So, Senator Mullen, so this means these cuts, these Doge cuts could actually be made permanent by the Democrats refusal to reopen the government. Absolutely. That's a great deal for us. It's 100. They literally, By going to a shutdown, they succeed their authority to the President, who the president now gets to deem these agencies, if they're open, if they're closed, if the employees are essential or non essential. And keep in mind, in 2017, when, when we went into a shutdown and in 2018, because Chuck Schumer led us to a shutdown, then too, President Trump said, if you're not an essential employee for the federal government, you're fired. (02:30–02:43)
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Asserts that a government shutdown transfers authority to the President to determine agency operations and employee status.
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