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The Fox News Rundown

From Washington: Congress On Recess As Government Shutdown Looms

The Fox News Rundown

FOX News Podcasts

News, Daily News, Politics

3.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The clock is ticking on a September 30th deadline for Congress to finish the appropriations process and fund the government. The House began its August recess with only passing one of 12 appropriations bills. They will only have a few weeks to fund the government after they return on September 12th. FOX News Senior Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram joins to explain how Congress is divided on these bills, and why there is a good chance that a government shutdown may be inevitable. Chad also touches upon the testimony of Hunter Biden business associate Devon Archer, and how House Republicans may use the power of the purse to cut funding to the Department of Justice. In an effort to expand mental health care options, last month the Biden administration enacted changes to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act. The moves include advancing access to services in Medicare, expanding the 9-8-8 suicide hotline, and adding additional mental health services in school. The White House hopes their actions will allow patients to receive specialized care without paperwork barriers and make sure there are enough insurance providers willing to pay for care. Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council for Health and Veterans, Christen Linke Young, joins to explain why mental health care access is essential to the overall health of the nation and would greatly benefit underserved communities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm Dana Perrino, join me for my brand new podcast, Perrino on Politics.

0:05.4

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0:09.6

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0:17.1

Sunday, August 6, 2023, I'm Ryan Schmelz.

0:24.2

When Congress returns from their August recess, they'll be in a race to fund the government

0:28.7

and avoid a government shutdown, but it seems like there's a number of hurdles lawmakers

0:33.8

want to jump over to get to the finish line.

0:37.2

Maybe a government shutdown, some conservatives would like to shut the government down and

0:40.8

probably why they don't truly address this until about December.

0:44.2

I'm Jared Halper.

0:45.8

The Biden administration is placing new rules on insurance providers to ensure mental

0:50.8

health is easily accessible.

0:52.7

But we also have a major workforce gap, we know we need more mental health professionals

0:58.8

of all types.

1:00.4

This is the Fox News rundown from Washington.

1:14.1

The clock is ticking on a September 30 deadline for Congress to finish the appropriations

1:18.9

process and fund the government.

1:21.2

The House began their August recess with only passing one of 12 appropriations bills.

1:26.4

They'll only have a few weeks to fund the government after they return on September 12.

1:31.4

Whatever the House passes is surely to have issues in the Senate, where Senate Majority

1:35.9

Leader Chuck Schumer does not like the cuts being proposed.

1:39.9

The bottom line is I think that we had an agreement when it came to default, all four

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