White House Standoff: Funding Fight Looms

White House Standoff: Funding Fight Looms


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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, listeners. This is your White House Daily Briefing
for Monday, September twenty ninth, twenty twenty five. The big
story today centers on the Oval Office, where President Donald
Trump will meet with the top four congressional leaders. This
high stake session comes just hours before a looming government
funding deadline at midnight tomorrow. Joining the President at the
White House this afternoon our Senate Majority Leader John Foon,

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffreys. The negotiations are tense as
Republicans push to pass a short term funding bill to
keep the government open until late November. However, Democrats are
holding out for permanent extensions of Affordable Care Act tax credits,

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which provide critical health insurance subsidies for millions of Americans
and are set to expire at the end of the year.
President Trump last week abruptly canceled a previous meeting with
Democratic leaders, calling their demands unseerious, But the White House
has returned to the ten undergrowing pressure to avoid a shutdown.
If Congress does not act, non essential federal services will

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halt and hundreds of thousands of federal workers will go
without pay, adding serious strain on federal agencies and communities
dependent on government support. As a sign of mounting tensions,
the administration directed agencies to prepare for permanent layoffs rather
than traditional temporary furloughs, a move sharply criticized by Democrats

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as mafia style blackmail, according to Senator Chris Van Holland.
On the international front, President Trump delivered a dramatic global
address from the White House yesterday, highlighting growing concerns about
worldwide instability and warning about the possibility of escalating international conflicts.
The President emphasized ongoing diplomatic efforts and reinforced his call

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for global unity as tensions rise on several fronts. Elsewhere
in the administration, Secretary of State Marco Rubio spends his
day at the White House in a series of briefings
ahead of meetings with foreign counterparts. Domestic policy is also
in the spotlight, with today being the deadline set by
Presidential Trump for pharmaceutical companies to voluntarily adopt most favored

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Nition drug pricing policies, an initiative aimed at reducing prescription
drug prices for Americans. No major public events are scheduled
on the White House long today, but the West Wing
remains busy as policymakers and staff prepare for a crucial
week of high level negotiations and policy deadlines. That wraps
today's White House Daily Briefing. Thank you for tuning in.

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