October 3, 2025 • 5 mins
Interview & Analysis: Partial Government Shutdown w/White House Correspondent Jon Decker
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Two sides to the story. There's only one side to
the facts. Welcome to the Brian mud Show and thank
you for listening. All right, So here we are day three,
partial government shutdown, and our White House correspondent John Decker
in the middle of the festivities. Good morning, John, Hey.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Good morning to you, Brian. Happy Friday to you. That's right,
government shutdown day three. And I notice it when I'm
at the White House because a significant number of individuals
that I see regularly at the White House they've been furloughed,
and they've been furloughed until this government shutdown is over.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Interesting now, the question, of course is when will it be? Yesterday,
of course, no votes were taken, Yam Kapoor back at
it today. Last we heard Senate Majority Leader John Dunn
is just going to keep bringing up the continuing resolution
passed by the House until enough Democrats to peel off
(01:00):
to break the filibuster.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
What are you hearing, Well, that's right. There will be
a vote today on the Senate floor, an up or
down vote concerning a continuing resolution Brian that would keep
the government open until November the twenty first. Democrats have
supported these crs before significant more than a dozen times before,
and yet they do not support this continuing Resolution. They
(01:25):
want to include an element in the CR that would
extend certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act, and that
is something they're holding fast and true to most of them.
Three individuals in the Senate who vote with Democrats voted
for that CR the last time it was put on
the floor. And what Republicans are looking for, Brian, is
(01:47):
five more Democrats to support this CR. I have not
heard of any additional Democrats that are going to come
on board in trying to reopen the government. So I'm
not optimistic today. That being said, I am optimistic that
a week from now, I think the government shutdown is
going to be over. I don't think a protracted government
shutdown works in the interest of either party, and I
(02:09):
think they have to be recognizing of that fact, especially
with the midterms next year.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
John one of the dynamics in play we know, going
back to the early days days of Doge that small
big downsizing many federal government agencies front and center in
the Trump administration, and he has suggested many times throughout
the course of this process that he would go ahead
(02:35):
and use the partial shutdown to make some of these
furloughs permanent yet to happen. What goes on here? And
are you hearing anything beyond just what we are seeing
posted on truth.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Yeah, the President putting that on truth Social on Thursday.
And in the meantime, the OMB Director having conversations about
a top permanent layoffs in the federal government, having those conversations,
briefing members of Congress on those plans. That hasn't happened yet,
And I think that is the type of pressure that
(03:12):
the administration is trying to place upon Democrats to come
to the bargaining table and agree to reopen the government,
agree to a continuing resolution. But the President has not
pulled the trigger on that just yet. That could happen.
I can't get inside the president's head. It seems to
me that the President doesn't want to do that, would
(03:35):
rather just have the support that's necessary in the Senate,
the sixty votes necessary to simply reopen the government and
extend the time that is necessary to come to an
agreement on a budget for the next fiscal year, for
this fiscal year that we're already in. And we'll have
to wait and see if that happens in the next
few days.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
One of the narratives that exists in this process, and
you talked about a lot of these continuing solutions that
have been passed previously, is that Chuck Schumer is consumed
by concerns over a primary challenge, pressure from his left wing,
perhaps AOC. Do you put weight in that.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
I don't know. I can't get inside Chuck Schumer's head,
you know, in terms of what he is thinking about.
You know, this could, for all we know, Brian b
his final term. Maybe he's not going to run for
re election. He's not a young man, you know, and
that's something that he has to consider. But we do
know that he's certainly got a lot of pushback concerning
the last R that was agreed to back in March,
(04:37):
and that pushback coming from those that identify themselves as
progressive in the Democratic Party. And perhaps you know, he
heard that message loud and clear, and that's the reason
why he's digging in his heels in terms of insisting
upon additional provisions being a part of the continuing resolution.
But I can't speak to definitivelybviously, what the motivations of
(05:02):
Chuck Schumer are other than what I see him say
you know he makes those public comments to the television
cameras well.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
John, thank you so much for the insight the update.
