On the recordOctober 2, 2025
Tom, let's come back to the basic premise: This is avoidable.
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nbcnews.comTom, let's come back to the basic premise: This is avoidable.
Thune emphasizes that the government shutdown can be prevented with cooperation from Democrats.
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Sometimes they’re mad at the president, sometimes they’re mad at the Congress, and I obviously generate a lot of ire in my direction these days.
Again, the question is $60 billion worth the risk of putting something like that on the floor, and all the other harm that could potentially come from that.
The parliamentarian rulings break both ways, and you know, we lose a few, we win a few.
It’s fair to say that there is a consensus view around here that it is time for the ODNI to be scaled down.