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House to get this stopgap measure passed in the house of representatives. he has way more than 218 votes. his problem is he doesnt have what is known as the freedom caucus, the hard core conservatives that dont want to vote for another cr. he is depending on democrats to come across the aisle with this -- with this carrot of c.h.i.p. funding for six years to come get him to 218. >> funding for childrens health insurance, thats what c.h.i.p. is, childrens health insurance, thats for less fortunat...

As many months that you guys have had to pass the cr. why is that? why -- >> want me to read my opening again? >> i mean -- >> it is a legitimate question. im not trying to belittle your question. why are we doing this continuing resolution? because senate democrats are not allowing appropriation bills to even be brought up for a vote. because theyre attaching unrelated issues to cap negotiations. so shouldnt we have regular order on appropriations. congress agrees on the spending appropriations...

Terrible system. >> senator, but this is easier to test. because you do not have the same deadline. look, im not being insensitive to the pain thats happening on a daily basis the people who are having expiration of their work permits and the anxiety and families that are being split up. i see it. we cover it. i understand it. but the deadline for that is march, right? an artificial deadline. he set it. he could reset it if he wants to. why does it have to be in the . c.r. tomorrow? help me unde...

Driven by his staff? mitch doesnt quite know what he wants because hes not hearing a clear message and people in the house who agree with miller who want to make trouble are emboldened by this. so ambiguity is not a strengthen in last minute congressional negotiation. ill tell you there are the votes in the senate for a daca fix. and without some movement on daca its going to be close on the cr. the house i think can muscle it through on the short-term extension. but you need 60 votes. and we do...

Is it helpful, do you feel the president is helpful to the process of getting 216 or 218, whatever you need? >> hes going to the pentagon today to make the poi about why our military is under duress, why our military needs funding. hes supporting getting this done. and the president likes to do things in an unconventional way. does he it with his phone. but actually does help us with our members. >> politico is reporting that mr. mcconnell is making contingency plans for a possible shutdown. are...

Get a deal. whether or not they can actually work it out or not, still an open question. but if i had to bet i bet well get the short-term cr. >> okay, so you think itll happen. but lets talk about the possibilities here. fridays the deadline. the government is shutdown. so what will that mean for the big picture come saturday for one year in office for this president? >> oh, yeah, all hell will break loose, because both parties, itll be like a jump ball to blame the other. i think what the savv...

Particular senator and how he or she will vote. but what i can say is this, as with the case of joe manchin, all of our senators are going to look at this oposal whatever it ends up being and hopefully well have input into this pros which weve not had really to date. theyll look at it and decide whether or not its in the best interest of the people of their states. if they think it is, theyll vote for it. if they dont think it is, then theyll vote against it. we have lots of members who dont lik...

Shutdown the government science experiment back in the 90s, and it was extremely painful. so i think what youre really seeing here is massive negotiation going on. this is just kabuki theater here, but its coming down to the deadline because its coming down to the guillotine blade. the house republicans i think want a punt on the budget. so the big pieces are here to get a deal. whether or not they can actually work it out or not, still an open question. but if i had to bet i bet well get the sh...

Get what you want." members of the senate, both democrats and republicans, there is a real concern. they think its about 50/50 right now, as to whether or not theyre going to have a shutdown. part of the problem both of them say is because they havent gotten clear direction out of the white house. and there have been directives from the white house that, at times, have contradicted each other. they thought they had a deal and went to the president and turns out they dont have a deal. so that is ...

Its brand new and has a brand new life. that will be as good as if it were brand new. [ inaudible ] >> 1980. it looks like it just came out of a factory brand new. thank you all very much. rick saccone, good man. great guy. >> so, quick peek at the president there. n coraopolis, pennsylvania, just outside pittsburgh. well hear him speak next hour, just outside the 18th congressional district. a lot of this may be about shoring up some support for the republican, special election in this district...