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'Affordability' becomes an election buzzword, as government shutdown wears on

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published November 7, 2025 at 8:46 AM PST

On the Friday politics roundtable, Here & Now hosts Scott Tong and Peter O’Dowd bring on Axios’ Margaret Talev and NBC News’ Sahil Kapur to discuss where Democrats and Republicans are on ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history and which party has momentum on affordability after elections this week.

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