Shutdown & Border Security, The New Congress, 2020 Presidential Field

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.5 • 772 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Mike and Jay open with a look at the ongoing government shutdown due to the impasse over border wall funding. The Guys actually agree as to their preferred solution - a package that includes funds for border security and comprehensive immigration reform. Neither Mike nor Jay sees this as coming to a quick and happy ending given the forces on both sides pushing against any compromise. Next is a discussion of the 116th Congress, focusing on the new Democratic House majority. Mike comments on record number of women, noting that around 90 percent of them are Democrats. He believes that a more female Congress is a good thing, a view Jay doesn’t entirely share. After that, the Guys discuss Elizabeth Warren’s announcement of her presidential candidacy and look at the other top contenders. They also discuss whether or not Mitt Romney, or any other establishment Republican, is likely to challenge Donald Trump for the GOP presidential nomination. Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. If you’re interested in supporting the show, go to politicsguys.com/support. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the politics guys, a place for bipartisan, rational, and civil debate on American politics and policy.
0:05.8	I'm Michael Barronowski, a political scientist at Northern Kentucky University.
0:09.4	With me today is my regular co-host, Cleveland Area Attorney and Republican Factotum, Jay Carson.
0:14.6	Good morning, Mike.
0:15.7	Morning, Jay. How are you this morning?
0:17.7	Well, I'm all right. I'm, again, uh, again, uh, the Rose Bowl, uh, fairly happy about that,
0:24.2	less happy about, as I, as I imagine you are, the Brown's loss and the Steelers removal from the
0:29.5	playoffs, uh, because of that, but, uh, yeah, it was, it was rough, but then again, uh, not having to
0:35.3	follow the NFL playoffs means I have more time to dig into things
0:39.5	like well geez I don't know it's a choice between watching teams I hate in the playoffs and and well and
0:45.0	you know the government shutdown I guess I guess we'll just have to talk about more about the
0:50.1	government shutdown which of course hey we're on I think it's day 14, isn't it?
1:00.4	At this point, day 14, as we record this. Yeah. And, you know, this affects, of course, people I'm sure know, this affects around a quarter, I believe it is, of the federal government.
1:06.4	That's those agencies that weren't funded by the spending bills that Congress approved and that President
1:12.0	Trump signed in the law back in September of 2018. And right now, so that means around
1:19.4	800,000 federal workers are affected, including those 350,000 or so who've been furloughed. And
1:26.3	of course, in the past, as you know, Jay, there's a good
1:29.6	likelihood that those furloughed workers will end up getting back pay because Congress tends to
1:35.1	approve that pay for those workers. But the same won't be true for the, you know, fairly large
1:42.1	number of private government contractor employees who also
1:46.0	aren't working due to the shutdown. They're just probably more or less out of luck. At least a lot of
1:51.2	them will be. Now, of course, the issue is, as everyone knows, border security, specifically that
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