Kurt Couchman, Senior Fiscal Policy Fellow at Americans for Prosperity and one of Capitol Hill’s leading voices on budget reform, joins The Steve Gruber Show to break down the ongoing government shutdown, what’s causing the gridlock, how long it could last, and what real fiscal reforms are needed to prevent this cycle from repeating. Couchman explains why Washington keeps failing to pass responsible budgets, what a smarter spending framework could look like, and how taxpayers end up paying the price for political dysfunction.