Amy Walter:
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 shuts down, which would mean federal workers would be furloughed, which would mean programs that they’re trying to save would be put on hold. It would have a very problematic, let’s say, impact on the very people and programs that they’re arguing that they’re trying to protect.
So this — I think for most Americans, they look at this, they hear procedure, they hear — they see finger-pointing and blaming. It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to them, but I think for the big picture here, we’re in act one of a very, very long play, because, beyond the government spending, we now have to also get into the next piece that really this is a setup for, which is the Republicans’ tax and immigration bill.
