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The Fox News Rundown

From Washington: Congress Not Seeing Eye To Eye On Spending

The Fox News Rundown

FOX News Podcasts

News, Daily News, Politics

3.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

A spending disagreement is brewing in Congress as representatives work to vote on twelve appropriations bills before the fiscal year ends in September. Republican lawmakers are demanding even less spending than what they agreed to earlier this month, narrowly avoiding a default on the nation's debt. House Democrats have reacted by raising the prospect of a government shutdown come Fall. FOX's Senior Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram discusses the Congressional funding disagreements and the role Congress plays in the indictment of former President Trump. Later, Chad highlights this year's Congressional baseball game. This July, President Joe Biden, and his NATO counterparts are expected to select a new Secretary-General for the alliance when they meet for a summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. Jens Stoltenberg's term was set to expire last year; however, his tenure was extended after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Stoltenberg says he doesn't plan on seeking another extension but hasn't ruled himself entirely out of the running. FOX News Radio's London Correspondent, Jonathan Savage weighs in on what would happen if a new Secretary-General were not appointed, NATO's defense spending as the war in Ukraine continues and explains the obstacles Sweden faces as Turkey tries to bar the nation from joining the alliance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:29.0

Sunday, June 18th, 2023, I'm Jessica Rosenthal.

0:39.4

The debt-sealing deal is finished, so figuring out how to spend money this fall for the next

0:44.6

fiscal year should be a breeze for Congress, right?

0:47.4

It's apparently not so simple.

0:49.4

Hawkeme Jeffery is the Democratic leader, is saying, you know, why do we come to this

0:54.5

agreement?

0:55.5

However, the spending levels are going to be in September, they have to match this

0:59.4

agreement, otherwise we would not have voted for this.

1:02.5

I'm Jared Halpern, NATO's Secretary-General, signals early successes in Ukraine's counteroffensive,

1:09.6

and says the Western Alliance will continue to spend on mutual defense.

1:14.6

Only seven NATO members of the 30-odd, and I say 30-odd because it is changing at the

1:20.2

moment, spend 2% or more of GDP on defense.

1:24.6

The war has changed the perception of defense spending in some countries.

1:28.0

This is the Fox News rundown from Washington.

1:42.0

Knockdown and bitter.

1:43.4

Those are two of the words some recent headlines used to describe the spending fight, gearing

1:47.7

up in Congress now over appropriations.

1:50.4

The bills to fund the government using taxpayer dollars.

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