Shutdown. Elements not favored by some republicans. Some republicans have pushed back on the idea of reaching out to democrats after a short term ending bill. To start the program, we want to hear from republicans only. We want to know if you support or oppose a Government Shutdown. If you believe in the shutdown, call 202 7488000. If you oppose it, call 202 7488001. Pensionable news. Keeping the government funded before that saturday deadline. House gop leaders have lined up four bills this week. They still have to pass a complicated rule to make things happen. Speaker mccarthy and other leaders made clear they want everyone involved in the process. Mccarthy and his allies have been involved in the process. Garrett graves from louisiana argue that they should focus on Borders Security policy. Representative jim jordan there is deep skepticism that they can pass any spending bill. Passing the partyline spending bill before a living shutdown. Republicans only in this first hour. We want to get your thoughts on the idea of a Government Shutdown. If you oppose it, call 202 7488001. If you support it, call 202 7488000. It was Speaker Mccarthy yesterday, being questioned by a reporter about whether the shutdown where republicans are in the process. Here is a portion of that interview from yesterday. We have a new rule that would equal about 73 of all Discretionary Spending already. I want us to do our jobs. Lets keep government open while we finish the job. There was time we will keep working and i believe that we can get it done. I was going to china to vote in a different way. She has been very clear about it. I want to work with her on that. She has been very fair. It is difficult, but it is on multiple bills now. If youre holding out now, you are trying to get a person into a shutdown. I do not know how you stand up and say, he has not brought them up. They have been on the committee. We can bring them up, but if you cannot pass the rule, it is hard to bring up. Host hardline conservative softwares leadership of our demands for lower overall spending levels. Those in the Appropriations Bills are pushing Speaker Mccarthy to pass those bills rather than acr. Unifying the party behind a stopgap measure that would include immediate spending cuts as talks continue. If you want to give us your thoughts on Government Shutdown. You can send us a text as well at 202 7488002. This is from shirley in pennsylvania. Tell us why you oppose it. Caller these people that went home again, they just came back and now they have back home again. Why dont they all get together . They are all collecting paychecks. They need to sit down and get something done. This country is in such a mess, and now they are talking about shutting it down again . This is just crazy. Host why do you specifically oppose the shutdown . Caller how is it going to work . No one is going to come in there and work together. They do not want to come together they do not want to come and work together. Why . Why did he send them home . What is the problem here . Host some of you are posting on facebook as well about your thoughts. Saying, i support a shutdown, as long as they send money for the laundering scheme in ukraine. The government should indeed shut down. Vicki mayfield with, i support shutting down a government that is bankrupting the hardworking American People, going on to say, looking for protection from criminals, a government that completely failed under joe biden to perform their fundamental duty. And carol off of Facebook Says she supports the idea of a Government Shutdown. This is regardless of the blockage of house legislation or a veto by President Biden. No funding to ukraine. You can lay out your issues as well. You can post on our facebook feed, republicans only on whether you support or oppose a Government Shutdown. Backandforth with the news host over the approach that he wants to see. Here is a portion of that from yesterday. We have to pass the appropriations bill, do that along with veterans. We will have 73 of the discretionary budget funded. If we have to shut down for a few days, that is certainly not something that is optimal, but i think it is better than continuing on the current path that we are on. That is why you are on this program this morning. I want to get you heard. Tell me why you are threatening Speaker Mccarthy and why you want to shut down the government , on what looks like bribery. We do not put our pencils down, so the premise is false. If he was serious, he would have sent hunter biden a subpoena by now. During the first year of democrat control in congress, they brought in donald trump, jr. Three times. We seem to be fundamentally not serious in our oversight. We are bringing in around 5 trillion a year. I want to fund the government. I am not pro shutdown, but it is not the same way that we have been doing it since the mid90s. We should have separate spending bills. Speaker mccarthy promised that in january and he is in breach of that promise. I am here to hold Kevin Mccarthy to his word. Host republicans only on whether you support or oppose the Government Shutdown. Caller the main thing i oppose is, i am a veteran. If they stop spending, you are going to look at hundreds of servicemembers who are not going to get paid. I went so far in debt the last time that happened. We do not need that anymore. They need to find a way to get a happy medium, to make themselves happy. This is going to jeopardize a lot more of our service members. Host how do you think the house is done overall . Caller our country is so far in debt that we are bleeding to the eyes, but there are other ways for them to identify where they can make cuts. I think that would be the best way to do it. Host you mean the Appropriations Bills . Caller yes. Host that is alex in maryland. Caller i would rather shut it down then