Michael Gold
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first heard Nov 2025
last heard 6 Jul
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And so even if they don't get everything that they're requesting, I think a lot of Democrats feel like they successfully drew attention to a major issue and they were able to extract some concessions.
The flip side of that is there are a lot of Democrats who look at the Trump administration and say, if we want anything concrete, we need it to be law because things could change at any moment.
My answer to that is yes and yes.
I think we are in a delicate situation here.
As much as the Senate's going to continue negotiating and there is an incentive for senators to reach a deal, both so that TSA agents get paid and so they can leave Washington,
There are a few factors that are going to make that complicated.
And I would say that none of those factors are more complicated than the president himself, because ultimately you need President Trump to buy into any deal.
The Senate's not going to want to move if the White House isn't okay with it.
And frankly, any deal the Senate reaches also has to be passed by the House, where Republicans have a very, very narrow majority and where the president's arm twisting, essentially, has been really necessary to get bills like this across the finish line.
So on the one hand, yes, it's feeling positive.
There seems to be a lot of energy here.
Everyone feels really good.
On the other hand, we've seen negotiations fall apart for any number of reasons here.
I've been here a year and it's happened countless times.
So I don't want to predict soon or not soon.
But it's hard to imagine that Congress is going to see continued chaos at airports, longer lines, people waiting five hours and missing their flights.
It's hard to imagine they're going to look around and want to be the ones who are holding the bag for the complete collapse of American air travel.
Oh, Michael, as always, thank you very much.
Anytime, Michael.
That's right, Michael.
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