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Preston Brashers: Shutdown is a Self Imposed Wound for the Democrats

Sunlight in the Capitol rotunda on the ninth day of the government shutdown Washington, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. Photo: AP News, Associated Press/AP Photo/Allison Robbert

Preston Brashers: Shutdown is a Self Imposed Wound for the Democrats
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What is the consensus regarding the cause and possible outcome of the government shutdown?

Fiscal policy expert Preston Brasher, from the Tax Policy team at the Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget, joins the conversation with Jeff to unpack how we found ourselves in the fiscal showdown and whether there is a way out.

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