Speaker says U.S. ‘barreling toward’ prolonged shutdown as ripple effects grow
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🗓️ 13 October 2025
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is supported in part by the New England Innovation Academy in Marlborough, Massachusetts, |
| 0:05.5 | where today's students become tomorrow's innovators by discovering their passions and purpose while preparing for what's next, |
| 0:12.1 | reimagining education with a future-focused curriculum, entrepreneurial mindset, and real-world application, |
| 0:18.1 | currently enrolling grade 6 through 12, day and boarding students. |
| 0:22.0 | Learn more at NEIacademy.org. The Speaker of the House said today the U.S. is barreling toward |
| 0:28.4 | one of the longest shutdowns in history. That stark warning on this 13th day of the government |
| 0:33.8 | shutdown comes as effects are already starting to ripple across the country, |
| 0:38.0 | with federal workers facing their first week without a paycheck. Here with the latest is our |
| 0:42.4 | White House correspondent Liz Landers. All right, Liz, so day 13, has there been any movement? |
| 0:47.1 | The short answer is no, Jeff. The president did announce over the weekend that he's directing |
| 0:51.1 | the Pentagon to use, quote, all available funds to pay the U.S. |
| 0:56.3 | troops. This is apparently reportedly going to be coming from leftover research and development |
| 1:00.3 | funds that were left over from last fiscal year. The president talked about this last night on |
| 1:05.4 | Air Force One. We're taking care of it. We've got the military paid in full. And we're doing a lot of things. |
| 1:13.5 | We're ending some programs that we don't want. They happen to be Democrat sponsored programs, |
| 1:18.2 | but we're ending some programs that we never wanted. And we're probably not going to allow them to come back. |
| 1:24.9 | I think they made a mistake. I think they made a big mistake. |
| 1:28.0 | You hear the president there blaming Democrats still. That has been the Republican position. |
| 1:32.7 | Speaker Mike Johnson taking that same position today, continuing to blame Democrats for this shutdown, |
| 1:38.2 | saying that Leader Schumer is using misleading information right now to the public. |
| 1:49.7 | And as you mentioned in the intro, Speaker Johnson saying that we're barreling towards the longest government shutdown in history. |
| 1:52.2 | If that is the case, that means we will be several more weeks in this government shutdown. |
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