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Confident that it will pass. >> sean t president on the campaign trail raised alarm about federal deficit, spending bill really end of the fiscal year, does it include any of the offsets the president requested. is the president -- will the president sign this agreement that does increase the federal deficit? >> i think we got a number of the presidents priorities included in the cr. when we are at the final point, the president will make a decision. but right now hes pleased to see the plus to ...

>> hes obviously very pleased d with how his priorities were addressed in the cr. i have every expectation that he would sign it. but lets just wait until its on his desk. >> are e we still on track for the 2018 budget? mid-may or do you have a date for that? >> my understanding was it was still mid-may, but i want to consult with the director first. >> whats your expectation and whats your hope for the meeting with the president and are they still considering moving the embassy? >> thats still ...

The cr and health care and laid out the tax package last week. it is clearly still on the priority list. well get through this week. hopefully have some additional details moving forward. he has been very clear that infrastructure package is something he wants to get done and get moving. this year -- oh, absolutely. its a question of when he wants to announce it. i think for this week, were pretty focused on getting the government funded for the last five months of 2017 and getting testify -- ge...

Ultimately the speaker calls the vote. when the vote gets called, we figure it will be the best. >> they raised alarms about deficits, his spending bill through the end of the school year. does it include any of the offsets that the president included in this years budget? will the president sign this agreement that does increase the federal deficit? >> i think we got a number of the presidents priorities, including the cr, when . when we are at the final point, the president will make a decisio...

That tonight in harrisburg. garrett tenney manning the desk back home. thanks, garrett. liz has more. elizabeth: joining me now to talk about the next steps for congress. south carolina congressman tom rice who sits on the ways and means committee. thank you so much for joining us on this beautiful saturday. >> my pleasure, elizabeth, happy to be here. elizabeth: so a big week ahead. i assume you have a lot of constituents who are eager to know how are you going to come to a compromise with th...

Trump really needs to fix. whether we shut down or not, and i dont think we will. well pass a cr. but moving forward on the health care bill or whatever the issue may be, theres uncertainty from house republicans, and theyre tired of being on this rocky ground where they cant move forward. >> that is a fascinating take, doug. ron, let me bring you in for a little perspective. i mean, if you look -- if we stick on the government shutdown that wasnt, at least for a moment, for a second. if you loo...

Of his first 100 days. as long as its a clean cr, i think we will have the votes necessary next week. >> but even if you guys pass something next week, we are looking at five months, maybe, i think, until we have to go through all of this again. whats keeping you guys from putting a long-term deal in place? >> oh, good question. we have not been able to put a long-term deal together for many years. i have been here nine years and i think i can count on two fingers the number of times we have had...

Its part of our commitment to being americas best first job. ♪ this morning the house approved a continuing resolution to keep the lights on for another week, and hammer out a budget deal. the senate approving a short time later. the fight is far from over. republicans hope to revive their health care plan and also hope to make a run at president trumps tax proposal or a variation of it. congresswoman jackie speier joins me. is the house close to a budget deal? >> i think the cr will be vote...

Office without either a long-term budget or a repeal of obamacare beach of congressional correspondent mike emanuels on capitol hill tonight. >> there was great hope congress would pass a package to keep it running through september come up time writing short, they passed it one week extension. kevin mccarthy predicts they will get it done. >> i do believe the committee is very close. it is the intention of the committee to get to an agreement. i have hope they will get to an agreement as early ...

Postponing a government shutdown by a week or do you think the outstanding matters will get resolved and well be able to get on with the business of government and not shutting it down? >> we need to pass the cr, have that week to continue the discussion of whats going to go into an omni bus bill and how this works the procedures are new to me, but i dont want to shut the government down and hopefully our republican conference will unite itself around a more conservative approach than would be n...