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Upper doing. working on the fiscal year 18 budget at the senate does one as well will have a second reconciliation attempt to hopefully reform the tax code. a lot of frontload over kerry. after that on the transportation committee, and the president has said he wants a trillion dollars infrastructure package put together. a lot of us feel that has to be paid for and do something very important to us. making it a priority in getting it paid for will take up a lot of members time for the first hal...

>> what do you think, tara? do you think republicans, obviously donald trump has the advantage having republicans in the house and senate, do you think they push something like this through given the cost and price? >> this is actually a bit tricky when it comes to funding. i worked on capitol hill for years and immigration and federal law enforcement issues. i know how complicated it can be. in 2013 there was a bill proposing a $46 billion border security bill over ten years. that is $4.6 billi...

Would be any different. he said that he wanted to open up libel laws to make it easier to sue the press, and in that excellent package put together, he repeatedly degraded and described the press in the most -- >> crooked liars! >> yeah, scum. thats never happened. and in one of his first tweets after he won, basically, his first substantiative comment after the election besides just sort of platitudes about coming together was an attack on the media the other night. >> the medias at fault for t...

Now will it only be assault weapons? no, most likely. there will be a package put together. if assault weapons is leftage a of the judiciary, number two, ive been assured ill be able to do it as an amendment on the floor which is the way i did it in 1993 so that doesnt particularly bother me. in an interview with the new republic president obama said he has a profound respect for hunting traditions adding both sides need to understand the others position. the president addsed, quote, advocates...

Defend ourselves, but were going to do it intelligently, and were going to do it prudently, and were going to put rules in place that actually protect innocent people in society. >> and with that, new york has become the first state to tighten its gun-control laws in the aftermath of newtown, governor andrew cuomo signed the wide-ranging bill last night. the package includes an expansion on the existing ban on assault weapons. welcome back to "morning joe." mike barnicle and melody barnes still ...

>> dont sound so excited. see, thats the field. see how bored he sounds. >> im not bored! im very excited. >> thats bored. >> no. i think, mika, youre maybe glossy things over for the president a little bit too much. >> andrea, you saw the voters you led into us with. thats a little scary on caucus day. we have a five-term republican congressman in iowa who cant make a decision on what candidate hes going to go with. >> because theyre all so good, andrea. >> thats a little scary. >> well, steve ...

For -- >> dont sound so excited. see, thats the field. see how bored he sounds. >> im not bored! im very excited. >> thats bored. >> no. i think, mika, youre maybe glossy things over for the president a little bit too much. >> andrea, you saw the voters you led into us with. thats a little scary on caucus day. we have a five-term republican congressman in iowa who cant make a decision on what candidate hes going to go with. >> because theyre all so good, andrea. >> thats a little scary. >> well,...