challenge against massie. now, trump has actually targeted massie before, but he failed. that may be why massie is brushing off trump's threats tonight. >> i think the comments were put out there to keep other republicans in line. i don't think they were meant to change my vote because they know they can't change my vote. they don't even call me. >> but he called you a grandstander. >> that's an upgrade. last time he called me a third rate grandstander. so i've. i've no longer have that qualifier. i'm just a grandstander. according to him kind of an upgrade with me now, a man who knows what it's like to draw the ire of the president, former congressman mo brooks, a republican from alabama. >> trump, as you recall, rescinded his endorsement of brooks during the 2022 senate race. congressman, thank you for joining us. why would trump start this fight again? i mean, is congressman massie right? is trump sending a warning to any republicans who will try to cross him? >> well, let me give a little bit of background

he's already lost thomas massie. you heard our colleague manu raju ask the speaker in this press conference because the president has threatened potentially to primary thomas massie or to at least support a primary challenge to thomas massie what the speaker thought of that. i thought it was really interesting. speaker johnson said. they disagree on this issue, but he is in the business of the incumbent protection program, signaling that he personally is not going to be going after massie, even though massie has already said he's voting against this bill. that's very important for the speaker today, wolf. >> we shall see what happens in the coming hours. lauren fox up on capitol hill, thank you very, very much. we are watching all the breaking news right now. we'll take a quick break. we'll be right back. >> can a personal loan unlock your ambitions? oh yeah. consolidate bad debt and save money for your next goal. sofi. personal loans, low fixed rates. borrow up to 100 k, no fees required. >> so i can take the steak

and i think his statements against congressman massie speak for themselves. and i will let the president put out any additional statements if he chooses to, but he fully expects all house republicans to vote for this continuing resolution. reporter: and just to follow-up: can we start to anticipate see more of the president weighing in on upcoming 2026 races, like we saw this morning? karoline: i'm not sure about that. i am not even sure if i am allowed to speak about that from this podium. i would check in with our outside political people for guidance on the future rateses and the president's involvement. elena. reporter: elon musk said there's $500 billion to $700 billion in waste and fraud in entitlement spending. he called it, quote, the big one to eliminate. also, he referred to social security as a ponzi scheme. should americans expect big changes to social security and medicare? karoline: president trump has been clear on this. he will protect medicare and social security benefits and medicaid for hardworking americans who paid into these entitlement

i love tom massie. thomas massie and i are friends. he's a principled man.i knew he was going to be knowing this, but he is a very consistent person and i like that. >> yeah, that consistent on this front is definitely something that tom massie is. democrats believe that what this cr does, and we just heard from a democrat earlier in the show, brad schneider, saying this is they believe that. why why they're voting against it. they say is that this cr would allow the white house to accelerate to go even further in dismantling agencies and programs that you have funded, which congress, which is congress's job giving elon musk and donald trump more the ability to go further and faster with slashing the government. is that what this does? >> it is not that at all. i know, you know, i kind of feel for the democrats because really they have no leader, they have no message, and they have no vision right now. and they're flailing like a drowning victim out in the deep ocean. and i think the cr is a lifeline for the american people if they don't want to grab hold of

massie, congressman massie of kentucky, said earlier today it was a hard no on the bill. and he added, quote, i guess deficits only matter when we're in the minority, unquote. now, this is your first such legislation. so i'm not going to judge you too harshly. but does congressman massie have a point? >> well, listen, i, i agree with his concerns. broadly speaking, we have got to get our debt and deficit under control. president trump inherited an economy and a government that is bankrupt, running $2 trillion deficits every single year. unfortunately, he also inherited an appropriations process that has been busted. and the reality is that we just don't have and haven't had the time to bring us back to regular order to run a regular appropriations process. so what this cr does is it buys us more time as president trump in doge are doing their incredible work that they're doing in identifying waste, fraud and abuse across the federal government. that process takes time. this gives us the time that we need to identify that waste, then quantify it, and then figure out how we

we saw him turn up the heat on thomas massie overnight.me undecideds on the fence, there's a good chance that they do fold. >> and massie, always colorful in his opposition, saying, i'd have to have a lobotomy between now and the time that i have this vote for me to ever vote. yes. but the way that the white house is making this sell to republicans that never vote for this kind of legislation is basically saying, we'll work on impoundments and rescissions, which is the very fear that democrats have. and the reason that leadership is saying, no way we're going to go along with this. and it's because it's basically the white house saying, don't worry, we actually won't respect some of the funding that you guys are allocating in this bill. that's kind of crazy, but it's working. >> and this was one of the key concerns that democrats had throughout this entire shutdown showdown. the thing that they were asking for was language in the legislation that would ensure that trump directed the funding as appropriated by congress. now, important to no

