Is Bipartisanship Dead? feat. Leader Hakeem Jeffries

What A Day

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🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

It’s shutdown day in America, with lawmakers facing a midnight deadline to pass a government funding bill that keeps the proverbial lights on. After days of back and forth, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday he would vote to advance the House Republicans' spending plan to a final floor vote, signaling Democrats may fold on their earlier threats of a funding standoff. But Senate Republicans likely need at least seven more Democrats to help them break a filibuster and avert a shutdown, and it’s not yet clear they have those votes. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York talks about why his caucus remains opposed to the Republican plan, and what’s next if it passes. And in headlines: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of fired probationary employees, Russian President Vladimir Putin added more conditions to a U-S backed ceasefire plan with Ukraine, and dozens of people were arrested while protesting the detention of a Columbia University student activist.

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0:00.0	It's Friday, March 14th.
0:05.2	I'm Jane Koston, and this is Water Day, the show that reminds you that if you're having a bad day,
0:09.9	it's definitely better than North Carolina Republican Representative Chuck Edwards' Town Hall on Thursday.
0:16.5	Actually, I believe that the president is very supportive of Ukraine.
0:29.0	Tough crowd of constituents in North Carolina.
0:34.9	On today's show, a federal judge tells the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of fired
0:40.2	probationary employees. And dozens of people are arrested while protesting the detention of a Columbia
0:45.6	university student activist. But let's start with the chance of a government shutdown tonight.
0:51.7	Senate Democrats are scheduled to vote on government funding today. This story is moving
0:56.1	very quickly. We recorded this episode on Thursday night. And as of Thursday night, some Senate Democrats
1:02.2	wanted to block a continuing resolution that would keep the government open, arguing that the bill
1:07.1	stemming from the House is a worse bet for Americans than a government shutdown would be,
1:11.7	especially given that President Donald Trump and billionaire co-president Elon Musk have shown
1:16.3	little to no willingness to respect Congress's spending decisions. And that would go for a continuing
1:21.1	resolution, too. Here's Virginia Democratic Senator Tim Cain speaking to reporters on Thursday about
1:26.6	just how bad this bill is.
1:28.6	The House wrote a bad bill and then left town Tuesday.
1:33.7	And so Speaker Johnson is the Speaker of the House.
1:36.7	He's not the czar of the Senate.
1:38.4	So when I have Republican senators saying openly in an armed services hearing,
1:43.2	this House CR hurts the national defense.
1:46.0	When I have Pentagon officials saying, this House CR hurts the national defense, you know,
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