Will A Government Shutdown Be Avoided?
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2024
⏱️ 20 minutes
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This episode: senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh, and senior political editor & correspondent Domenico Montanaro.
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| 0:52.4 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics |
| 0:54.8 | podcast. I'm Tamor Keith. I cover the White House. I'm Deirdre Walsh. I cover |
| 0:58.2 | Congress. And I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and |
| 1:00.9 | correspondent. Congress is back this week, |
| 1:03.6 | and they've got a deal on government funding. |
| 1:06.5 | House and Senate leaders announced it last night |
| 1:08.7 | with some fanfare, but alas, it is less than meets the eye. |
| 1:13.0 | You've heard this before, but the clock is ticking, and without a lot more agreement, |
| 1:17.5 | a partial government shutdown looms just 11 days away. |
| 1:22.0 | Deirdre, what did they actually announce and how excited should anyone be? |
| 1:27.0 | Well, they announced a framework which is significant, but there's still a lot of details and a lot of legislating to go and as you noted the first |
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