another quote from tom massie.it passes this week, the cr obligates trump from now until september to spend the same amounts of money on generally the same things biden spent money on in his last 15 months in office. is that the kind of fact that could blow things up for the speaker? >> well. >> that's a true statement from tom massie. and yes, he is a ha no. by the way, having served on the appropriations committee, we used to have a word for a year long continuing resolution failure. that means congress is not doing its job. i mean, a year long continuing resolution in many respects does does kneecap the administration, particularly the pentagon. they're not going to be able to move money where they need it. that's why we have an appropriations process. and as jake has pointed out correctly, you know, i'm kind of skeptical that they have the votes to pass this thing. they will need 6 or 7 votes, seven democratic votes in the senate. they have 53. they'll need 60 votes for an appropriations bill. they don't i don'

massie's move comes as president trump issued a pressure campaign against him. primary challenge against the congressman should massie not support the bill. in response to those moves, massie wrote on social media, quote, three times i've had a challenger who tried to be more maga than me. none busted 25% because my constituents prefer transparency and principles over blind allegiance. the bill now heads to the senate, where it will need 60 votes to pass. while republican senator rand paul, also of kentucky, has already expressed his opposition to the package, some democrats are already lining up to support it. >> i've been i've been very clear. if the house passes that cr and sends it over here, then and there's parts of it that i wouldn't agree i don't agree with, but i will vote for it because that's about shutting down the government. and i refuse to ever vote or withhold my vote. that would all turn into shutting the government down. for me, that turns into a we would burn the village down in order to claim to save it. and that's chaos. >> joining us now, c

thomas massie says he will vote no. the president says he should be primaried and i will lead the charge against him. he's another grandstander that is too much trouble and not worth the fight. marco rubio and michael waltz are meeting with a ukraine yandellgation today. senior official says fact ukr ukrainians are willing to sit down show they are serious about reaching a deal. minerals agreement that fell apart after the spat with trump and zelenskyy won't be a part of today's conversation. >> carley: madeleine rivera, thank you. listen to this. squad congresswomani rashida tlaib voting against bill cracking down on mexican cartel border tunnel system used to smuggle illegal migrants and drugs into the united states. the bill was pass by bipartisan support of 402 to 1. sbp submitted a report on tunnels and what law enforcement is doing to combat it. fox digital reached out to rashida tlaib's office for comment and not heard back. the search for the student missing in dominican republic is infenceifiying. she was on sp

but with one gop hardliner, kentucky's thomas massie, already saying he's a no. the white house confirmed president trump is making phone calls to potential holdouts. >ryan>well, president trump lashed out on social media against massie, saying he should be primaried and that the president will lead that charge. tesla is in hot water because of elon musk. politics is size of president trump and far right views are sparking protests. a stock drop of more than 47%. even vandalism targeting tesla owners and dealerships. some loyal customers are walking away from the brand, while others are debating whether to stick around. >>>>yeah, it was a big believer. it felt like this is somebody who cares and a company that's doing cool things and just within an election cycle, it all kind of turned on its head. >ryan>experts warn that if musk does not shift focus back to tesla, the brand could face long term damage. developing story out of washington, dc, where the ntsb is releasing findings into the mid-air crash that killed 67 people in january. they're now recommending per

massie is the only republican who actually stood firm in his beliefs. reward for that, a promise from president trump to primary him in the midterm elections. as for house democrats, one democrat, maine democrat jared golden, joined the republicans in passing the resolution despite his colleagues objections. >> it's all part. >> of a. >> broader scheme. >> to pass. massive tax. >> cuts for billionaire. >> donors the wealthy. >> the well-off and the well-connected, and then to stick. >> working class. >> americans with the bill. >> this bill requires. >> the district of columbia. >> for instance. to take a $1.1 billion cut, not out of federal funds, out of their own funds that they tax their people. it defunds the police. i wish i had more time to say how bad this bill is. vote no. >> if you. >> feel this. >> is the mandate. >> that you have, you can do. >> that. >> on your own. >> the resolution now. heads to the u.s. senate. let's bring in nbc news senior national political reporter sahil kapoor, who is at the capitol tonight. sahil, how did speaker jo

