Shutdown, Swerved
What A Day
What A Day
4.6 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Just hours before the Saturday night deadline, a bill to fund the government through mid-November passed both chambers of Congress and was signed by President Biden. The bill – which ensures the federal government can keep paying its workers for about 45 more days – included funds for natural disaster relief, but notably did not include any added funding for Ukraine.
Senator Dianne Feinstein, the longest-serving woman in the U.S. Senate, died Thursday night from natural causes at her home in Washington, D.C. She was 90 years old. Now, it's up to California Governor Gavin Newsom to choose her replacement ahead of next year's primary election, though he has promised to name a Black woman for the role.
And in headlines: at least 13 people were killed after a fire broke out at a nightclub in the Spanish city of Murcia, New York City is still drying out after Friday’s round of heavy rain, and Beyoncé's Renaissance tour could be coming soon to a theater near you.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday, October 2nd. I'm Traybell Anderson. |
| 0:04.4 | And I'm Josie Deppie Rice. And this is what a day. |
| 0:07.2 | With another fun fact about Donald Trump's fraud trial in New York. |
| 0:10.2 | Yes, we just learned that the judge used to be a cab driver. |
| 0:14.0 | So, you know, who knows? Maybe Trump is going to go for a long, long ride. |
| 0:18.2 | Or maybe when someone tells you that judges are extra smart. |
| 0:21.3 | And that's why they need to be judges and they're not cab drivers. |
| 0:23.8 | It just means that it's the look of the draw, you know. |
| 0:26.4 | On today's show, New York City is still drying out after Friday's round of heavy rain. |
| 0:35.2 | Plus, Beyonce's Renaissance tour could be coming soon to a theater near you. |
| 0:39.4 | But first, the government has not shut down, not yet at least. |
| 0:43.5 | We told you on Friday show that it seemed like we needed a miracle for this type of outcome. |
| 0:49.1 | And apparently somebody's deity of choice picked up the main line. |
| 0:53.9 | Because just hours before the Saturday night deadline, |
| 0:57.2 | a bill to fund the government through mid-November passed both chambers of Congress |
| 1:01.3 | and was signed by President Biden. |
| 1:03.6 | In addition to ensuring that the federal government, |
| 1:05.9 | which is our country's largest employer, |
| 1:08.5 | can keep paying its workers for about 45 more days. |
| 1:12.1 | The bill also included funds for disaster relief. |
| 1:15.6 | Yeah, this is a surprising and welcome piece of news. |
| 1:19.5 | I think we all thought this was a pretty done deal. |
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