Bannon's War Room - Episode 4673： The 3 R's For Victory Recess, Rescission, And Redistricting

00:00:00.000 This is the primal scream of a dying regime.

00:00:06.000 Pray for our enemies, because we're going to medieval on these people.

00:00:11.000 I got a free shot at all these networks lying about the people.

00:00:16.000 The people have had a belly full of it.

00:00:18.000 I know you don't like hearing that.

00:00:19.000 I know you try to do everything in the world to stop that,

00:00:21.000 but you're not going to stop it.

00:00:22.000 It's going to happen.

00:00:23.000 And where do people like that go to share the big lie?

00:00:26.000 MAGA Media.

00:00:28.000 I wish in my soul, I wish that any of these people had a conscience.

00:00:33.000 Ask yourself, what is my task and what is my purpose?

00:00:37.000 If that answer is to save my country, this country will be saved.

00:00:44.000 War Room. Here's your host, Stephen K. Band.

00:00:51.000 Okay, Thursday, 31 July, Year of Our Lord, 2025.

00:00:54.000 We're on fire this morning in the War Room.

00:00:57.000 Why?

00:00:58.000 Because it's a work day.

00:01:00.000 And we can see clearly now exactly what's happening.

00:01:03.000 It's pretty evident.

00:01:05.000 In fact, I call it the three R's plus another R. 0.98

00:01:08.000 Regime change.

00:01:09.000 We'll get to that momentarily.

00:01:10.000 Senator Mike Lee is going to come up to talk about recess.

00:01:13.000 He's had a plan from the beginning and trying to hammer through.

00:01:16.000 I actually think what Senator Lee's plan is fantastic.

00:01:19.000 And if we can't implement it, we ought to go to the recess appointment route.

00:01:22.000 So the three R's. 1.00

00:01:24.000 Here's taking number two pencil out.

00:01:26.000 This is our work.

00:01:27.000 Number one is recess.

00:01:28.000 Right?

00:01:29.000 What does it mean?

00:01:30.000 Why are we going on it?

00:01:31.000 What's supposed to happen during it?

00:01:33.000 Number two is rescissions.

00:01:35.000 That was the deal that was made to get the votes in the big, beautiful bill.

00:01:40.000 Remember, the House approved a Senate version that was quite different than the House.

00:01:44.000 And War Room Posse, we didn't love the House version.

00:01:47.000 We had all kinds of problems with the House version.

00:01:50.000 However, we were prepared to take the good with the bad, the sweet with the sour.

00:01:54.000 The Senate version was even worse.

00:01:57.000 But there was this agreement that the president was going to use his Article II power,

00:02:03.000 driven by Russ Vogt and the team, for rescissions.

00:02:06.000 Now, we had won the symbolic rescission of the $9.4 billion.

00:02:09.000 And you thought, you know, it was the end of the world.

00:02:13.000 That got rid of a billion dollars over at NPR and PBS.

00:02:17.000 And I think another $8 billion from USAID and other programs like that.

00:02:21.000 But that's not as a drop in a bucket.

00:02:23.000 It was symbolic that it could be done.

00:02:25.000 Now there's other rescissions packages ready to go.

00:02:28.000 Why are they not coming forward?

00:02:30.000 These have big, big, big cuts.

00:02:32.000 And if you can't do that, pocket rescissions.

00:02:34.000 Where President Trump just puts it in his pocket and says, hey, the money's not going to

00:02:37.000 spent September 30th.

00:02:38.000 These are rescissions for this fiscal year, this fiscal year.

00:02:42.000 September 30th comes, money hasn't been spent, Bob's your uncle.

00:02:46.000 And the third, and I think the one we just ought to get to, cut the games out.

00:02:50.000 Let's just go impound the money and go back.

00:02:52.000 The Impoundment Control Act of, I think, 1972 or 71, 72, 73, was done with a gun to Nixon's head.

00:03:01.000 A gun to Nixon's head.

00:03:02.000 And he agreed to it. 0.74

00:03:03.000 It was totally unconstitutional, President.

00:03:05.000 And we have to use this as another exercise to prove our theory in the case on the unitary executive

00:03:13.000 theory of being chief, officer of the president, chief executive, commander in chief, and chief

00:03:18.000 magistrate.

00:03:19.000 Yo, let's just roll and roll hard. 1.00

00:03:23.000 We got to have these cuts.

00:03:24.000 And I'm telling you, remember that the default position of the imperial capital is to spend

00:03:29.000 more and to lie to you.

00:03:31.000 And this is one of the number one priorities of MAGA.

00:03:35.000 And folks, they understand you keep spending.

00:03:37.000 You're going to keep having problems with interest rates.

00:03:39.000 This is one of the reasons the Fed can point to and say, no, we can't cut because you're

00:03:42.000 going to have this inflation.

00:03:43.000 We cannot continue on with $2 trillion deficits.

00:03:47.000 That's just another Keynesian disaster.

00:03:50.000 Now that you see the supply side starting to kick in, that private sector is growing higher

00:03:55.000 than public sectors, now's the time to cut the public sector.

00:03:58.000 That is what rescission is about.

00:04:00.000 So, Caroline, I realize none of the donors, the fix is in.

00:04:04.000 Nobody wants to cut spending except for the grassroots.

00:04:07.000 And they want to cut spending because they're the recipient of all the negative of the spending, right?

00:04:13.000 They're not lobbyists.

00:04:14.000 They don't have their own lobbyists.

00:04:15.000 They're not getting a special deal.

00:04:17.000 And Rand Paul in that clip is so powerful.

00:04:19.000 It said in the old days, they used to spend all this money and go to the junior guy and

00:04:23.000 have all the junior guys hooked up and everything like that.

00:04:25.000 They don't need to do it anymore.

00:04:26.000 They go right to leadership.

00:04:27.000 And here's why.

00:04:28.000 Leadership in the Senate, John Thune, with that slick look and, you know,

00:04:33.000 looks like the all-American boy right now, he doesn't, not just agree, doesn't trust President Trump.

00:04:40.000 Because if he trusted President Trump, they would actually go on a recess.

00:04:44.000 He and Johnson would work it out.

00:04:45.000 And then President Trump could do some things with recess appointments and other things.

00:04:49.000 They don't trust me, just like McConnell.

00:04:51.000 Also, they're lying to us.

00:04:53.000 They're up on Capitol Hill right now and their staffs are going to stay.

00:04:57.000 Some of these people are going to work over the recess where they do CODELs in Sweden and in Athens

00:05:03.000 and in the Greek islands because you've got to go there to, you know, look at NATO naval installations

00:05:08.000 and, oh, maybe we'll hang out on the beach for a week, right?

00:05:11.000 They don't want to do any cuts.

00:05:13.000 And their staffs are working away to come back with an omnibus.

00:05:18.000 And they're going to put a gun to Trump's head and said, hey, you're on a roll and you don't want your government to shut down.

00:05:23.000 But, hey, we didn't have time to do the single subject appropriations bills.

00:05:27.000 We never got them done.

00:05:28.000 Sorry.

00:05:29.000 You know, we didn't have time.

00:05:30.000 We didn't know these years.

00:05:31.000 And, you know, we know you don't want to do a CR like you did with approving Biden's budget.

00:05:36.000 No more CR.

00:05:37.000 So we're just going to do an omnibus.

00:05:39.000 It's 9000 pages. 0.96

00:05:40.000 It's got all this crap in there for the lobbyists. 0.55

00:05:43.000 But if you don't do it, come in 9 to 30, if the government's going to shut down, the Democrats want it. 0.95

00:05:48.000 It'll never open back up.

00:05:49.000 You won't have your border patrol.

00:05:51.000 You won't be able to go do your your mass deportations.

00:05:54.000 The other things you want to do, you'll be able to accomplish.

00:05:56.000 And they're going to say, man, you know, this thing's got a two and a half trillion dollar deficit.

00:06:00.000 But we got to do it to keep the government open.

00:06:03.000 Ma'am, what is wrong with my theory of the case of exactly this is reality of what's happening,

00:06:08.000 not the happy talk on Fox where they get up there and they're talking RNC talking points.

00:06:12.000 This is the deal right now, ma'am.

00:06:15.000 I disagree with anything that you're saying.

00:06:18.000 I mean, I agree.

00:06:19.000 I'm glad the nine billion rescissions package passed, but there's way more to cut.

00:06:23.000 I mean, nine billion is putting a Band-Aid on a bullet wound.

00:06:26.000 And the ultimate budget kill switch is the pocket rescission.

00:06:29.000 It's legal.

00:06:30.000 It's powerful.

00:06:31.000 It could gut billions in deep state pork. 0.99

00:06:33.000 And the White House, frankly, should send a new rescissions package every two weeks.

00:06:37.000 Like nothing should be off the table for us to be able to deal with the deficit.

00:06:41.000 And why does the Uniparty hate rescission packages so much?

00:06:45.000 And it is because it strips them of their favorite things, which are slush funds, earmarks and backroom deals.

00:06:51.000 And look right now.

00:06:52.000 We talked about this earlier that look no further than the text is coming out from these new appropriations bill out of the House for fiscal year 26.

00:06:59.000 Go through the text of these bills coming out.

00:07:01.000 And rhino Republicans are sneaking in funding for the very things that President Trump has explicitly told them do not fund.

00:07:09.000 Mario Diaz-Balart, Congressman from South Florida.

00:07:12.000 He put $315 million in this most recent appropriations bill to fund the National Endowment for Democracy, NED, which you had Mike Benz on talking yesterday.

00:07:21.000 I mean, NED is the deepest of the deep state organizations.

00:07:24.000 Their purpose on their website is to promote democracy abroad, which, by the way, just one month ago, the State Department and the White House put out a statement saying that there will no longer be any funding to promote democracy abroad.

00:07:36.000 Then you have Mario Diaz-Balart put $315 billion into the bill to fund this exact thing.

00:07:42.000 And so, you know, I'm just so sick of it.

00:07:45.000 And so the House and even in the Senate, they want to fund these pork programs. 0.97

00:07:50.000 And so use, like, Russ Vogt is a genius.

00:07:53.000 Go do this, Russ.

00:07:54.000 Get Trump's agenda passed and slash this funding in any, any, any way possible.

00:07:59.000 Well, Russ Vogt's got the packages.

00:08:02.000 The rescission packages are ready.

00:08:03.000 They're on his desk.

00:08:04.000 They're stacked up.

00:08:05.000 He's got different.

00:08:06.000 And look, I'm harder core than that.

00:08:08.000 Even you got rescissions where you have to go get a vote, but it's only 50.

00:08:12.000 You don't need to.

00:08:13.000 You don't need to break cloture.

