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The Bret Baier Podcast

Congress Looks To Avoid A Government Shutdown

The Bret Baier Podcast

FOX News Radio

News, Politics, News Commentary

3.6681 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, Bret sits down with Republican Strategist and former Campaign Manager for Senator Scott Brown, Colin Reed, NPR National Political Correspondent, Mara Liasson, and FOX News Congressional Correspondent, Chad Pergram to discuss Congress' effort to fund the government and avoid a shutdown before the end of the week. Later, the panel weighs in on the current dynamics of the 2024 Presidential Election cycle.  Follow Bret on Twitter: @BretBaier Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:45.8

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0:49.5

America's got to be in the lead if you want to deal with these threats.

0:52.7

We're going to lead.

0:53.6

The morning is over. The Shiva is done. And if you're a conservative, you should be optimistic.

0:58.5

You know, my main priority right now is making sure that it delivers for the American people.

1:02.5

We have to make our country great again, and I will do that.

1:05.6

I think the president gets criticized by people all the time for the stuff he says, by people

1:10.1

who ignore what he does.

1:11.6

Now Fox's chief political anchor, Brett Bay.

1:15.1

President Biden touted lower inflation numbers after the consumer price index, the CPI showed a

1:20.8

slight moderation at 7.1%. Markets loved it. The report led to a stock market rally as some investors are hopeful the Fed will slow down interest rate hikes at Wednesday's meeting.

1:33.3

Make no mistake. Prices are still too high. We have a lot more work to do. But things are getting better, headed in the right direction.

1:41.3

What is clear is my economic plan is working and we're just getting started.

1:46.1

Meanwhile, Congress is hoping to avert a government shutdown set for Friday by passing a short-term

1:51.4

funding bill. While both Democrats and Republicans agree a short-term spending bill is needed to prevent a shutdown on Friday, December 16th, some obstacles remain as Congress enters a lame duck session.

2:03.9

Some members are looking to push across legislation before Republicans take control of the House in January.

2:09.7

For a conversation on this and more, we bring in our panel, Fox News congressional correspondent Chad Pergram,

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