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The Fox News Rundown

From Washington: Is BBB D.O.A?

The Fox News Rundown

FOX News Podcasts

Daily News, News, Politics

3.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

As we near the end of 2021, lawmakers jump from issue to issue to attempt to wrap up the year before the holidays. This week, Congress pushes off BBB yet again, and voted to send a criminal contempt citation against Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to the Justice Department. FOX News Capitol Hill Correspondent Chad Pergram joins Jared Halpern to unpack all of this and more. A devastating tornado tore through Kentucky along with five other states this week, strewing debris and ripping apart communities for miles. President Biden addressed the nation in regards to the damage, sending FEMA crews to help with search, rescue, and cleanup. Assistant Administrator at FEMA for Response and Recovery Keith Turi explains what happens next, and how Americans can help. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.0

Saturday, December 18th, 2021.

0:21.0

I'm Jared Halpern. Democrats still have big items on a year-in to-do list.

0:27.0

If they don't get either of these things done, their base is going to be apoplectic.

0:32.6

And FEMA responds that devastating damage

0:35.2

is recovery begins in the heartland.

0:37.8

We work to make sure that we're ready for each step of that

0:41.8

and that we will be with them for the long time.

0:44.0

This is the Fox News rundown from Washington. Talk about the holiday rush. Congress is like a last-minute Christmas gift

1:05.4

shopper sprinting from one place to the next in hopes time doesn't run out

1:09.7

before stockings are hung by the chimney with care.

1:12.8

In the last few weeks lawmakers here wrapped up a spending bill to avoid a government

1:16.4

shutdown, found a way to increase the debt limit to avoid an entirely avoidable economic

1:21.1

default and signed off on a long stalled but annually required

1:25.0

defense policy bill that authorizes hundreds of billions of dollars for weapons

1:29.7

programs and sets Pentagon policy. As for that other thing we focus so much on this year with a Christmas time deadline,

1:36.7

build back better?

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