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SCETV's TWISC goes to DC: Congress still deadlocked over government funding deal
SCETV's This Week in South Carolina host Gavin Jackson reports from Washington, D.C. Oct. 6-8, speaking with South Carolina's federal delegation members amid an ongoing federal government shutdown.
TWISC to interview fed delegation members as shutdown continues
Gavin Jackson, host of SCETV's This Week in South Carolina, reports from Washington this week amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
Jackson's reporting trip will cover the state's nine-member federal delegation.
The trip was planned to coincide with the start of the new federal fiscal year, which started Oct. 1. The trip, however, has instead coincided with a stalemate in Congress that has no signs of letting up.
The Senate is set to vote again Monday, but eight Democrats need to join Republicans.
After a fourth failed vote on the U.S. House-approved continuing resolution in the Senate on Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson said his chamber would not return this week.
While Congress remains deadlocked, life continues in the nation's capital.
There are some signs of the shutdown's impacts.
The U.S. Capitol Visitors Center is closed.
Smithsonian Institution museums will remain open until Oct. 11 thanks to private donations previously collected. But a sign outside of the National Gallery of Art's Sculpture Garden gates stated the area was closed due to the federal shutdown.
Despite the shutdown, TWISC's Jackson plans to speak with several members of the delegation that will be featured in exclusive online videos, posts and episodes of This Week in South Carolina and the South Carolina Lede podcast.
