Political Fallout From Shutdown

By Laura Lee,

Published October 18, 2013 at 12:22 PM EDT

Congress finally ended the government shutdown this week and voted to raise the debt ceiling. The battle may be over for the moment, but the political differences continue. Host Frank Stasio talks with Rob Christensen, chief political writer for the News and Observer; and Michael Bitzer, politics and history professor and acting provost at Catawba College.

Laura Lee

Laura Lee was the managing editor of The State of Things until mid February 2017. Born and raised in Monroe, North Carolina, Laura returned to the Old North state in 2013 after several years in Washington, DC. She received her B.A. in political science and international studies from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2002 and her J.D. from UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law in 2007.

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Frank Stasio

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.

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