The countdown to a government shutdown begins (again)

Make Me Smart

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4.6 • 5.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Now that the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” is law, Congress is turning its attention to another matter: avoiding a government shutdown. We’ll explain what it will take to keep the government running beyond Congress’ Sept. 30 deadline. And, we’ll fill you in on another deadline: President Trump’s new due date for trade deals before a slew of higher tariff rates kick in. Plus, a listener’s story of frozen pizza and facing fears.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

"Why the federal government will shut down. And why it won’t" from Punchbowl News
"Trump combats TACO reputation as White House extends tariff deadline" from The Washington Post
"Too Many Goods Are About To Face Historically High Tariffs" from Tax Policy Center
"Flint finally replaced its lead pipes" from The Washington Post

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0:00.0	Hey, if you're listening to this, I will assume you're at least interested in money,
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0:41.2	Hey.com slash million. Hey everyone.
0:42.3	I'm Rima Grace.
0:43.4	Welcome back to Make Me Smart, where we make today make sense.
0:47.3	And I'm Kimberly Adams.
0:48.6	Thanks to everyone for joining us on this Wednesday, July 9th.
0:52.5	Today we're going to get into some news,
0:54.4	then wrap up things with some smiles.
0:57.1	Kimberly, what caught your attention today?
1:00.5	I just can't take my eyes off Congress
1:03.4	because as soon as they're done with one thing,
1:05.5	which was passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act,
1:08.2	and even though we are still unpacking it,
1:10.0	they have moved on to something else, which is trying to fund the government because that is something they're supposed to do every year, and they don't particularly do a good job doing it.
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