From Washington: Shutdown’s End Reopens Old Wounds

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 16 November 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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The Democrats who voted to reopen the government earlier this week have stirred up turmoil within their party, with many on the left viewing it as a betrayal for failing to extend COVID era Affordable Care Act subsidies. Republicans, meanwhile, are up in arms over a last-minute inclusion to the funding package, which would allow senators who allegedly had their phones tapped to sue the federal government for hundreds of thousands of dollars. FOX News Digital Congressional Correspondent Liz Elkind joins the Rundown to unpack the drama on Capitol Hill, and what to look out for as the government gets back to business. Later, Philip Diehl joins to discuss the future of the penny, after the mint officially ceased its production earlier this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sunday, November 16th, 2025. I'm Ryan Schmels, the longest government shutdown ended days ago,
0:11.3	but the fallout continues as a top Senate leader is now facing heat from his own party.
0:16.6	A lot of them see it as, you know, unnecessary democratic infighting, while they should all be angry at Republicans for a funding bill that they oppose.
0:25.9	And the U.S. Mint has pressed its last penny. What kind of change can we expect?
0:31.7	It was a bullet to bite to eliminate the penny. After all, it's been absolutely clear for over 30 years that we needed to
0:39.1	eliminate the penny. It wasn't yesterday that it became a disposable coin. This is the Fox News
0:45.3	rundown from Washington. The longest government shutdown in U.S. history finally came to an end after eight Democrats
1:01.8	in independence in the Senate joined all but one Republican on a spending package. Most Democrats
1:07.3	on the House side were furious, pointing the blame at minority leader Chuck Schumer.
1:12.2	Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was asked by Fox News Radio if Schumer should step aside.
1:17.8	I think what is so important for folks to understand is that this problem is bigger than one person.
1:26.6	And it actually is bigger than the minority leader in the Senate.
1:29.3	You had eight Senate Democrats who coordinated this, their own votes on this.
1:37.3	As well as you have two retiring members, many of them are also up in several cycles from now, with the hope that
1:46.5	people are going to forget this moment. And I think what's important is that we understand
1:50.6	that this is actually, this is not just, a leader is reflected, is a reflection of the party.
1:57.0	And Senate Democrats have selected their leadership to represent them. But there's not just frustration between House and Senate Democrats have selected their leadership to represent them.
2:02.3	But there's not just frustration between House and Senate Democrats.
2:06.0	House Republicans were furious after a provision was included in the government funding package,
2:10.8	allowing eight Republican senators who allegedly had their phone records looked at
2:14.7	as part of a January 6 probe to sue for hundreds of thousands of
2:19.2	dollars. House Speaker Mike Johnson says the House will take up legislation to overturn it.
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