Will Senate Dems shut down the government?

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🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Government funding runs out in two days and Senate Democrats face a stark choice to either vote for the CR or let the government shut down. Plus, where the House and Senate are in disagreement on budget reconciliation. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter at punchbowl.news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.3	It is Wednesday, March 12th, 2025. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one,
0:55.8	what's it going to be, Chuck Schumer? Number two, the House Senate tension on budget reconciliation,
1:01.0	and number three, there will be a vote on allowing proxy voting in the House for new parents.
1:07.4	Let's get into it. Let's look backward for a second. Because yesterday was a big day.
1:12.8	Not only was it Punch Bowl News is the conference in which I did nine conversations with Mike
1:20.6	Johnson, Hakeem Jeffries, James Langford, Mario Diaz Blarton, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Jeff Miller and Brian Ballard,
1:30.0	Charlie Baker, Scott Kirby, the CEO of United. There's more, I just can't remember.
1:36.8	What an amazing day for Punch Paul News. Very, very newsy. Amazing to have Mike Johnson and
1:42.5	Akeem Jeffries on the day of the government funding vote.
1:46.3	So I want to give just a, this is a moment of personal privilege, a big shout out to everyone at
1:50.5	Punchball News who made this happen. It was a huge feat. But now let's talk about news.
1:54.7	The House passed yesterday, the CR, the CR, the government funding bill that funds government through the end of the
2:03.3	fiscal year, it was a big feat for Mike Johnson. And Mike Johnson deserves a tremendous amount of
2:09.1	credit for passing this bill. I can't remember. I'm sure it's happened, and I'm sure I'm going to
2:14.5	get texts and calls after this and emails. But I can't remember a time
2:19.1	when House Republicans passed a CR with just GOP votes that is going to get signed into law.
2:26.2	Maybe it happened during the Trump years. I don't remember. And it wasn't only with Republican
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