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Resolution for appropriations. that said, there are very few things in american politics that have this much consensus. >> a permanent fix for daca participants is a very popular policy, but cnn had a poll out today asking people which is more important, to avoid a government shutdown or get a deal to make daca permanent. 56% said they thought avoiding a shutdown was more important. only 34% prioritized daca. a daca fix is definitely popular, which is part of why you had -- but i think there is ...

Its almost 10:00 p.m., do you know where the government of the most powerful country in the world is? yeah nobody does. casey hunt is nbc news capitol hill correspondent and she has a live report for us now a few minutes ahead of what we expect to be the big vote here. what can you tell us. >> reporter: democrats emerging from behind closed doors, they have been mete meeting to talk about what their options might be to avert a government shutdown they have come out of the meeting saying they hav...

Protesting holding on to daca signs, saying this is whats on the line. most consider this the civil rights issue of our time. i agree with them. we are talking about if we do not provide them a pathway to citizenship, were creating basically two permanent groups of americans, and thats not who we are. the president is in a lot of trouble, but mitch mcconnell, his reputation, his legacy is hanging by a thread because at the end of the day, it was under his watch that its not the first government ...

Important and necessary, which includes drones and surveillance and more training and more numbers of border patrol. those kinds of border security measures are important. but the minority leader, chuck schumer, put on the table the idea of a wall, which is very dear to the president and his ego, apparently. and that just demonstrates that, in fact, they are in charge. they have both houses of the congress. they have the white house. they are in disarray. theyre dysfunctional. four republicans v...

Wednesday, i was scheduled to leave with the president to go to switzerland, davos. a long list of cabinet members were supposed to attend, depending on what happens with this shutdown. director mulvaney would not pin down how long the shutdown would last just that theyre planning foall contingencies. where is the light for a speedy resolution? there are rumors it could get resolved this weekend. at this point you heard marc short and the white house come out and be definitive in the position th...

Anybody. and democrats want to solve this problem. this president who is inexperienced, who has come into government trying to employ the same kind of tactics he has employed in business, threatening people, intimidating, it doesnt work that way. and so i hope theres somebody around him that will help him come to his senses. that will move us to the point of an agreement. >> on the subject of chuck schumer, i might question how profitable it was to work with him. what does that say about the con...

Today and thinks the institution itself is broken as we talk again about another short-term continuing resolution. whats your message to those who think congress, at large, as a whole, is at fault here? >> well, i know that the american public does not like the way things are unfolding. we, on the democratic side of the aisle, we want to get a budget. we want to come to an agreement. we want to make sure that the military is funded and safe and secure. we wt to take care of our children. so we k...

That is in contention between the parties. think theyre going to have to try to round up votes for that in the next 24 hours or so and maybe they dont actually get to a vote on that until monday based on the senate rules. if a deal is ready to be had, it will be a little earlier than that. you asked the right question, how do democratic senators who just voted against extending government funding because there wasnt a daca deal in place, how do they turn around a couple of days later and say, al...

Consideration of calendar 36 hr 131 that the amendment would provide for a continuing resolution to fund the government through monday january 22, 2018 be considered and agreed to. the bill as amended be considered read a third time and passed and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. with no intervening action or debate. >> is there an objection? i object. >> objection is heard. >> a number of procedure motions. the senators standing up have a reason to do so. ha...

>> is there objection. >> reserving the right to object. we pass similar legislation during the government shutdown in 2013. my hope is that we can restore funding for the entire government before this becomes necessary. im going to object for tonight, but well discuss again tomorrow. therefore, i object. >> objection is heard. >> senate from florida. >> let me give you context. claire, a democrat from missouri, considered a more vulnerable democrat coming up for re-election in 2018 did break wi...