Emmer blasts Schumer as ‘a scared old man afraid of losing power' House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., joins ‘Fox News Live’ to weigh in on the government shutdown and Senate Democrats’ handling of funding negotiations. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: The No. 3 House Republican is accusing Democrats of making a hypocritical argument in their resistance to the GOP's federal funding bill. The government shutdown is in its thirteenth day with Republicans and Democrats