It's the Brian Laird Show on WNYC. I'm Bridget Bergen, senior reporter in the WNYC in

Gothamist Newsroom filling in for Brian today. On today's show, we're going to talk

about the financial challenges of caring for our elders and

how the elder care system here in the United States is a disconnected Patrick that really

doesn't work for anyone and'll want to hear your stories.

Plus, now that the SAG Aftra and Writer Strikes are over,

is it back to work for our local film and TV workers?

We'll talk about that sector of the economy, and have you ever looked around

at other people and thought, they seem to have it all figured out.

They are the real adults, and felt like you're just kind of a fake it till you make it

kind of adult. Yeah, we have two. We're going to talk about that feeling of

adult imposter syndrome later in the show. But first we turned to the economy. As a country, we were on the

precipice of major uncertainty again, a looming government shutdown just before the holidays and in one bright

spot from an otherwise really weird day in Congress we will talk about the

almost fist fights another time.

House members passed a stopgap measure

to continue funding the government.

On this vote, the A's are 336.

The Nays are 95. Two-thirds being in the affirmative are 95.

Two-thirds being in the affirmative the rules are suspended.

The bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.

By all accounts that is very good news for the economy.

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