# Congressional Republicans Try a New Approach: Telling Trump No Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-7819709/congressional-republicans-try-a-new-approach-telling-trump-no Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-7819709/congressional-republicans-try-a-new-approach-telling-trump-no.md Podcast: [The Daily](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-7819709) Published: 2026-06-08T09:45:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/congressional-republicans-try-a-new-approach-telling-trump-no--72415843 Audio file: https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72415843/default.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-daily-7819709/episodes/congressional-republicans-try-a-new-approach-telling-trump-no Duration seconds: 1888 ## Resource From the war in Iran to his plan to use taxpayer money to pay his allies, the Republican-controlled Congress has begun rebelling against President Trump. Today, Julie Hirschfeld Davis, a congressional editor at The New York Times, discusses whether this rebellion is a preview of a new dynamic in Washington, or a temporary show of independence that will vanish just as quickly as it arrived. Guest: Julie Hirschfield Davis , congressional editor at The New York Times. Background reading: Mr. Trump says he never promised no new wars and defends the compensation fund. Photo: Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily . Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher . For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. 🌎 THE STORIES THAT MATTER. EVERY SINGLE MORNING. Join 5M+ daily listeners staying ahead of the headlines. πŸ“ˆ 🎧 DON'T BE THE LAST TO KNOW Catch today's deep dive: ▢️ LISTEN NOW Never miss a beat: πŸ”” SUBSCRIBE FREE ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-daily-7819709/episodes/congressional-republicans-try-a-new-approach-telling-trump-no/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-7819709/congressional-republicans-try-a-new-approach-telling-trump-no.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.