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How to Survive a Shutdown

Start Here

ABC News

News, Daily News, Politics

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Federal workers prepare for a government shutdown. Republicans begin impeachment inquiry hearings to uncover evidence they admit they don’t have yet. And bridesmaids describe the exploding costs of bachelorette parties. Vote for Start Here at the Signal Awards: https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/2023/shows/general/news-politics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's Friday, September 29th.

0:02.7

How long could you keep working without a paycheck?

0:05.8

Start here.

0:09.6

Millions of federal workers prepare for a shutdown they can't afford.

0:13.6

You will see federal workers and federal contractors showing up at food banks.

0:18.0

We're two days away from the deadline, so what does this mean for you?

0:22.1

Meanwhile, Congress embarks on an unprecedented impeachment inquiry.

0:26.4

There's no clear tangible evidence as it relates directly to President Biden.

0:32.0

By the lawmakers who organized this seemed the most caught off guard, and here comes the bill.

0:37.4

We've planned parties like almost up to $200,000 for a weekend.

0:41.7

My bridesmaids are shelling out more than ever for Bachelorette parties.

0:47.7

From ABC News, this is Start Here.

0:50.4

I'm Brad Milky.

0:55.4

Where did the summer go, right?

0:57.3

By the time next week begins, it'll be October, and that's especially bad news for the

1:02.3

federal government, because October 1st Sunday is the day it officially runs out of funding.

1:11.5

Barring what at this stage would be considered a miracle deal, it now looks like Congress

1:15.6

is going to barrel past that deadline.

1:21.0

Real quick, here's where talk stand.

1:22.9

So Congress has a ton of different things they have to fund every year, right?

1:26.4

Defense, agriculture, Homeland Security, all the things.

1:29.2

Often they pile them into one huge bill.

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