00:08:14.000 You and that's being nice.

00:08:15.000 And let's all work together.

00:08:16.000 But you saw what happened for five weeks.

00:08:19.000 They got it up or thing.

00:08:20.000 And every now and MSNBC, they're saying, oh, kids are starving.

00:08:22.000 You're killing people in sub-Saharan Africa. 0.99

00:08:25.000 You're the biggest, you know, they get they get to weaponize the others pocket recisions. 0.96

00:08:28.000 You just put it in your pocket.

00:08:30.000 You don't spend the money on national endowment of democracies.

00:08:33.000 Midnight on the 30th comes.

00:08:35.000 The money's from the previous year.

00:08:36.000 Sorry.

00:08:37.000 Not sorry.

00:08:38.000 I like even a more confrontational.

00:08:40.000 I think you just impound the money and say, hey, I'm the commander in chief.

00:08:42.000 I'm the chief executive of the government.

00:08:44.000 The Constitution says I can do that. 0.99

00:08:46.000 Suck on that. 1.00

00:08:47.000 You don't like it. 1.00

00:08:48.000 Take me to court.

00:08:49.000 So just do it.

00:08:50.000 But whatever way you do it, it's got to be done.

00:08:52.000 You're right.

00:08:53.000 They got guys on USAID.

00:08:55.000 Every program.

00:08:56.000 They got people trying to get NPR.

00:08:58.000 Carrie Lake will tell you VOA.

00:09:00.000 They've taken down to the absolute statutory limits.

00:09:02.000 They got guys putting the VOA money back in there.

00:09:04.000 Everything that we took out there's and this is not Democrats.

00:09:09.000 These are Republicans working with Democrats to put it back in, ma'am.

00:09:13.000 Right.

00:09:14.000 Well, one option somebody needs to look at is can we just move all this money over to the Institute of Peace?

00:09:20.000 The only person I would trust for Congress to move money to at this point is Darren Beatty, who, by the way, has taken over that entity to try to dismantle it.

00:09:27.000 They have the most insane building.

00:09:28.000 So you know what?

00:09:29.000 If you are so insistent on promoting peace and democracy abroad, well, then send it right over to Darren Beatty.

00:09:34.000 I'm quite certain that he will find a good use of the funds.

00:09:37.000 So, you know, maybe that could be a kumbaya.

00:09:40.000 Lula would be removed immediately.

00:09:44.000 He and his judges.

00:09:45.000 You mentioned the E-word.

00:09:48.000 Folks have been around us a long time in the Tea Party, Breitbart, Breitbart Radio.

00:09:52.000 Remember earmarks?

00:09:53.000 We took away the huge fight.

00:09:55.000 We had a big, huge fight, I think, in the first year of the Tea Party, 2010, to take away earmarks.

00:10:00.000 This is where Congressmen put their library or their bridge or something named after them.

00:10:06.000 I think Shelby down in Alabama was the worst.

00:10:09.000 He was naming everything.

00:10:10.000 Every crosswalk was named in his name through earmarks.

00:10:13.000 Grace, if you can pull the punch bowl today and get it up and highlight.

00:10:17.000 I think they said there's some Jay Sherman and his team are saying that they're working on these mini buses and all this because they're working away on these huge spending bills.

00:10:25.000 Don't think they're sitting there thinking about cutting.

00:10:27.000 I think I saw that there are 11,000 already.

00:10:31.000 There's 11,000 earmarks.

00:10:33.000 Not a dollar number.

00:10:35.000 There's 11,000 different earmarks already that have been proposed by members of Congress because the earmarks thing is clearly gone again.

00:10:42.000 And these guys, it's like a bazaar, right?

00:10:45.000 If you've ever been to these bazaars where they're selling stuff, you're going down aisles, that's what the imperial capital is like.

00:10:50.000 It's like a bazaar, and you've got these lobbyists who now don't even go to the rank and file.

00:10:55.000 They just cut them in on the tip money.

00:10:57.000 It's all about leadership, right?

00:10:59.000 And this is why, you know, Kevin McCarthy leaves, and immediately he sets up a lobbying shop with, what, Jeff Miller, the biggest lobbyist in D.C., and these guys become the power players, and they're the guys driving this agenda, ma'am.

00:11:11.000 Actually, I love that you just brought up the Tea Party, Richard Shelby.

00:11:15.000 I actually, going back to that time, I was the college Republicans president at Auburn, and I founded the East Alabama Tea Party, and I built a literal ship on campus and brought a baby pool and did this whole demonstration against Richard Shelby.

00:11:28.000 We dumped the tea, and I'm ranting against him.

00:11:31.000 But it is, I mean, so I've been yelling about this, working on this my entire career, and it's still, the deep state and these, and they still find a way every single time.

00:11:41.000 And now I feel like we are the closest that we have ever been to truly bringing a hammer down and stopping this insane spending.

00:11:47.000 Not to mention, when we were talking about deficits back then, it was always kind of a concept, it was hard to explain that to people, how this will really affect your lives.

00:11:54.000 Right now, people are actually feeling it.

00:11:57.000 They feel it more, I mean, this level of deficit, it affects, people cannot buy homes.

00:12:01.000 This is now, we are living in the times that we were screwed about during the Tea Party days.

00:12:07.000 And so, there's never a better, if we can't get it done right now, we will never get it done.

00:12:12.000 This is the only moment in history that we can truly do a course correct.

00:12:16.000 We have the most brilliant person that we could have at the helm of this, which is Scott Besant.

00:12:20.000 We have a president in Donald Trump who is fearless.

00:12:23.000 The problem is, we have a Congress that is Republican-led that is spineless.

00:12:28.000 And so, I am hoping that President Trump and Scott Besant and others really step up and they force this down Congress's throat because it matters for, you know, your children, your future grandchildren, for, you know, our country to survive.

00:12:42.000 We have to deal with this spending problem.

00:12:45.000 Before I leave, and by the way, President Trump, he gets the full information.

00:12:49.000 It's worked up, like, right now, I'm pretty sure he's worked up about recess appointments because I think he got bad information from people.

00:12:55.000 Just, Mike Lee's going to be on here in a second.

00:12:58.000 He's got this whole alternative plan that they've got to stay because they knock off every Thursday.

00:13:02.000 They've been, and the Democrats take to the maximum, right, the ability to slow these things down, to slow walk them, right, using filibuster and other means for every candidate.

00:13:13.000 This is why only the judges have been prioritized.

00:13:15.000 You haven't had the U.S. attorneys, and you haven't had any of the second- and third-tier people that actually make it work inside the government.

00:13:23.000 I kind of think Joe Kent's one of the first guys that got in that way.

00:13:26.000 Before you leave, how big a deal is to force Thune to go into recess because Johnson's already there.

00:13:34.000 He'll do it to go into recess, so President Trump gets recess appointments, which are only for a year, but you clean the whole slate of backlog of folks, right?

00:13:41.000 You can't do judges on that, but you clean the whole slate of backlogs, and then they continue through the normal process for the next year to get confirmed.

00:13:48.000 Your thoughts on that, ma'am?

00:13:51.000 I'll let Mike Lee say what he thinks Senator Thune's going to do, but I would like to point out that I love you, Mike Lee, coming on.

00:13:57.000 Mike Lee's the most brilliant constitutional attorney in the world, and I love – so the left and also Susan Collins are saying,

00:14:03.000 Susan Collins are saying, oh, these rescissions are doing this. None of this is – it's not legal. It's not constitutional.

00:14:08.000 All of a sudden, they care about the Constitution or what's legal, but Mike Lee is here telling us that, oh, yes, it is.

00:14:13.000 No one understands the Constitution more than Senator Mike Lee, and so I'm very much looking forward to his update on this show.

00:14:20.000 Caroline, your social media, how do people keep up with you, ma'am?

00:14:25.000 It's at Caroline Wren on Twitter, Getter, Truth Social.

00:14:30.000 Thank you, man. Appreciate you.

00:14:33.000 Senator Mike Lee, our great constitutionalist, is going to join us next about this whole mess.

00:14:39.000 Also, we got a bunch of updates from Grassley.

00:14:42.000 I'm going to talk at the bottom of the hour about the whole Tulsi thing.

00:14:45.000 Also, Zelensky's calling for a regime change.

00:14:49.000 Well, what happened is that his legislature backed the war room and came back and said, hey, we're putting that anti-corruption group back together.

00:14:56.000 We think you're guilty of graft. Short break.

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00:17:06.000 Let's put the graphic up. 0.87

00:17:07.000 The three R's. 1.00

00:17:08.000 This is our work.

00:17:09.000 Recess.

00:17:10.000 Rescissions.

00:17:11.000 Redistricting.

00:17:12.000 I'm throwing a fourth in.

00:17:14.000 Regime change.

00:17:15.000 I'll get to that at the bottom of the hour.

00:17:19.000 Let's talk about recess.

00:17:20.000 Senator Mike Lee joins us.

00:17:22.000 Senator.

00:17:23.000 Emil Bovey.

00:17:24.000 They had a gathering last night.

00:17:26.000 Article three.

00:17:27.000 For Emil Bovey over at Butterworth.

00:17:29.000 Judge Jeanine.

00:17:30.000 Everybody.

00:17:31.000 It was a who's who.

00:17:32.000 Everybody joined us.

00:17:33.000 It was just fantastic.

00:17:34.000 You held court for a while.

00:17:35.000 But it was a big deal.

00:17:36.000 Because of the.

00:17:37.000 You know.

00:17:38.000 We got Judge Jeanine.

00:17:39.000 I think.

00:17:40.000 It's confirmed.

00:17:41.000 Joe Kent got confirmed yesterday.

00:17:42.000 Emil Bovey.

00:17:43.000 These were all.

00:17:44.000 Particularly Bovey.

00:17:45.000 And.

00:17:46.000 I.

00:17:47.000 Correct me if I'm wrong.

00:17:48.000 I think on your plan.

00:17:49.000 The.

00:17:50.000 What we call the Mike Lee plan.

00:17:51.000 You've got 150.

00:17:52.000 Essentially.

00:17:53.000 I think U.S.

00:17:54.000 Attorneys.

00:17:55.000 And.

00:17:56.000 And people in the administration.

00:17:57.000 You can't do judges.

00:17:58.000 I don't think.

00:17:59.000 I'm not sure if that's in your list.

00:18:00.000 But you're saying quite simply.

00:18:01.000 Hey.

00:18:02.000 We got to stay in.

00:18:03.000 You know.

00:18:04.000 We've.

00:18:05.000 Democrats are doing filibuster.

00:18:06.000 They're taking everything out.

00:18:07.000 The slow walking.

