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Headlining it instead. mcdaniel, the head of the rnc, is hosting this gala. the tickets have been highly priced, $100,000 to be in that room where people thought they would be sitting with the president. instead, he is here in washington, tweeting this morning, quite a bit about this government shutdown that has thrown a wrench in his plans. he has been blaming democrats. saying democrats are far more concerned with illegal immigrants than they are with our military or safety at our dangerous so...

We saw that on live tv and we were all so impressed. then they did what he said. they put together a bipartisan compromise. the president told them on the phone he liked it. and within two hours, his own staff overruled him. this is the kelly shutdown. general kelly, the chief of staff, apparently overruled the president. thats whats going on here, the president is not leading because he cant. either he lacks the experience or the strength to put the deal together thats so easy and so obvious. >...

And now senate democrats need to open this government back up. stop holding childrens health insurance hostage. end this reckless shutdown that is inflicting needless uncertainty on our country. let common sense and cooler heads prevail. come to your senses. do the right thing. open this government back up. i yield. >> gentleman from wisconsin yields back. gentleman from kentucky is recognized. pursuant to clause 7, rule 20, i move a call of the house. >> okay, so we just listened in there to sp...

Quote. let me repeat that first line. quote, no matter how strongly one feels about an issue, you shouldnt hold millions of people hostage, close quote. he was right, you shouldnt. but that is exactly what he and his party are doing right now. heres something else that senator schumer said in 2013. quote, i believe in immigration reform. what if i persuaded my caucus to say im going to shut down the government, im going to not pay our bills unless i get my way? its a politics of idiocy, of confr...

One feels about an issue, you shouldnt hold millions of people hostage, close quote. he was right. you shouldnt. but that is exactly what he and his party are doing right now. here is something else that senator schumer said in 2013. quote, i believe in immigration reform. what if i persuaded my caucus to say im going to shut down the government, im going to not pay our bills unless i get my way? its a politics of idiocy, of confrontation, of paralysis, close quote. politics of idiocy, his words...

Here is the simple truth. senate democrats refuse to fund the government unless we agree to their demands on something entirely unrelated. they want a deal on immigration and then theyll think about reopening the government. it is a shakedown strategy that senate democrats have been talked into by their base. now, i could go on and on about how cynical i think this ploy is, and i certainly do. but let me read you something senator schumer himself said in 2013. the last time we found ours in this...

Hear income my reporting from people inside the white house and in phone calls, more so than the press pin today is that moral is incredibly low. in someway is there functioning at least publicly at a higher level than they were earlier in the administration when they were so ridden by chaos so public facing but i have been told privately things are just as bad and in terms of mood and how they are actually feeling in someways, its even worse. >> were you at all surprised on how much the preside...

Public facing but i have been told privately things are just as bad and in terms of mood and how they are actually feeling in someways, its even worse. >> were you at all surprised on how much the president stuck to his particulars? i want to read you a quote from chris matthews at the end of his broadcast tonight. he hit all the high notes, never a flat one and spread out the good news taking a gentle clip at the 2016 rifle without obvious nastiness. his pitch was uplifting, all the flags flyin...

Need our help. they need these resources so they can do their jobs and do it safely. dont take my word for it. here is what senator schumer himself said in 2013. let me read you this quote. this is from senator schumer, quote, we believe strongly in immigration reform, we could say we are shutting down the government until you pass immigration reform. it would be governmental chaos, close quote, chuck schumer, october 6, 2013. this strategy is governmental chaos. i could not agree more. we shoul...

The trump white house has for days been emphasizing the importance of a continuing, a key nsa surveillance program known by the lofty title of section 702 of the fisa amendments act. fisa, meaning foreign intelligence surveillance act, thats why it created a shock this morning when donald trump tweeted out his disapproval of the program saying, quote, house votes on controversial fisa act today. this is the act that may have been used, with the help of the discredited and phony dossier, to so ba...