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Brooks and Atkins Stohr on the end of the shutdown and affordability concerns

2025-11-15 News & Politics
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Analysis of Government Shutdown Outcome and U.S. Affordability Crisis

Gain expert analysis on why Democrats lost leverage in the recent government shutdown and how Washington is failing to address critical economic pain points like housing and healthcare costs.

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  • Democrats failed to secure ACA subsidy extensions, suggesting tactical errors in employing brinkmanship without full control of government branches.
  • Analysts agree that while inflation data looks stable (3%), real consumer sentiment plummets due to persistent high costs in housing and healthcare.
  • The political distraction caused by the Jeffrey Epstein file release prevents lawmakers from addressing structural economic reforms.

This segment features David Brooks and Kimberly Atkins Stohr analyzing the political fallout from ending the longest U.S. government shutdown, focusing heavily on political strategy, the shift toward affordability as a core issue, and the concerning state of consumer economics.

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🛎 Please take a moment to fill out 2025 PBS News audience survey: https://forms.office.com/r/rq1ec4T4zV --------- New York Times columnist David Brooks and Kimberly Atkins Stohr of the Boston Globe join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including the end of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, affordability becoming a focus in Washington and new developments regarding the Jeffrey Epstein files. Watch PBS News for daily, breaking and live news, plus special coverage. We are home to PBS News Hour, ranked the most credible and objective TV news show. Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6 Follow us: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pbsnews X (formerly Twitter): http://www.twitter.com/newshour Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/newshour Facebook: http://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe: PBS NewsHour podcasts: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/podcasts Newsletters: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/subscribe

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