UAW Strike Expanded, Government Shutdown, LGBTQ+ In Census Survey

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🗓️ 23 September 2023

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President Biden is going to Michigan to support the United Auto Workers' union strikes. A government shutdown looms large after members of the House GOP couldn't agree on a temporary spending plan. The Census Bureau plans to test asking people about their sexual orientation and gender identity next year; it says the information will help to fight discrimination.

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0:00.0	President Biden is going to Michigan to support the United auto workers' union strike.
0:06.7	Workers that dozens more locations have gone off the job, even though the union says
0:11.3	it is getting somewhere with Ford.
0:13.4	I'm Scott Simon.
0:14.8	I'm Aisha Roscoe and this is up first from NPR News.
0:18.3	Say hello!
0:21.3	As we get ready for that notification for us to get ready to walk out on the picket
0:28.6	mind.
0:29.6	What will the auto workers strike mean for consumers?
0:33.0	The House Republicans didn't agree on the temporary spending plan this week and it increases
0:37.4	the chances of government shutdown.
0:39.8	Will they be able to avoid it?
0:41.8	And the Census Bureau wants to now know your sexual orientation.
0:46.0	It says the information can help fight discrimination.
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