00:18:08.000 President Trump doesn't have his team.

00:18:10.000 If we.

00:18:11.000 Don't stay in town.

00:18:13.000 And get this done.

00:18:14.000 This is going to be.

00:18:15.000 I don't know.

00:18:16.000 A three or four.

00:18:17.000 Long fire.

00:18:18.000 Can you walk people through.

00:18:19.000 The situation.

00:18:20.000 We're in.

00:18:21.000 How we got here.

00:18:22.000 In the Mike Lee solutions.

00:18:23.000 Sir.

00:18:24.000 Since I think most people.

00:18:25.000 Look to you as being our constitutional.

00:18:27.000 Expert.

00:18:28.000 Senator Lee.

00:18:29.000 No.

00:18:30.000 Happy to do it.

00:18:31.000 We face a confirmation backlog.

00:18:33.000 Backlog.

00:18:34.000 Resulted from the Democrats.

00:18:35.000 Using a pretty unprecedented degree.

00:18:38.000 Of obstruction.

00:18:39.000 That is their right.

00:18:40.000 Procedurally.

00:18:41.000 In the Senate.

00:18:42.000 And in the modern Senate.

00:18:43.000 It's become something of the norm.

00:18:45.000 For the opposition party.

00:18:46.000 To bring about delays.

00:18:48.000 Now.

00:18:49.000 That's.

00:18:50.000 That part of it's on them.

00:18:51.000 But it's on us.

00:18:52.000 If we don't get these people confirmed.

00:18:53.000 Their delays have been so severe.

00:18:55.000 More severe.

00:18:56.000 Than our delays have been.

00:18:57.000 When we've been the opposition party.

00:18:59.000 We've now got a hundred and fifty people.

00:19:01.000 Nominated by President Trump.

00:19:02.000 Who were languishing.

00:19:03.000 Waiting.

00:19:04.000 On the Senate floor.

00:19:05.000 For a vote.

00:19:06.000 With no action.

00:19:07.000 Sometimes for many months.

00:19:08.000 A nomination.

00:19:09.000 A wide array.

00:19:10.000 Of nominees.

00:19:11.000 A few of them are judicial nominees.

00:19:12.000 But we're sort of the beginning.

00:19:14.000 Of the judicial nomination process.

00:19:15.000 A lot of them are U.S. attorneys.

00:19:17.000 Under secretaries.

00:19:19.000 Division directors.

00:19:20.000 Of various agencies.

00:19:21.000 And U.S. ambassadors.

00:19:23.000 The bottom line.

00:19:24.000 Is that in.

00:19:25.000 Most of these cases.

00:19:26.000 If we don't get them confirmed.

00:19:27.000 Uh.

00:19:28.000 We won't have the president's personnel.

00:19:30.000 Running.

00:19:31.000 Uh.

00:19:32.000 The executive branch.

00:19:33.000 Of the U.S. government.

00:19:34.000 And most of the time.

00:19:35.000 You'll have.

00:19:36.000 Career civil servants.

00:19:37.000 Deep state bureaucrats.

00:19:38.000 Running the show.

00:19:39.000 And you know what that means.

00:19:40.000 Steve.

00:19:41.000 Those guys are overwhelmingly.

00:19:42.000 Democrat.

00:19:43.000 So in a Democratic administration.

00:19:45.000 If you had a backlog.

00:19:46.000 No worries.

00:19:47.000 You still got Democrats.

00:19:48.000 Running the agencies.

00:19:49.000 In a Republican administration.

00:19:51.000 Uh.

00:19:52.000 The stakes are much higher.

00:19:53.000 Because the power.

00:19:54.000 The control of these agencies.

00:19:56.000 Shifts.

00:19:57.000 Over to the other party.

00:19:58.000 The party that the.

00:19:59.000 Uh.

00:20:00.000 American people voted against.

00:20:02.000 So here's where we get to the solution.

00:20:04.000 Uh.

00:20:05.000 Again.

00:20:06.000 Democrats.

00:20:07.000 Created the backlog.

00:20:08.000 But hang on.

00:20:09.000 Hang on.

00:20:10.000 Hang on.

00:20:11.000 Hang on one second.

00:20:12.000 Before we get to your solution.

00:20:13.000 Yeah.

00:20:14.000 Because.

00:20:15.000 Thune's office.

00:20:16.000 The leadership.

00:20:17.000 Leaked to Semaphore today.

00:20:18.000 They got a solution.

00:20:19.000 That there's some.

00:20:20.000 Procedural things.

00:20:21.000 That they can do.

00:20:22.000 And when we get back.

00:20:23.000 And after we get through the.

00:20:24.000 The budget.

00:20:25.000 And sometime in October.

00:20:26.000 There's things they can do.

00:20:27.000 On the margin.

00:20:28.000 To stop it.

00:20:29.000 And that the. 0.71

00:20:30.000 We.

00:20:31.000 They can make the process.

00:20:32.000 Move.

00:20:33.000 A little quicker.

00:20:34.000 That's the.

00:20:35.000 They run that up.

00:20:36.000 The flagpole today.

00:20:37.000 To see if anybody salutes.

00:20:38.000 Can you just say.

00:20:39.000 What that.

00:20:40.000 What they're trying to do there.

00:20:41.000 To try to distract our attention.

00:20:42.000 Sir.

00:20:43.000 Yeah.

00:20:44.000 So.

00:20:45.000 They've talked about.

00:20:46.000 A number of things.

00:20:47.000 I'm not sure.

00:20:48.000 What they floated publicly.

00:20:49.000 At the margins.

00:20:50.000 Is the key.

00:20:51.000 Particularly.

00:20:52.000 If they're using the term.

00:20:53.000 At the margins.

00:20:54.000 It's what I might have expected.

00:20:55.000 Anyway.

00:20:56.000 There are things we can do.

00:20:57.000 To shorten.

00:20:58.000 The period of time.

00:20:59.000 That a particular vote.

00:21:00.000 Takes.

00:21:01.000 Most of our votes.

00:21:02.000 Are scheduled for 15 minutes.

00:21:03.000 They tend to drag out.

00:21:04.000 Longer than that.

00:21:05.000 The leader has discretion.

00:21:06.000 That he can shorten it.

00:21:07.000 To 10 minutes.

00:21:08.000 And stick to it rigidly.

00:21:09.000 That does help.

00:21:10.000 At the margins.

00:21:11.000 But look.

00:21:12.000 Steve.

00:21:13.000 If we leave.

00:21:14.000 For the month.

00:21:15.000 Month of August.

00:21:16.000 And that's what they're talking about.

00:21:17.000 Taking the entire month.

00:21:18.000 Of August off.

00:21:19.000 Not coming back.

00:21:20.000 Until the day.

00:21:21.000 After Labor Day.

00:21:22.000 This will reach.

00:21:23.000 Catastrophic.

00:21:24.000 Levels.

00:21:25.000 Simply because of this dynamic.

00:21:26.000 Of the deep state.

00:21:27.000 Being overwhelmingly.

00:21:28.000 Leftist.

00:21:29.000 Democratic.

00:21:30.000 Counter to Trump's interest.

00:21:31.000 And Trump's policies.

00:21:33.000 And this problem.

00:21:34.000 Is only going.

00:21:35.000 To get worse.

00:21:36.000 Now.

00:21:37.000 If we were.

00:21:38.000 To continue.

00:21:39.000 At the same pace.

00:21:40.000 That we're confirming.

00:21:41.000 These people now.

00:21:42.000 It would take us.

00:21:43.000 Until late April.

00:21:44.000 Of 2026.

00:21:45.000 Just to get through.

00:21:46.000 These 150.

00:21:47.000 To say nothing.

00:21:48.000 Of the fact.

00:21:49.000 That between now.

00:21:50.000 And late April.

00:21:51.000 We'll probably add.

00:21:52.000 Another couple hundred people.

00:21:53.000 To the nomination list.

00:21:54.000 And we'll never.

00:21:55.000 Get caught up.

00:21:56.000 This in turn.

00:21:57.000 Will cause us.

00:21:58.000 To get backed up.

00:21:59.000 On our legislative agenda.

00:22:00.000 And we'll have.

00:22:01.000 A harder time.

00:22:02.000 That Trump wants.

00:22:03.000 And needs.

00:22:04.000 As part of his.

00:22:05.000 Initiative.

00:22:06.000 To make America.

00:22:07.000 Great again.

00:22:08.000 So.

00:22:09.000 We need to do this.

00:22:10.000 Now.

00:22:11.000 It's on Democrats.

00:22:12.000 For creating.

00:22:13.000 This delay.

00:22:14.000 And resulting.

00:22:15.000 In the backlog.

00:22:16.000 It is on us.

00:22:17.000 If we.

00:22:18.000 With control.

00:22:19.000 Of the Senate.

00:22:20.000 And the Senate counter.

00:22:21.000 If we leave.

00:22:22.000 For the entirety.

00:22:23.000 Of the month.

00:22:24.000 Of August.

00:22:25.000 And we don't.

00:22:26.000 Make the Democrats.

00:22:27.000 Stay.

00:22:28.000 And take their medicine.

00:22:29.000 If they want to create.

00:22:30.000 The delay.

00:22:31.000 Votes.

00:22:32.000 At inconvenient times.

00:22:33.000 When you would.

00:22:34.000 Much rather.

00:22:35.000 Be somewhere else.

00:22:36.000 Steve.

00:22:37.000 There is nothing.

00:22:38.000 In the United States Senate.

00:22:39.000 That moves mountains.

00:22:40.000 Quite like.

00:22:41.000 The desire.

00:22:42.000 To get out of town.

00:22:43.000 And quite like.

00:22:44.000 The principle.

00:22:45.000 Of exhaustion.

00:22:46.000 The principle.

00:22:47.000 Of exhaustion.

00:22:48.000 As I describe it.

00:22:49.000 Is what happens.

00:22:50.000 When senators.

00:22:51.000 Are obstructing.

00:22:52.000 To stay.

00:22:53.000 And vote. 0.61

00:22:54.000 At inconvenient times.

00:22:55.000 All of a sudden.

00:22:56.000 They magically become.

00:22:57.000 A lot more cooperative.

00:22:58.000 Now.

00:22:59.000 The exact opposite happens.

00:23:00.000 When they create.

00:23:01.000 These delays.

00:23:02.000 They're obstructing.

00:23:03.000 And you say.

00:23:04.000 Fine.

00:23:05.000 Take the whole month off.

00:23:06.000 Don't worry about it.

00:23:07.000 We'll deal with this.

00:23:08.000 When we get back.

00:23:09.000 That encourages.

00:23:10.000 More of the bad behavior.

