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Democrats get what they want and it should pass. what if it doesnt? >> we fully expect the bill to pass. when is a guess, tonight, tomorrow night. the reality is that congress is providing us with six continuing resolutions since the fiscal year ended. rather than doing their job and passing an appropriations bill, were stuck with legislation that puts them at a handicap. theyre repairing old equipment than getting new equipment. so from a administration perspective, theres a lot of things we li...

That comment in arizona suggesting that mowing grass could be a better option than a wall. and that adds to a string of comments that republicans plan to use against democrats this fall. here is karl rove. >> i dont care if nancy pelosi never makes another campaign appearance. she will be a huge present on the campaign trail. the poster child of the democratic attitude on tax reform. she has achieved the impossible. less popular than any other major public figure in washington >> bill: jessica t...

Deaths and overdoses caused by drugs in america. much of which comes across our southern borders through our ports of entry. this week we are going to be considering border security measures as part of a larger package that the president has proposed while addressing the so-called daca recipients. but do you believe that modernizing our ports and enhanced technology and other means to surveil and follow and identify illegal drugs coming across our ports you are entry would be a good thing for us...

America. much of which comes across our southern borders through our ports of entry. this week were going to be considering border security measures as part of a larger package that the president has proposed while addressing the so-called daca recipients. but do you believe that modernizing our ports of -- enhanced technology and other means to surveil and follow and identify illegal drugs coming across our ports of entry would be a good thing for us to do? >> i do. i do think that a layered ap...

To begin this debate as the republican leader suggests would be getting off on the wrong foot. >> thats a live picture right now from the senate floor. senators resume discussions on ways to protect hundreds of thousands of dreamers from deportation. but president trump wants any bill to include money for his proposed border wall and other border security measures. joining us now from capitol hill to talk about this is politicos senior writer and playbook co-author, jake sherman. jake, good to s...

Put forth, first of all, its important to put forth that the president has put forth many proposals. >> lets go with the four pillars. lets talk about that. >> its the proposal du jour. if your goal is to help the economy, it does just the opposite. this bill that they have proposed, it reminds me of like the chinese exclusion act of the late 19th century, this is proposing to limit legal immigration in ways that we havent seen forever, and in all that will hurt workers, then theyll bring in gue...

Ago that mitch mcconnell said were going to address this. >> yes, its why the problem solvers caucus sent a letter to speaker ryan, saying its time we actually bring -- we let every bill on immigration come to the floor. i think its long past time. now senator mcconnells going to be doing that next week. i think its time we do that here. >> all right, well, tom, lay this out for us. because you boys wrote an op-ed in the hill this week. it detailed this plan. what does it look like? >> what it l...

Embracing drama but getting to the bottom of these deals in a way that is bipartisan. bipartisanship is how our democracy works. heather: he gave them a bipartisan chance to get the deal done and put together on daca until march 5th when it runs out, gave them a chance to do that and they could come together to do it. >> lets be clear, the only concession democrats got was a vote on this daca deal, the president offered a deal that goes beyond the initial 690,000 daca recipient, broadens that to...

Government shutdown looming, lawmakers have yet to reach a deal on daca thats going to get the support of the white house. senators john mccain and chris coons presented a bipartisan plan yesterday to provide new border security measures, but it does not include explicit funding for a border wall with mexico. white house legislative affairs director mark short said, quote, a lot would have to be added to the mccain-coons legislation. and the president tweeted yesterday any deal on daca that does...

Were in the same ballpark between the white house proposal and our proposal. your second point, this is not an appropriations bill. so what we try to do is set the policy framework to have smart technology-based border security measures. but as the budget process goes forward, the appropriators in the house and senate will likely add home land security funding to this. that is just always part of our process. but to add money to the bill at this point doesnt make a lot of sense when we have the ...