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Of stuff that they have to get done in the fairly near term and we also will have a debt ceiling increase. this may be the first. the republicans are ready to win the first one. there was popularity showing up in the polls for a tax cut that had been very unpopular before the republicans were finally starting to see their bounds, they have more confidence, the house was ready to work together, they were in a positive mind-set as opposed to you when we saw them for example fall apart and obamacar...

Ourselves in what a lot of people see. you have republicans saying this, too. daca has to be addressed. >> here is the thing, though. they have until march to figure out. they are shutting the government down. they dont have legislative text on a daca deal to vote on. theyre essentially shutting the government down on an issue until they have march to deal with that has nothing to do with keeping the government open which is right in front of congress right now. if i was president trump and sena...

These sort of political line items that its getting compared with? you know, isnt there a sense that no matter where you are in the political spectrum, we can agree that this deserves serious and thoughtful debate by congressional leaders? >> i think it does deserve thoughtful and serious debate by congressional leaders. its not the first time that a package has been used to carry nonappropriation things. this has been used by republicans and democrats and majorities that are split. the politica...

We hope the president, in order to avoid this calamity, will change his mind. >> the senate majority leader knows he never backed out of a meeting when president obama was in the white house and the senate republican whip suggested denigrate our leaders want to shut down. >> i cant imagine why the democratic leader and ms. pelosi decided to not do their job. what they need to do a step up and say yes to doing their job and keeping the government running. >> democrats have tried to flex their mus...

Whether or not there was an agreement or an understanding of directionally correct or whatever. but weve got to get something done and the clock is running. congress has got to respond, especially when they cut this deal to say theyre going to have a debt ceiling increase until the middle of december and theyre going to try to have continuing resolution and maybe get some money for the victims. but its critically important that congress step up to the plate and be part of the solution rather tha...

>> what do you make of it? >> im glad that the president is reaching out. thats important. the agreement struck last week on the debt ceiling i actually thought was a pretty good deal. the only reason he was able to do that was because we republicans dont have 218 votes for a debt ceiling increase. whether for three months or 18 months. everybody knows that. that immediately gives leverage to senate and house democrats and they can help determine the duration of the debt ceiling. i thought the p...

$15.25 billion relief package yesterday. many republicans left frustrated after president trump cut a deal with top democrats to pay or read legislation with a three month increase in the debt ceiling. one of the three republicans joined just now opposed to it, marsha blackburn. i understand you have placed your boats, havent you? >> i was a "no" vote. we have a debt ceiling increase and cr, and we dont get those reforms that we need. i dont like the harvey and irma relates to all of these packa...

Id say so. what are other republicans, thats what paul ryan is saying, but what are other republicans saying on capitol hill. tough be confident conservatives are not happy. >> reporter: i talked to a number of senators and some said they understand this needed to be done. they were okay with the debt ceiling, but conservative reps that were upset about it. among them, rand paul, who is opposed to a debt ceiling increase without significant spending reforms in any case and thinks its a problem i...

Congress, i really believe, wants to take care of this situation. we discussed that all today. and chuck and nancy would like to see something happen, and so would i. >> chuck and nancy. >> chuck and nancy. >> president trump chummy all of a sudden with democrats. he was talking about working on a deal to protect dreamers, the same day he stunned republican leaders by cutting a deal with democrats on a short-term debt ceiling increase. >> there was no mention of paul and mitch in that particular...

Of course there would be absolutely no need to get a single democratic vote if the republicans could get all of their members to vote for an increase in the debt ceiling. the only reason paul ryan needs nancy pelosis votes to pass a debt ceiling increase in the house is that paul ryans own republican members always play politics with the debt ceiling, always. after the meeting, mitch mcconnell made it clear he had nothing to do with this deal. >> its the president and the senate and the house do...