00:23:11.000 More of the delays.

00:23:12.000 And we will never.

00:23:13.000 Get through this.

00:23:14.000 As a result.

00:23:15.000 What's going to happen.

00:23:16.000 Well.

00:23:17.000 The American people.

00:23:18.000 Will be deprived.

00:23:19.000 Of many of the benefits.

00:23:20.000 Of.

00:23:21.000 The presidency.

00:23:22.000 The American people.

00:23:23.000 Will be deprived.

00:23:24.000 Of many.

00:23:25.000 Of the benefits.

00:23:26.000 Of what.

00:23:27.000 They voted for.

00:23:28.000 They did not vote.

00:23:29.000 For Democrats.

00:23:30.000 To be running.

00:23:31.000 These agencies.

00:23:32.000 They did not.

00:23:33.000 Vote for Democrats.

00:23:34.000 Serving as.

00:23:35.000 Deputy Chiefs.

00:23:36.000 Of mission.

00:23:37.000 In various embassies.

00:23:38.000 To continue.

00:23:39.000 Running the US.

00:23:40.000 Operation.

00:23:41.000 In foreign countries.

00:23:42.000 They voted for.

00:23:43.000 Republican appointees.

00:23:44.000 Appointed by.

00:23:45.000 President Trump.

00:23:46.000 Confirmed.

00:23:47.000 To deliver.

00:23:48.000 But we can't.

00:23:49.000 Do it.

00:23:50.000 Unless we.

00:23:51.000 Keep them here.

00:23:52.000 And keep them voting.

00:23:53.000 Until this backlog.

00:23:54.000 Is clear.

00:23:55.000 Should.

00:23:56.000 You're getting ready.

00:23:57.000 To leave.

00:23:58.000 I mean.

00:23:59.000 What.

00:24:00.000 What has to happen.

00:24:01.000 Is.

00:24:02.000 Is.

00:24:03.000 Senator Thune.

00:24:04.000 Got to agree to this.

00:24:05.000 Can he just do it.

00:24:06.000 On his own.

00:24:07.000 Personal.

00:24:08.000 He can just say.

00:24:09.000 It's going to happen.

00:24:10.000 It's going to happen.

00:24:11.000 I mean.

00:24:12.000 To implement your plan.

00:24:13.000 Which is a logical.

00:24:14.000 Plan.

00:24:15.000 What has to happen.

00:24:16.000 The first.

00:24:17.000 Step of it.

00:24:18.000 Would be.

00:24:19.000 For the leader.

00:24:20.000 Simply to say.

00:24:21.000 We are staying.

00:24:22.000 And we are going to vote.

00:24:23.000 Just announce that.

00:24:24.000 He does control the calendar.

00:24:25.000 That.

00:24:26.000 That.

00:24:27.000 Is how things work.

00:24:28.000 Now look.

00:24:29.000 Senator Thune.

00:24:30.000 He's doing.

00:24:31.000 A great job.

00:24:32.000 And I believe.

00:24:33.000 He would like to do.

00:24:34.000 What I'm describing.

00:24:35.000 The concern.

00:24:36.000 That he's got.

00:24:37.000 Right now.

00:24:38.000 Is that.

00:24:39.000 He's worried.

00:24:40.000 That some of our members.

00:24:41.000 Might not show up.

00:24:42.000 To votes.

00:24:43.000 And that if he.

00:24:44.000 Extends the voting calendar.

00:24:45.000 Into the month of August.

00:24:46.000 Through.

00:24:47.000 Whatever portion of August.

00:24:48.000 Or the entirety of it.

00:24:49.000 That some members.

00:24:50.000 Just won't show up.

00:24:51.000 And won't cast votes.

00:24:52.000 And Republicans.

00:24:53.000 Could end up losing.

00:24:54.000 Some of these votes.

00:24:55.000 Well.

00:24:56.000 We don't know that.

00:24:57.000 We won't know that.

00:24:58.000 We can't know that.

00:24:59.000 Unless or until.

00:25:00.000 We try.

00:25:01.000 Now.

00:25:02.000 It's one thing.

00:25:03.000 For people.

00:25:04.000 Behind closed doors.

00:25:05.000 To go and whisper.

00:25:06.000 In the ear.

00:25:07.000 Of the Senate majority leader.

00:25:08.000 And say.

00:25:09.000 I'd really prefer not to be here.

00:25:10.000 Or I've got other plans.

00:25:12.000 Or.

00:25:13.000 I.

00:25:14.000 I've.

00:25:15.000 I just need to.

00:25:17.000 Go and do this.

00:25:18.000 Or that.

00:25:19.000 Or go on this trip.

00:25:20.000 Or that trip.

00:25:21.000 So please don't schedule votes.

00:25:22.000 There's a big difference.

00:25:23.000 Between that.

00:25:24.000 On the one hand.

00:25:25.000 And on the other hand.

00:25:26.000 Actually not showing up.

00:25:27.000 When votes are scheduled.

00:25:29.000 And then.

00:25:30.000 If.

00:25:31.000 Heaven forbid.

00:25:32.000 We lose a couple of these votes.

00:25:33.000 Because.

00:25:34.000 Some Republicans.

00:25:35.000 Choose not to show up.

00:25:36.000 It's quite another thing.

00:25:37.000 To assume.

00:25:38.000 That they still wouldn't show up.

00:25:39.000 Uh.

00:25:40.000 Uh.

00:25:41.000 After people realize.

00:25:42.000 That we're losing something from it.

00:25:43.000 There are mechanisms.

00:25:44.000 By which we can move.

00:25:45.000 To reconsider.

00:25:46.000 A failed vote.

00:25:47.000 As we need to.

00:25:48.000 And I think we could get people.

00:25:49.000 Back here.

00:25:50.000 In a hurry.

00:25:51.000 I'm also encouraged.

00:25:52.000 By the fact that.

00:25:53.000 President Trump.

00:25:54.000 Has.

00:25:55.000 Spoken bullishly.

00:25:56.000 On these issues.

00:25:57.000 He's encouraged us.

00:25:58.000 To do this.

00:25:59.000 Uh.

00:26:00.000 And.

00:26:01.000 President Trump.

00:26:02.000 Himself.

00:26:03.000 Confirmed.

00:26:04.000 And I think he understands.

00:26:05.000 As I do.

00:26:06.000 That it's only going to get worse.

00:26:07.000 That it's only going to get worse.

00:26:08.000 If we continue to feed this beast.

00:26:09.000 By rewarding them.

00:26:10.000 When they don't get their work done.

00:26:12.000 And they even stop us.

00:26:13.000 From getting our work done.

00:26:15.000 Uh.

00:26:17.000 The power.

00:26:18.000 The power.

00:26:19.000 Thune has though.

00:26:20.000 If somebody shows up.

00:26:21.000 And just doesn't vote.

00:26:22.000 He has the power.

00:26:23.000 On committees.

00:26:24.000 Like you're on.

00:26:25.000 You're on one of these.

00:26:26.000 You know.

00:26:27.000 Appropriation.

00:26:28.000 One of the big committees.

00:26:29.000 In fisheries.

00:26:30.000 I mean.

00:26:31.000 He has tremendous power.

00:26:32.000 As leader.

00:26:33.000 To basically enforce.

00:26:34.000 His own will.

00:26:35.000 Correct.

00:26:36.000 If he.

00:26:37.000 My point is.

00:26:38.000 If he was.

00:26:39.000 Dedicated to President Trump's plan.

00:26:40.000 This could be.

00:26:41.000 It might be.

00:26:42.000 A little tough. 1.00

00:26:43.000 But can be executed. 0.99

00:26:44.000 Correct. 0.90

00:26:45.000 Yeah.

00:26:46.000 I think it's executable.

00:26:47.000 And not even.

00:26:48.000 So much for the reason.

00:26:49.000 You described there.

00:26:50.000 It's not quite like.

00:26:51.000 It is in the house.

00:26:52.000 Where the speaker has.

00:26:53.000 Plenary control.

00:26:54.000 Over pretty much everything.

00:26:55.000 It's a little more nuanced.

00:26:56.000 In the Senate.

00:26:57.000 There's some committee assignments.

00:26:58.000 That are in the discretion.

00:26:59.000 Of the leader.

00:27:00.000 But there's a bigger reason.

00:27:01.000 Why I think it would work.

00:27:03.000 And that reason is.

00:27:04.000 That.

00:27:05.000 The.

00:27:06.000 There are only 53.

00:27:07.000 Republican senators.

00:27:08.000 People know who.

00:27:09.000 We are.

00:27:10.000 Certainly know who we are.

00:27:12.000 And nobody wants to be that person.

00:27:14.000 That Republican senator.

00:27:16.000 Who is.

00:27:17.000 Putting at risk.

00:27:18.000 Our ability.

00:27:19.000 To get.

00:27:20.000 Trump's Republican nominees.

00:27:21.000 Confirmed.

00:27:22.000 In the United States Senate.

00:27:23.000 I think it would happen naturally.

00:27:25.000 You schedule the votes.

00:27:26.000 And they will show up.

00:27:28.000 It's like that movie.

00:27:29.000 Field of Dreams.

00:27:30.000 You build it.

00:27:31.000 And they will come.

00:27:32.000 Schedule the votes.

00:27:33.000 Our members will show up.

00:27:34.000 And they'll vote.

00:27:37.000 Certainly.

00:27:38.000 Can you hang on just for.

00:27:39.000 Busy.

00:27:40.000 But just.

00:27:41.000 We're gonna take a very short commercial break.

00:27:42.000 I just got a.

00:27:43.000 Question or two about this.

00:27:44.000 Because.

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00:27:46.000 On this.

00:27:47.000 A topic.

00:27:48.000 And I know it's a.

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00:29:42.000 Hakeem.

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00:29:46.000 The.

00:29:47.000 The.

00:29:48.000 Harrison.

00:29:49.000 Brian Harrison.

00:29:50.000 Just sent it to us.

00:29:51.000 More of that.

00:29:52.000 In the evening show tonight.

00:29:53.000 We're already going to be packed on that.

00:29:54.000 Charlie Kirk follows us.

00:29:55.000 Here at real America's voice.

00:29:57.000 Jack.

00:29:58.000 Steve Gruber.

00:29:59.000 Eric bowling.

00:30:00.000 Then we're back.

00:30:01.000 Five to seven tonight.

00:30:02.000 And this.

00:30:03.000 We're already packed in the show.

00:30:04.000 So make sure you're.

00:30:05.000 That in regime change.

00:30:06.000 We've got so much.

00:30:07.000 Going on.

00:30:08.000 Particularly the.

00:30:09.000 Senator Lee.

00:30:10.000 Is here.

