Returning now to the government funding deadline and the potential political fallout, I'm joined

by Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter and Tamara Keith of NPR.

Great to see you both.

Good to see you.

Let's start on Capitol Hill.

Tam, once again, lawmakers are up against a deadline to fund the government.

By the end of this week, House Republicans, as Lisa reported, have rolled out their plan.

President Trump has backed it online. He said no dissent, calling for Republicans to show unity here.

They can only lose. Republicans can lose one vote. If all Democrats vote against it, do you see this passing?

Can Republicans get it done? President Trump is asking for, saying please, even, asking that there be no dissent.

I think there could be a wee bit of dissent, but President Trump is in a pretty strong position

with members of his own party, especially in the House. They are making a case to House members that this is their

best chance to get all of the other things that they want and also that the Trump White House

would be able to use this legislation to be able to make cuts to the government, move money

around, do the Doge plan. That's actually,

incidentally, the argument that Democrats have against it. Which brings me to you, Amy. We've heard

the House Democratic leader, Hakeem Jeffries, basically urging members to vote against it. There are 13

House Democrats who are in Trump districts. How are they looking at this?

And how would Americans view a possible shutdown? That's right. So going back to Tam's point,

I mean, what Democrats have put forward as their reticence for voting for this is Elon Musk,

the doge cuts, the rollbacks of these programs, and of course,

we have firings of federal officials. If they don't vote for this bill, however, the government

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