Another Shutdown Looms Thanks To Far-Right Conservatives
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🗓️ 28 February 2024
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Summary
Yet another government shutdown looms and lawmakers have until Friday night to avert it. Here's what's holding them up this time: House Republicans have refused to support a spending deal that doesn't cover some of their extremist priorities, like the reversal of a federal rule that broadens access to abortion medication. House Speaker Mike Johnson has said he's committed to avoiding a shutdown, but we're definitely not out of the woods yet.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear arguments about a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, which enable rapid firing when added to semi-automatic weapons. The bump stock owner who brought the case argues that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives doesn't have the authority to outlaw bump stocks, and that bump stocks shouldn't be classified as "machine guns."
And in headlines: Hamas and Israel are far less optimistic than Joe Biden about the near-term possibility of a ceasefire, Starbucks agreed to start bargaining talks with the Starbucks Workers Union, and Macy's is closing 150 stores.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Wednesday, February 28th. |
| 0:03.2 | I'm Trayvon Anderson. |
| 0:04.4 | And I'm Priyanka Ara Bindi, and this is what a day, |
| 0:07.0 | where we will soon be eating all of our Wendy's meals at off-peak hours only |
| 0:11.3 | because the chain is introducing surge pricing. |
| 0:14.1 | Yes, the windy CEO revealed that the price of our frosties could soon rise and |
| 0:19.5 | fall based on hourly demand and sir sir this is not oob but this is a windy's what is you do it |
| 0:27.8 | Absolutely no on the show what to watch for in today's Supreme Court hearing about the ban on |
| 0:35.2 | bump stocks for guns, plus Israel and Hamas now signal that they are not |
| 0:40.1 | getting closer to a ceasefire deal. But first, there are three days left |
| 0:44.6 | until a partial government shutdown. |
| 0:46.6 | And as of now, lawmakers have yet to reach a deal to avert it. |
| 0:50.6 | And the clock starts now |
| 0:51.6 | since the House returns today after a 10-day long break. |
| 0:55.4 | If this feels like deja vu, you are not wrong at all. |
| 0:58.9 | Back in January, Congress went down to the wire and passed a short-term funding bill that set two separate deadlines, |
| 1:04.8 | one on March 1st and one on March 8th, to pass a series of spending deals for the year. |
| 1:09.9 | But apparently, the 40-some days that they have had in between have not yet been enough. |
| 1:14.3 | Congressional leaders have until the end of the night Friday to get this all figured out and |
| 1:18.5 | as of yesterday they seemed optimistic about averting a partial shutdown, |
| 1:22.6 | which is definitely progress. |
| 1:24.2 | But still, there is not a plan. |
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