00:30:11.000 And Grace.

00:30:12.000 And the folks.

00:30:13.000 Doing the bill blaster.

00:30:14.000 But everybody.

00:30:15.000 Get ready to get up on the ramparts.

00:30:16.000 Cause this is a call to action.

00:30:17.000 This will work.

00:30:18.000 Thursday.

00:30:19.000 So certainly.

00:30:20.000 We're burning daylight here.

00:30:22.000 Right.

00:30:23.000 Everybody's getting ready to.

00:30:24.000 Blow out of here.

00:30:25.000 Cause.

00:30:26.000 Tomorrow's.

00:30:27.000 First of August.

00:30:28.000 Walk us through.

00:30:29.000 What has to happen.

00:30:30.000 From the grassroots support.

00:30:32.000 To.

00:30:33.000 Give us a shot of implementing.

00:30:34.000 Of implementing.

00:30:35.000 Of having.

00:30:36.000 The leader.

00:30:37.000 Say yeah.

00:30:38.000 Let's go.

00:30:39.000 Let's do the Mike Lee plan.

00:30:40.000 What do we have to do.

00:30:41.000 We've got to have an overwhelming.

00:30:43.000 Show of support.

00:30:44.000 Now I believe it's out there.

00:30:45.000 I'm seeing a lot of it.

00:30:46.000 Already on social media.

00:30:47.000 Conservative media.

00:30:48.000 Phone calls in from constituents.

00:30:50.000 To my office.

00:30:51.000 To other offices.

00:30:52.000 I believe it's there.

00:30:53.000 But.

00:30:54.000 I think it needs to.

00:30:55.000 Intensify.

00:30:56.000 In order for this.

00:30:57.000 To happen.

00:30:58.000 We can be a force multiplier.

00:30:59.000 So.

00:31:00.000 Reach out.

00:31:01.000 To your senators.

00:31:02.000 Post on social media.

00:31:03.000 Encourage them.

00:31:04.000 To do the same.

00:31:05.000 And the message.

00:31:06.000 Needs to be simple.

00:31:07.000 And clear.

00:31:08.000 Clear.

00:31:09.000 The senate confirmation.

00:31:10.000 Backlog.

00:31:11.000 Clear the backlog.

00:31:12.000 Get it done.

00:31:13.000 Stay in through August.

00:31:15.000 As much of August.

00:31:16.000 Including all of August.

00:31:17.000 If you need to.

00:31:18.000 But get it done.

00:31:19.000 Before you recess.

00:31:20.000 Get your work done.

00:31:21.000 Before taking a recess.

00:31:23.000 Now.

00:31:24.000 I believe that will make a big difference.

00:31:26.000 President Trump.

00:31:27.000 Issued a statement.

00:31:28.000 A bold statement.

00:31:29.000 The other day.

00:31:30.000 That will be helpful.

00:31:31.000 I hope he'll continue with that.

00:31:33.000 And.

00:31:34.000 We need to back him up with that.

00:31:36.000 And go to.

00:31:37.000 Truth Social.

00:31:38.000 And find his statement.

00:31:39.000 From over the weekend.

00:31:40.000 And help amplify that statement.

00:31:41.000 And share it with your senators.

00:31:42.000 Now.

00:31:43.000 If this doesn't work.

00:31:44.000 We'll put.

00:31:45.000 There is.

00:31:46.000 A backup plan.

00:31:47.000 To help rescue it.

00:31:48.000 This is.

00:31:49.000 The best way to do it.

00:31:50.000 Now.

00:31:51.000 As a rescue measure.

00:31:52.000 If this somehow doesn't work.

00:31:54.000 At a bare minimum.

00:31:55.000 If the Senate absolutely insists on taking a recess.

00:31:58.000 Rather than getting it.

00:31:59.000 It's work done.

00:32:00.000 And refuses to stay.

00:32:01.000 And work through the 150 nominee backlog.

00:32:04.000 Then at a bare minimum.

00:32:06.000 The Senate.

00:32:07.000 When recessing.

00:32:08.000 When demanding that it have a recess.

00:32:10.000 It needs to actually recess.

00:32:11.000 And not do one of these.

00:32:12.000 The.

00:32:13.000 Squishy.

00:32:14.000 Passive aggressive.

00:32:15.000 Quasi recesses.

00:32:16.000 And what I mean by that is.

00:32:18.000 For more than a decade.

00:32:20.000 Each time the Senate has.

00:32:22.000 Taken a quote unquote.

00:32:23.000 Recess.

00:32:24.000 It.

00:32:25.000 It stops.

00:32:26.000 A.

00:32:27.000 Every three days.

00:32:28.000 Every.

00:32:29.000 Three.

00:32:30.000 Sometimes it's four days.

00:32:31.000 Taking into account.

00:32:32.000 Holidays.

00:32:33.000 And things like that.

00:32:34.000 And they'll hold what's called a pro forma session.

00:32:36.000 In which.

00:32:37.000 One senator.

00:32:38.000 Typically from the majority party.

00:32:39.000 Comes in.

00:32:40.000 Gavels in.

00:32:41.000 And gavels out.

00:32:42.000 Meaning saying.

00:32:43.000 I.

00:32:44.000 Hereby.

00:32:45.000 Call the Senate to order.

00:32:46.000 And I.

00:32:47.000 Hereby.

00:32:48.000 Take the Senate.

00:32:49.000 Out of session.

00:32:51.000 And the whole process.

00:32:52.000 Takes about a minute.

00:32:53.000 Or two.

00:32:54.000 The reason we do that.

00:32:55.000 Is to.

00:32:56.000 Prevent.

00:32:57.000 Presidents.

00:32:58.000 From making.

00:32:59.000 Recess appointments.

00:33:00.000 Now look.

00:33:01.000 It's one thing.

00:33:02.000 For.

00:33:03.000 An opposition party.

00:33:04.000 In control of the Senate.

00:33:05.000 To decide that that's necessary.

00:33:07.000 When a hostile president.

00:33:08.000 Of the other party.

00:33:09.000 Wants to make recess appointments.

00:33:11.000 It is quite another thing.

00:33:13.000 For.

00:33:14.000 The president's own party.

00:33:16.000 When in control of the United States Senate.

00:33:18.000 When it's been.

00:33:19.000 Trying.

00:33:20.000 Uh.

00:33:21.000 However half-heartedly.

00:33:22.000 To.

00:33:23.000 To get these people confirmed.

00:33:24.000 But then decides to recess.

00:33:26.000 Uh.

00:33:27.000 Because it.

00:33:28.000 Doesn't want to work.

00:33:29.000 In August.

00:33:30.000 To say.

00:33:31.000 We're recessing.

00:33:32.000 But we're not going to give you the benefit.

00:33:33.000 Of what presidents are supposed to have.

00:33:35.000 Under article two.

00:33:36.000 Section two.

00:33:37.000 Clause three.

00:33:38.000 Of the constitution.

00:33:39.000 When we take a recess.

00:33:40.000 Which is the power.

00:33:41.000 To fill up vacancies.

00:33:43.000 With temporary appointments.

00:33:44.000 Now.

00:33:45.000 Those temporary appointments.

00:33:46.000 Under the.

00:33:47.000 Commonly accepted reading.

00:33:48.000 Of the recess appointments.

00:33:49.000 Clause.

00:33:50.000 Could remain in there.

00:33:51.000 By my measure.

00:33:52.000 Through the end.

00:33:53.000 Of 2026.

00:33:54.000 That's better than nothing.

00:33:55.000 That would allow us.

00:33:56.000 To avoid.

00:33:57.000 The deep state.

00:33:58.000 Takeover.

00:33:59.000 In a lot of these agencies.

00:34:00.000 If he could do that.

00:34:01.000 So.

00:34:02.000 At a bare minimum.

00:34:03.000 We can't.

00:34:04.000 Or.

00:34:05.000 For whatever reason.

00:34:06.000 Won't.

00:34:07.000 We refuse.

00:34:08.000 To stay in August.

00:34:09.000 Which.

00:34:10.000 I.

00:34:11.000 I think.

00:34:12.000 Is inexcusable.

00:34:13.000 But if we were to do that.

00:34:14.000 Then no matter what.

00:34:15.000 We got to make sure.

00:34:16.000 That we do not.

00:34:17.000 Hold pro forma sessions.

00:34:18.000 During the month of August.

00:34:19.000 If.

00:34:20.000 If.

00:34:21.000 Just technically.

00:34:22.000 If.

00:34:23.000 If you do that.

00:34:24.000 Let's say.

00:34:25.000 You.

00:34:26.000 Didn't hold the pro forma.

00:34:27.000 The president.

00:34:28.000 Those two.

00:34:29.000 Through the end of 26.

00:34:30.000 To the.

00:34:31.000 To the midterms.

00:34:32.000 Does that person.

00:34:33.000 Let's say.

00:34:34.000 It's an assistant.

00:34:35.000 Secretary of defense.

00:34:36.000 Can you simultaneously.

00:34:37.000 As they're filling this.

00:34:38.000 As a.

00:34:39.000 As a recess appointee.

00:34:40.000 Can you continue on.

00:34:42.000 With their.

00:34:43.000 Official confirmation.

00:34:44.000 Process.

00:34:45.000 And so if it takes.

00:34:46.000 Three or four months.

00:34:47.000 To do it.

00:34:48.000 You get it done.

00:34:49.000 And then they're permanent.

00:34:50.000 The recess appointment.

00:34:51.000 Goes away.

00:34:52.000 It's just.

00:34:53.000 Then.

00:34:54.000 You've laid out a plan.

00:34:55.000 That's so logical.

00:34:56.000 Yes.

00:34:57.000 The recess appointments.

00:34:58.000 And you go back.

00:34:59.000 And you guys do the hard work.

00:35:00.000 Of actually doing the.

00:35:01.000 The.

00:35:02.000 The confirmations.

00:35:03.000 In a process that.

00:35:04.000 You know.

00:35:05.000 People don't have a gun to their head.

00:35:06.000 Why.

00:35:07.000 Why.

00:35:08.000 Why would.

00:35:09.000 This would be a show.

00:35:10.000 I think.

00:35:11.000 Of not.

00:35:12.000 Of lacking trust.

00:35:13.000 In President Trump's judgment.

00:35:14.000 Wouldn't it be.

00:35:15.000 If he didn't do this.

00:35:16.000 Yes.

00:35:17.000 Which is.

00:35:18.000 Which is exactly why.

00:35:19.000 I mean.

00:35:20.000 It's better for him.

00:35:21.000 It's better for the nominees.

00:35:22.000 It's better for the Senate itself.

00:35:23.000 It's better for Republicans.

