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White house. that is incontravertable now. >> it will make a lot of people very happy. heres the thought. its been shut down seven hours. we think it will reopen by 9:00 when the president signs it. listen to this. are republicans happy with the $165 billion for defense spending. $131 billion on non-defense spending that democrats pushed for. $90 billion on disaster relief. puerto rico, houston. the debt ceiling hike until march 2019. thank goodness we get a moments peace. $20 billion on infrast...

That werent fans of him, they held their nose, but they thought, you know what? these clowns always shut down the government, grit lock, maybe trumps crazy style of negotiating may actually shake it up for a positive. if theyre doing the same thing as when obama was president, thats not going to give them confidence. >> thats not going to give them confidence. and thats why the numbers look partisan in their makeup, its really whats going on under the surface, what theyre paying attention to is ...

>> i think democrats realize that the position that they have taken was indefensible and they had to focus on first funding our military, protecting border patrol agent, funding vulnerable children through the chip program. these were things that they didnt disagree with. they agreed with everything in the cr. >> she brings up funding vulnerable children. doesnt she have a point? >> our three-day resolution, continuing resolution also had the chip in it. weve been fighting since last august to g...

Primary goal here. they didnt get any guarantees. they did get that promise. thats what senate democratic leader chuck schumer was pointing to. >> i expect the majority leader to fulfill his commitment to the senate, to me and to the bipartisan group and abide by this agreement. if he does not, of course, and i expect he will, he will have breached the trust of the democratic senators and members of his own party. >> reporter: you look at what the deal will do. it funds the government through fe...

Bipartisan group and abide by this agreement. if he does not, of course, and i expect he will, he will have breached the trust of not only the democratic senators, but members of his own party as well. >> reporter: guys, you look at what the deal will do. it funds the government through february 8th. it extends the c.h.i.p. program for six years. it delays three obamacare taxes that are unpopular on a bipartisan basis. there are wins for everybody in it. there is no question about it, democrats ...

Democrats and republicans. the democrats need to come to the table and make sure that we can get this moving so we dont end up in the same situation that the democrats put us in, which was holding our military hostage as well as the children as we know, the vulnerable children on the chip program. >> sandra: i have to leave it there. last question on the text messages. you heard our exchange with trey gowdy. were learning more. the president weighed in saying its a huge story. final thoughts on ...

The government after a three-day shutdown. good morning to you. im jon scott. >> melissa: im melissa francis. the president praising a big win for republicans after congress voted for a stopgap funding bill but it is a different picture on the other side of the aisle with democrats blasting chuck schumer for agreeing to the deal. white house press secretary sarah sanders saying that democrats had no choice but to compromise. >> democrats realized that the position that they had taken frankly was...

Breached the trust of not only the democratic senators but members of his own party as well. >> but even before the house vote, the white house claimed victory for the president and on behalf of the presidents party. >> democrats realized that the position that they had taken frankly was indefensible and that they had to focus on first funding our military, protecting border patrol agents, funding vulnerable children through the chip program. these were things they didnt disagree with. they agre...

Floor right after the government shutdown, it was something that most senate watchers have never seened. it probably seemed like a violation of rules even for people who have been watching it for a long time. senator clare mckas skill, who voted in support to keep the government running until february 16th and reauthorize the c.h.i.p. program for six years rose to speak after the vote was over. she didnt have any real competition on the floor seeking the right to speak at that moment, thats not ...

Controversial seriously consequential policy in washington, the chip program which nobody is against, which provides health insurance to 9 million kids and lots of pregnant women, that chip program did finally get reupped. republicans had let that program expire in september. again, this is not a controversial program, at all. which means they could have held a vote to reauthorize this any time in the past year, let alone since it expired but until we have this ridiculous three-day shut down thi...