i don't think that this is going to sway massie in any way.hink that he's pretty adamant in his position. he's always very firm when he says he's going to do something, and he i don't think that the threat of a primary is going to scare him off in any way. but with other members, such as the house freedom caucus coming out, supporting a cr is astounding, given the fact that, you know, trump is out there and deploying vice president pence today to essentially tell members to vote yes, because the president does not want any dissent. as he made clear this weekend. >> we are certainly waiting to see what happens. we only have three days until the government might be shut down. so we will all be watching this really closely. mechazilla, thank you so much. appreciate you coming on this morning. all right. ahead, a federal judge is ordering the trump administration to pay money owed to the usaid contractors. in a lengthy ruling, district judge amir ali said the administration likely violated the constitution's separation of powers by withholding the

and, by the way, my friend thomas massie takes a principledded position, but we have a very practical into fiscal year '25, we cannot let the democrats use that as a lever to bog us down on what represents 25% of our entire federal budget when 75% of it is on auto-spend with respect to entitlements and other mandatory programs. we should do the very simple, straightforward and common sense thing at the president's asking us to do. let's lock in last year's spending which reduces spending, let's root out some waste at department of commerce with a slush fund and some of the irs expansion that happened in the inflation, so-called inflation reduction act, redirect some of that for border security and defense and clear or the path for the much bigger, much for consequential budget reconciliation bill which has the lion's share of the america first agenda. maria: yeah. no, i understand what you're saying. mr. chairman, how are you going to get out of this sort of constant continuum of spending the pandemic level money? because i know what happened during the pandemic. the democrats and pre

and to congressman massie, who has said he's a no on this bill? >> yeah. >> well, first of all, thomas is a great friend. >> and. >> you know, having. >> been the recipient of some similar tweets, you know, the sun comes up tomorrow and, you know, we'll all be moving forward to try to deliver what we came to washington to do for our constituents. and i think that's what thomas does every day. that's what i do every day. and this one, i just disagree with thomas. i think that where we are at this moment, where we've got the president in the white house, we've got russ voted omb and elon and doge doing what they're doing. we have the opportunity to have this administration do what we've been asking to be done for a long time, which is actually root out the waste, fraud and abuse. the ridiculous expenditures, identify them, and do the job that the american people sent us here to do in november. importantly, a cr for six months. and again, i'm not a huge fan of crs, but i've never ruled them out either. this kind of differentiates me from both ends of

i know thomas massie. i know you know thomas massie.same ever since he was elected. and it's been one issued he has railed against his entire career, which is the spending. and the president, i know,son othe same page when it comes -- that's why he has doge. is there a way to bring them both together he is not anti-maga. he is maga as well he wants regular order. will we get that. >> of course, everybody wants regular order. what my friend thomas massi missed yesterday was the vote was to allow this administration to continue their work so that we can bring about all these big changes for the fy 26 budget. that's the one we start immediately after fy-25 is off the table. that's what everybody excited about. what will happen is the trump white house, the administration will send to congress a budget that requests to spend less money. why? because we're going to be able to incorporate all the savings that doge is uncovering and finding. all of the innovations that the trump administration and his extraordinary cabinet are bringing about t

thomas massie of kentucky is a "no."ublicans control the house, but if the bill fails, house g.o.p. leaders are ready to blame the democrats. >> you continually criticize the democrats here. doesn't that imply that you don't have the votes on your side? because you wouldn't need democratic assistance to keep the government open. >> no, we will have the votes. we are going to pass this cr, we can do it on our own but what i'm saying is democrats ought to do the responsible thing, follow their own advice in every previous scenario, and keep the government open. >> and even if it passes the house, it still faces hurdles in the senate. the bill must overcome a filibuster, and it's unclear that all 53 g.o.p. members will vote yes. >> we are going to watch and see what the house does. i've been talking my friends in the house so we will see with the house does and make a decision. >> are you voting for acr? >> i've never voted for a cr, no. >> g.o.p. kentucky senator rand paul is opposed. at least some democrats we need to bre

like what we saw with congressman massie to. pressure other republican lawmakers into supporting this continuing resolution? >> well, he is very much, as i said, engaged in this process. he's been making calls to lawmakers on capitol hill. and i think his statements against congressman massie speak for themselves. and i will let the president put out any additional statements if he chooses to. but he fully expects all house republicans to vote for this continuing resolution. >> just to follow up, can we start to anticipate seeing more of the president weighing in on upcoming 2026 races like we saw this morning? >> i'm not sure about that. i'm not even sure if i'm allowed to speak about that from this podium. i would check in with our outside political team for guidance on future races and the president's involvement. elena. >> thank you. i wanted to ask you about some comments. elon musk yesterday made yesterday. he said that there is 500 to $700 billion in waste and fraud and entitlement spending. he called it, quote, the big o

