Another federal government shutdown could be looming. The impact on this region would be huge. But U.S. Senator Tim Kaine told Kojo and Tom he doesn't think there's going to be a shutdown, at least this year. 

"My prediction is this: We are going to get a short term continuing resolution as we usually do through the end of the calendar year. And between election day and Christmas, essentially, we will hammer out an omnibus full year appropriations bill," the Virginia Senator said. 

Plus, we got his take on this week's big presidential debate.

Recent polls have shown that Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks holds a slight lead over former governor Larry Hogan in the competitive Maryland Senate race. We asked the new UMBC Institute of Politics director and preeminent Maryland pollster, Mileah Kromer, for her thoughts on where the race stands now.

The D.C. Council heads back into session next week and will turn its focus to how to deal with Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White. He appeared in the court this week and pleaded not guilty to federal bribery charges. 

The council is set to investigate the bribery allegations before deciding what further steps it might take against the ward eight councilmember, including possible expulsion. 

Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau joined the show to give us her thoughts. 

"We have a duty as a council to address these concerns because we hold elected officials to a higher standard," she said. "If he goes through the whole process with the feds and it turns out he hasn’t broken the law, I still think we are going to still have some things to say about our code of ethics."

Plus, she talked about revamping the city's troubled 911 call center. Her and others have introduced several pieces of legislation aimed at increasing the center's transparency and oversight. We also discussed the police body cam footage showing D.C. police officers fatally shooting a city violence interrupter. 

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