"We should not bend at all on a CR because then we've given the heroin addict a taste of heroin again. I don't think anyone should be afraid of a government shutdown, Vought agreed. I managed it for President Trump. We made it as painless as possible consistent with the law. And it's actually what's necessary to pass these bills individually, is because how"
"else are you going to get moderates to vote for spending cuts if they're not up against the fact that they need to pass these things to get out of a shutdown themselves? Vought continued, So, I think there should be no talk of a stopgap measure at this point. They need to be focused squarely on moving these bills and doing the best they can."
Russ Vought urged rejecting a continuing resolution and allowing a government shutdown to compel passage of individual spending bills and spending cuts. Vought compared a stopgap CR to giving a heroin addict a taste of heroin and said a shutdown is not the end of the world, citing his experience managing a shutdown for President Trump and efforts to minimize pain within the law. Vought argued that shutdown pressure is necessary to make moderates vote for cuts and called for no stopgap measures. Trump scheduled meetings with congressional leaders amid Democratic demands over health subsidies and Medicaid cuts, and the White House warned of possible federal layoffs without an agreement.
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