Trump to pay WIC and law enforcement during shutdown. Is an end in sight?

It's day 14 of the government shutdown, and Congress is no closer to a solution than they were on day one

I was nine years old in the third grade when Chuck Schumer got here, okay? He is the broken status quo

For the Republicans, cruelty is the point. No wonder Speaker Johnson says we're barreling towards one of the longest government shutdowns in history

Here are three signs the government is nowhere near reopening. Reason number one

The Trump administration, specifically the Office of Management and Budget run by Russell Vogt

is looking for ways to pay federal law enforcement officers who are required to be on duty without pay

In addition, the administration is looking to use tariff revenue to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, or WIC

More than 6 million people rely on WIC for support. If the government was about to reopen, those programs and employees would have the money they needed

and there'd be no reason to look for alternative funding sources. In previous shutdowns, funding has always been identified

to make sure that the Women Infants and Children program has been funded And we expect that that should happen during this moment in time as well Reason number two both sides think they winning Chuck Schumer said last week

every day keeps getting better for us. Democrats think Americans will see their

insurance premiums increase at the end of the month and blame Republicans. The GOP believes Democrats voting no on a continuing resolution over and over again

will come back to haunt them. We're barreling toward one of the longest shutdowns in American history unless Democrats drop their partisan demands. Why in the world

are House Republicans still on vacation? They're reinforcing the narrative that they could care less

That brings us to reason number three. House Speaker Mike Johnson has kept the chamber out

of session for the last three weeks in a row. It appears he won't call representatives back to

Washington until they have something to vote on. So that could mean this shutdown won't end until

seven Senate Democrats agree to vote for the continuing resolution that they've been voting

on this entire time. And so far, only three have done that. I'm Ray Bogan for Straight Outer News

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