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The senate vote for a compromise package. it had a policy riding pressing the president to approve the keystone pipeline that should -ptd have been in there. but it passed it with in there. it was passed in a bi-partisan way. we reached a responsible compromise with the understanding that the republican leadership had already endorsed it. something has happened the last few days in the republican caucus that has pulled that apart. martha: we have a little bit of insight -- pardon me. we did get ...

Nixon a generation ago and says to him and all the pentagon people, if you guys want your money, you got to get behind selling a compromise package of some kind. in other words if theyre going to be drawn into the political game the president has to do some things he hasnt done before which is to properly deploy his troops and his supporters and own cabinet to get out there and compromise. >> howard, good point. you lead me into where id like to see this president do more of and my criticism of,...

Tomorrow we will talk about discussions of what it will be. why think the conclusion has been made but we also may offer an alternative if the debt commission is deadlocked and they come forward with for plan, there is still an opportunity to produce something they talk about going big, $9 trillion is really big but we may also offer a compromise package that is $4 trillion. the debt mission talk about $4 trillion being a minimum, and the debt committee is only talking about $1 trillion so we ar...

remove other barriers like not allowing women to drive cars. and stay right there, more on this story including reaction in womens rights groups, other ones in saudi arabia. president barack obama is due to arrive at the paramount theater in seattle, washington, this hour. hes visiting the west coast to push his plan for creating more jobs. and to raise money for fellow democrats. we expect to hear from the president before he heads to california later on today. the president als...

Even more misgivings on the senate side among democrats where the bill will go after it passes. jon: thats the big question, isnt it, what happens in the senate. >> well that, is the difficulty here. the democratic leadership was at first skeptical when house republicans came up with this plan last week, then they realized it would be hard, if not odd, to turn down only $4 billion in cuts, which were also proposed by president obama but they havent moved an inch on bigger cuts over the longer te...

Reynolds wolf is there with stories for the flood zone. our big story, history making story possibly by the end of the day is whats happening on capitol hill. the u.s. house of representatives convening at 1:00 eastern time to take up the $873 billion senate health care legislation. the house is going to take three votes today. one of them will be on the terms of the debate. the rules. the other will be on the compromise package of change, and then finally they will vote on the health care bil...

>> exactly, because its a very fluid situation with retirements and vacancies in the house, even today. but the answer to that question, you talk to democratic sources and say its unanswerable until they figure out what this compromise package is. that would hold the key to whether they have the votes. you heard mitch mcconnell saying republicans will push against this with every fiber of their being. they already have been, which makes it dicey, especially democrats from vulnerable districts in...

Compromise package, some changes that how democrats are demanding in order to have that vote. that is what would go through the so-called reconciliation process, a process that wont allow a filibuster and needs just the simple 51 votes in the senate. whats going on now, wolf is theyre trying to figure out what would be in that compromise package? that is the first priority, the key, they needed the sweet spot, basically, to get the votes in order to do that. thats what theyre working on. democra...

The party leaders is compromise possible or will democrats try to move forward on their own? joining us for a fair and balanced debate on the healthcare reform plan, former campaign spokesman for hillary clinton and republican consultant. tony and mo, welcome. tony, start with you. the president said he wants to compromise. do you buy that? >> i think me, you and mo would be more successful building a compromise package for healthcare than the president will be currently, with the mentality hes ...

Chain migration. it seems that the president is getting a lot of what he wants. >> he gets border security, he gets a end to chain migration. he would be giving moderates something on the dreamers and he would give them something as well. so this is a compromise. this is what congress usually does. the problem is, a lot of the republican party is divided between themselves and the question is can the party stay united on this compromise package. >> eric: do you think it can? >> president trump i...