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And hopefully changes that you are trying to make, walk us through the government shutdown. you have said you would vote no on any continuing resolution unless it is clean. why? >> at this point, there is no negotiations going on, as compared to the sexual harassment bill that will be introduced today, where weve worked very closely together. there is a continuing resolution right now with a dump sum of positive things in for the democrats and cut off the affordable care act at its knees. so if ...

This. >> how can this country move forward if we cant event get a unit purpose in one plate cal party. >> we dont know what the final c.r. will look like. if it is short-term or long-term. that is still being negotiated. >> well see what happens. >> would you support another short-term c.r. >> if we have to, yes. i would hope not. so it is just a difficult precipitous time. >> the president of the united states, whether by design or sheerin competence is taking this country into a government shu...

>> we still dont have the votes here in the house. we made good progress last night. hopefully well get there today. but it is critically important that we make some decisions and start running the government like you would your household or a business. long-term planning makes for good solution. >> so youve got the house, freedom caucus, saying they dont think the leadership has the votes. the president calling for the removal of this cr meant to intease democrats. those are just the problems i...

Graham. for fourth time cr, lets get our act together. people like rand paul who have some serious problems. what happens? >> there are people on both sides frustrated with this budgeting process by cr that has been really the way things have been done in washington for about a decade now. a lot of people will like to see a budget deal. lindsey grahams also expressed frustration with the president being sort of a weather vane and whoever is in his ear last. really complicated for folks on the hi...

Floor. the real problem here is in the senate. democrats seem to have reached their breaking point after supporting cr after cr. there have been four since october. and each time that happens the democrats have to go home to explain why it doesnt include any of the their protesters, most notably the daca issue. i think some of them have just gotten to the point where they can no longer explain. the fact that president trump used that kind of language we heard from him last weekend in a private m...

Time for the lid. let me put up some math here, youre going to have to find 11 democrats. senator mccain is not going to be here. senator graham is a no. sounds like rounds is a no. paul and lee, we know theyre nos on cr. who are the 14 democrats? even if all 10 red state democrats go, who are the other four, danielle? >> thats a good question. i mean thats a good question, i dont have the answer to that. >> if claire mccaskell votes to keep the government open but four other democrats dont, do ...

Votes and can pass this continuing resolution we wont have a shut down. thats good news. but theres bad news here. were four months into the budget here. this is the fourth continuing resoluti resolution. this is a killer for the pentagon trying to make plans, the agriculture department making plans. and a lot of us opposed to this think about be we should be voting on a budget. think if you were in vermont and said 30 days to the fire department, could they buy equipment or could the police dep...

What are you anticipating from this president over the next 36 hours? >> we certainly seen it on twitter so far a little taste of that and it hasnt been the most effective messenger. that tweet was not entirely aware of what was in this package thats being formulated. and its a problem for john kelly who made a big show last night about how his job is to make sure that the president is informed and updated on policy. the presidents largely delegated this process. the tax bill, left that to paul ...

Members in the freedom caucus? >> i know a lot of folks that are silently a "no." from what i think i know, theres enough it wouldnt pass with republican votes. thats not consistent with what democrats are saying. theyre saying theyre all "no" unless theres a daca deal. thats really frustrating because essentially democrats are picking 800,000 people whose parents brought them here illegally over funding our defense. what the house has been for since september is fully funding defense for the fu...

For the military, but whats worse for the military is a government shutdown. whats even worse for the military is a government shutdown followed by a sequester, which is what would happen if we dont pass a cr. we also have passed what we call anomalies. we pass things in the crs that give the military the flexibility they need during the time of the cr to do what they need to do. it is clearly less than ideal. i gave a speech this morning about this. what we know for a fact, you can ask secretar...