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Senate that he is against this bill because of additional spending. as for the deficit hes trying to force an amendment. that is something that senate leadership simply will not get him. they dont want to open up the flood gates to allow other amendments to be made. they are facing that midnight deadline. so what we have is a stand off where the senator has made very clear he intends to really push it to the limits. meaning he could push it past midnight. could push this back into the wee hours ...

Government is spending too much money. with four and a half hours left, not much time for government to get this through. s sunlen is on capitol hill. could there be a shutdown? where there could be. that still remains true. but the problem is right now on this hold up. where tle ahey are is they need 100 senators to go through. because they are facing that midnight deadline. as of now one senator, rand paul is standing in the way of that going forward. he does not agree with this bill. hes a no...

Coming day days. a lot of people have to learn about bump stocks but the fact that theyre entertaining this idea is significant since were hearing from republican leadership. of course a lot of talk, a lot of movement, a lot of momentum but unclear if that will translate into something tangible. >> talk is more than weve heard in the past. i guess you could say that when it comes to where they will move on any gun legislation. see where it goes. s sunlen thank you. joining me adam kinslinger o...

Sunlen, our latest poll is evidence he has some momentum. >> reporter: thats right. and the sanders campaign, jake, will point to his boost in favorability ratings in this poll that he received after the debate. they believe that the more people are introduced to him the more people see him the better he does. and thats certainly one of the big reasons why the sanders campaign seems to be really embracing and using to their advantage this moment on "saturday night live" with larry david. sanders...

A fringe candidate. i think weve made a lot of progress in the last five months. and i think we got a real shot to win this. im giving serious thought, larry davis does bernie sanders better than bernie sanders does bernie sanders. so maybe well invite larry to do the next rally. i dont know. >> and right there is what the challenge is and has been for this duration of this campaign for bernie sanders is that he has to really appeal to a broader group of voters going from in his words fringe can...