The US Government has been shut down since the Federal fiscal year ended on September 30. In this episode we talk a bit about the history of shutdowns and note that this is the first one that happened when one political party, in this case the GOP, controls all branches of government. We also discuss the budget process a bit and note that Congress has not been able to pass an actual budget for some time, and the government has operated for years on Continuing Resolutions to fund the government at current levels. We also note that the GOP could end this any time they like by killing the filibuster for budget or CR votes so they could pass something by majority vote.

The Epstein thing also came up.

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