Continuing Resolution Passed

Fox News Radio's Ryan Schmelz joins us with details on the Continuing Resolution to keep the government open and what is next for the House of Representatives. 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
I gotta tell you, I could have followed the continuing
resolution a little closer after our last conversation with Ryan
Schmels with Box News Radio, who joins us by the
way from Washington, d C. Ryan, thanks for doing this
again today.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
Of course, thank you.

Speaker 1 (00:15):
Were you surprised because it looks like his party might
have been that Senator Chuck Schumer in the minority minority
leader signed onto this thing.

Speaker 2 (00:26):
You know, a mixed reaction, you know when when when
you hear his reasoning for doing it. I think there
definitely is a lot of valid points he's making about.
You know, there would have been a fight about reopening
the government, which parts of the government to reopened first,
And of course, you know they were heading towards spring break.

(00:47):
They're a week off a week long recess. You know,
you had to think that there was some type of
logic there for getting it across the finish line, or
at least just letting it, you know, pass. But of
course Schumer did vote no on final passes. You voted
guests to break the filibuster, and there was an attempt
to you know, get some amendments through, and Democrats were
able to get Republicans on the record when it comes

(01:08):
to those amendments, so there's always that too, But in
the end, you know, those efforts were futile and the
bill became law.

Speaker 1 (01:15):
And there it is. So we wait till September to
have this very conversation again.

Speaker 2 (01:20):
It'll be a little bit different this time because this
is now the time for Republicans to try to pass
and actually get back to regular order, which is the
full on appropriations process twelve individual spending bills that would
fund the government for an entire fiscal year. You know,
usually they're supposed to start this process in September. That
is not going to be the case. They're starting it
in the middle of March. So they've got a lot

(01:42):
of challenges ahead. But you know, this is something that
Speaker Johnson said was going to be something he got
done and it was a big goal of his. So
let's see if it happens now. I think, of course,
in the meantime, there's gonna be a lot of focus
on what the future is of Senate leadership and the
relationship between how and Senate leadership. On the Democrats side,

(02:02):
because Hakeem Jeffries had a lot of no answers when
it came to Chuck Schumer on Friday.

Speaker 1 (02:08):
Interesting. Okay, outside of that cr what pressing work for
the House remains Well, I think I.

Speaker 2 (02:15):
Think number one, the one big beautiful bill, you know,
the bill that has a lot of President Trump's priorities
on it when it comes to taxes as well as
you know, military spending and border spending. So I have
to make the short term thing that we need. We
try to watch to see how that how that goes.
But also I think the other thing we probably familiarize
ourselves with this term called recisions. That is a package

(02:39):
that the White House can send to the House and
the Senate saying, hey, we've got these government programs, we
no longer want them. Uh. And essentially the they can
pass that decisions package on a simple majority, and that's
how you get rid of some of these programs that
DOSE just been pushing for.

Speaker 1 (02:58):
That is Fox News Radios, right. Shmells in Washington, d C.
Thank you for your time this morning.

Speaker 2 (03:04):
Of course, thank you