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Meet the Press NOW — February 25

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🗓️ 25 February 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Widespread confusion looms ahead of deadline for federal workers to justify their jobs to DOGE. Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss why she's voting no on Speaker Johnson's budget blueprint as House Republicans try to fund President Trump's agenda. Kansas City Mayor (D) discusses the impacts the DOGE layoffs have had in his community.

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0:00.0

If it's Tuesday, the future of President Trump's one big beautiful bill is in jeopardy,

0:07.6

as some conservative House Republicans firm up their opposition to the massive budget blueprint,

0:13.1

just hours before a potential floor vote.

0:15.9

Plus, mixed messages and confusion inside the federal government,

0:19.5

as Elon Musk renews threats to fire

0:22.4

federal workers who don't respond to an email justifying their jobs. And the White House warns

0:28.1

of, quote, repercussions. And new reporting on the Trump administration's scaled back plans for

0:34.4

housing migrants at Guantanamo Bay, with Defense Secretary Pete Hankseth

0:38.9

and another flight of migrants set to arrive at the infamous naval base today.

1:00.2

Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Gabe Gutierrez in Washington, where uncertainty is the word of the day.

1:13.9

Uncertainty on Capitol Hill, where a group of House conservatives are threatening to derail a key vote on President Trump's legislative agenda, arguing the House's one big beautiful bill is one big unruly mess.

1:18.2

There's also uncertainty and confusion across much of the federal government,

1:25.6

as Elon Musk doubles down on threats to fireworkers if they don't respond to an email justifying their jobs.

1:32.3

Right now, a key vote in the House on a multi-trillion dollar budget blueprint hangs by a thread with a handful of far-right members standing firmly against it.

1:37.1

Over concerns, it could balloon the deficit.

1:39.7

And a handful of moderate Republicans hesitantly on board, but concerned it could lead to dramatic

1:45.9

cuts to Medicaid. This morning, House Speaker Mike Johnson spoke to reporters as he scrambled to unite

1:52.2

virtually his entire conference around the budget framework, and he brushed aside questions about

1:57.3

what is and is not in it. We're very, very close, and we're excited about the progress,

2:03.3

and I'm very positive, and I'm absolutely convinced we're going to get this done. This resolution

2:06.9

itself contains no policies. It is a framework only, and it's the product of months and months

2:13.0

of work completed with the input of over 95% of the individual members of the Republican conference.

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