Congress has just not learned this lesson yet. Republicans didn’t try

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00:00 And welcome to the program on a, oh, it's kind of cloudy now, but it was a nice morning. Kind of clouding up out there, but boy, I tell you what, I hope you guys had a great weekend. I know I did. uh Lots of yard work got done this weekend. Lots of pine straw got put out. I did some transplanting. I did some weeding and some stuff like that out in the yard is just a great, weekend for it. Even though with the allergies out there, I mean, it's certainly... 00:29 Certainly paid a little bit of the price, but anyway, we're back into another full week of excitement for you right here on the Charlie James show. And we got to, of course, start off with Congress because the rhinos have just not learned their lesson. They really haven't. Listen to this outrage because we've now got these pro forma 00:58 Sessions of the Senate. Hey there guys. Well, House Republicans hope that Senate Republicans might get the Senate to sync up with their bill funding DHS for two months. But Senate Republicans did not even try. The Senate gaveled in and gaveled out after 31 seconds. Under the previous order, the Senate stands adjourned until 7 a.m. on Thursday, April 2nd, 2026. 01:28 skeleton crew Republicans could have tried to get the Senate to pass the House DHS bill. But Democrats sent Chris Coons of Delaware to serve as a floor watchdog and block anything that Republicans might try to do. Just in case a Republican member showed up and said, I ask unanimous consent that we fund ICE and Border Patrol or that we adopt the House bill, I was there to object. 01:55 Republicans didn't try because they knew Democrats would stand in the way. didn't even try. They didn't even try, ladies and gentlemen. Didn't even just make a valiant effort. Now, these pro forma sessions, you know why we're even having those? Do you have any idea? They are there because this is another failure of John Thune. Well, I won't say a failure. 02:25 Sorry, let me retract that. This is not a failure of John Thune. This is a plan of John Thune. Because as long as Senate is in session, then the president cannot make any off-session appointments. And they don't want to do that. They don't want the president to This is like the only president in recent memory that has had zero off-session or recess appointments. 02:55 Nobody else. holds the records now. Thanks to John Thune and Kevin McCarthy. Man, I tell you what, this president again is just like the first administration, where not only is he having to fight the Democrats, he's having to fight the do nothing Republicans. 03:14 They have learned absolutely nothing. Over 80 % of Americans believe that our elections will not be secure until voters are required to show proof of citizenship and photo ID. That's just common sense. 80 % of Americans, 71 % of Democrats, 76 % of African Americans, 75 % of Hispanics. 03:46 This is something that is sacrosanct. We need to safeguard our elections. It's very popular. It's not even controversial. 03:56 Also, 80 % of Americans believe that ballots should be counted on election day. And also the same amount believe that we should not have universal mail-in ballots. Republican voters are close to 100 % in support for these election safeguards. But John Thune continues to play what is described as failure theater. This is from JB Scherk over there at the discern report. 04:26 failure theater. Just looking for new ways to sink Trump's election safeguards, including the Save America Act. Utah Senator John Curtis is already joining forces with Democrats to push for mass amnesty for illegal aliens. Oh yes. Republican voters have watched this deranged Kabuki theater all of their lives. We really, really have. 04:53 Republican voters push for something they want. Republican politicians promise to get it done on day one and then we're always let down. 05:05 So Republican voters put them in office, the Republicans get in, they find some ways to break their promise and do not ...

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