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Road a little bit. ainsley: there will be a short-term patch. they are going to use the cr. there is no way they are going to let this government shut down. representative congresswoman martha mcsally was on fox yesterday. she had a message for the democrats. listen. >> there is no such thing as doing a clean dream act. the democrats need to get over it its not happening. we in our bill have come up with the presidents priorities, the american peoples priorities. that should be a starting place ...

Capitol hill producer chad pergram not even ant amps from spinal tap go that high. ainsley: thank you, griff. brian: today senate goes back to work they needed three or four days off. fisa laws not going to touch anything. even if the deal is in place they got two days to draft legislation and pass anything to go along with the spending plan? the only thing possible is a shut down or a cr. steve: so it sounds like what they are going to do because they dont have anything on the table. they will ...

Over one word when we should be fighting over the people that are involved in the daca program. if democrats really want to protect these individuals, thats who they should be fighting for and thats who they should be fighting about. figuring out a permanent solution to daca,figuring out how to end the migration system. theyre wasting time complaining that this president isnt doing enough when hes really doing his job. >> a quick question. a deal doesnt look like its in sight now. >> i want to b...

Washington a short term temporary match continuing resolution, cr. i suspect instead of seeing a government shutdown youll see a one or two week punt to continue to wrestle with this. let me make a broader point. the failure of our institutions particularly as a result of the filibuster. do we need it? no. its time to abolish the filibuster on appropriations. there has been a trend in recent years lurching to one crisis of another and the disaster relief aid, shutdown of the government. they get...

That bill of love is the bipartisan dream act and the clock is ticking. we can get this done by this friday which is that line on the cr. and you see bipartisan support over 86% of americans support the dream act. so its really simple. we are to condemn the racist comments made by the president. but beyond condemning the comments, it is very clear the republicans are going to have to show that they disagree with the president. >> right. >> by taking action. >> final question to you. what did you...

Democrats and the republicans. >> does the base stay, david, or do they finally say, look, we put this guy in there, because we didnt want it to be business as usual. we didnt want to be for the fourth straight time finding ourselves in a position where maybe we would need another cr, another continuing resolution that may be the government would be threatened with a shutdown. what are the implications of this? the wider implications? even beyond? the policy implications? >> sure, no, i think th...

About where their position is at in terms of the comments the president made. >> and he doesnt need congress. if he just looked at all this mess and realized it was problematic and wanted to extend daca through executive power, he could do that. >> completely. and we know also that we cannot trust him. like in the meeting you actually showed earlier, he even said he wanted a bill of love. that bill of love is the bipartisan dream act and the clock is ticking. we can get this done by this friday ...

D.r.e.a.m.ers to remain in the united states? >> my attitude right now is the daca kids have to be taken care of. 800,000 people have to be taken care of. we cannot use them as a ball to bat -- >> are you willing to shut down the government if theyre not taken care of? >> lets take a look at that. there are 230-plus republicans. they control the house, they control the senate. they have the votes in the house of representatives without any democrats to pass a spending bill, a cr or any other spe...

Gives the president a big lead and also getting daca advanced. why not close that deal as opposed to endanger it right before the cr expires when its in the interest of the democrats to show a dysfunctional white house? >> chris, the votes are there. if we are looking at a bipartisan bill, the votes are there. there are enough democrats and republicans who will come together on this bill and support a daca fix whether its a clean daca fix or whether its a daca fix that actually has border securi...

And also getting daca advanced. why not close that deal as opposed to endanger it right before the cr expires when its in the interest of the democrats to show a dysfunctional white house? >> chris, the votes are there. if we are looking at a bipartisan bill, the votes are there. there are enough democrats and republicans who will come together on this bill and support a daca fix whether its a clean daca fix or whether its a daca fix that actually has border security element. we had the progress...