00:35:24.000 It's better for the MAGA agenda.

00:35:25.000 If we stay and get it done.

00:35:26.000 It's much better.

00:35:27.000 When they can stay in there.

00:35:29.000 Through the duration.

00:35:30.000 Of the president's term.

00:35:31.000 And we're still going to have to do the work later.

00:35:33.000 So it's better to do it now.

00:35:34.000 But no matter what.

00:35:35.000 We shouldn't stop the president.

00:35:37.000 From installing them temporarily.

00:35:39.000 And to prevent him.

00:35:40.000 From doing that.

00:35:41.000 To come in every 72 hours.

00:35:43.000 And hold pro forma sessions.

00:35:45.000 For the sole reason.

00:35:46.000 For the sole reason.

00:35:47.000 Of preventing.

00:35:48.000 Our own president.

00:35:49.000 From our own party.

00:35:50.000 Elected by the same voters.

00:35:51.000 Who elected us.

00:35:52.000 To prevent him.

00:35:54.000 From making temporary appointments.

00:35:56.000 While we go off.

00:35:57.000 And take a recess.

00:35:58.000 That would be inexcusable.

00:35:59.000 Now.

00:36:00.000 There's a lot of.

00:36:01.000 Misinformation.

00:36:02.000 About there.

00:36:03.000 On recess appointments.

00:36:04.000 Including people.

00:36:05.000 Who were saying.

00:36:06.000 Well these nominees.

00:36:07.000 Couldn't be paid.

00:36:08.000 If we recess appointed them.

00:36:09.000 That's not true.

00:36:10.000 A federal statute.

00:36:11.000 That restricts.

00:36:12.000 Our ability.

00:36:13.000 To pay some.

00:36:14.000 Recess appointees.

00:36:15.000 I don't believe.

00:36:16.000 Any of these.

00:36:17.000 Fall into those categories.

00:36:19.000 And there are others.

00:36:20.000 Who would say.

00:36:21.000 Well you can't do that.

00:36:22.000 Because.

00:36:23.000 In order to.

00:36:24.000 Adjourn the Senate.

00:36:25.000 For more than three days.

00:36:26.000 You have to get the.

00:36:27.000 Permission.

00:36:28.000 Of the other chamber.

00:36:29.000 And the other chamber.

00:36:30.000 The House of Representatives.

00:36:31.000 Isn't here.

00:36:32.000 I've got two responses to that.

00:36:33.000 First of all.

00:36:34.000 I believe that.

00:36:35.000 There is likely a way.

00:36:36.000 That we could get this.

00:36:37.000 The House of Representatives.

00:36:38.000 Through its own.

00:36:39.000 Proforma.

00:36:40.000 Session process.

00:36:42.000 Perhaps.

00:36:43.000 They could approve.

00:36:44.000 Our adjournment resolution.

00:36:46.000 But.

00:36:47.000 Even if not.

00:36:48.000 Even if that's not possible.

00:36:50.000 There is another theory.

00:36:51.000 Under which.

00:36:52.000 The Senate.

00:36:53.000 Could send over.

00:36:54.000 A.

00:36:55.000 An adjournment resolution.

00:36:56.000 Saying we're going to.

00:36:57.000 Recess in August.

00:36:58.000 We're not going to hold.

00:36:59.000 Proforma sessions.

00:37:00.000 And we want your permission.

00:37:02.000 To do this.

00:37:03.000 Because we're required.

00:37:04.000 By the Constitution.

00:37:05.000 To do that.

00:37:06.000 If the House of Representatives.

00:37:07.000 Can't.

00:37:08.000 Won't.

00:37:09.000 Or for whatever reason.

00:37:11.000 Doesn't approve that.

00:37:13.000 Whether because.

00:37:14.000 They're not in session.

00:37:15.000 Or because.

00:37:16.000 They don't have a mechanism.

00:37:17.000 To do it.

00:37:18.000 While most of the members.

00:37:19.000 Aren't there.

00:37:20.000 Or whatever.

00:37:21.000 By itself.

00:37:22.000 Creates.

00:37:23.000 A disagreement.

00:37:24.000 Between the two chambers.

00:37:26.000 A disagreement.

00:37:27.000 Of the sort.

00:37:28.000 That is sufficient.

00:37:29.000 To trigger.

00:37:30.000 Another provision.

00:37:31.000 Of the Constitution.

00:37:32.000 Article 2.

00:37:33.000 Section 3.

00:37:34.000 Which empowers.

00:37:35.000 The president.

00:37:36.000 To resolve disagreements.

00:37:37.000 Between the two chambers.

00:37:38.000 Of Congress.

00:37:39.000 As to the timing.

00:37:40.000 And conditions.

00:37:41.000 Of adjournment.

00:37:42.000 So that he himself.

00:37:43.000 Can resolve the dispute.

00:37:44.000 By adjourning.

00:37:45.000 Both bodies.

00:37:46.000 And setting the date.

00:37:47.000 And the timing.

00:37:48.000 Of their reconvening.

00:37:50.000 The president.

00:37:51.000 Could exercise that power.

00:37:52.000 At that point.

00:37:53.000 We could be in recess.

00:37:54.000 And he would then.

00:37:55.000 Be in pole position.

00:37:56.000 To make recess appointments.

00:37:58.000 You're going to make people.

00:38:01.000 Feel a lot better.

00:38:02.000 If we know.

00:38:03.000 At the highest levels.

00:38:04.000 We're having these discussions.

00:38:05.000 I mean.

00:38:06.000 Mike Lee's the guy.

00:38:07.000 You bring in.

00:38:08.000 Out of the bullpen.

00:38:09.000 When it's about the Constitution.

00:38:10.000 Are we having.

00:38:11.000 These types of sophisticated.

00:38:13.000 And nuanced discussions.

00:38:14.000 Right now.

00:38:15.000 Sir.

00:38:16.000 About getting ourselves.

00:38:17.000 Out of this jam.

00:38:18.000 Only all day.

00:38:19.000 Every day.

00:38:20.000 I have been focused on this.

00:38:22.000 23 and a half hours a day.

00:38:24.000 For many.

00:38:25.000 Many days.

00:38:26.000 In a row.

00:38:27.000 But we've got to get the message out there.

00:38:29.000 Not everybody is as focused in on this.

00:38:31.000 As they should be in the Senate.

00:38:32.000 They need to be.

00:38:33.000 Nothing helps focus the mind.

00:38:35.000 Quite like.

00:38:36.000 The concerned voices.

00:38:37.000 Of one's constituents.

00:38:39.000 So.

00:38:40.000 Please let your senators know.

00:38:42.000 Particularly if you're represented.

00:38:43.000 By a Republican senator.

00:38:45.000 Let them know.

00:38:46.000 Yeah.

00:38:47.000 Democrats are obstructing.

00:38:48.000 They've caused the delay.

00:38:49.000 They created the backlog.

00:38:50.000 But it's on you.

00:38:51.000 It's on us.

00:38:52.000 It's on Republicans.

00:38:53.000 To fix it.

00:38:54.000 I believe the best.

00:38:55.000 The only surefire way.

00:38:57.000 Of fixing it.

00:38:58.000 Is for us to stay.

00:38:59.000 And get the work done.

00:39:00.000 If we can't do that.

00:39:01.000 At a minimum.

00:39:02.000 For the love of Pete.

00:39:04.000 Let the president.

00:39:05.000 Have the benefit.

00:39:06.000 Of us actually being in recess.

00:39:08.000 If we're going to disrespect him.

00:39:09.000 Okay.

00:39:10.000 By taking a recess in August.

00:39:11.000 Rather than getting his.

00:39:12.000 Appointees confirmed.

00:39:14.000 This entire audience knows.

00:39:15.000 What we have to do.

00:39:16.000 To get to the ramparts.

00:39:17.000 To be a force multiplied.

00:39:18.000 Grace.

00:39:19.000 Let's give Bill Blasser.

00:39:20.000 For anybody that doesn't have it.

00:39:21.000 Today.

00:39:22.000 The calls.

00:39:23.000 The text messages.

00:39:24.000 Talk to the staffs.

00:39:25.000 All of it.

00:39:26.000 Certainly.

00:39:27.000 Why I got you for one second.

00:39:28.000 Just a shift of topic.

00:39:29.000 One thing I've ran about all the time.

00:39:30.000 And you're.

00:39:31.000 You're my expert.

00:39:32.000 Recissions.

00:39:33.000 In your.

00:39:35.000 Reading of the constitution.

00:39:37.000 What are.

00:39:38.000 What are our tools there?

00:39:40.000 Where the tools are available.

00:39:41.000 In your mind.

00:39:42.000 For.

00:39:43.000 For effectuating.

00:39:44.000 These type of changes.

00:39:45.000 Is.

00:39:46.000 Do we have to go back.

00:39:47.000 Every time for a rescission.

00:39:48.000 Are you in agreement.

00:39:49.000 That the.

00:39:50.000 The pocket rescissions can work.

00:39:51.000 And what is your.

00:39:52.000 Thoughts about the impoundment.

00:39:54.000 The impoundment control act.

00:39:55.000 I think of 1971 or 72.

00:39:57.000 On the impoundments.

00:39:58.000 What should we do here?

00:40:00.000 All right.

00:40:01.000 Let me.

00:40:02.000 Put those in reverse order.

00:40:03.000 As the impoundment control act.

00:40:05.000 I believe.

00:40:06.000 That it is.

00:40:07.000 Unconstitutional.

00:40:08.000 Or at least.

00:40:09.000 Constitutionally problematic.

00:40:10.000 It's not.

00:40:11.000 I.

00:40:12.000 I think it's unconstitutional.

00:40:13.000 It's just.

00:40:14.000 I say.

00:40:15.000 Constitutionally problematic.

00:40:16.000 Because the courts.

00:40:17.000 Have yet to acknowledge.

00:40:18.000 It's unconstitutionality.

00:40:19.000 But.

00:40:20.000 For the first.

00:40:21.000 I.

00:40:22.000 I don't know.

00:40:23.000 200 years.

00:40:24.000 Nearly.

00:40:25.000 Of the.

00:40:26.000 History of the republic.

00:40:27.000 190 or so years.

00:40:28.000 From the moment.

00:40:29.000 The constitution was ratified.

00:40:31.000 Until the impoundment control act.

00:40:33.000 Uh.

00:40:34.000 Was enacted.

00:40:35.000 Presidents.

00:40:36.000 Could.

00:40:37.000 And routinely.

00:40:38.000 Did.

00:40:39.000 Uh.

00:40:40.000 Treat.

00:40:41.000 Appropriated spending levels.

00:40:42.000 From congress.

