October 6, 2025 • 5 mins
Fox News Radio's Ryan Schmelz joins us to discuss the latest as the government continues to be shut down.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And this is West Michigan's Morning News. Steve Kelly, Brett,
Kaita Schmitty is back with us soon. You may remember,
in of last week, serving Michigan's fourth Congressional District, Congressman
Bill Heisinger joined us to talk a little bit about
the partial government shutdown and added this.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
I have let the Clerk of the House know that
as long as our federal employees are not being paid,
I don't want to be paid either. And it's a
voluntary thing for us, it's involuntary for them. And I think, frankly,
members of Congress and the House and the Senate ought
to be in the exact same boat that they're in.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Let's get the latest on what might happen moving forward.
Ryan Schmeltz in Fox News Radio with Fox News Radio
Ian Washington, d C prepositions, Ryan, thanks for doing this today.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Good morning, Happy Monday.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
And happy Monday to you. I see a Senate Republican
would like to add some sort of tax to this
thing too. Moving forward. Where do we stand?
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Well, where we stand right now is that if we're
still kind of exactly where we were last week. Senator
is going to come back today and it looks like
the plan right now is to have a vote on
the exact same bill if they tried to pass last
week that was not successful. This would be a clean
extension of government funding until mid to late November. But
(01:21):
Democrats have stood firm that they want some type of
healthcare provision attached to this, and Republicans have not been
willing to budget.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
So can you explain, I guess in a little more
detail what provision and healthcare are Democrats hoping that they
secure in this resolution.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
Right so, there are these Affordable Care Act tax subsidies
that impact roughly twenty two million people that are going
to expire at the end of the year. Democrats want
an extension, or actually they want to make that tax
subsidy permanent. The Republicans have had issues with the price
tag of it. But at the same time, this would
lead to the word to fire, This would lead to
(02:01):
healthcare premium to skyrocketing for a good amount of people.
But at the same time, this was a COVID era
subsidy that was always meant to be temporary and Democrats
wanted to now remain the law of the land, and
Republicans are saying, well, no, this is a December policy issue,
not a issue that we should settle during a government's
funding fight. So there is a little bit of a
(02:22):
standoff here.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Yeah, and here's another dumb question from Steve, But you
ought to be used to him by now. Isn't the
thing that they're voting on only keeping the government only
open till November or at least fund.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Direct mid to late November. Yes, and that's supposed to
give Congress enough time to pass a full budget or
negotiate a full budget, as well as potentially negotiate some
of these other healthcare provisions too.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Well, that's the thing that I'm and again I'm not
trying to take sides on this thing, because both are
pointing fingers on either side of things. But if there's
only one part of it that's supposed to last longer
than the other, that doesn't necess really seem like it's.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
Yeah, no, no, no, you are asking You are asking
a very valid question because we've been asking it too,
and Democrats have remain firmed that, you know, the healthcare
is an issue that they want to be a part
of this, and they put their foot in the ground
on it. They want at least Republicans to come to
the table and negotiate. But Republicans have said this is
a very Republicans think they've given Democrats a good deal here,
(03:24):
which is that simple extension. There's no spending cuts or
anything like that attached to the Republican funding plan. So
they think, for the fact that the Democrats are in
the minority, that they got a pretty good deal here.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
So would this be the third vote? Then on the
first time around there were five, they made fifty five,
and they need to get to sixty. Where do we
stand now?
Speaker 3 (03:46):
I think I want to say this might be the
fourth I've lost count though, so what that sink in? Yeah,
they since the first time they voted on this, or
at least the last time, they've got the fifty three
I want to say, Monday of last week, they ended
the week with fifty three. You know, they keep Republicans
(04:07):
keep saying we need to get five more Democrats, five
more Democrats. They have not come close to getting five
more Democrats since they had that first vote.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
So in the court of public opinion, do we know
what the American people are thinking is that these people
need to be elected. Everybody wants to blame the other side.
Do we know what Americans are thinking about this or
are we and maybe it's another topic entirely. Do we
just not care until something that we hold near and
dear is closed?
Speaker 3 (04:36):
Well, that's the thing. First To address that second part, well,
you know we I saw an Instagram story from my
friend who was at the Atlanta International Airport and they
had a forty five minute wait time at their TSA
at one point. Now, I don't know if that's because
of the government shutdown, and I want to blame that,
but you know, there is this thought that when PSA
(04:58):
workers stop showing up to work because they're not getting paid,
you know, that's going to have a domino effect that
impacts all of us, especially considering how many of us
use air travel on a daily basis. So to keep
that in mind. And what was the first part you asked.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Their old polling. Is there anything out there about who's
getting blamed for this?
