Interviews with: Sec. Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Dick Durbin, Rep. Tim Burchett, Rep. Josh Gottheimer, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick.

State of the Union

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🗓️ 24 September 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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First: The United States government continues to be on the verge of shutting down. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says that a shutdown should be avoided because it would prevent government workers such as air traffic control from being paid. He also voices support for UAW workers and President Biden's visit to striking workers in Michigan. Next: Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) allegedly accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars, a luxury car, and gold bars as bribes from wealthy businesspeople. He was indicted on Friday on corruption charges. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) says that Sen. Menendez rightly lost his leadership position, but whether he resigns is up to him and his constituents. Then: Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) says that he would not vote for a short-term spending bill because he wants to cut the government's budget. Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) say that Congress should pass their bipartisan spending bill to avoid a shutdown. Later: The panel discusses the US congress's disagreement on a spending bill, and President Biden and the US labor movement. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Congress in chaos.
0:08.5	Days before the government shuts down, does House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have a plan
0:12.8	to avoid it?
0:14.4	Republican holdout Congressman Tim Birchett will join me.
0:21.1	Plus, the bipartisan co-chairs of the problem solvers caucus Josh Gottheimer and Brian Fitzpatrick
0:27.0	respond.
0:28.0	And, face off, Republican rivals prepare to debate, but with President Biden and former
0:33.5	President Trump set for a union clash in Michigan this week, has the general election
0:38.7	already begun, transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg is here next.
0:43.3	Plus, defiance damned.
0:45.4	Shocking bribery charges against Senator Bob Mnendez.
0:48.8	Some of the cash was stuffed in the Senator's jacket pockets.
0:51.6	As Democrats in his state call for him to resign to his colleagues in Congress agree,
0:56.7	the number two Senate Democrat Dick Durvin is ahead.
1:00.1	Hello, I'm Dana Bash in Washington, where the state of our union is watching the clock.
1:13.2	Time is running out for Congress to avert a crippling government shutdown this week.
1:17.3	But right now House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's plan seems to be hoping hardliner members
1:22.2	who have vowed not to fund the government without massive spending cuts will well change
1:26.8	their minds.
1:27.8	Last night, President Biden blamed those hardliners.
1:31.1	Funding the government is one of those basic responsibilities of Congress, and it's time
1:36.8	for the Republicans to start doing the job America looked at them to do.
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