seems a bit reluctant to embrace the role. but when just a private citizen president obama, when they traveled separately he and michelle there were a lot of political tweets about how much that s costing there so a bit hypocritical there. the government could shut down if congress does not pass a spending bill. it is the next big money fight on capitol hill and there are four things that could stymie it. first funding for a border wall. democrats will oppose the bill. the proposed boost to defense spending funded by cutting other programs. this tinkers with the smallest part. third planned parenthood. if republicans reintroduce the idea it could be a non-starter for democrats. finally the gorsuch nomination.
because of his mexican heritage. the government could shut down if congress does not pass a spending bill. it s the next big money fight and four things that could sometime my it. first funding for a border wall, second, boost of defense spending, this tinkers with the smallest part. third planned parenthood. if republicans reintroduce the idea it could be a non-starter for democrats. the gorsuch nomination finally. that s a leading indicator for a government shutdown. the most recent were 2013 and 1995. one thing clear from those experiences a shut down is waste of time and money and also can hurt the economy. we saw it twice.
branding exercise. and look, he s winning. he s winning the race. he s ahead in the polls. so you can t say it s not working for him. but he s not spending his own money anymore. zplt other strike thing is the burn rate s very low because they don t have a big campaign organization. they re not spending money. they don t have a huge staff. they re not buying advertising. are they spending money on anything? what are they spending money on? he has the smallest staff in the top five or six candidates we saw. he spent more on baseball hats and t-shirts in the third quarter than he did in new hampshire, iowa, and south carolina combined. really? yeah. so look, and it s the story, right? so he is this is the trump hat has been one of the main expenditures of the trump campaign. in fact, a bigger expenditure than, say, field organizers in iowa. or advertising. yes. that includes advertising too. no, no, no. also advertising is less than the hats. and the hats are the message.
their identity by using this arguably sham company to make this donation. michael isikoff, nbc news national investigative correspondent. michael, i love the way you think. i love this work. and the way you do it on this. thank you for following this trailing and thanks for joining us. thanks, rachel. the big recall election in wisconsin is tuesday. i have big news about that. ed schultz is going to be doing his show in madison starting on monday. tonight, all the latest in the big money fight over governor scott walker s union-busting play in wisconsin. that s coming up on the ed show. and here the best new thing in the world today is great news for american soldiers. and american soldiers have had a best new thing coming to them for a really, really long time, frankly. news i m really happy to report. coming up.
if w spann had no other purpose but was only set up for to funnel money to restore our future, the pac, then it is arguably a straw donation. somebody is trying to conceal their identity by using this arguably sham company to make this donation. michael isikoff, nbc news national investigative correspondent. michael, i love the way you think. i love this work. and the way you do it on this. thank you for following this trailing and thanks for joining us. thanks, rachel. the big recall election in wisconsin is tuesday. i have big news about that. ed schultz is going to be doing his show in madison starting on monday. tonight, all the latest in the big money fight over governor scott walker s union-busting play in wisconsin. that s coming up on the ed show. and here the best new thing in the world today is great news for american soldiers. and american soldiers have had a best new thing coming to them for a really, really long time, frankly. news i m really happy to report. com