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Government Shutdown Breakdown

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ABC News

Politics, Daily News, News

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

A chaotic Congress hurtles toward a government shutdown. Car companies lay off hundreds as auto strikes begin. And flooding in Libya has killed more than 10,000. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's Monday, September 18th.

0:02.4

If Kevin McCarthy can't keep his own job, what chance does every other federal employee

0:07.0

have?

0:08.0

You start here.

0:11.0

A government shutdown is taking shape in Washington.

0:14.2

It may be that we are talking about an ungovernable house majority.

0:17.8

What you should keep your eyes on and what the house speaker is struggling to get control.

0:22.3

A thousand auto workers won't be going on strike after all because they've been laid

0:26.1

off.

0:27.1

Ownings built by employees at one of those plants are needed to build another part.

0:31.7

Not a lot of trust between car makers and their workers, but negotiations are continuing.

0:36.0

And the nightmare was 10,000 dead.

0:38.8

Libby's death toll just surged past that.

0:41.5

They moved up to the third floor, then the fourth floor, and then they realized that the

0:45.9

water was as high as four stories.

0:48.6

Why experts are saying this was anything but a natural disaster.

0:54.0

From ABC News, this is Start Here.

0:56.6

I'm Brad Milky.

1:05.6

In a political world, the biggest topic last week was impeachment's plural.

1:10.6

House Republicans have uncovered serious and credible allegations into President Biden's

1:16.8

conduct.

1:17.8

Congress came back to Washington with many House Republicans intent on impeaching President

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