have biotin run it. Host republicans are managing it. Why do you support the shutdown specifically . Caller i want to while biotin is there. Host you think the republicans are doing a good job managing this under Speaker Mccarthy . Caller they did a perfect job when trump was in there. Now you have somebody like biotin in their it cannot even spell his name. Host a poll of concerns about a shutdown. The poll says that more than half of American Adults say this would affect them personally. Others say it decreases their trust in government. Democrats, 65 were more likely than republicans. To say that they would be personally affected by a shutdown. Especially Public Service it goes on to say that it comes they have been preparing Disaster Relief funds. It would delay food inspection by the fda and hundreds of thousands of will workers could be affected. If you go to the congressional research, it has a breakdown of how many civilians work for the federal government. In the report, you can find it saying that they employed more than 2 million civilians as Congress Considers the impacthif statistics in each state. It breaks it down by state, 39,000 federal civilians work in alabama. 10,000 plus in alaska. In california, 160,000. In florida, it is 88,000. It goes on from there. That is just some of the rake down. Republicans only again. You can call us on the line, post on our twitter feed, you can post on our Facebook Page as well. It was on the show yesterday that they talked about the possibility of a shutdown and what would happen if Speaker Mccarthy reached out. That is something i would look strongly at. They are all talking about this promise he made with biotin a year ago. What about the promise we made to the American Republic that we were going to be responsible americans . We had going to be governing over a pile of rubble, if we are not careful. All these fancy titles are not working. We need to do our duty and we should be back in washington right now and dealing with it. What are we doing . Host tom from pennsylvania on our support line. Caller good morning, pedro. I see a real relationship between the shutdown and the dress down that is occurring in the u. S. Senate. What my what my comparison is, what are why are we making such a fuss about the wearing of the job hijab in iran. They are both political. Host that is tom calling to let us know his thoughts. Dan in kentucky. Caller i support the shutdown. Many people will notice it. Each bill instead of having all of them together. To be a good bills and then you throw a bunch of garbage in there. If anybody takes a cut, the Government People will be the ones taking the cut, especially when they take a month off for vacation. I do not understand how they can get away with that. Host can you elaborate why passing the bills one by one is better . Caller you have your single bills, if they are good or not. You just when he put two good bills together but you need those other bills passed, then you have all that garbage getting past that nobody wants. Host if a shutdown happens, does it hurt the republicans, going into election next year . Caller no. I think that is too far off. I think it will make us stronger. Host why is that . Caller people will see that they are standing up for what they are going to take care of. If you cannot get a budget passed, that is a problem. We should not be taking a month off. If people get themselves if they get their budget host sylvia in new york. Caller hello . What i do not understand is, how is it that we are even here . Because over 1 billion for arms in ukraine. It was over the region 15 million that was given to them. The government has money, so how is it that the government was able to have the money to help another country, but it does not have the money to take care of its own house . It affects everybody. That is what i have a hard time comprehending. Im just speaking, baseline. How is it that our country has the money to help another country, but not its own people . How . Im just saying baseline. Host for ukraine fall into that . Caller i believe it does come from the federal and. It allocated money for helping someone else, but why cant it allocate money to help its own house as people . That is what is confusing me. I am trying to comprehend but i do not get it. They say we do not have money to take care of our own people, but we have money to take care of and help someone outside the country. I do not get it. Host sylvia in new york finishing off this round of phones. We switch gears now and open up to everyone who has been waiting to call at this time. You can call the line or post on facebook and you can always give us a text. If you want to call us, the lines are open. Again, text and social media sites are open to you as well. They take a look at the reasons why those reports from the southern border. This is from anna, and she says, you can find it. Border patrol agents are seeing a spike between tucson, arizona and the series began in the last few weeks but picked up over the last for days. Agents are apprehending more than 800 people daily. That includes ports of into the. It has taken a dramatic turn for the worse in recent days. Friends and family were released and were frustrated with the governments complicated system at the port of entry. That was one of the questions that was asked of mark kelly on the show yesterday and what he thought the cause and response of the government should be. Senator, the stay is overwhelmed. She was talking about migrants. We are on pace for a Record Number of border crossings. The Vice President told me recently that the policies are making progress. Do you buy that or does the administration need to change their approach here . The border in my state and others has been in a crisis for generations, decades now. It is still a problem. I