All-Star Panel: Government Shutdown Enters Week Four

The Bret Baier Podcast

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4.1 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Despite mounting pressure to reopen the federal government, Republicans and Democrats remain at odds over a government funding plan, with neither side budging since the government shutdown began at the beginning of the month. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has refocused ending the war in Ukraine after brokering the Gaza deal but negotiations seemed to have slowed. Former Chief Speechwriter for George W. Bush and Main Street Columnist for the Wall Street Journal, Bill McGurn, CEO of Schoen Cooperman Research, Carly Cooperman, and FOX News Senior Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram join to unpack the latest news to come from the ongoing funding debate as the fourth week of the government shutdown begins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:45.1	In the White House Rose Garden, President Trump meeting with Republican senators touching on everything from his upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping to his tariff policy and what he's calling the success of the National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C.,
0:57.0	the president urging Democratic leadership to vote for the Republican continuing resolution and to get the government funded.
1:04.5	Chuck Schumer, who have known for a long time and the radical left Democrats are holding the entire federal government hostage to appease the extremists in their party.
1:14.0	And they are extreme. I mean, I've never seen anything like it.
1:17.3	As the government shutdown enters its fourth week, another vote is set for Wednesday.
1:22.2	Lots to discuss here. Let's bring in our panel.
1:24.6	Former Chief Speech Writer for George W. Bush and Main Street Colonists for the Wall Street Journal, Bill McGurn, CEO of Shone Cooperman Research, Carly
1:32.3	Cooperman, and Fox News Senior Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergroom. Okay, Chad, any hope inside here?
1:39.3	Well, you talk to a lot of congressional Republicans, and they say this is all up to President
1:43.1	Trump. When does he want to
1:44.9	come to the negotiating table? There was a conversation late this afternoon between John Thune,
1:50.1	the Senate Majority Leader and the Speaker of the House, and they got President Trump on the
1:53.5	phone. This is breaking as we speak right now. And they indicated that the president would only
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