There are seriously no good guys in this shutdown. In fact, I think there are no good guys in this

Congress, not a single one. And so while Democrats play dingleberry games and Republicans play

chicken, normal people who are just doing their public service jobs are starting to miss

paychecks. Members of the military who are living

paycheck to paycheck, I am seeing selling stuff in order to pay their bills. Air traffic controllers

are taking side gigs, driving Uber and delivering DoorDash in order to get a paycheck,

and are starting to call in sick because they're exhausted, which is causing flight delays

and cancellations and rerouting.

And quite frankly, it's making it less safe for us to fly.

And so while Congress dicks around and plays games, we are paying with our livelihoods and our safety.

And there's no end in sight.

I am so damn tired. livelihoods and our safety. And there's no end in sight.

I am so damn tired of being lied to.

I don't think I can deny it anymore.

You can't stick to your story if you think it flies.

But I'm not going to buy it anymore.

Hello, my friend, and thank you for listening to the 324th episode of Congressional Dish.

I'm your host, Jennifer Briney.

And today, I am going to let you know what happened last month in Congress.

So we are going to be talking about September 2025, the month that Congress had to finish their most basic job, funding the government.

They were supposed to do that with 12 funding bills.

They accomplished zero.

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