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Important things happened. number one, he committed to bringing a bill to the floor on a date certain, number two, he talked about a neutral level playing field, a neutral bill in order to give us an even chance to get at this issue and finally, if you recall earlier last week and for the prior couple weeks, mitch mcconnell said i wont deal with this issue because the president hasnt told us what hes for and wed only be spinning our wheels. as of yesterday morning, mitch mcconnell said were not ...

Are not in the business of negotiating with terrorists whether they are political or otherwise. do you think thats a fair comparison of your colleagues to call them political terrorists? >> i do. when you shut down the government over an unrelated issue -- and for the record i opposed the republican shutdown in 2013 so i think that is exactly what was done. the democrats are smarter, they saw they were a dead end and they retreated quickly and i think they were wise to do so. the longer this wen...

Have been some instances recently where it was reported that promises were made to specific senators and they were not kept. i have growing confidence in the group of republican senators that were meeting a with a group of democrats for several days, we spent hours, i think a total of eight hours together fairly intensively over three days. i believe they are committed, several of them intensely committed to moving this issue forward in a positive way, and to working together to get 60 votes, le...

Somebody is stepping into a voting booth and going to say "remember that shutdown for three days in january?" i dont think so and i also think its baked into the way people feel about the way the government operates which is that they cant keep the lights on and they move in three-week increments to keep the government funded and open. it has specific implications, as you said, for childrens health for the next six years and perhaps we heard optimism from senator chris coons of delaware perhaps ...

Border any more. its been cut down so dramatically that theres a negative flow going the other way, right? >> its -- both republicans and democrats have gotten themselves into a position where they are in a whole load of political hot water around something that will never happen, that isnt needed and that we all know is never going to happen and mexico is never going to fund it. its add to weve got into this position where a government shutdown over something like that. democrats and the democr...

And with just a single word, find all the answers youre looking for - because getting what you need should be simple, fast, and easy. download the xfinity my account app or go online today. welcome back to "morning joe." lets go to tom cole, republican from oklahoma. the senate im guessing is going to come to a deal on a 90/10 issue that will involve daca and border security. much more difficult in the house. do you see that sort of bill making it through the house without the presidents inter...

A way of getting involved in legislative bodies where legislators are elected from an entire state. its also in donald trumps best interest as somebody that wants to be reelected in 2020 to be on the right side of a 90/10 issue. bits far different in this gerrymandered republican house where its not in the best interest of a lot of republicans to have daca passed. be best political interest that is. what do you expect we should be looking at over the next three weeks? >> there were some worrying...

Our unaddressed issues here. the larger issue for all of us is we dont have an agreement on increasing spending for our defense and domestic needs, were still under the budget agreement caps. we still dont have a resolution to appropriations. thats one of the most urgent things to work on the next two weeks. >> senator coons, to the daca commitment made by majority leader mcconnell. those senators you were talking about, harris, booker, gillibra gillibrand, warren, they say they need something m...

Welcome back. were still following the latest developments on capitol hill. and on a day that tartstarted w the federal government closed and the house has come to a vote now. lets bring in republican congressman charlie departmennt. thank you for being here. so should the republicans demand that paul ryan do what mitch mcconnell did, which was promise that there would be a debate on immigration, debate on daca? >> well there will have to be. it is wonderful that this pointless shutdown ended. t...

Mitch mcconnell. if theres not a deal separately to deal with daca, border security and related issues, before this time -- this cr runs out on february 8th and assuming the democrats dont vote to shut down the government again at that time, mitch mcconnell is saying then he would force this issue on to the floor. now what were watching today, a lot of whats going to be decided today is going to be decided in the room over my shoulder. thats susan collins office, where right now a bipartisan gro...