Would a Govt Shutdown Fight Authoritarianism?

Democrats in the Senate are debating whether to allow the government to shut down when it runs out of funding later this month.

Episode 354 of the Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast podcast, hosted by WNYC Studios, titled "Would a Govt Shutdown Fight Authoritarianism?" was published on September 12, 2025 and runs 25 minutes.

September 12, 2025 ·25m · Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

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Summary

Democrats in the Senate are debating whether to allow the government to shut down when it runs out of funding later this month.

Episode Description

Democrats in the Senate are debating whether to allow the government to shut down when it runs out of funding later this month.

On Today's Show:

Zack Beauchamp, senior correspondent at Vox and the author of The Reactionary Spirit: How America's Most Insidious Political Tradition Swept the World (PublicAffairs, 2024), talks about what's at stake in the debate over whether to go along with the Republican plan to fund the government or withhold their votes in protest.