The Dan Bongino Show
Spending Bill Passes House And Everyone Loses Their Mind (Ep. 2440)
Wed, 12 Mar 2025
The highly fought for CR spending bill has passed the House in the first effort to reduce government spending in many years. But there are some detractors who claim this is not the right way forward. There are also the libs who have already lost their mind. In this episode, I'll discuss this bill and the pros and cons, along with an update on the Ws Pres. Trump is taking internationally. House passes bill to fund federal agencies through September, though prospects unclear in Senate Just 33% of the $90 MILLION that Black Lives Matter received in donations went towards helping charitable causes - as shock report reveals co-founder's graffiti-artist brother was paid over $1.7M Michelle Obama to 'grapple with life's biggest questions' in new podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: What is the controversy surrounding the CR spending bill?
Hey, I told you I took maybe what would have been a controversial stance in the beginning of yesterday's show on the CR thing. And 90% of people agreed with me. Fine. 10% didn't. Fine-er. That's great. We appreciate dissent. We're not the censorship show. But the dissent was basically all insults. Gat, the special guest in the studio. Today's podcast sponsored by Beam.
Go to shopbeam.com slash Bongino. Use code Bongino for 47% off your first order. A big show today, because now we've got the CR, which I acknowledge. I will acknowledge again. I will say, there are very few words I enjoy saying, but dispositive. I will say dispositively, the CR sucks. I get it. You are 100% correct. Intentional pregnant pause.
Chapter 2: Why does Dan Bongino believe the CR bill 'sucks'?
I don't know what, for the 10% of people that disagree with me, they're disagreeing with me on things I agree with. You're only disagreeing with yourself. I agree it sucks. All I asked you for was a plan. Give me plan B. And I'm not kidding when I tell you this. I got about 1,000 emails on this, probably 200 maybe or so, so-so, maybe 100 that were negative. Not a single one had a plan.
They basically said, like, we don't like you. You suck. Okay, great. What's your plan? Well, I don't have one. Oh, okay. I told you that was going to happen. Hey, if you go back into the 90s, the original promise of the Internet was to provide a virtual world of equals free from the dictates of government and business. We're far from that original promise, aren't we?
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Chapter 3: What are the arguments for and against government shutdowns?
So thank you, producer Jim, for that. I told you guys with the CR bill. Can we just stick with the facts? I can't tell you how many times I've had this argument with people. Do not get emotional about politicians. Don't do it. There's this tendency to want to fall in love and out of love with people. I get it. I am not insulting you. I've done it too.
There are people, I can probably name four or five of them, I've heard them give speeches. They were Republicans running for office. And I was like, damn, this guy is good. And then you turn out later, and you look up their Liberty score, whatever it may be, and you find out they vote like crap every single time. Do not fall in love with politicians. Fall in love with what? Folks in the chat.
Fall in love with what? Outcomes. The problem I had with this continuing resolution bill is it sucks. The outcome is going to be bad, additional government spending. So why did we have vote on it? Because we don't have an alternate plan to get past the Senate filibuster obstacle. The only plan is to use reconciliation, which you cannot use with this bill.
So I asked yesterday, when I did this segment, I have no problem with Congressman Tom Massey whatsoever. He's been great on the January 6th pipe bomber. I'm glad he's talking about spending. I just asked one simple question, and the clip went viral yesterday, which, by the way, Jim, drove that death of journalism guy crazy. Did you see that? He was so upset, I commented on it.
Apparently, he just figured out I have a political opinion podcast up until Monday. It's called The Job. He was shocked. I got no problem with them. I don't fall in love or out of love with people. I just ask, what's the plan? If we are going to cut spending in the CR, which I would love to see, love it, I would love it, then I'm asking you, how are you going to get the votes?
The answer is, I don't have the votes. Okay, then the government fake shuts down. What's your plan to get out of that? Well, we're going to leave it. I will give one guy credit. One guy on Facebook said to me yesterday, basically, Dan, I don't like you. You're a toolbox. Keep the government shut down forever for all I care. All right. That's your plan. I'm going to ask you a question, though.