. - the representative was thomas massie. - thomas massie from kentucky, seen here watching the girl of his dreams marry somebody else. here he is before the vote. - if the republican plan passes, under the rosiest assumptions, which aren't even true, we're going to add $328 billion to the deficit this year. why would i vote for that? [applause] - congresswoman, why don't the other republicans know math? - this isn't about doing what's right by the american people. and the one thing that i will say is, i disagree with his overall, but i agree with the fact that he at least stood for something. and the rest of them don't stand for what they claim to be. [applause] - can you give that same exact speech to hakeem jeffries the next time you see him? [applause] - y'all can not beat up on my leader. - what did the budget resolution that was passed this week say about medicaid? - medicaid is for losers? - ha, ha, ha ,ha. - yeah. - it said absolutely nothing. watch. - do a word search for "medicaid" on the resolution that we passed last night. you will not find it. - now, americans might nee

and they already lost massie. right. >> they did already lose massie. kelly.know, there are two hurdles that congress is going to have to overcome this week if they want to keep the government open. and the first is you identified its house republicans, if you remember, for the last two years, republicans, they have not been able to keep the government open without democratic help. but this time might be different. democrats are a hard no in the house, and trump met with these holdouts last week to make the case that if the department of government efficiency doge, that they need the government to stay open so they can keep working. and some republicans have bought on to that argument. you see, some of the usual holdouts say they're going to back this bill. but as you mentioned, one republican, thomas massie, he is opposed. he tweeted this morning that quote, unless i get a lobotomy monday that causes me to forget what i've witnessed in the past 12 years, i will be a no on the cr that continuing resolution this week. but you know, even if republicans are going

massie, of course, has stuck to his guns. when he says no, he tends to mean no. pressure campaign on other republicans writing on social media, quote, all republicans should vote yes next week. great things are coming for america, and i'm asking you all to give us a few months to get us through to september so we can continue to put the country's financial house in order. joining us now, congressional reporter for punchbowl news, mika sÖllner. talk to us a little bit, mika, about the dynamics here that speaker johnson is going to have to deal with, because you look at the way that government funding has gone in the past, and the open secret on the hill is it has to be bipartisan because 30 or some odd members of the republican side have never voted for just a kick the can down the road. continuing resolution that could have changed. now, i. >> think the biggest. >> factor that's. >> going to change in. >> this instance is. >> trump saying that he. >> wants to see unity. don't mess this up. he doesn't want any. dissent on this vote. i think that's. >> going. >> to

i'll probably be speaking to a representative massie before the vote.st step you can take to getting any spending under control put both your home, your business of the federal government. jon: congressman andy harris from maryland. thank you so much a ring with us. >> thank you. jon: as we just heard live from christina coleman christina survived it. let's bring in adam klotz with details on that. what's going on? >> 16 minutes ago you're talking to christina coleman that puts the earthquake time initially read four-point to magnitude now down to 4.1 magnitude. this was an epicenter 7 miles southwest of westlake village. that's between oxnard and over toward malibu. put it 20 miles away for the palisade file if you went about 4.1 can do, that's enough to give you a little bit of a jolt, maybe scare you a little bit but there's no reports of damage on this point and there should not be a 4.1. but something happened really quick certainly lotta folks are probably scared of this front. jon: christina again hats off to her. she kept right on reporting righ

should thomas massie be primary for his vote against this?> look, i'm in the incumbent protection program here. that's what i do. speaker of the house. and you know me and my style and my you know, the way i do. >> this. >> job, i don't. i bless those who persecute me. right. so thomas and i have had disagreements, but i consider thomas massie a friend. >> he's a. >> thoughtful guy. >> he's i. >> guess he'll he's doing what he thinks is right on this. i just vehemently disagree with his position, but i'll leave it. >> at that. >> mr. speaker. >> mr. speaker, you in the past did not. >> vote for crs when you were a rank and. >> file member. you have said. >> in the past that you were done with short term crs. >> by my. >> count, my math might be a little off. this would be the fifth continuing resolution that you're presiding. >> over as speaker of the house. yeah. what do you say to your conservative colleagues who have heard you in the past, promise. >> that you were going to start to go through a regular appropriations process, but yet agai

