All-Star Panel: Longest Government Shutdown in U.S. History Could End Tonight
The Bret Baier Podcast
FOX News Podcasts
4.1 • 739 Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2025
⏱️ 21 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Fox News Podcasts Presents the Brett Bear Podcasts with Fox News Chief Political Anchor, Brett Bear. |
| 0:14.6 | The longest government's shutdown in history might come to a close by this evening after seven Democrats and one independent voted alongside Republicans to approve the continuing resolution to reopen the government. |
| 0:25.6 | The House expected to vote on the revised funding package early this evening, although the agreement reached in the Senate sparked some controversy among Democrats with many prominent voices within the party, labeling it as a surrender to Republicans. |
| 0:39.3 | The American people do not want Democrats to be bullied into submission. |
| 0:45.2 | They want Democrats to fight for their health care. |
| 0:47.1 | It was a bad deal that will leave millions without access to affordable health insurance, |
| 0:52.4 | and I voted against it. |
| 0:54.0 | We need to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits to prevent tens of millions of Americans |
| 1:00.0 | from experiencing dramatically increased health insurance costs that will prevent them from being able to go see a doctor when they need one. |
| 1:09.0 | Meanwhile, President Trump proposed a $2,000 tariff rebate for American citizens earlier this |
| 1:14.3 | week and an ongoing Supreme Court battle that threatens to limit his ability to impose tariffs |
| 1:19.5 | without the support of Congress. |
| 1:22.1 | Lots to discuss here. |
| 1:23.6 | Some breaking news as well. |
| 1:24.8 | Let's bring in our panel. |
| 1:25.7 | Co-host of the Five, Jessica Tarloff, |
| 1:27.7 | host of the Guy Benson Show, Guy Benson, and Fox News, Washington-based correspondent Mark Meredith. |
| 1:33.7 | Mark, let me start with you. We've got all of that stuff developing, and now the House Oversight Committee, |
| 1:39.6 | the Democrats, have released an email from the Epstein estate saying that there's an exchange |
| 1:47.6 | about it mentions Trump, Donald Trump, in this email with Epstein and someone else about |
| 1:56.3 | being with someone. |
| 1:58.1 | And it's obviously blowing up the internet and blowing up Capitol Hill. The White |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from FOX News Podcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of FOX News Podcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

