Budget reconciliation in the United States
Subject in Government
Budget reconciliation in the United States has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Pod Save America. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Jon LovettCo-host of Pod Save America; diarization split of the same speaker during the economics segment
Lovett predicts the reconciliation bill cannot pass the House and that Collins, Paul and Murkowski would be Senate no votes.
“I don't assume the House will pass it. They don't have that much wiggle room in the House, less and less all the time”
Pod Save America: SHOCKING GOP Plan to Fund War with Health Care Cuts (Mar 31, 2026) · Listen from 37:13
Lovett says funding the Iran war with health care cuts is the least politically popular option available to Republicans.
“I can't think of a of a less popular way for them to try to find 200 billion dollars to spend on the war in Iran”
Pod Save America: SHOCKING GOP Plan to Fund War with Health Care Cuts (Mar 31, 2026) · Listen from 36:44
Josh TurekIowa state legislator, Paralympic gold medalist in wheelchair basketball, and Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Iowa
Turek contrasts war spending with health care cuts, saying 110,000 Iowans lost coverage and clinics are closing statewide.
“110,000 Iowans lose their health care benefits. Thousands more lose their homes. food assistance”
Pod Save America: SHOCKING GOP Plan to Fund War with Health Care Cuts (Mar 31, 2026) · Listen from 1:05:30
Podcasts
- Pod Save America · 1 episode
Episodes
SHOCKING GOP Plan to Fund War with Health Care CutsPod Save America · Mar 31, 2026 · 1 h 31 min
Jon Favreau and Jon Lovett dissect Trump's Iran war, its economic fallout and the GOP's health-care-funded war bill, before Tommy Vietor interviews Iowa Senate candidate Josh Turek.
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