Why Democrats may have 'wind at their back' after shutdown fight

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🗓️ 11 November 2025

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The Senate just passed a government funding deal, and House members will vote soon. Many Democrats wanted the party to hold out for Affordable Care Act subsidies, and some of them have turned against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, even though he opposed the deal. Schumer's former legislative director, Jim Kessler, explains more.

And, the Food and Drug Administration is removing a decades-old warning on hormone replacement therapy products for women experiencing menopause. Theresa Gaffney, a reporter at STAT, the health and medicine publication, joins us to discuss.

Then, this Veterans Day, Marine Corps chaplain Navy Lt. Terry A. Roberts joins us to reflect on what the day means to him and how he sees his role as sort of a father figure to young Marines on the battlefield.

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0:17.5	WBUR Podcasts, Boston.
0:28.6	To all my colleagues, Republicans and Democrats in the House, you need to begin right now returning to the Hill.
0:30.6	We have to do this as quickly as possible. The House is returning to Washington to vote on a bill that would reopen the government.
0:36.0	It's Tuesday, November 11th, and this is here and now
0:39.1	anytime from NPR and WBWR Boston. I'm Shiko Théhuri.
0:52.8	Today on the show, for decades, the FDA has warned women going through menopause
0:57.9	that hormone replacement therapy products could lead to cancer, dementia, or stroke.
1:03.6	Now the agency is ditching that warning.
1:06.5	And on this Veterans Day, a Marine Corps hapline reflects on his role as a father figure to young comrades on the battlefield.
1:13.4	Even though I'm retired, it's something that's still a part of me.
1:18.1	And then when these special days like today, it's something that you reflect upon rather deeply.
1:24.6	But first, House members are headed back to Washington to vote for a government
1:29.3	funding deal just passed by the Senate. But many Democrats are upset. They wanted the party to hold
1:35.3	out for Affordable Care Act subsidies, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is getting heat for it.
1:41.6	Schumer didn't vote for this week's Senate deal to end the government shutdown,
1:45.3	but eight members of the Democratic caucus defected and passed the measure anyway.
1:50.2	Let's get perspective from Jim Kessler. He once served as Schumer's legislative director
1:55.2	and is now the executive vice president for policy at Third Way, a center-left think tank.
2:01.5	Here's Custler's conversation with Don.
2:03.7	You worked for Chuck Schumer.
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