We do appreciate it. Have a great weekend.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
YouTube Brian, thanks so much. Bye bye
Two sides to the story. There's only one side to
the facts. Welcome to the Brian mud Show and thank
you for listening. All right, So here we are day three,
partial government shutdown, and our White House correspondent John Decker
in the middle of the festivities. Good morning, John, Hey.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Good morning to you, Brian. Happy Friday to you. That's right,
government shutdown day three. And I notice it when I'm
at the White House because a significant number of individuals
that I see regularly at the White House they've been furloughed,
and they've been furloughed until this government shutdown is over.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Interesting now, the question, of course is when will it be? Yesterday,
of course, no votes were taken, Yam Kapoor back at
it today. Last we heard Senate Majority Leader John Dunn
is just going to keep bringing up the continuing resolution
passed by the House until enough Democrats to peel off
(01:00):
to break the filibuster.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
What are you hearing, Well, that's right. There will be
a vote today on the Senate floor, an up or
down vote concerning a continuing resolution Brian that would keep
the government open until November the twenty first. Democrats have
supported these crs before significant more than a dozen times before,
and yet they do not support this continuing Resolution. They
(01:25):
want to include an element in the CR that would
extend certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act, and that
is something they're holding fast and true to most of them.
Three individuals in the Senate who vote with Democrats voted
for that CR the last time it was put on
the floor. And what Republicans are looking for, Brian, is
(01:47):
five more Democrats to support this CR. I have not
heard of any additional Democrats that are going to come
on board in trying to reopen the government. So I'm
not optimistic today. That being said, I am optimistic that
a week from now, I think the government shutdown is
going to be over. I don't think a protracted government
shutdown works in the interest of either party, and I
(02:09):
think they have to be recognizing of that fact, especially
with the midterms next year.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
John one of the dynamics in play we know, going
back to the early days days of Doge that small
big downsizing many federal government agencies front and center in
the Trump administration, and he has suggested many times throughout
the course of this process that he would go ahead
(02:35):
and use the partial shutdown to make some of these
furloughs permanent yet to happen. What goes on here? And
are you hearing anything beyond just what we are seeing
posted on truth.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Yeah, the President putting that on truth Social on Thursday.
And in the meantime, the OMB Director having conversations about
a top permanent layoffs in the federal government, having those conversations,
briefing members of Congress on those plans. That hasn't happened yet,
And I think that is the type of pressure that
(03:12):
the administration is trying to place upon Democrats to come
to the bargaining table and agree to reopen the government,
agree to a continuing resolution. But the President has not
pulled the trigger on that just yet. That could happen.
I can't get inside the president's head. It seems to
me that the President doesn't want to do that, would
(03:35):
rather just have the support that's necessary in the Senate,
the sixty votes necessary to simply reopen the government and
extend the time that is necessary to come to an
agreement on a budget for the next fiscal year, for
this fiscal year that we're already in. And we'll have
to wait and see if that happens in the next
few days.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
One of the narratives that exists in this process, and
you talked about a lot of these continuing solutions that
have been passed previously, is that Chuck Schumer is consumed
by concerns over a primary challenge, pressure from his left wing,
perhaps AOC. Do you put weight in that.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
I don't know. I can't get inside Chuck Schumer's head,
you know, in terms of what he is thinking about.
You know, this could, for all we know, Brian b
his final term. Maybe he's not going to run for
re election. He's not a young man, you know, and
that's something that he has to consider. But we do
know that he's certainly got a lot of pushback concerning
the last R that was agreed to back in March,
(04:37):
and that pushback coming from those that identify themselves as
progressive in the Democratic Party. And perhaps you know, he
heard that message loud and clear, and that's the reason
why he's digging in his heels in terms of insisting
upon additional provisions being a part of the continuing resolution.
But I can't speak to definitivelybviously, what the motivations of
(05:02):
Chuck Schumer are other than what I see him say
you know he makes those public comments to the television
cameras well.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
John, thank you so much for the insight the update.
We do appreciate it. Have a great weekend.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
YouTube Brian, thanks so much. Bye bye
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