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Workers Are Striking And Americans Are Into It

Workers Are Striking And Americans Are Into It

Update: 2023-09-18
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Welcome aboard the Acela, listeners. Today on the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, we are taking a break from the campaign trail and heading to Washington, D.C., where there’s quite a lot going on.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced last week that Republicans are opening an impeachment inquiry into President Biden. There are also just 12 days until a possible government shutdown. And some Republicans are threatening McCarthy's speakership.

Politics reporter Leah Askarinam and POLITICO Playbook co-author and ABC News contributor Rachael Bade join Galen Druke to discuss. They also play a round of "Quiz of the Union," where they try to put this year's higher-than-usual number of strikes in the context of public opinion.

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Workers Are Striking And Americans Are Into It

Workers Are Striking And Americans Are Into It

ABC News, 538, FiveThirtyEight, Galen Druke