. >> chad: republican thomas massie is a no unless he receives a, quote. lobotomy. house g.o.p.ders believe the bill passes tomorrow. still, the bill needs democrats to overcome a senate filibuster later this week that's why the g.o.p. will blame democrats if the government closes. >> but if all of us vote for it, and they don't and on the senate side they don't get the 7 a. cross the aisle to vote for it, it's on them. >> also the house may not be done punishing texas democrat al green. after he disrupted president trump's speech last week. johnson says he is, quote, considering removing green from his committees from green's comments after the event haven't helped. every member has a trite bring a privileged resolution as you know end run around the speaker. it's not always my decision on the things. >> the senate is voting to confirm laura chavez-deremer. the vote 58-29. she has the votes to be confirmed. when they close this vote shy likely scores more democrats than any other trump nominee besides secretary of state marco rubio. when the vote closes the senate is done confi

congressman massie of kentucky was still a no.one democrat across party lines named jared golden. >> john: there's going to have to be a lot more cooperation in the senate give us a rundown of how things proceed in the se senate. >> reporter: leader thune said earlier today he believes a majority of his members will back this continuing resolution. senate democrats continued to take a wait-and-see approach. they have been keeping mom on whether or not some of them will break ranks to back this bill even as they hold their noses. pennsylvania john fetterman has been the only one on record thus far saying he will not support a shut down. >> john: is the option they can vote for the house bill? or is there a possibility there is a senate alternative? might that be the only thing that could get 60 votes? then you've got a discrepancy between the house and the senate. >> there was an alternative put forth by democratic appropriators, senator murray and congresswoman rosa delauro that would extend government funding through april. this

right now the only hard know is thomas massie.d vance will be on the hill today to whip this bill in the gop conference. pete hegseth talked about government waste, fraud, abuse, and spending. trump is even personally calling members of congress who are on the fence, trying to sway them to get over to the yes category and vote for this funding bill. if they cannot fund the government, this bill fails, there is no plan b. they don't have another option other than republicans i talked to who said their plan is to blame democrats if they do not fund the government. republicans have a trifecta. host: let's go to what is in the bill. there is a decrease in domestic spending by $13 billion. you said there would be programs that are cut. do we know what programs are being cut? guest: yeah. we are looking at cutting some funding to obviously usaid loses a little bit of funding. they take out the earmarked programs. they take out the programs previously requested in december of last year's funding program. mostly local community projects t

thomas massie is a no. and brian fitzpatrick is undecided. >> i think we're going to be learning over the next 24 hours what's in it and what's not in it. >> reporter: it would also require democratic votes in the senate. and many in that party are accusing republicans of recklessly cutting things like healthcare and nutritional assistance. >> i would argue we're already in a partial government shutdown, and that's because of what elon musk and his doge frat bros are doing. >> reporter: and among increased economic uncertainty about cuts and a possible shutdown, president trump saying this. >> i hate to predict things like that. there is a period of transition. because what we're doing is very big. >> our thanks to yamiche for that report. >>> thgovernment faces a deadline tonight to pay foreign assistant contractors and aid organizers say they're owed about $670 million for work already completed. the administration has said it could take up to ten days to pay. meanwhile health and human services employees

apparently other than massie.ow, they are going to have to defend the fact they have set in motion the largest medicaid cuts in american history because donald trump demanded that they do it. and children will be devastated. families will be devastated. everyday americans with disabilities will be devastated. older americans in nursing homes will be devastated for nursing homes will be shut down. billy shut down across america. hospitals will close in a rural america, urban america, small-town, america and in the heartland of america that's a vote they now own. it's not that mike johnson told them to do it that bill was dead on the house floor. dead. until donald trump picked up the phone, made calls and demanded they form a line and of course that's exactly what they did it we are going to sty stand on the side of the american people. like johnson said and he'll be here in a little but will ask him about this to pretties pretty confident. not only keep the majority of 2026 he will grow the majority in 2026. he sa

