Introducing The Isabel Brown Show: Inside the Shutdown with Speaker Mike Johnson
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What is the Isabel Brown Show and who is the guest speaker?
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Smart, unapologetic coverage of politics, culture, science, faith, and everything in between. Every weekday, Isabel takes on the most interesting issues, from real discussions about what it'll take to save Western civilization, to her perspective as a new wife and mom. This is your invitation to watch the Isabel Brown show live every weekday at twelve PM Eastern on Daily Wire Plus or find and follow wherever you listen to podcasts. You're about to hear Isabel Brown with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson on the government shutdown, what happened, who's really responsible, and what comes next. This is the Isabel Brown show.
Speaker Johnson, thank you so much for taking a few minutes out of your very, very busy schedule. For young people today, the media is very much twisting the narrative of what a government shutdown even is and how we got here. So for our viewers who might be the average eighteen year old that didn't get the world's best civics education, can you explain what's going on this week?
I don't blame anybody for not understanding all that. It's kind of complicated. But let me make it really simple. Okay. Uh go back to the 1974 Budget Control Act. Okay. There's a federal law that says the way that Congress is supposed to spend taxpayer dollars is very uh with with great stewardship. Okay. You're supposed to do twelve separate appropriations bills every year. And why is that important? Because if you divide all the federal funding into twelve separate categories, then you Can accurately debate it and have dialogue and have thoughtful conversation. Mm-hmm. Gee, what is the best use of taxpayer dollars? We want to spend it efficiently and effectively, right? So you you divide all the government uh into twelve different categories and you do that.
Here's the problem: Congress hasn't done that for a long, long time. Okay? Because Congress has a tendency to not do its duty and responsibility because it's hard work. So what they do instead is they kick the can down the road till the end of the year, usually right about Christmas. time and there's a giant omnibus spinny bill.
How does Speaker Mike Johnson explain what a government shutdown is?
You heard the term omnibus, right? And that's where they just cram everything in all at once. The pay the bill is sometimes 2,000 pages long. No one's read it, understood it, not debated it, and it's massive amounts of money, trillions of dollars all at once. That is bad stewardship. Okay. So I became Speaker almost two years ago in October of 23. I was not expecting to have the job. And I was one of I'm a fiscal conservative and I'm worried about Congress being irresponsible with taxpayer funds. And so I made it a commitment. after I became speaker that I would force the muscle memory back to Congress to make 'em do what we call regular order. And that is twelve separate appropriations bills going through both chambers and working through it.
Uh w it's taken a long time to do that because it's like pushing a boulder up a hill and trying trying to force people into this job. But the good news is we did it. And this year. The House Appropriations uh committee in a bipartisan fashion, using our Republican majority, we got twelve separate appropriations bills done through committee. We got three of them passed off the floor.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the Isabel Brown Show and who is the guest speaker?
0:00–2:16
2
How does Speaker Mike Johnson explain what a government shutdown is?
2:16–4:25
3
Why does the 1974 Budget Control Act require twelve separate appropriations bills?
4:25–5:58
4
What steps did Congress take this year to pass separate appropriations bills?
5:58–8:15
5
How did the House and Senate use a Continuing Resolution to keep the government open?
8:15–10:40
6
Which federal programs and workers are being affected by the shutdown?
10:40–12:56
7
Why does Speaker Johnson say Chuck Schumer changed his stance on the shutdown?
12:56–15:41
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What does Speaker Johnson predict for the next few weeks and the upcoming election cycle?
15:41–17:29
Speakers
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