Trump To Congress: Come Back, Do Your Job, Dinner is On Me
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🗓️ 31 March 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Even though some TSA workers received their first paychecks in 6 weeks Monday, tens of thousands of other DHS employees are still without pay. The White House announced an offer late yesterday to lawmakers who are on a 2 week Easter recess. President Trump will host a big Easter Dinner at the White House if Congress will come back to D.C. to make a deal.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:14.1 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:15.3 | It is Tuesday, March 31st, and the president has extended an Easter Sunday dinner invitation to members of Congress. |
| 0:25.2 | One catch, you got to come back to D.C. to get it. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. |
| 0:30.9 | What do you think the chances are in hell of Congress coming back from their two-week Easter recess to come work in D.C. |
| 0:39.1 | A snowballs chance. |
| 0:40.1 | Snowballs, okay. |
| 0:41.1 | You said in hell, so it just was the right answer. |
| 0:44.5 | Look, there were positive signs as we start here on this Tuesday morning. |
| 0:48.7 | Positive signs. |
| 0:49.6 | Lines getting shorter at airport. |
| 0:51.9 | TSA workers getting paid. |
| 0:53.7 | However, Roves, we have to remember, we are |
| 0:55.2 | still in a shutdown and it is now a record one. Yes. And look, you can call it a partial shutdown, |
| 1:00.9 | but there are still tens of thousands of folks not getting paid. And when we hear the words, |
| 1:08.6 | I was reading what borders are, homin said and do we not remember |
| 1:16.1 | should we never forget the fact that we're actually at a critical time in the world and our |
| 1:22.8 | homeland security is of utmost importance perhaps more so than before, at least in recent years. |
| 1:31.2 | This is a critical, crucial time where we need to make sure we fund the part of the government that's in charge of securing our nation. |
| 1:39.6 | Because we're at war? |
| 1:40.5 | Because we're at war, babe, yes. |
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