From Washington: Congress On Recess As Government Shutdown Looms
The Fox News Rundown
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🗓️ 6 August 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Dana Perrino, join me for my brand new podcast, Perrino on Politics. |
| 0:05.4 | As we analyze the 2024 election cycle, make sure you subscribe to this series on Fox |
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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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