When have we ever won an argument like that? I'm just asking for appropriate. Again, I give the guy credit. That's just that's a plan. I don't think it's a great plan, but at least he presented a plan. He said, I don't care. Keep it shut down until 2028. Here's the thing, though, two things. Excuse me, got a little bit of allergies. Ghee is okay.
I absolve ghee of any responsibility for my fake cold. It was fake. It is allergies because I took a little bit of allergy medication yesterday and felt great. Two things. We just elected Donald Trump to reform government. It's only been 30 days. The border crossing numbers have fallen off a cliff. He is already working on moving around chess pieces in the economy.
He's already moving on dismantling the Department of Education. It's been about, what, is it 52 days now? 52 days. Give the guy a chance. So number one, he's not going to fix everything in this bill right now. Yeah, it's just unrealistic. And second, folks, it sucks, but the left-wing media still has some power, and the public just isn't there yet with government shutdowns.
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Chapter 4: How is Dan Bongino addressing critics of the CR bill?
There was no way to get past the Senate filibuster, and you can't do reconciliation in this bill, period. They weren't going to get Democrat votes on this. Just a few, and that's it. Here's Johnson yesterday roasting the liberals on this. Check this out.
On Friday they said, quote, Republicans have decided to introduce a partisan continuing resolution that threatens to cut funding for health care, nutritional assistance, and veterans benefits through the end of the year. Every single word of that is a lie. Every single, they just made it up. They didn't read the bill. It's nonsense. People are not buying this.
You see the contrast between one party which is leading, moving the ball forward for the American people, and the other that is just screaming.
Weasel Flu says, I literally hate literally. Yes, me too, brother. And Leonardo76131, how do you measure it by the reaction of your political opponents, the liberals? Yes. So if this was such a horrible thing last night, and I get it, the bill sucks. I've already said this here, period. I'll put a big dot here, there in the corner, period. I get it. The question isn't, does it suck?
The question is, it's like being in some foreign prison camp in a communist nation. Okay, being there sucks. Do you have a plan to get out? No, you can complain about it all you want. How the hell are you gonna get out of the prison? That's the problem. You need a plan.
Why are the Democrats freaking out, and using the word literally, why are they freaking out so much if this was such a terrible day? Let me answer the question for you, because what's the point of being here? It's not a pop quiz. It's my job, at least for the next three days. Gosh, I can't believe it. Three days, man. I can't believe we're only two shows away from the finale.
When the other side starts losing their mind, folks, it usually means we're doing something right. Here, let me just lay out for you what they wanted to do. They wanted the Republicans to not have enough Republican votes to pass this thing. They wanted the government to shut down the Democrats. I thought they hated shutdowns. No, they wanted it because they wanted to say, look at these idiots.
They just got into office. They have all three of that. They have the court system. They have the executive branch. They have the House. They have the Senate. And they can't even pass a spending bill. That was going to be their message. I'm not telling you it's right. And they wanted us to look like the chaos party. because they understood they could do that.
They're stunned now that Speaker Johnson has now whipped two votes on reconciliation, which has started, and this, and there's been no chaos at all. Only Massey, again, I'm not mad at the guy at all. What would I be mad at the guy for? His message is right, cut spending. It's just the tactics I disagree with.
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Chapter 5: Why are Democrats upset about the spending bill?
that Republicans want to move on to the reconciliation bill to get a hold of the out-of-control federal budget, which is exactly what I told you yesterday. And she thinks it's a win for her. Check this out.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Sometimes when I'm standing in this chamber, I literally cannot believe my ears.
And I have to say that today is one of those days because as we stand here on the floor today, I am hearing members of the other side of the aisle who said they would never vote for a continuing resolution, that they would never vote to raise the debt, that they would never vote for a bill that extends the debt ceiling, say that we have to pass this bill.