all republicans but one, thomas massie, voted for it. all democrats but one, maine's jared golden, voted against it. golden said it was important to keep the government open. massie said it was time to draw up a real budget. well, this was a big vote on the house floor. the republicans stuck together, stood together, and we had one democrat vote with us to do the right thing, and that is to fund the government. this was a clean cr. it freezes fundiding. it'a responsible thing to do. now. it wasn't a clean resolution. the cr just says keep fundinghere it is. we'll deal with it later. this one is more complex. 99 pages. the bill goes to the senate. lastly, department of education has told all of its workers to stay home today. it's going to cut its workforce. laura, nearly in half. a lot of cuts happening. all right. thank you very much. a little bit of a mystery. and new overnight in the north bay, fairfield police are at a home where we know at least one person died today in the bay's. bob redell joins us live from the scene where this i

massie said it was time to draw up a real budget. a big vote on the house floor. the republicans stuck together, stood together, and we had one democrat vote with us to do the right thing, and that is to fund the government. this was a clean cr. it freezes funding. it's a responsible thing to do. now. it's not a clean, continuing resolution. a clean cr says keep funding where it is. we'll deal with it later. this bill is complex, 99 pages. it has to go to the senate. lastly, department of education has told all of its workers to stay home today. it's going to cut its workforce nearly in half. ginger. thanks a lot, scott. here back home or back here at home, i should say. the top two contenders in oakland's mayoral race are giving voters a better sense about what their vision is for the city. last night, retired congresswoman barbara lee and former council member lauren taylor squared off in a debate covering numerous issues. now, in 2022, in the mayoral race, taylor was narrowly defeated by the now recalled sheng thao. he considers himself a much needed change for

. >> tom massie of kentucky is the only public note so far. >> i believe he'll be my only know but on my side. >> i will give you credit any think i don't give you credit enough. i will give you credit on this topic. i cannot nevertheless a republican speaker asked to see our earthly republican votes. i'd do you remember anything like that? >> a lot of wages unprecedented so tired of making history but this one's not bad. >> okay if you asked me six or seven weeks ago if trump would support a clean cr to the end of the fiscal year i would say no. because that's not what he has ever done. why is this the right political move? you and i had -- and had a disagreement in the past whether we should do the cr and march. i think you had your reasons to do internally. i understood those. but, why did you come to this conclusion? >> we negotiate in good faith. the chairman and that committee members were doing what they do. speaker up and try to decentralize the power of the office and make it more of it member driven bottom-up operation part of that is by necessity because her bottom is so sm

gop bill to avoid a partial government shutdown today although one republican of kentucky, thomas massieys he will vote no. the president on social media called for him to be pry married. t the. >> the house spending bill does nothing to protect social security, medicare and medicaid. >> reporter: there's new fears those programs are in jeopardy after trump's right-hand man elon musk attacked them once again. >> most of the federal spending is entitlements. so that -- that's like the big one to eliminate. >> reporter: this despite president trump's previous pledge not to cut them. and so even if the house passes the spending bill it will still need to get through the senate in order to avert a shut down. meanwhile, tomorrow the president's 25% tariff on aluminum and steel imports are set to kick in, michael. >> derick waller, thanks for joining us. >>> breaking overnight, russia's military says it shot down more than 300 ukrainian drones over ten regions including dozens targeting moscow. the attack, which appears to be the biggest launch by ukraine on russia in three years, damaged a re

just a week and a half ago, every house republican except for thomas massie voted to cut medicaid by0 billion this past week at my direction and request. the nonpartisan congressional budget office confirmed that these would be hundreds of billions of dollars worth of medicaid, the largest in american history. so we already know that they are for medicaid cuts because they've already done it. >> congressman, another democratic concern was articulated today by senator elissa slotkin on meet the press today. listen to it and we'll talk about it on the other side. >> everyone knows congress has the power of the purse. so i just until i see some assurances that whatever we pass next week is going to ensure that the money is spent the way congress intends it. i'm going to i'm going to withhold my vote until i see that. >> and that's senator slotkin from from michigan, congressman boyle. isn't that a real concern that no matter what congress passes in terms of a cr or any budget bill, that the white house isn't going to spend the money in the way that congress intended? >> oh. >> it's more

