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Now he says the 100 day benchmark is ridiculous. still, the administration is calling the presidents first three months in office a succes success. >> heres the deal, the president signed over 28 bills already, healthcare may happen next week, it may not, we are hopeful it will. as far as the border -- he said the military, we have right now in the cr, negotiating one of the biggest increases in military spending in decades. so he is fulfilling his promises and doing it at break neck speed. >> j...

Towards a big pudge by congress right now. theyre essentially buying themselves a lot more time today, a little more time today, i should say. they needed to pass a spending bill by midnight tonight, and they failed to get a longer-term agreement to keep the government running until september. so, they are just passing this very short-term cr, one week only, that will keep the government funded, keep the agencies open and running until friday of next week, may 5th. now, you know right now the ho...

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Are there votes there to get some kind ever funding through the house? most people say they want to have this defense spending the presidents proposed attached to a continuing resolution. but to get democratic voters on a cr, thats the way to keep the government funded, they mostly want a clean bill and nothing else attached. >> hallie, i know you dont have a crystal ball. i suspect this will not be a question thats so easy to answer. but if the president truly does want to work with democrats a...

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Extension. nancy pelosi is willing to let democrats help john boehner pass this one week extension in the next few minutes in the next couple of hours. she will say that democrats will help pass the one-week bill. that is because next week this is all over. the shut down threat is gone they pass a clear bill and this shenanigans will be done. >> that is the bill? >> basically, ya. pelosi sent a letter saying we need you to vote for this because it is part of the plan. they wanted to back republi...

He needs 14 more democrats, 14 republicans or a mix of the two to get this through, short-term thing. >> republican leadership is meeting right now and trying to find a way forward. theres talk of a seven-day cr. but the problem with that is democratic leadership aides have said that democrats wouldnt vote for that the same they wouldnt vote for the three-week cr that just failed. theyre kind of in a little bit of a pickle. well look back at this as another one of those shining examples of the r...

Homeland security in fiscal year 2015. as ive said for weeks, today on capitol hill meeting with republicans and democrats, and with the press and the public in these challenging times, it is critical that the department of homeland security receive a full year appropriation. there are concrete dramatic consequences for the homeland security of this nation if we allow the funding of the department to lapse. there are consequences if we have to exist on a continued c.r., another continuing resolu...

Pages long. $1.1 trillion, being spent. that is about $700 million per page of the bill. nobody has time to read it. nobody has time to consider the ramifications of the bill itself. of course the immigration is a huge debate which some hawks are already saying that this is a concession if they adopt this cr or omnibus bill. jon: but nobody seems to want a shutdown, kevin, do i have that right? >> absolutely, jon. i think if you look back at the polling from the first government shutdown republi...