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Shifted onto the bigger economic picture into the Labour Policy and direction and i think there is a sense, definitely a sense of celebration here that this is the first conference for labour in power in 15 years in the first one with the Labour Party of Prime Minister and 14, definitely that sense, but i would also say the stuff of last week around the freebies, the briefings around to Sue Gray and some important policy things like the Winter Fuel Payment have made this a bit more wobbly and la...

This bill is a compilation of many other bills, almost all of which are bipartisan. so that is just factually incorrect. the content of this bill is bipartisan. much of it was written by republican lawmakers. so definitely no one can be serious about competing with china and vote no tomorrow. if youre serious about competing with china, issue if you are serious out investing in america, you have to vote yes tomorrow. then go to congress to work out the differences. i understand this big bill, th...

For our national security, for the economy, why hasnt this passed yet? >> yeah. this is 2,000 page bill. its complicated. i think speaker pelosi said the work spans 11 in the house, theyve been doing their work. but heres the important point. its time for pencils down, take a vote, take action. put for a voice tomorrow in the house. i am confident it will pass tomorrow. i hope it passes on a bipartisan basis. theres no reason it shouldnt, as you said. it was bipartisan in the senate. most of the...

Between the house bill and the senate bill. >> well, because this is reconciliation its a little bit more complicated than the usual conference process that you mentioned where the senate and the house come together and kind of iron out the differences. so i think because of the senate parliamentarian, because of things like the bird rule i think well try to pass what they do. i just want to tell the american people just because its going over to the senate, just because people working on the bi...

Allow any money to be appropriated for the wall is still an open question. i just talked to the majority leader of the house who would not say whether or not they would accept any money for the wall. nancy pelosi in a private meeting, im told, this morning with democratic freshmen did not draw any red lines on this issue, said shes confident in this conference process to reach an agreement, but she did share poll numbers with these democrats and the democrats are winning on this issue. so well s...

National emergency. that would be an unprecedented use of the presidents powers to use military funding to try and build the wall. it would almost certainly invite numerous judicial challenges that would almost certainly make their way up to the supreme court and it could even make it so that any sort of wall funding or building would happen over the period of years, which is not something that the president would want to try and do. arthel: proceeding through the conference process, will that l...

That the house will vote on a motion to go to conference on the funding bill and brooke, the department of homeland security funding bill has been at the crux of this entire fight. if youre going to get wall money it would come in this bill. if you care about border security and border security money, it is based in this bill. the house and the senate both have their own versions of these bills that need to be married together at some point. that is what theyre going to set up. theyll set up tha...

And folks picking up for large corporations, im not opposed to what we have done, it is a good thing but who is the voice for the small main street businesses, in washington dc, with brains that force the debate, that will be a yes today. >> he doesnt have a lobbyist in his back pocket. >> they dont have a larger lobbyist, in washington if -- >> what can we expect today? is a big day? or are we still a couple days out? >> what is going to happen in washington dc i am cautiously optimistic they p...

Is or it goes to conference. then we have a got to go through the whole conference process. then you have to go through the house again, then go through the senate. were sitting here debating what i dont think is going to be even close to the final bill. >> could be. >> between the four republican senators, between susan collins, between some of the other republican senators, i dont think what were look at today will actually be the final product. >> theres one thing that hasnt changed in this w...

Then there is a conference process that has evolved over centuries and i can resolve the differences between the two houses. >> to believe all americans should have access to healthcare? >> i think our society has agreed to that. we have a plan that supports that notion. >> congressman, thank you very much. >> my pleasure. thank you for having me. >> meanwhile the future of the travel ban seems to be uncertain. is it heading for the supreme court? the legal panel joins us next - help defend agai...