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Shutdown come on donald trumps president theyre afraid of a shutdown. mitch mcconnell says were never going to shut the government down, want to give away every bit of leverage you have? >> i think weve made conservative games in that this cr, increased funding for the military for border security. >> sean: there are some ones in there i was clear about that, there are also a number of issues, i mentioned them. at sanctuary cities, planned parenthood, funding the border wall for example. these a...

Pushing the cr into the next year like maybe we could do things with the new president and republican house and the senate. did that happen here? >> it didnt happen here thats exactly why we looked at this cr. we wanted to give the administration and the ability to set the spending parameters but we see a lot of those are defined by the democrats on the senate side, a lot of calling our office to say is this the best we can do? the answer is no, we dont have any funding for the wall. i do applau...

Things with the new president and republican house and the senate. did that happen here? >> it didnt happen here thatse exactly why we looked at this cr. we wanted to give the administration and the ability to set the spending parameters but we see a lot of those are defined by the democrats on thei senate side, a lot of calling our office to say is this the best we can do? the answer is no, we dont have any funding for the wall. i do applaud the president for increasing the defense spending, th...

>> with a five month bill, the wall is about next year, that fight is going to be next summer. we wanted to get administration a good down payment on border security, thats why this bill has the biggest increase in border security funding in ten years. we think these are really good wins, i know this or if your machine a are pushing. when you look at the bill, t theres a lott of good conservative wins here. but chief among them are the presidents two highestt priorities, support our military and...

Of thing for mulvaney to do, steve. >> yeah. i mean certainly the one thing thats important to know about this miners health provision as well is one of its big proponents of getting this fixed is senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. so at some point this deal was probably going to happen, i have to say. it was also a sticking point when they extended the budget in december. this was an issue that senator manchin from west virginia was pushing on as well. i think it comes down to kind of your...

On capitol hill, republican senator tom cole. he has figured out the health care bill, knows exactly whats in it, knows what the final vote is going to be and is going to tell us all right now. >> tom. >> tom? >> actually, im working on appropriations first. i would like to fund the government. and, you know, thats a place where we had a big breakthrough. actually, their first real democratic, republican and, frankly, presidential negotiation of the trump era just took place and was successful. ...

Place in washington right now. so the president goes with a 1600 page cr, continuing resolution that he is forced to do. he has been in office 100 days. he is coming in to a situation that is fundamentally broken and is he trying to manage that while manage repeal and replace obamacare, tax reform, dealing with all of these foreign problems that he is having to deal with because, again, barack obama leaves it all on the table for him. brian: this is the framework that he put out, president obama...

President is very frustrated by this process. that he is looking forward to september. he doesnt -- he is a decisionmaker and a leader. and he wants to instruct his people, whether its the speaker of the house or the senate majority leader lets get this gone. and when they come back and they give him, this has to be a continuing resolution and we have to get through a short-term cr before we can get to the long term budget process. brian: the freedom caucus, so therefore the democrats -- >> ther...

Priorities. i want to wait until its presented to him. hes pleased with how his priorities were addressed in the cr. lets just wait until its on his desk. >> are you still on track to issue the full fiscal year 18 budget? is it mid may or do you have a date for that? >> my understanding is its still midmay, but id want to consult with director mulvaney. >> first want to ask you whats your expectation for the meeting with president obama. secondly, is president still considering moving the u.s. e...

>> is there a possibility the president would not sign this spending agreement. lets wait until its presented to him, but hes obviously very pleased with how his priorities were addressed in the cr, and i had every attention that he said would sign it. there you go, leaning down on me again. >>. i want consult with dr. mulvaney. i want to first skgs youre expertise and help with the evening, and secondly, are they still going to go to george.