i mean, no one's surprised that thomas massie is going to oppose this. he opposes everything. i think the real question is, are the democrats, even though they're in the minority, going to be responsible here and actually try to keep the government open, or are they going to kind of stamp their feet and, you know, say, if we don't get our way, we're going to go home? i mean, look at what's in this continuing resolution. it actually increases has one of the largest increases of pay for junior officers in the military. it fully funds veteran benefits to push back against what christine was just saying right now, this actually fully funds veterans benefits or democrats now going to vote against that in the coming days while also trying to shut down the government. it does increases funding for tsa and for for important security measures as well that are necessary in order to and for air traffic controllers as well. so, you know, i think we've actually seen a responsible approach by the republican majority and the trump administration on this. the question is, are the democrats go

course, there's still a moment that we could experience where a republican, in addition to thomas massie and vote against it. but at this hour, it does appear like all republicans are going to be unified. that key vote that you mentioned in a few hours in the house rules committee, massie used to sit on that panel. johnson kicked him, kicked him off of it. and so now he has more loyal members on that committee who will move this bill along. >> what about the senate? are there going to be enough democrats to say yes to this bill, given what we know about it? and can you tell us what exactly the republicans want to cut in order to, to keep government spending the same? >> yeah. and they keep referring to this as a clean continuing resolution. it is not clean. clean would mean that they are just keeping status quo, extending, frankly, biden era spending levels and not touching it. but as you showed in that chart, they are cutting non-defense discretionary spending, which democrats already said they will not do in that is actually embroiled a pot of money for d.c, for the local government he

now we're expecting thomas massie, a republican from kentucky, to vote against this. one of the parameters that he had negotiated two years ago did not make it in the bill, which is likely to prompt his opposition, which means after massie, johnson is going to have zero room for error, assuming all democrats vote no and there's full attendance now, we know it's difficult to get republicans on the same page in the house for anything, but when you're talking about something like a government funding bill, it's that much more difficult. now, there is still a possibility that we could see maybe some moderate democrats get on board in the house, but that's looking unlikely. my colleague spoke to a few last week, asking in advance of the stopgap being released if they could see themselves supporting a clean, continuing resolution. they said no, they're holding out hope for these bipartisan negotiations and language in the funding bill to ensure that trump directs the funding as is appropriated by congress. so if johnson can get this bill out of his chamber this week, it's a

it's rather interesting. >> however, massie's only one and one won't make a difference. >> so that'shey need. they need 1 or 2 more. but we'll we'll we'll see if that happens or not. chances are the way that donald trump has strong armed most of these republicans, that they'll probably fall in line. the threat of elon musk primarying putting money behind primarying any republican that steps out of line is very real for a lot of these people, which is why they've acquiesced even when they know it's not good for them, or for the congress or for the legislative branch or governing in the long term. so i wouldn't count on the republicans actually standing up and not passing this bill in the lower chamber. >> it really. >> belongs in the senate. >> yeah, that's the prevailing wisdom. the stopgap bill passes. but then there are big questions looming about the budget and the future of medicare, medicaid. three members of the house freedom caucus wrote a new op ed appealing to fellow republicans not to get in the way of making massive cuts to medicaid, saying they must choose either $20 tril

but two lawmakers, congressman thomas massie of kentucky and congressman tony gonzalez of texas, have said they will vote no on the cr. that leaves speaker johnson in a real pickle, as he already would need all of his members present in the chamber to vote for the legislation. that is, unless he can get house democrats to vote for it. and they've made it crystal clear they won't be bailing him out this time. in a statement yesterday, democratic leaders attacked the cr, warning that it, quote, recklessly cuts health care, nutritional assistance and $23 billion in veterans benefits. rosa delauroe top democrat on the appropriations committee, slammed the cr for taking away lawmakers constitutionally granted power of the purse. >> it's a blank. check to elon musk and to president trump. and it. >> just it. >> allows them to what i call this is stealing. this is stealing taxpayers dollars that were intended to go to american families and to businesses. >> speaker johnson is likely to bring the cr to the floor on tuesday, and it will be an early test of democrats resolve. but president trum

so we can only afford to lose one more republican vote outside of massie. in line, will there be a few democrats that cross over and vote for this measure? those are all the things that we're going to be looking for in the next hour when this vote comes to the floor. but, katie, we don't know if it's going to pass or fail, which is sometimes out of the ordinary here on capitol hill. >> all right, ryan nobles, thank you very much. we want to give you a little look at what's happening at the white house right now. donald trump on the heels of tesla stock not doing well. put it lightly. yesterday invited elon musk to bring a few teslas to the white house. so here is donald trump overlooking or taking a look at all these teslas. and he was asked a few questions about various news events from reporters, talked about the markets, said markets go up, markets go down. we need to rebuild our economy again. talking about what ashley parker and i were talking about earlier today, how this is just a different tone and different long view approach from trump that we hav

