have some pretty hardline people on the right who don't want to see – much increased spending at all.

Yeah, it's not that easy when you have such a small majority in the House and you have varying factions within the Republican Party. They have some moderates and you also have some pretty hardline people on the right who don't want to see – much increased spending at all.

And, you know, there's a lot of division here among those factions about how much to cut entitlements, for example, if at all, we know Medicaid has been a huge sticking point. Right.

And, you know, there's a lot of division here among those factions about how much to cut entitlements, for example, if at all, we know Medicaid has been a huge sticking point. Right.

And, you know, there's a lot of division here among those factions about how much to cut entitlements, for example, if at all, we know Medicaid has been a huge sticking point. Right.

And there's a lot of misconceptions about a program like Medicaid. And KFF, which does a lot of polling on healthcare issues, things like Medicare, Medicaid, and all the rest, has done some polling on this and found three-quarters of people have a favorable opinion of it. So really tough to cut programs that are popular.

And there's a lot of misconceptions about a program like Medicaid. And KFF, which does a lot of polling on healthcare issues, things like Medicare, Medicaid, and all the rest, has done some polling on this and found three-quarters of people have a favorable opinion of it. So really tough to cut programs that are popular.

And there's a lot of misconceptions about a program like Medicaid. And KFF, which does a lot of polling on healthcare issues, things like Medicare, Medicaid, and all the rest, has done some polling on this and found three-quarters of people have a favorable opinion of it. So really tough to cut programs that are popular.

Definitely, and I think that it's a really tough thing for them to try and say that they're going to cut all of these programs and take a chainsaw in the way that Elon Musk and his advisory group DOGE, Department of Government Efficiency, is trying to cut discretionary spending and firing all these federal workers when – it really won't make much of a dent in the federal budget at all.

Definitely, and I think that it's a really tough thing for them to try and say that they're going to cut all of these programs and take a chainsaw in the way that Elon Musk and his advisory group DOGE, Department of Government Efficiency, is trying to cut discretionary spending and firing all these federal workers when – it really won't make much of a dent in the federal budget at all.

Definitely, and I think that it's a really tough thing for them to try and say that they're going to cut all of these programs and take a chainsaw in the way that Elon Musk and his advisory group DOGE, Department of Government Efficiency, is trying to cut discretionary spending and firing all these federal workers when – it really won't make much of a dent in the federal budget at all.