am on the phone with mayers, sheriffs, border patrol. I spoke to the secretary may work is about this, about making changes. I am really concerned about next week and the government shutting down. Border patrol agents will not get paid if there is a shutdown. If what is the real world impt of that . Why do you think it would make a difference . Border patrol agents are on the front line of this crisis. But we have thousands and thousands of order patrol agents enforcing our laws and processing asylumseekers. If they stay home, this crisis will be compounded an order of magnitude. Host if you want to talk about immigration, you are welcome to do so on the line. From florida, this is on the republican line. Go ahead. Caller good, cspan. I am calling about he ivanka trump. She is in malley, visiting the victims of the fire out there. It is not a big story, but it meant a lot to me that she is out there, not getting a photo op, just out there helping. I think that is great. Host pat is on our democrats line from michigan. Caller on the ongoing issue come up return pertaining to the strikers, i want to tell a quick story. My husband and i drove a semi truck for 25 years for a company. I will not name them. We were hazmat endorsed. We hold explosives, flammables, poisons, salon on and so forth. We also had security clearing. Highsecurity loads. We both retired as 2,000,000 mile accident free drivers. The reason why we retired is because it was announced that our company was finally going to give a raise. Then we found out that it was everyone under the 1,000,000 mile mark. We were 2 million. Host specifically, how does that relate to the strike . Caller because we worked for a nonUnion Company. I had no one to go to. I had no one to speak for me. So when you belong to a Union Company and you are using 90s, and you go on strike, everybody stands together. Host ok. That was pat. The president will pay a visit tomorrow to those striking at uaw. The president s decision to go to michigan. A tacit acknowledgment that the Movement Demands a more demonstrative approach. A labor allies served for Bernie Sanders president ial campaign before the president announced his trip. Many people are doing so bad economically. They are not really convinced that he actually happened. That is about the president s visit on tuesday. Barbara is in jacksonville, florida. Barbara in florida. One more time for barbara florida. Ok. Lets hear from bonnie in jackson, michigan. Caller i think someone in washington dc is getting paid by the cartels to let all these people in. Host what convinces you that . Caller all you have to do is look. Host what do you mean by that . Caller there is something wrong here. Host ok. That was bonnie in michigan. Lets hear from jonah in ohio. Democrat line. Caller good morning. I want to get out the boys for all the young voters in the country to get out, build a boat you next election or the year, and that is it. Host why do you think that is important . Why are you advocating for that . Caller because i do not think people my age i do not see many of my friends learning more about what is going on in our country, and i think it is a Good Research project for other people to do. I just have a lot of fun learning more about our country. Host as far as your own, personal interest, have you decided how is here . Caller next year, i plan on supporting biotin. I support his agenda. If any reasonable candidate were to be elected we will have a wonderful time in our country. Host what do you think about the president s age from a Young Persons perspective, like yourself . Caller bidens age does not really bother me as much as others, but i do not mind having someone like him run for office again. He is allowed to run for his two terms. Host a story taking a look at Kamala Harris college tour to talk to Younger Voters about issues revolving around politics. The tour began in the mid midseptember and is an opportunity for harrys to talk about issues that are most pressing for young voters. They have struggled in recent polls. Biotin is fighting perception that he is too old and should not run for reelection. Making little progress on issues such as protecting voting right and addressing migration. That is from the Washington Post. It also talks about the impact of this ignorant taylor swift. They report that it was last tuesday that she posted on Instagram Story asking people to register to vote. In the following our, traffic spiked. It contributed to a Record Number that day. Instagram story was posted. She said, i have been so lucky to hear you guys raise your voices. I know how powerful they are. Make sure you use them in our election this year. This is steve and massachusetts. Go ahead. Caller something has been bothering me lately, and i would like to bring it up. On september 11, senator sanders posted, today, we recognize 50 years of the u. S. Having overthrown. It was he was a marxist and a communist. In chiles defense, they are one of the most economically successful countries in south america. Fastforward forward to today, President Biden has given amnesty is not the word, but he gave these venezuelans permission to stay in the u. S. Venezuela is a socialist, marxist country and an economic failure, similar to cuba. Also under the carter administration. Host you said you were bothered by that. What bothered you specifically . Caller we are supporting marxist. It is a tough question and is loaded. I think we should decouple from china, communist china, and we should pivot towards indiana. Indiana is a democracy. Ukraine, we need to take a look at. I would appreciate if you could bring on fiona hill to program. I know she is a hard get. She talks about the global north and the global south. She is a brilliant russian scholar. Host thank you for the recommendation. We appreciate it. Call