thomas massie is a no, and brian fitzpatrick is undecided. >> i think we're really going to be learninge next 24 hours what's in it and what's not in it. >> reporter: the bill would also require democratic votes in the senate, and many in that party are accusing republicans of recklessly cutting things like health care and nutritional assistance. >> i would argue we're already in a partial government shutdown, and that's because of what elon musk and his doge frat bros are doing. >> reporter: amid increased economic uncertainty about federal cuts and a possible shutdown, president trump saying this. when asked about whether he is expecting a recession this year. >> i hate to predict things like that. there is a period of transition, because what we're doing is very big. >> yamiche is traveling with the president in florida tonight. and yamiche, the house is expected to vote on this new bill early this week? >> that's right. house speaker mike johnson says he plans to bring the bill to a vote as early as tuesday. it's a crucial test for the new republican majority in washington as both p

you agree with the president should thomas massie be primaried if you post against this? >> look, i meant income protection program here. that's what i do. speaker of the house and you know me and my style and the way i do this job. i bless those who persecute me, right? thomas and i have disagreements but i consider thomas massie a friend. he's a thoughtful guy. i guess i could tell he is doing what he thinks is right on this. i vehement disagreement with his position as a leave it at that. >> you in the past did not vote for crs when you were a member. you said and fast you were done with short-term crs. by my count my pillow off this would be the fifth continue resolution you are presiding over as speaker of the house. what do you say to your conservative colleagues who have heard you in the past promise you'll go through a regular appropriation process but you can't find it so some position would have take dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, yesterday afternoon elon musk confirmed what many of us had been warning about

look, we've seen raised for the 1st time by eli musk by a representative massy. i think a center lead from utah, the ideas of the americans might actually leave nato. and, and of course, this is something i've been, you know, calling for for years. because remember on like a treated it has to get through the said the president could pull us out by his own signature just like trump did from the i there pretty and bush did with the abm treaty. i think that terrifies them. it also terrifies the you, cause what is the you, it's not much more than nato's concubine. so you've got people like uh they don't have a fond of lion and kaya carlos or somebody like this. i think they're terrified that at some point if the americans try to europe lose their individual european countries are gonna start looking out for their own interest rather than what these new york results are. jim is we hit the break here, may be with the us will pull out, it's back, stop as i say, the europeans would sober up and actually negotiate something. oh, come on. i know it's very inc, capable righ

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levels through september 30, hakeem jeffreys on the floor right now, they will vote after 5:00, thomas massie, republican condition m congressman from kentucky is only known g.o.p. no. and tennessee is undecided but she closer. jd vance came to mil capitol hill this morning to try to convince those on fence to vote for the bill, an example greg steube, he is willing to support bill he never support one before but he did not want to undercut president trump's ajoina, it is about the maths. democrats are encouraging a no vote if this passes house it goes to senate it could face a senate filibuster, right now we know rand paul, is a no, even if you get almost all republican senators onboard you need from 7 to 9 democrat to overcome a f filibuster, rick scott from florida never supported an interim spending bill, and went past 40 minutes i asked chuck schumer what he would say to democrats who would be willing to vote for this. he said, we're waiting for house and he turned on his heel and boltd, you look at universe of democrat in senate who could force this, john fe fetterman from pennsylvania,

defection, being thomas massie of kentucky, this prison of florida him -- rich mccormick of georgia remainingided. they are not the only ones. >> are you still undecided? >> i am. >> on what in particular? >> i like commitments that we will spend less money in the future. this cr, for the first time i have been in washington -- less spending, so there's that. >> president trump again calling skeptical members last night. merchant says he did not get a call from the white house. one house republican says even the appeals of vice president vance in person did not necessarily close the deal. the one person who can apparently close the deal is president trump. that is why missouri republican eric burlison says he will support the emergency spending bill, but barely. >> donald trump. he is the difference maker. i would never support this language, but i do trust donald trump. basically, this is not loosely with the football. the analogy doesn't work pickets donald trump saying "give me the football and i will kick the ball." i trust he's going to do it. >> house minority leader hakeem jeffries wil