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Pizza, Ikea, and a government shutdown: How Katie Hill and Katie Porter have been preparing for their new lives in Washington
Part of the federal government is shuttered, but the new class of lawmakers will be sworn in Thursday. Among them are Democrats Katie Hill from Northern LA County, and Katie Porter from Orange County. Both flipped Republican House seats.
By Michell Eloy • • 1 min readPart of the federal government is shuttered, but the new class of lawmakers will be sworn in Thursday. Among them are Democrats Katie Hill from Northern LA County, and Katie Porter from Orange County. Both flipped Republican House seats. KCRW’s Michell Eloy is spending time with Hill and Porter in DC.
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What’s it like to start your job as a congresswoman amid a government shutdown?- 0:00Overflowing toilets, trash on trails, damaged Joshua trees: National parks during the government shutdown
- 5:22Is it legal to force federal employees to work without pay?
- 12:57Pizza, Ikea, and a government shutdown: How Katie Hill and Katie Porter have been preparing for their new lives in WashingtonYou’re reading this
- 20:38How schadenfreude -- taking pleasure in another’s pain -- helps us bond and celebrate failures
- 34:05New exhibit and podcast asks what’s worthy of collecting
The full episode
3 of 5What’s it like to start your job as a congresswoman amid a government shutdown?- 0:00Overflowing toilets, trash on trails, damaged Joshua trees: National parks during the government shutdown
- 5:22Is it legal to force federal employees to work without pay?
- 12:57Pizza, Ikea, and a government shutdown: How Katie Hill and Katie Porter have been preparing for their new lives in WashingtonYou’re reading this
- 20:38How schadenfreude -- taking pleasure in another’s pain -- helps us bond and celebrate failures
- 34:05New exhibit and podcast asks what’s worthy of collecting