Page 5 - Consensus Bill News Today

Standing up and saying, solid wall of opposition. now you see, mitch mcconnell saying, well, were getting more serious about this now. and richard shelby says were 85% close to a deal. and the democrats are also saying were close. in that environment, i think the president is more confident and doesnt feel like he needs to hit them quite as hard. >> would he rather have about a handful of republicans with him and be a real teddy roosevelt or have 15, 20 with him and look like hes a little softer...

These unpopular bills and start over again and work with republicans to come up with a consensus bill. i think the pundits are right, this is about theater. >> politicians grandstanding in front of the cameras. >> how will average americans be impacted today? >> i think he is trying to get momentum finally. he realizes time is running out on this effort and we have been saying that for sometime. he does have to, by his own station, move back to jobs. thats what he did when he reset things in the...

Start over again and work with republicans to come up with a consensus bill. i do think that the pundits are right. this is about theater. this isnt about substance, unfortunately. >> you mentioned the congressional budget office. some of the estimates do have it at just under $1 trillion. is it a comprehensive bill that went through the house and senate. but back in september, you said there was agreement on about 80% of things. and about 20% of things are really holding back any type of health...

Tragedy play out over and over again.>>chris: the presidents sweet, stop wasting your time, can help. >> we are calling it a consensus bill. calling arose from the freedom caucus, and moderates on the republican sum. we had a good conference when we put a paul is on that bill going forward. i felt very optimistic we will have a solution to this problem. if we dont do this, you will see more of these kids at the border. lets not forget the dangerous journey they make. the secretary, there were 12...

Tragedy play out over and over again.>>chris: the presidents sweet, stop wasting your time, can help. >> we are calling it a consensus bill. calling arose from the freedom caucus, and moderates on the republican sum. we had a good conference when we put a paul is on that bill going forward. i felt very optimistic we will have a solution to this problem. if we dont do this, you will see more of these kids at the border. lets not forget the dangerous journey they make. the secretary, there were 12...

Children into the united states. if we dont do that, we will see this scenario, this human tragedy play out over and over again.>>chris: the presidents sweet, stop wasting your time, can help. >> we are calling it a consensus bill. calling arose from the freedom caucus, and moderates on the republican sum. we had a good conference when we put a paul is on that bill going forward. i felt very optimistic we will have a solution to this problem. if we dont do this, you will see more of these kids a...

Here is what the president told our own martha maccallum earlier today about his first 100 days. take a look. >> i think were doing tremendously well. i dont think anybody has ever done this much in 100 days. >> sean: well, in my opinion, the president should be happy with what he has accomplished so far because he has done it without any, zero help from congress. democrats in congress, they have shown they arent going to cross over the political aisle to work with this about the regardless of w...

And disappointment. but dont worry, democrats, you are going to be forced to own this mess because you created this mess. so be as happy as he wants will see day after day after day firsthand the devastation and the impact of your bad policies. now,w, how do we talk about and how do we make sure this never happens again? its really important to look back and examine what went wrong here. so republicans areit not in this position again. second, republicans, theyve got to go back to the table. thi...