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We raise the debt limit. if congress appropriates the money but i dont have the ability to borrow more and pay for it, were not going to be able to get that money to the state. >> that was treasury secretary mnuchin over the weekend. the trump administration says it wants federal spending on relief for hurricane harvey to be tied to raising the debt limit. the move setting up a potentially fierce political battle. the ultra conservative wing of the gop does not want to raise the debt ceiling wit...

Issue. kevin, is the administration trying to do too much too fast and just in one week? >> i spoke with the rnc chairwoman earlier this week and she said the biggest victory theyve had was appointing someone to the supreme court. they had to use the political nuclear option. the sources i spoke to on capitol hill told me that on monday night there is going to be a house freedom caucus meeting. the ultra conservative wing of the republican party, they are going to meet and talk about whether or ...

Apprentice." like we didnt know who it was going to be. >> humiliate them in public. >> that was a very conventional ceremony in the east room of the white house and much more than they have done so far out of the trump administration. >> it had a reveal quality to it. >> it did have the reveal but everybody knew who it was going to be so there was no reas a rule. >> probably to receive positive reaction in the conservative wing of the country. donald trump has been at war with republicans on so...

Is this omb chief pick, who obviously comes from a more conservative wing of the party. he is someone who has been, who is perceived, i think rightly so, who puts a pencil and pen to the paper to figure out where money is going. not only do democrats have their concern. it raises, i would imagine, some concerns among some of mr. trumps independent supporters who believe a big infrastructure spend and other things should be a par of what we doi going forward. theres probably confusion in policy c...

It doesnt specifically say the contraceptive mandate as applied to closely held corporations is a decision because they are familfamily-owned closely held corporations and this is for them. the slate you would expect with kennedy going to a more conservative wing holding the hss mandate is unlawful. the owners of companies fo forft all of their options when they are for profit. iis under the freedom act which prohibits government from taking any action that burdens the exercise of religion unles...

>> it is. this issue with heritage has been there for a while. you would have republicans grumble about it behind the scenes. they would tell you and i things off the record. now youve got orrin hatch on the record -- this isnt john mccain, lindsey graham, usual suspects in the republican party that dont mind saying jim demint, i dont like him, this or that. this is orrin hatch, who, by the way, when he was first elected, he was part -- hes part of this new crazy conservative wing, people would ...

Unlosable house? >> reporter: the shutdown could hurt them -- >> the debt ceiling fight is even worse. >> reporter: yes, if the debt limit -- if that was not renewed and you had an economic ka tras trow fee at the hands of the house conservative wing, that could in fact perhaps get the democrats in the house. thats what democrats think, steve israel sort of said that, that he believes thats where the best chance of winning back the house is. but from folks ive spoken to, they dont think mitch mc...

The entire gop field to the right? >> well, look, theres always this divide in the gop between iowa and new hampshire. this is like what we see every time. the ted cruzs, the rick santorums, theyre going to vie for an iowa. you know, chris christie and the rest, theyre going to try to go for a new hampshire. its this establishment versus more conservative wing of the republican party. ted cruz, hes very well liked among evangelicals, very well liked among tea party supporters, but hes in new ham...

We saw this tension. clinton versus brown back in the day. liberal/conservative wing. it does resolve itself over time. but its messy. >> its very messy. i think one of the symbols, its so interesting this was a heritage foundation event last night to defund obama care. one of the cores of the obama care, the individual mandate to have health insurance, originally comes from the heritage foundation. this has happened over and over. i guess i would ask pataki. i speak as a liberal democrat obviou...

>> i think it is what he probably believes. hes a more establishment guy, but context matters. look, this is a guy who in 2009 got pushed out of the race for governor by bob mcdonnell because bob mcdonnell was more conservative and better positioned to win the race. he stepped aside with the expectation from everyone in the republican party that in 2013 hed be the guy. well, along comes ken cuccinelli, and the reality is its a convention there, a very small group of people, activists, conservati...