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Was president, they worked out a deal because nobody believed soldiers in the field shouldnt get paid. what the democrats are saying today is screw the soldiers, lets fix daca. thats bad politics and bad for this country. >> thats wild. all of a sudden this is about military spending? let me just say the president created this crisis. he is the one that said well do away with daca and move it to march. that will be the deadline. >> its not march. >> all of a sudden he agrees to these continuing ...

Their political advantage. if thats the case until one side gets the message you are getting blamed for this, this could go on. >> sandra: whats a while? >> the last shutdown lasted 16 days. thats a while. >> sandra: thats a while. the guidance that our producers are getting on capitol hill is that this would last for two to three days. i dont know about that but one other piece of information that our producers are giving us on capitol hill while gopers wont give in on daca and attach it to the...

Filibustering appropriations, funding the government and now they are filibustering a continuing resolution to keep the government own. >> bill: i like wolf. i used to work with him. what are you watching cnn for? >> somebody showed me a clip. >> bill: even if you get a deal you get an extension until mid february four weeks from now. even if you get a deal daca expires in march. can this congress do a deal over the next six weeks that takes care of the budget, that takes care of dreamers and bo...

In the senate. there are majorities in both houses right now, if you went to the floor in both houses, youve got bipartisan majorities for a daca deal, border security, c.h.i.p., fund the government, why not do it? >> i think with all due respect, i think unless theres $18 billion of funding for securing the border, youre not going to get that bill through the house side. theres only 25 republican sponsors of mr. hurds bill and its a great start, but i have to have $18 billion of funding for bor...

What doesnt, youd agree with that, right? >> i think thats pretty close, but i think as we work towards long-term solutions and we would like to add bipartisan solutions that would include ideas from both sides and amendments from both sides. >> but congressman, you got bipartisan solutions. there are bipartisan majorities for a deal with daca in both houses. that is simply a fact. and my question is, why not just put those up for a vote? >> yeah, i dont think you have the votes yet to pass it. ...

Continuing resolution with republicans. why are you a no? >> you know, im a no primary for spending reasons. i think the debt -- this year the deficit will be close to $800 billion. next year projected to be a trillion dollars. next year congress puts up spending caps, military and non-military has spending caps and we exceeded them like hundreds of times. we started in the 1990s trying to have self-restraint in both sides and frankly now, republicans worse than democrats want to exceed the spen...

Negotiate, negotiate seriously. but the thing is two-fold. one, lets start with republicans. is it your sense that they even, the republicans themselves, have enough votes to pass something? >> tonight? >> yeah. >> no, i dont think so. but im not sure. well see what happens. but i think there are enough democrats and some republicans who are saying, you know, we have finally got to address the real issues facing this country. that is an annual budget. if you are the secretary of defense, for exa...

Negotiate in a serious way. the republicans keep thinking they can get it all. well, they cant get it all in the senate, because they need 60 votes. that means theyre going to have to negotiate and negotiate seriously. what does that mean? it means parody for military spending and not military spending. we cant just spend a zillion dollars on the military and ignore the pressing needs facing working families. and by the way, its not just c.h.i.p. its community health centers, which provide healt...

Negotiate in a serious way. the republicans keep thinking they can get it all. well, they cant get it all in the senate, because they need 60 votes. that means theyre going to have to negotiate and negotiate seriously. what does that mean? it means parody for military spending and not military spending. we cant just spend a zillion dollars on the military and ignore the pressing needs facing working families. and by the way, its not just c.h.i.p. its community health centers, which provide healt...

Controls what gets included and what doesnt, youd agree with that, right? >> i think thats pretty close, but i think as we work towards long-term solutions and we would like to add bipartisan solutions that would include ideas from both sides and amendments from both sides. >> but congressman, you got bipartisan solutions. . there are bipartisan majorities for a deal with daca in both houses. that is simply a fact. and my question is, why not just put those up for a vote? >> yeah, i dont think y...