00:40:43.000 As a ceiling.

00:40:44.000 Rather than a floor.

00:40:46.000 There was.

00:40:47.000 No obligation.

00:40:48.000 On the part of the president.

00:40:49.000 To spend.

00:40:50.000 Everything.

00:40:51.000 To fulfill.

00:40:52.000 Uh.

00:40:53.000 Uh.

00:40:54.000 Uh.

00:40:55.000 Whatever responsibilities.

00:40:56.000 There were.

00:40:57.000 The president.

00:40:58.000 Could.

00:40:59.000 Spend.

00:41:00.000 Less than that.

00:41:01.000 Uh.

00:41:02.000 And.

00:41:03.000 And then.

00:41:04.000 In the 70s.

00:41:05.000 Everything.

00:41:06.000 No.

00:41:07.000 But they.

00:41:08.000 They decided.

00:41:09.000 Well.

00:41:10.000 We've.

00:41:11.000 Got to change.

00:41:12.000 Everything.

00:41:13.000 This is the era.

00:41:14.000 When teachers.

00:41:15.000 In school.

00:41:16.000 You couldn't call it.

00:41:17.000 Show and tell.

00:41:18.000 You had to call it.

00:41:19.000 Sharing time.

00:41:20.000 All of a sudden.

00:41:21.000 They said.

00:41:22.000 We can't let.

00:41:23.000 Presidents.

00:41:24.000 Spend less.

00:41:25.000 Than congress.

00:41:26.000 Authorizes.

00:41:27.000 And appropriates.

00:41:28.000 So.

00:41:29.000 I.

00:41:30.000 I think.

00:41:31.000 The impoundment control act.

00:41:32.000 Is.

00:41:33.000 Highly.

00:41:34.000 Unconstitutional.

00:41:35.000 And I've got a bill.

00:41:36.000 To repeal it.

00:41:37.000 As far as pocket rescissions go.

00:41:38.000 Pocket rescissions.

00:41:39.000 I believe.

00:41:40.000 Are fully legal.

00:41:41.000 Under existing law.

00:41:42.000 I believe.

00:41:43.000 The law.

00:41:44.000 Allows for them.

00:41:45.000 Russ vote.

00:41:46.000 Our.

00:41:47.000 OMB.

00:41:48.000 Director.

00:41:49.000 Very compelling.

00:41:50.000 Argument.

00:41:51.000 As to why.

00:41:52.000 Pocket rescissions.

00:41:53.000 Are.

00:41:54.000 Not only.

00:41:55.000 Acceptable.

00:41:56.000 Not only.

00:41:57.000 Not illegal.

00:41:58.000 But they are.

00:41:59.000 Authorized.

00:42:00.000 Under existing law.

00:42:01.000 And I think.

00:42:02.000 We ought to continue.

00:42:03.000 To use them.

00:42:04.000 Look.

00:42:05.000 We're.

00:42:06.000 37 trillion dollars.

00:42:07.000 In debt.

00:42:08.000 We've.

00:42:09.000 Now.

00:42:10.000 Got.

00:42:11.000 Borrowing.

00:42:12.000 A theory.

00:42:13.000 That.

00:42:14.000 Could be used.

00:42:15.000 Over the next.

00:42:16.000 Couple of years.

00:42:17.000 To take that up.

00:42:18.000 To 42 trillion dollars.

00:42:19.000 That was.

00:42:20.000 A mere.

00:42:21.000 350 billion dollars.

00:42:22.000 And now.

00:42:23.000 This is more.

00:42:24.000 Than we spend.

00:42:25.000 On defense.

00:42:26.000 And this is.

00:42:27.000 Still at a time.

00:42:28.000 When our.

00:42:29.000 Treasury yield rates.

00:42:30.000 Are.

00:42:31.000 Significantly below.

00:42:32.000 The modern.

00:42:33.000 Historical.

00:42:34.000 Average.

00:42:35.000 So.

00:42:36.000 Things.

00:42:37.000 Are going to get.

00:42:38.000 A lot worse.

00:42:39.000 Unless we.

00:42:40.000 Arrest this issue.

00:42:41.000 Unless we.

00:42:42.000 Aggressively attack it.

00:42:43.000 Yeah.

00:42:44.000 And pocket rescissions.

00:42:45.000 Have got to be part of that.

00:42:46.000 You.

00:42:47.000 We're going to talk to you later.

00:42:48.000 We'll get you.

00:42:49.000 In the next couple weeks.

00:42:50.000 Talk about your bill.

00:42:51.000 About.

00:42:52.000 The constitutionality.

00:42:53.000 Impoundment control act.

00:42:54.000 Social media.

00:42:55.000 Where they go.

00:42:56.000 Particularly today.

00:42:57.000 Senator.

00:42:58.000 People want to follow you.

00:42:59.000 All right.

00:43:00.000 So I'm talking about.

00:43:01.000 Both of these issues.

00:43:02.000 On two primary accounts.

00:43:03.000 On X.

00:43:04.000 At send Mike Lee.

00:43:05.000 Is my official account.

00:43:06.000 And then I've got a.

00:43:07.000 Separate one.

00:43:08.000 Separate from my office.

00:43:09.000 At based Mike Lee.

00:43:11.000 Based Mike Lee.

00:43:12.000 I post on there.

00:43:13.000 Several times a day.

00:43:14.000 On this particular issue.

00:43:15.000 Stay here.

00:43:16.000 Vote.

00:43:17.000 Clear the backlog.

00:43:18.000 We got to get it done.

00:43:20.000 Senator Lee.

00:43:21.000 You are based.

00:43:22.000 Thank you so much.

00:43:23.000 And the war room posse.

00:43:24.000 Is to the ramparts.

00:43:26.000 This afternoon.

00:43:27.000 This issue.

00:43:28.000 We know what we got to do folks.

00:43:30.000 Let's go get it done.

00:43:31.000 Short break.

00:43:36.000 If you're a homeowner.

00:43:37.000 You need to listen to this.

00:43:38.000 In today's.

00:43:39.000 AI.

00:43:40.000 And cyber world.

00:43:41.000 Scammers.

00:43:42.000 Are stealing home titles.

00:43:43.000 With more ease.

00:43:44.000 Than ever.

00:43:45.000 And your equity.

00:43:46.000 Is the target.

00:43:47.000 Here's how it works.

00:43:48.000 Criminals.

00:43:49.000 Forge your signature.

00:43:50.000 On one document.

00:43:51.000 Use a fake notary stamp.

00:43:53.000 Pay small fee.

00:43:54.000 With your county.

00:43:55.000 And boom. 0.96

00:43:56.000 Your home title.

00:43:57.000 Has been transferred.

00:43:58.000 Out of your name.

00:43:59.000 Then they take out loans.

00:44:01.000 Using your equity.

00:44:02.000 Or even sell your property.

00:44:04.000 You won't even know.

00:44:05.000 It's happened.

00:44:06.000 Until.

00:44:07.000 You get a collection.

00:44:08.000 Or foreclosure.

00:44:09.000 Foreclosure notice.

00:44:10.000 So let me ask you.

00:44:11.000 When was the last time.

00:44:13.000 You personally.

00:44:14.000 Checked your home title.

00:44:16.000 If you're like me.

00:44:18.000 The answer is.

00:44:19.000 Never.

00:44:20.000 And that's exactly.

00:44:21.000 What scammers.

00:44:22.000 Are counting on.

00:44:23.000 I trust.

00:44:24.000 I trust.

00:44:25.000 Home title lock.

00:44:26.000 Use promo code.

00:44:27.000 Steve.

00:44:28.000 At home title lock.

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00:44:30.000 To make sure your title.

00:44:31.000 Is still.

00:44:32.000 In your name.

00:44:33.000 You also get a free.

00:44:34.000 Title history report.

00:44:35.000 Plus.

00:44:36.000 A free.

00:44:37.000 Of their million dollar.

00:44:38.000 Triple lock protection.

00:44:39.000 That's 24 seven.

00:44:40.000 Monitoring.

00:44:41.000 Of your title.

00:44:42.000 Urgent alerts.

00:44:43.000 To any changes.

00:44:44.000 And if fraud should happen.

00:44:45.000 They'll spend up to.

00:44:47.000 One million dollars.

00:44:48.000 To fix it.

00:44:49.000 Go to.

00:44:50.000 Home title lock.

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00:44:52.000 Now.

00:44:53.000 Use promo code.

00:44:54.000 Steve.

00:44:55.000 Do it today.

00:44:56.000 Here's your host.

00:44:58.000 Stephen K.

00:44:59.000 Back.

00:45:00.000 Okay folks.

00:45:01.000 We got a lot of work.

00:45:02.000 To do.

00:45:03.000 So make sure.

00:45:04.000 You get bill blaster.

00:45:05.000 Or get to your senator.

00:45:07.000 Right now.

00:45:08.000 They got to stay.

00:45:09.000 Until the backlog.

00:45:10.000 Is cleared.

00:45:11.000 They have to stay.

00:45:12.000 No.

00:45:13.000 No.

00:45:14.000 No.

00:45:15.000 Senate recess.

00:45:16.000 This is absolutely imperative.

00:45:17.000 We got to get President Trump's.

00:45:18.000 Team in place.

00:45:19.000 And you can't take 30 days off.

00:45:20.000 They wouldn't be coming back.

00:45:21.000 It's actually more than 30 days off.

00:45:22.000 Coming back to after Labor Day.

00:45:23.000 So make sure you make contact today.

00:45:25.000 And let them know.

00:45:26.000 In no uncertain terms.

00:45:28.000 That this is unacceptable.

00:45:29.000 And they got to stay.

00:45:30.000 Cameron.

00:45:32.000 You join us now.

00:45:34.000 You just heard Mike Lee.

00:45:36.000 Cameron.

00:45:37.000 And they talked about 37 trillion in debt.

00:45:40.000 Interest rates over a trillion dollars.

00:45:42.000 We're going to have on September 30th.

00:45:44.000 About a two trillion dollar deficit for this year.

00:45:47.000 The tariff money is coming in.

00:45:49.000 We got growth.

00:45:50.000 You know 3% growth.

00:45:51.000 So higher taxes are coming in from the existing tax structure.

00:45:54.000 Particularly from the big beautiful bill.

00:45:56.000 And the cuts to taxes.

00:45:58.000 But.

00:45:59.000 The IRS has got a mandate.

00:46:01.000 And they've.

00:46:02.000 I think they've let go 10,000 folks.

00:46:03.000 But they got a mandate.

00:46:04.000 To get every single penny they can get.

00:46:06.000 And people got to understand.

00:46:07.000 If you get a letter from the IRS.

