Peter Schweizer and Eric Eggers, hosts of the weekly podcast The Drill Down, filled in for Sean Hannity on his radio show with a show focused on Minnesota fraud, poor budgeting by Congress and, not surprisingly, a new Gallup poll that measures congressional approval at just 15 percent of Americans, while a growing wave of its current members are opting out of 2026 re-election bids.
In this segment, former House Oversight Chair Jason Chaffetz joins the show to explain how broken appropriations, abandoned regular order, and endless continuing resolutions leave Congress’s lawmakers exhausted and ineffective. He makes the case for term limits, restructuring the Speaker’s role, even scrapping the Appropriations Committee, and highlights how the end of earmarks has stripped leadership of leverage.
The conversation contrasts Democratic unity under Nancy Pelosi with Republican’s challenges, notes Donald Trump’s unique influence, and touches on proposals like voter ID and the SAVE Act as part of broader structural fixes.
