On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) stated that Republicans can just eliminate the filibuster to pass legislation to end the government shutdown without Democrats, and doing so “would make this country function
On Friday’s broadcast of “NewsNation Now,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that Democrats won’t vote for the clean CR and then negotiate with Republicans because “we lose our leverage” by doing so. Host Connell McShane asked, “[W]hat they’re saying, basically,
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) responded to a question from host Jake Tapper on the Democrats’ proposal to repeal GOP legislation that “reduced federal reimbursement for emergency Medicaid for hospitals. And
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” CNN Political Commentator Van Jones said that about three months ago, Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), in a talk with him about the subject of government shutdowns, “convinced me that shutting
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” CNN Political Commentator Van Jones stated that the government shutdown is Democrats doing “the wrong thing at the wrong time for the right reason,” and what they do “probably shouldn’t be throwing a
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) responded to a question on why, if the government shutdown is about ACA subsidies, that’s only a small part of the Democrats’ proposal by saying health care is “what
On Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) reacted to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem being denied access to a government building in Illinois by saying that she was reminded of what happened with Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) and “It’s
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. Mike Flood (R-NE) discussed a potential bailout for farmers and said farmers face “an immediate crisis that needs to be addressed. And just like President Trump did in 2017, he promised, when
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Memphis City Council Chairman J. Ford Canale stated that federal officials in the city have helped since the city’s police department was too short staffed to find violent criminals with warrants and they don’t
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Early Start,” Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) stated that Republicans are “trying to increase the work reporting requirements, not showing people where there is work.” Jackson stated, “People that are not citizens do not qualify for
On Thursday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said that “the people who benefit from the Affordable Care Act might be here because of the asylum process that I’ve said, many times, I didn’t agree with, that Joe
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) argued that the government shutdown is the fault of Republicans “because they don’t want to, basically, reverse themselves on these massive cuts to Americans’ health care. So, it’s a Republican
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said that the shutdown is about “the whole Republican budget, which did massive tax cuts to the wealthy, added $170 billion to DHS so that ICE agents can violate
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) responded to a question on his confidence that Republicans will vote to undo things they just passed by saying, “I think that’s a big, big problem.” Co-host Boris Sanchez
During an interview with CBS News on Wednesday, Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) responded to questions on benefits for illegal immigrants in the context of the government shutdown by saying, at first, that he doesn’t know what Republicans are talking about,
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Beat,” Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) discussed the government shutdown and said that “a big difference between this time versus over the last 30 years, when Republicans forced every single shutdown, they were forcing those
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) argued that the shutdown is the fault of Republicans because they can just change the rules to get around Democrats filibustering. Host Lawrence O’Donnell said, “[O]n the Senate
On Wednesday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) said that Republicans saying Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is afraid of getting primaried are “talking about a process question rather than talking about our shared
On Wednesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) said that Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) “needs to show something to the base.” But there are legitimate policy issues around health care with the government shutdown
On Wednesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “On Balance,” Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) said there is “a certain very small percentage” of money that goes to people in the country illegally that is at issue in the government shutdown. Host Leland Vittert
During an interview with “PBS NewsHour” that was aired on Wednesday, House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) argued that Democrats aren’t responsible for a shutdown when they’re withholding their votes because Republicans “may be able to find a way,
During an interview with House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on Wednesday, “PBS NewsHour” co-host Geoff Bennett said that Vice President JD Vance is correct to assert that Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Arena,” Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) commented on Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) handling of the government shutdown by saying that Schumer “heard the message from myself and many others who said that
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Arena,” Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) stated that the Democrats are using their “leverage” on the government shutdown, but “Trump controls the entire government. Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House. So,
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Briefing,” Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said that he’s “going to fight” President Donald Trump “forcing our country into a shutdown.” And also stated that “it’s my obligation not to give away my vote unless
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) reacted to President Donald Trump’s threat to withhold federal money from New York City if New York City mayoral candidate Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D) wins by saying that “You can’t
On Tuesday’s broadcast of “CNN NewsNight,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) argued that Democrats aren’t abandoning their position from prior shutdowns of arguing to just fund the government because “we’re saying, let’s fund the government, let’s sit down
On Tuesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA) discussed healthcare subsidies and a government shutdown and stated that he would be willing to accept a deal to avoid a shutdown now and then debate healthcare subsidies and that
On Tuesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA) discussed avoiding a government shutdown and said that “The president said he doesn’t want to fund the health care for folks that are here illegally. Great, put that in the bill.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Weeknight,” Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) reacted to Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Angus King (I-ME) voting with Republicans to avert a government shutdown by saying that “Republicans need to come to the table
During a portion of an interview with CNN aired on Monday’s broadcast of “AC360,” an individual identified as a “senior cartel leader” within the Sinaloa Cartel, stated that the Trump administration has made the cartels’ job more difficult. CNN Senior
During an interview with ABC News on Monday, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) responded to criticism of her rhetoric about ICE in the wake of the attack on an ICE facility in Texas by saying, “I have no rhetoric that I
On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL) said that ICE is “literally going around terrorizing our communities, tackling people, bringing them to the ground, physical violence, terrorizing communities,” and “the president’s trying to provoke violence. He’s
On Monday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Rep. Jill Tokuda (D-HI) stated that she worries the Gaza peace proposal “is being set up to just give Israel a green light to go ahead and continue the genocide on Palestinians.” And
On Monday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” John Sandweg, who served as acting ICE Director under President Obama, stated that it doesn’t make any sense why local police haven’t helped secure the Broadview ICE facility in Illinois by cordoning “an area
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN International’s “The Brief,” Rep. Dave Min (D-CA) said that the White House knows “they will lose the House of Representatives unless they cheat, lie, and steal as much as possible.” And also argued that attempting
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Senate Majority Leader Sen. John Thune (R-SD) stated that Senate Republicans are willing to talk about the premium tax credit, just not in the context of a government shutdown and
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Senate Majority Leader Sen. John Thune (R-SD) stated that Democrats “tried to introduce a trillion dollars in new spending, free health care for illegals as part of their proposal” to
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) argued that Republicans can avoid a government shutdown by themselves because “They can get rid of the filibuster” in order to keep the government open, but they can’t expect
During his closing monologue at the end of Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said that he doesn’t think most liberals are crazy, “but neither do they make it clear they disapprove of the ones who are,
