What makes this shutdown so different, and so front and center,  is the likelihood that President Trump and Russ Vought will use the shutdown to significantly downsize and reshape the entire federal government. It could be the biggest remodeling of the federal budget in a hundred years. And Chuck Schumer is playing right into their hands.

With House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Kellyanne Conway, Art Laffer, and Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY).

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