And the Democrats are the one that hold the cards on this one because they're the ones that gave their authority to Wade, the President of the United States. Regular people kind of see this and they think, wait a second, so you're saying that only essential employees need to show up to work? Right. It's like snowstorm. Only if you're essential. Doesn't that kind of make the Doge point that we have a lot of people working in the federal government who aren't essential, Senator? (03:04–03:12)
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Asserts that only essential federal employees are required to work during a government shutdown.
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