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Its the same difference. its just an excuse to punt without dealing with the daca issue. and, you know, i keep going back to this notion that jeff zeleny just a minute ago was talking about, you know, why is it going up to the deadline? dysfunctional government. well, actually republicans and democrats had a deal in place with a week to spare. last week, lindsey graham, jeff flake, dick durbin, bob men endecember, gang of six, three democrats, threen ares, went to the white house to present dona...

Mitch mcconnell is in the mood to deal in anyway. they believe the four-week stopgap is the pathway forward, that means theyre going to try to make things as difficult as possible for democrats in the days ahead, i will tell you, i had one republican source tell me flatly, a couple hours ago, the wild card in this issue will always be the president, they dont know when the president is going to step in and try to change the dynamic, they thought for a period of time that might be happening, clea...

Guardsmen will be send home at midnight tonight and the families of soldiers deployed will not have pay and benefits. we have to fix this. >> congressman, were you hopeful or optimistic what you all sent to the senate would get to a vote? were not even getting to the procedural hurdle. were you hopeful it would be done differently? >> i was hopeful and disappointed chuck schumer and the democrats have been obstructionists and not moved this bill forward. as steve has said, its critical we make s...

That february 8 date is something that was worth considering and gives both sides enough time to get every single thing back on the table and solve those issues. neil: senator, lindsay graham was critical of what he deemed to be i dont want to misquote him a perceived about-face on this daca issue by the president that in the famous tuesday meeting remember that was live and everyone was witnessing it. he seemed to say that you guys get together on daca measure and ll take the heat and then a co...

The potomac river and people couldnt even park and look at nature in the last government shutdown in 2013. every administration handles it a little bit differently. the bottom line is theres no federal money to pay people, capital police, members of the military, thats a big issue. what we saw in 2013 when we got in the 16-day shutdown is the house of representatives and senate started passing short-term bills to open portio portions of the federal government not wide sections like nih or part o...

Now, the larger issue for democrats, and i think you see it in terms of a number of democrats who voted with republicans tonight, people in states where donald trump won easily, talking about people like heidi highcamp, joe donnely in indiana, mank4i7b in west virginia -- manchin in west virginia. looking toward the mid terms that you reference and trying to imagine how their constituencies respond. if you right now look at red states, including those red states that have democrats in the senate...

Weve been waiting to see what issue would push those vulnerable democrats into the republican camp. >> shannon: donnely, highcamp, man chin, jones from alabama, and mccaskill in one of those elections. do you think if they hold firm, win back, you know, all of your republicans, you need a handful more of democrats to get to the 60. >> yes, and time is clearly winding down. well see if they can -- >> shannon: 23 minutes. >> the midnight deadline. what is important, and what americans actually rea...

A federal judge saying essentially banning the administration from being able to rollback daca and thats been appealed directly to the supreme court. a lot can happen before march 5 but some are saying well be at march 1st and there wont be a solution and well have another fight. >> my hope is well have it resolved. theres a willingness on the republican side and i come from california and its a big issue in my district. theres a willingness on our side to find a compromise and to get this issue...

Help diminish the great success of the tax cuts and what theyre doing for the booming economy. this is whiplash with these two. theyre friends, codesy, working it out, then opposed. who knows, they could be friends again. >> bret: theyre probably friends and probably do have a long-standing relationship o this issue, its kind of cut and dried, all comes down to daca. the question is, whether democrats will be blamed for not taking the deal for the six-year chip, childrens health insurance, and t...

Dems want a shutdown to to hurt the tax cuts. who knows as of right now they could be friends again. >> exactly. well, listen, theyre probably friends and they probably -- they do have a long-standing relationship. on this issue its kind of cut and dry. it comes down to daca. and the question is whether democrats will be blamed for not taking the deal for the six-year shift, childrens health insurance, and the funding of the government that was sitting there in front of them to fight the fight o...