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Questions. >> i want to ask you about the possible government shut down and the optimism that the president might have that he can avert a shut down and ask you about the california fires and the latest that the white house has on that. >> sure. in terms of the government shut down, we expect a clean cr to pass with democrat support. we hope that will happen. funding the government, particularly our military and veterans affairs are always important, but particularly now with so many threats tha...

Do you feel that creates a sense people wont trust the fbi? >> no. the president is referring to the political leaders at the fbi. those involved with the hillary clinton probe. >> two quick ones about the government shutdown. chuck schumer said of the president, they control the house and senate. he said a shutdown would fall on his shoulders. how is that not a reflection of the reality that republicans control washington. >> look, they may control washington, but this takes democrats to be eng...

Spending, maybe hurricane relief and leaving it at that? >> yeah. basically the c.r. is for two weeks. the shut down thing, i dont know where that comes out of. nobody has discussed that. i havent heard schumer or pelosi mention anything. thats just the drama that comes. the tax bill is a done deal. the conference -- >> neil: is it? theyre arguing now on the senate side and saying you dont like the amt thing and delaying the corporate tax cut would be a problem. your thoughts. >> its a problem b...

There was a medicare issue they solved. so were working together on that one. i dont see anything crippling at all. >> neil: because i get a sense from your colleagues, especially the freedom caucus how this came up about the christmas tree thing. and the spending would get in the way with the heart and the purpose and the thrust of the tax cuts, too, right? >> no, thats the main split. we want to separate those two. thats why we wanted to push the budget off a week later so that we wouldnt upse...

>> this is monumental reform and we are doing at the right way. >> on the routine vote to approve a tax reform conference, some conservatives nearly blew it up. republican leadership supports a two-week government funding extension. members of the conservative freedom caucus were fighting for an extension until december 30, feeling like the holiday rush can produce lousy deals. >> freedom caucus members acknowledged rank-and-file republicans dont support longer extension. the expectation is ther...

Good deal for the taxpayer. were not in favor of that. >> i think what happens is you may be beyond christmas. have you some time going into january. if you have to do another c.r. that takes you to the first or 26th. you are not threatenned with a shutdown clock right before christmas. i think it it would have a chilling effect on our economy and members decisions. in the end, its a more prudent place to put a c.r. >> following the protest, house leaders agreed to extend government funding unti...

Is underway. speaker of the house paul ryan is at the microphone talking everything from taxes to end of year. listen. >> leadership is pressing forward with a december 22nd -- do you believe you have 218 republican votes to pass that? >> i feel like well have a majority for passing the cr. were having a good conversation with our members about exactly how to did this and about timing and date and tactics. were having the kind of family discussion we need to have about how to proceed forward wit...

Steady resource stream, money loaned a big fix it but it will help. jillian: money doesnt solve all problems but helps with a lot of them. here we bring in congress and their role and the trend in recent years is to authorize continuing resolution. the service branches dont know from one year to the next what the budget parameters are. what are you doing to work with senior members to assuage the problem and are you a proponent of getting rid of the continuing resolution? >> support getting rid ...

Filibuster those things. so we will pass a short-term cr that is necessary to keep the government open, to keep talks going. hopefully people decide to participate in these talks. p the senate democrats choose to filibuster that then they choose to shut the government down. something we dont want to see happen. [inaudible question] i wont comment on end games with tax reform or conference committee issues. i think the senate did a very good job of not commenting on our delivered process while we...

Deadline. but as you know, the senate can filibuster those things. so we will pass a short-term cr that is necessary to keep the government open, to keep talks going. hopefully people will decide to participate in these talks. and if the senate democrats choose to filibuster that, then they will -- something we do not want to see happen. >> senator collins claims she has an agreement with senator mcconnell to get the alexander murray issue addressed before the end of the year. she appears to be ...