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2015 to avoid future budget shutdowns. but republicans are spoiling for a fight now. some are even calling for the party to cancel the presidents state of the union address in january. the idea gaining the most traction is something people seriously calling a cromnibus. its a dual-bill strategy. one bill would keep the government open through september and the other would fund only through march. back with me is sam stein and joining us is glen thrush of "politico" magazine.

Whole lot other fights. government shutdown clocks will be ticking down, according to chris, they are into a close fight. joining us for predictions. that is serious word? >> its going to be hellacious. we have budget shutdowns could coming. >> when we talk about washington dysfunctionality, rationale americans that organize around logical things, we can put a man on the moon, how come we cant figure out border security. the truth is when you have divided government, ive said this before and its...

And every part of our budget needs to share these cuts. they cant just be on the middle class. >> colorados democratic congresswoman, thank you very much for joining us tonight. i imagine its going to be a late and busy night for you so really appreciate your time. >> absolutely. the latest on the budget shutdowns still impending at midnight. the latest from chuck todd is that theres a deal on the table and it is to be reviewed by all sides. the first side to review it is the house republican ...

Joining me now, the republican governor of indiana, mitch daniels, welcome back to "meet the press." well i say welcome back, because youve been here before as budget director. and in fact, it is as budget director i want to ask you something. during your confirmation hearings, we were talking about the budget shutdowns. you were talking about that you wanted to see some way to sort of change the way so that there wasnt politics being used, the government shutdowns werent being used as political...

>> i think theyre closer than theyve been obviously in the last 10 to 20 years. the senate has been unwilling to take up gun control legislation, so i think theyre closer than they have been, but with this congress that really means absolutely nothing. for senator coburn, who is the lead republican on this, for him to be laying the groundwork to step away from this if pieces of that legislation arent the way he wants them to be, if there is this concept of sort of universal list of who owns guns...

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