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Government barreling toward shutdown with Congress in partisan deadlock - PBS News Hour - Segments

Government barreling toward shutdown with Congress in partisan deadlock - PBS News Hour - Segments

Update: 2025-09-30
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The federal government is barreling toward a shutdown at the stroke of midnight as Congress remains in a deadlock. Democrats are demanding a bill that reverses cuts to Medicaid and prevents health insurance premiums from going up at the end of the year. President Trump has threatened to use a shutdown to reduce the size of the federal workforce permanently. Lisa Desjardins and Liz Landers report. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy
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Government barreling toward shutdown with Congress in partisan deadlock - PBS News Hour - Segments

Government barreling toward shutdown with Congress in partisan deadlock - PBS News Hour - Segments