00:46:09.000 If you're late finally.

00:46:10.000 If you haven't filed.

00:46:11.000 The IRS has a duty.

00:46:12.000 To come after you.

00:46:13.000 But there's a way that you can make sure.

00:46:15.000 You're only paying exactly what you absolutely owe.

00:46:19.000 And the way to do that is with text network USA.

00:46:22.000 Can you walk us through exactly how folks there.

00:46:25.000 Can help our audience.

00:46:26.000 Particularly people that have a letter.

00:46:28.000 They've stuck in a drawer somewhere in their house.

00:46:30.000 Yes.

00:46:31.000 Of course Steven.

00:46:32.000 Thank you so much.

00:46:33.000 Having me on to talk about this issue.

00:46:35.000 Americans are still getting hit with audits.

00:46:37.000 Back taxes.

00:46:38.000 Wage garnishments.

00:46:39.000 You know.

00:46:40.000 Recently you did.

00:46:41.000 You did specifically mention.

00:46:43.000 We saw the elimination of Biden holdovers at the IRS.

00:46:45.000 You know.

00:46:46.000 President Trump did get rid of 25% of its workforce.

00:46:48.000 Which is a great start.

00:46:50.000 And ending the government overreach.

00:46:51.000 We saw for the past four years under Biden.

00:46:53.000 Where the IRS was targeting.

00:46:54.000 You know.

00:46:55.000 Small business owners.

00:46:56.000 Low income households.

00:46:57.000 You know.

00:46:58.000 But regardless.

00:46:59.000 For most people trying to navigate this system alone.

00:47:00.000 It's an absolute nightmare Steve.

00:47:02.000 And that's really where Tax Network USA comes in.

00:47:05.000 It's one of the nation's leading tax relief firms.

00:47:08.000 We've helped everyday Americans and business owners.

00:47:10.000 Fight back against aggressive IRS enforcement.

00:47:13.000 You know.

00:47:14.000 Whether you're dealing with years of unfiled returns.

00:47:17.000 Mounting penalties.

00:47:18.000 Collections already underway.

00:47:20.000 We really have a robust team of CPAs.

00:47:22.000 Enrolled agents.

00:47:23.000 Tax attorneys.

00:47:24.000 You know.

00:47:25.000 Even former IRS agents.

00:47:26.000 Who know the agency's tactics.

00:47:28.000 Who know the tax code inside and out.

00:47:30.000 So.

00:47:31.000 We're not one of those cookie cutter tax companies.

00:47:33.000 Who.

00:47:34.000 Who just take your money and vanish.

00:47:35.000 We really do go to war for our clients.

00:47:37.000 Because.

00:47:38.000 You know.

00:47:39.000 We believe that your hard earned money.

00:47:40.000 Should stay in your own pocket.

00:47:41.000 We've saved.

00:47:42.000 Over a billion dollars in back taxes.

00:47:43.000 And.

00:47:44.000 You know.

00:47:45.000 We don't say that lightly.

00:47:46.000 There's.

00:47:47.000 A few examples.

00:47:48.000 I would like to mention too.

00:47:49.000 You know.

00:47:50.000 Extra shifts during COVID.

00:47:51.000 Suddenly found herself in nearly $45,000.

00:47:55.000 In unexpected taxes.

00:47:57.000 She came to us in tears.

00:47:58.000 Almost.

00:47:59.000 She was afraid she was going to lose her home.

00:48:01.000 You know.

00:48:02.000 Not only did we stop the lien.

00:48:03.000 But we got.

00:48:04.000 Her total liability.

00:48:05.000 Reduced to eight grand.

00:48:06.000 Into a manageable payment plan for her.

00:48:08.000 And that's also one thing I want to mention too.

00:48:10.000 Steve.

00:48:11.000 When you get these experts in your corner.

00:48:13.000 Stop trying to make this.

00:48:14.000 More fiscally straining on you as well.

00:48:16.000 So there are payment plans available.

00:48:18.000 There was another contractor in the Midwest.

00:48:21.000 Facing asset seizure for $72,000 payroll tax issue.

00:48:25.000 That snowballed for a few years.

00:48:27.000 You know.

00:48:28.000 Our team halted the collections immediately.

00:48:30.000 Negotiated a settlement that cut his debt more than 60%.

00:48:33.000 So.

00:48:34.000 He kept his equipment.

00:48:35.000 Kept his crew working.

00:48:36.000 Got his life back.

00:48:37.000 And.

00:48:38.000 We.

00:48:39.000 We have a robust.

00:48:40.000 We have a robust team that's dealed with every single client.

00:48:42.000 Employees.

00:48:43.000 Retirees. 0.66

00:48:44.000 You know.

00:48:45.000 Small business owners.

00:48:46.000 Gig workers. 0.98

00:48:47.000 You name it.

00:48:48.000 You know.

00:48:49.000 If you've got an IRS problem.

00:48:50.000 Chances are.

00:48:51.000 We have seen it before.

00:48:52.000 We know exactly how to handle it.

00:48:53.000 Nothing.

00:48:54.000 Nothing is too big for us.

00:48:55.000 There's probably nothing that we haven't seen before.

00:48:57.000 So.

00:48:58.000 We're not just a provider.

00:48:59.000 We share the same values as.

00:49:00.000 As you Steve.

00:49:01.000 And.

00:49:02.000 The audience that's watching today.

00:49:03.000 You know.

00:49:04.000 Limited government.

00:49:05.000 Less bureaucratic nonsense.

00:49:06.000 Protecting people from weaponized institutions.

00:49:08.000 And so.

00:49:09.000 That's the lens that we approach every single case with.

00:49:11.000 Uh.

00:49:12.000 We're on your side.

00:49:13.000 Not theirs. 0.92

00:49:14.000 So.

00:49:15.000 If you.

00:49:16.000 If you do want to start with us.

00:49:17.000 It's completely free of charge.

00:49:18.000 Uh.

00:49:19.000 It's a free consultation.

00:49:20.000 Yeah.

00:49:21.000 800-958-1000.

00:49:22.000 Uh.

00:49:23.000 You can fill out a form online.

00:49:24.000 TNUSA.com slash Bannon.

00:49:27.000 Uh.

00:49:28.000 We'll.

00:49:29.000 We'll tell you exactly where you stand.

00:49:30.000 What your options are.

00:49:31.000 How we can fight for the best possible outcome.

00:49:33.000 Before it's too late.

00:49:34.000 Uh.

00:49:35.000 Look.

00:49:36.000 They've done this.

00:49:37.000 They've got the expertise.

00:49:38.000 The knowledge.

00:49:39.000 They've cut these deals before.

00:49:40.000 Uh.

00:49:41.000 And they know the agents.

00:49:42.000 To actually work with.

00:49:43.000 So if you got a letter.

00:49:44.000 The first thing.

00:49:45.000 You don't call the IRS.

00:49:46.000 Because then you're in the process.

00:49:47.000 Call text network USA.

00:49:49.000 800-958-1000.

00:49:50.000 They got a very simple way.

00:49:51.000 To let you know.

00:49:52.000 Hey.

00:49:53.000 We can help you.

00:49:54.000 If they can't.

00:49:55.000 They'll tell you right away.

00:49:56.000 But if you.

00:49:57.000 They can.

00:49:58.000 They're going to give you some advice.

00:49:59.000 Some free advice.

00:50:00.000 About how to think about this.

00:50:01.000 And then you go from there.

00:50:02.000 But.

00:50:03.000 But the point is.

00:50:04.000 You can't just let it.

00:50:05.000 Lay there.

00:50:06.000 If you got a letter.

00:50:07.000 Just don't think.

00:50:08.000 It's not going to go away.

00:50:09.000 There's a huge budget deficits.

00:50:10.000 And the IRS is going to get money.

00:50:11.000 So.

00:50:12.000 Make sure.

00:50:13.000 That if you have a problem.

00:50:14.000 If you late filed.

00:50:15.000 Haven't filed.

00:50:16.000 You're at 958-1000.

00:50:17.000 Make sure.

00:50:18.000 Tell them Steve Bannon sent you.

00:50:19.000 Get a free consultation.

00:50:20.000 And go from there.

00:50:21.000 But if they can help you.

00:50:22.000 They've got a billion dollars.

00:50:23.000 Worth of settlements.

00:50:24.000 They've done.

00:50:25.000 These people are very.

00:50:26.000 Very focused.

00:50:27.000 And they're fantastic.

00:50:28.000 Ma'am.

00:50:29.000 First off.

00:50:30.000 The question.

00:50:31.000 We got a bolt.

00:50:32.000 But you doing okay.

00:50:33.000 You had a little incident on TV.

00:50:34.000 But you're okay.

00:50:35.000 I did.

00:50:36.000 And I am okay.

00:50:37.000 Thank you so much.

00:50:38.000 For checking in.

00:50:39.000 That was quite a scare.

00:50:40.000 I think to everybody.

00:50:41.000 Including my parents watching.

00:50:42.000 And I.

00:50:43.000 And I feel bad for that.

00:50:44.000 Good.

00:50:45.000 Good.

00:50:46.000 Good.

00:50:47.000 You're healthy.

00:50:48.000 We know you're great.

00:50:49.000 So it scared us too.

00:50:50.000 Fantastic.

00:50:51.000 800-958-1000.

00:50:52.000 Go talk to the Test Network USA team today.

00:50:55.000 Thank you, ma'am.

00:50:56.000 Appreciate you.

00:50:57.000 Thank you so much, Steve.

00:50:58.000 Good to see you.

00:50:59.000 The.

00:51:00.000 The anxiety will go away.

00:51:02.000 As soon as you start talking to people.

00:51:04.000 There's nothing to be ashamed of.

00:51:06.000 It's not.

00:51:07.000 The stuff happens.

00:51:08.000 Make sure you check it out.

00:51:09.000 Mike Lindell.

00:51:11.000 We're on fire.

00:51:12.000 On this Thursday.

00:51:13.000 The last day of July.

00:51:14.000 Got a big August coming up.

00:51:15.000 We got a packed show this afternoon.

00:51:17.000 Charlie Kirk follows us.

00:51:18.000 You got posted after that.

00:51:19.000 We're back at 5 p.m.

00:51:20.000 Eastern Daylight Time.

00:51:21.000 Mike Lindell joins us again.

00:51:22.000 But right now.

00:51:23.000 I need a special deal for the war.

00:51:25.000 We're in posse.

00:51:26.000 Do a lot of work today.

00:51:27.000 About keeping these senators. 0.92

00:51:28.000 Clean this thing up.

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Bannon's War Room - July 31, 2025

Episode 4673： The 3 R's For Victory Recess, Rescission, And Redistricting

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