Congress looks to avert another shutdown

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Congress looks to avert another shutdown

CQ Budget Podcast, Episode 96

Federal workers and contractors, along with their unions, staged a protest calling for and end to the government shutdown, which ended Friday. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Posted January 28, 2019 at 1:03pm

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CQ budget and appropriations reporters Kellie Mejdrich and Jennifer Shutt unpack what could happen in the next three weeks as lawmakers and the White House wrestle with how to prevent another government shutdown in three weeks.

Show Notes:

Threats over shutdown, emergency declaration hang over coming talks
The shutdown horror show was bad, but beware the reruns

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