And so I literally cannot believe my ears today because the GOP today is here with a great American bait and switch. So let me explain to you what exactly is going on. Donald Trump spent the weekend calling our colleagues across the aisle, asking them to keep the government open until the end of the fiscal year so that they can get on with their real agenda.
and you all know what the real agenda is the real agenda is that they're dismantling the federal government they're firing tens of thousands of federal workers teachers firefighters veterans military members of our community who are in crisis right now and they are illegally impounding funds and meanwhile my republican colleagues who said they would never vote for anything like this
are saying that they are going to vote for it because on the side, Donald Trump is winking at them and his people are telling them, don't worry if you pass this bill, we're gonna continue to do all of that illegal activity.
Okay, obviously she is exaggerating grotesquely. It's not illegal activity for the executive branch to manage the executive branch and engage in force reductions by discontinuing job positions we can't afford. Illegal? Really? What, are you going to impeach him again for the 72nd time? Okay, she's just making that up.
Of course they're acting like they care about firefighters and veterans when they've been, the guns and butter approach, they've been cutting the guns forever, Democrats, and actually defenestrating our military with woke crap. So please, Representative Stansbury, stop pretending you guys all of a sudden care about spending and all this other stuff and firefighters. Please stop, okay?
Public safety is not exactly your strong point. You can put that stuff back in the file drawer. But did you see how when you get past the hyperbole and exaggeration, she tells you exactly what I told you yesterday? Which is why I said to you, this is not the fight right now.
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Chapter 6: What is the significance of the Ukraine ceasefire proposal?
That's... Sir, I'm just telling you. I get it, you're trying to take the edge off this thing, but that's a dumb idea. Check this out.
Let me be clear. I will not hesitate to increase this charge. If necessary, if the United States escalates, I will not hesitate to shut the electricity off completely. Believe me when I say I do not want to do this. I feel terrible for the American people because it's not the American people who started this trade war. It's one person who's responsible. That's President Trump.
Guys, he's doing... My problem with it is the tactics of it are silly. Chest-puffing around Donald Trump is a really, really stupid idea. It just is. It's a matter of pure tactics. Forget the morals and ethics of it. Second, he's doing this thing Thomas Sowell calls starting the story in the middle.
He's pretending that Canada does not have a history of dairy tariffs and other tariffs against the United States, which have caused real problems for American markets based on this. We're all in the same hemisphere. He's pretending that didn't happen. He's acting like, oh, they're innocent victims, and Donald Trump just randomly pulled this out of his caboose.
So here's Donald Trump responding on True Social. I mean, this is the most predictable response ever. You mess with Trump, he's going to fight back harder, and he's got the power to do it. Based on Ontario, Canada's 25% tariff on electricity, I'm adding an additional 25% tariff to 50% on steel and aluminum coming from Canada. I mean, you had to know that was going to happen. This is Chapter 2.
Here is the finale of this three-chapter book here on why not to puff up to Donald Trump. Here's a Fox report on Ontario, Ontario Premier Doug Ford after the true social post. Check this out.
Well, things change, don't they? Ontario Premier Doug Ford up in Canada has decided he's not going to tax the United States residents and electrical users 25 percent. He had a conversation with our Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and they both decided it would be in the best interest of both countries not for Ford to do that.
As I said, it's just a silly tactical move. I understand. I don't get mad at politicians, even from other countries. I get what he's got to do. He's got to go out there and say, I'm defending. Fine. Donald Trump would do the same thing. The problem is it's asymmetric economic warfare. And as a matter of pure tactics, you saw what happened with Zelensky. He doesn't like it. And he will respond.
These guys are funny. We're putting the show together today, and sometimes we have random elements we like, but I'm going to be straight with you. We have a tough time fitting them into, I like to tell these kind of longitudinal narratives in the show where everything builds on the other one. We had nowhere to really put this stuff, so these guys called it assorted FAFO.
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