Lawmakers are back and the September 30 deadline to fund the federal government for fiscal year 2024 — or to pass a continuing resolution for stopgap funding until negotiators can agree on appropriations — looms larger by the minute. Can Speaker Kevin McCarthy unite his fractured conference on spending? Will there be a government shutdown? And how much money would it cost taxpayers? TCS Senior Policy Analyst Josh Sewell joins host Steve Ellis to find the answers.
