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Rep. Sean Casten: This government shutdown is ‘irresponsible’
Update: 2025-10-08
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Congressman Sean Casten, 6th District, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the government shutdown. Rep. Casten was sworn in as a representative during the first Trump administration while the government was in the longest shutdown in history. Rep. Casten notes that, despite the knowledge that the government was on a September 30th fiscal deadline, neither the Senate nor the House of Representatives have passed any of the twelve appropriation bills required to fund the government. Instead, Rep. Casten explains, “[Congress] prioritized a bill that gave massive tax cuts to billionaires and took 14 million Americans’ health insurance away.” Rep. Casten expresses that regardless of which party someone is, these actions are, “irresponsible.”
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