McCarthy avoids US government shutdown
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 2 October 2023
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
US lawmakers were able to avert a shutdown over the weekend, Slovakia’s election results are adding pressure to the EU’s unity around the war in Ukraine, and Brazil says its oil exploration and green ambitions aren’t contradictory.
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Brazil minister says oil and green ambitions are not contradictory
Cooling UK labour market claims jobs in construction and retail
US lawmakers pass short-term deal to avoid government shutdown
Robert Fico wins Slovakia election with anti-Ukraine stance
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| 0:00.0 | The FT News Briefing is supported by Equinole, the UK's energy partner. |
| 0:06.2 | Learn more at equinole.co.uk |
| 0:12.4 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:14.6 | Today is Monday, October 2nd, and this is your FT News Briefing. |
| 0:19.2 | The bill has passed, and with that objection, the motion of reconsider is laid on the table. |
| 0:24.4 | The US government is open for business, at least for now. |
| 0:28.3 | Slovakia is voted for new leadership, and it's a blow for Ukraine. |
| 0:33.2 | Plus, Brazil is walking a fine line in its environmental policy. |
| 0:37.8 | I'm Joanna Gao, in for Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:42.4 | Over the weekend, US lawmakers voted to fund the government for at least the next few weeks. |
| 1:02.6 | The last minute agreement avoids a costly government shutdown. |
| 1:06.4 | This is fabulous. I thought it would be hard. Now I found there's a whole new day here. |
| 1:11.6 | House Speaker Kevin McCarthy got the deal done just hours before a midnight deadline on Saturday. |
| 1:17.8 | We can't keep doing the same thing to solve the problem. We have to think differently, |
| 1:22.8 | and we can't do it with just one party. We are all in this together. |
| 1:28.4 | But it might be just a temporary win for the speaker. Back with us to explain, |
| 1:32.6 | is the FT's Deputy Washington Bureau Chief, Lauren Fedor. Hi, Lauren. |
| 1:36.6 | Hi, Joanna. So they did it. Congress avoided a shutdown over the weekend. Are you surprised? |
| 1:43.7 | Honestly, yes, I am surprised. Friday night, this shutdown looked all but inevitable. |
| 1:50.3 | But by Saturday afternoon, we saw House Republicans put forward a new proposal, |
| 1:57.2 | one that would keep government funding at current levels. And the Democrats rallied around it, |
| 2:02.6 | and it went through the House, went through the Senate, was signed by President Joe Biden, |
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