The government shutdown is now the longest in history. Join the committee members Washington Week with the Atlantic To discuss how voters and lawmakers are responding, and more.
“The administration has chosen not to provide money to fund food assistance for 42 million Americans,” Jeff Zeleny, CNN’s chief national affairs correspondent, said last night, three weeks before Thanksgiving. “But they found money for military payments, ICE officers and others. That choice is “starting to catch up with the administration and Republicans,” he added.
Meanwhile, “Democrats appear to be more committed than they were before Tuesday.” Atlantic Writer Mark Leibowitz noted. “I think they look more emboldened after Tuesday’s election.”
Join the editor-in-chief the AtlanticJeffrey Goldberg, to discuss this and more: LeeAnne Caldwell, chief Washington correspondent at puck; David Ignatius, foreign affairs columnist at The Washington Post; Mark Leibovich, writer at Atlantic; and Jeff Zeleny, CNN’s chief national affairs correspondent.
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