Government Shutdown Update: When Could a Deal Finally Happen?

National Correspondent Rory O’Neill joins the show with the latest on the ongoing government shutdown, where negotiations stand, and when lawmakers might finally reach a deal to get federal workers and agencies back on track.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Let's bring in our national correspondent, Rory O'Neil, whose report
is brought to you by Mark Spain real Estate. So, Rory,
the government shut down continues and it doesn't look like
there's any end in sight, at least not in the
near future.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
No. You know, we heard from Speaker Johnson yesterday who
expressed his frustration again but didn't really add much that
was new. We're going to hear from both sides with
dueling press conferences today too, so it's going to be
more of the same. Another vote is set in the
Senate today on the same continuing resolution that funds the
government through the twenty first of November. But that's really

(00:36):
about it again. We're going to start seeing those either
smaller paychecks or no paychecks start to impact federal workers
this week and maybe that'll move the needle.

Speaker 1 (00:46):
Yeah, I think between that House Democrats coming back to
d C and President Trump back in d C now
that the Middle East peace deal is done, I think
there's definitely going to be a renewed focus on the
government shutdown.

Speaker 2 (01:03):
Well, right, and you know the news networks being there
as well, just it helps to concentrate everything and then
you're not off in Chicago or Portland, and with the
different headlines going there. So if we get a concentrated
focus on some of this, it might move things. But
at this point, again, we're only funding things now through
November twenty. First, just go for a big deal at
this point, why are we even bothering with the cr

(01:25):
Just you know, let's just get the deal done. Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:28):
Honestly, it looks like the way both sides are viewing it.
Republicans are viewing it in the sense that like we
gave Democrats the funding levels that were there before, this
is not something where we like stuffed a bunch of
priorities or a bunch of cots in or anything like that.
They should take it. And then we talk about you know,

(01:48):
healthcare and all of that, and Democrats they don't mind
waiting it out because people are starting to receive those
notices about their premiums going up, and so they think
they've got the messaging on their side when it comes
to healthcare. So we've just got again both sides they
think they're winning right now. So nobody's budgeting well right.

Speaker 2 (02:06):
And I'm not sure Main Street USA interprets it that way.
You know, a lot of This is probably going to
rub off on President Trump taking the blame just because
he's in every single news story in every possible way.
So I think it's just because of his role. And
look while he you know, obviously the president riding a
well deserved high right now after what happened in Israel.

(02:29):
To your point, you know, when the insurance bills show up,
when the cost of beef hit a record last week,
you know, there's still a lot of that growing frustration
out there, even Marjorie Taylor Green saying, hey, wait a minute, now,
you promise to be looking out for the little guy.

Speaker 1 (02:41):
Yeah, I think the party in power always gets more
of the blame. But from what I've seen, and I
think this is more generally the case, just anecdotally and
conversations I've had, I think a lot of people just
blame all of DC, you know what I mean. It's
not even like one person in particular we should do. Yeah,
it's all of them. The whole thing is a freaking
mess up there not surprised by it, just annoyed by it.

(03:02):
But once once you start seeing those stories of like troops,
you know, depending on how that works with what President
Trump is trying to do to at least get them
paid this time around. But you have those air traffic issues.
Once that stuff starts to grow, that's when the pressure builds.

Speaker 2 (03:18):
Right, And as people get more and more frustrated with
these little things that pop up but that are related
to the shutdown, that's just going to happen more and more,
and then more news stories about you know, that federal
worker who's a secretary and didn't get a paycheck and
now can't feed their kids, and you know, stuff starts
to snowball.

Speaker 1 (03:34):
Yeah, it is putting pressure on local organizations, you know,
who are there to support people in need, because you
are going to have people in the next couple of weeks.
It doesn't matter where they're going to be going to
those organizations for you know, things like help, whether it's food,
assistance with bills, things like that. So then those organizations
are impacted by it.

Speaker 2 (03:55):
Landlords, Yeah, I've got the landlord now, not that you know,
we all love the landlord, but that's going to be
an issue too, Rory always.

Speaker 1 (04:02):
Looking out for the landlords. That's quite a position of
that's true. That's true.

Speaker 2 (04:09):
Brand new AC system. After yesterday's.

Speaker 1 (04:14):
Our national correspondent Rory O'Neil with us this morning. Rory,
thanks so much.

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