Speaker 3 (05:18):
Yeah, there's some pulling out there. I would say that
I believe there was one that said that Republicans would
be the ones who get to blame for this, because
you know they're in the majority. But there's also other
pulling that says that Democrats should not be hardlining on
healthcare in order to do this. So you know, there's
a lot of mixed messaging on that. So that's why
(05:38):
you see both sides kind of tapping into their messaging
and trying to get this through.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
Well, let us know if you hear anything. Ryan Schmells,
Fox News Radio, Ian Washington, d C. Thanks for your time.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
Today, of course, thank you having a good one
Speaker 1 (05:48):
And you thus saying
And this is West Michigan's Morning News. Steve Kelly, Brett,
Kaita Schmitty is back with us soon. You may remember,
in of last week, serving Michigan's fourth Congressional District, Congressman
Bill Heisinger joined us to talk a little bit about
the partial government shutdown and added this.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
I have let the Clerk of the House know that
as long as our federal employees are not being paid,
I don't want to be paid either. And it's a
voluntary thing for us, it's involuntary for them. And I think, frankly,
members of Congress and the House and the Senate ought
to be in the exact same boat that they're in.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Let's get the latest on what might happen moving forward.
Ryan Schmeltz in Fox News Radio with Fox News Radio
Ian Washington, d C prepositions, Ryan, thanks for doing this today.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Good morning, Happy Monday.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
And happy Monday to you. I see a Senate Republican
would like to add some sort of tax to this
thing too. Moving forward. Where do we stand?
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Well, where we stand right now is that if we're
still kind of exactly where we were last week. Senator
is going to come back today and it looks like
the plan right now is to have a vote on
the exact same bill if they tried to pass last
week that was not successful. This would be a clean
extension of government funding until mid to late November. But
(01:21):
Democrats have stood firm that they want some type of
healthcare provision attached to this, and Republicans have not been
willing to budget.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
So can you explain, I guess in a little more
detail what provision and healthcare are Democrats hoping that they
secure in this resolution.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
Right so, there are these Affordable Care Act tax subsidies
that impact roughly twenty two million people that are going
to expire at the end of the year. Democrats want
an extension, or actually they want to make that tax
subsidy permanent. The Republicans have had issues with the price
tag of it. But at the same time, this would
lead to the word to fire, This would lead to
(02:01):
healthcare premium to skyrocketing for a good amount of people.
But at the same time, this was a COVID era
subsidy that was always meant to be temporary and Democrats
wanted to now remain the law of the land, and
Republicans are saying, well, no, this is a December policy issue,
not a issue that we should settle during a government's
funding fight. So there is a little bit of a
(02:22):
standoff here.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Yeah, and here's another dumb question from Steve, But you
ought to be used to him by now. Isn't the
thing that they're voting on only keeping the government only
open till November or at least fund.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Direct mid to late November. Yes, and that's supposed to
give Congress enough time to pass a full budget or
negotiate a full budget, as well as potentially negotiate some
of these other healthcare provisions too.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Well, that's the thing that I'm and again I'm not
trying to take sides on this thing, because both are
pointing fingers on either side of things. But if there's
only one part of it that's supposed to last longer
than the other, that doesn't necess really seem like it's.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
Yeah, no, no, no, you are asking You are asking
a very valid question because we've been asking it too,
and Democrats have remain firmed that, you know, the healthcare
is an issue that they want to be a part
of this, and they put their foot in the ground
on it. They want at least Republicans to come to
the table and negotiate. But Republicans have said this is
a very Republicans think they've given Democrats a good deal here,
(03:24):
which is that simple extension. There's no spending cuts or
anything like that attached to the Republican funding plan. So
they think, for the fact that the Democrats are in
the minority, that they got a pretty good deal here.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
So would this be the third vote? Then on the
first time around there were five, they made fifty five,
and they need to get to sixty. Where do we
stand now?
Speaker 3 (03:46):
I think I want to say this might be the
fourth I've lost count though, so what that sink in? Yeah,
they since the first time they voted on this, or
at least the last time, they've got the fifty three
I want to say, Monday of last week, they ended
the week with fifty three. You know, they keep Republicans
(04:07):
keep saying we need to get five more Democrats, five
more Democrats. They have not come close to getting five
more Democrats since they had that first vote.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
So in the court of public opinion, do we know
what the American people are thinking is that these people
need to be elected. Everybody wants to blame the other side.
Do we know what Americans are thinking about this or
are we and maybe it's another topic entirely. Do we
just not care until something that we hold near and
dear is closed?
Speaker 3 (04:36):
Well, that's the thing. First To address that second part, well,
you know we I saw an Instagram story from my
friend who was at the Atlanta International Airport and they
had a forty five minute wait time at their TSA
at one point. Now, I don't know if that's because
of the government shutdown, and I want to blame that,
but you know, there is this thought that when PSA
(04:58):
workers stop showing up to work because they're not getting paid,
you know, that's going to have a domino effect that
impacts all of us, especially considering how many of us
use air travel on a daily basis. So to keep
that in mind. And what was the first part you asked.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Their old polling. Is there anything out there about who's
getting blamed for this?
Speaker 3 (05:18):
Yeah, there's some pulling out there. I would say that
I believe there was one that said that Republicans would
be the ones who get to blame for this, because
you know they're in the majority. But there's also other
pulling that says that Democrats should not be hardlining on
healthcare in order to do this. So you know, there's
a lot of mixed messaging on that. So that's why
(05:38):
you see both sides kind of tapping into their messaging
and trying to get this through.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
Well, let us know if you hear anything. Ryan Schmells,
Fox News Radio, Ian Washington, d C. Thanks for your time.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
Today, of course, thank you having a good one
Speaker 1 (05:48):
And you thus saying
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