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Of throwing the d.r.e.a.m.ers under the bus and schumer raised his voice, that there was some back and forth there. well now cooler heads are prevailing, both sides trying to come out and present a united front. you have schumer releasing a statement saying i understand the anxiety of the hispanic caucus and share their anguish on the issue and gutierrez putting out this tweet saying this fight continues in january. i think that democrats are on the same page now. but poppy, as you can imagine a...

With. the majority leader is not in a hurry. >> the president gave us to march. >> schumer is waiting to use that. >> schumer is trying to push it forward. there is no emergency until march. >> house leadership announced they wont work the first week of january as originally schedule. they will come back on the 8th which raises major questions about the long-term spending deal they could come up with in the 8 days before a government shutdown looms again. >> bret: it will be interesting. peter l...

Country illegally as children as leverage over republicans the next time that they need to talk about the budget, which is just a few days before the state of the union in january. >> this is an issue we have a moral imperative to solve here in congress. so democrats want to make sure that we have equal bargaining. were not going to allow things like disaster relief go forward without discussing some of the other issues we care about that i mentioned. >> schumer mentioned it also being considere...

Interests, but you couldnt fund the childrens healthcare plan for $14 billion. i mean, this really is a rip off for the american people. in ten years, the tax -- these tax cuts expire for working-class americans, but they stay for corporate americans. so i think what is going to happen is, you know, buried deep in the 1100 pages of this tax scam were going to see day after day provision after provision where americans are going to realize like they already do, that this tax plan really is not go...

Working-class americans, but they stay for corporate americans. so i think what is going to happen is, you know, buried deep in the 1100 pages of this tax scam were going to see day after day provision after provision where americans are going to realize like they already do, that this tax plan really is not going to benefit them. and i think that that is a political benefit for democrats, but we would rather have had the political advantage and did without harming the american people. >> as the...

People. >> as the democratic leader in the senate, mr. schumer prepares to speak, david, are you surprised at whats known in the trade as the whip effort that the republicans did get as many republicans to come around as they did? and i guess seeing that theres sensitivity among corker and collins to name two is an indicator that they feel some sensitivity? >> look, i think john holman was right, at the end of the day these are republicans, and republicans myself included support a more competit...

Conduct and after the majority of his democratic colleagues in the senate called on him to leave. now he took to the senate floor as you remember to reluctantly say that even though some of the allegations against him were not true, that he would be leaving office. now its notable, though, that as of today there was no date set for when franken would leave office, even throw tough the gor of minnesota appointed someone to fill his vacancy. joe manchin saying on cnn that he does not believe frank...

Resign and that schumer and the vast majority of the congress like senator franken and will miss him and did what they think is best and will stand by it. poppy and john, back to you. >> mj lee, thank you for the reporting. appreciate it. we have a lot to talk about with our panel coming up next, plus this cnn exclusive report that the president is feeling more at ease when it comes to the russia investigation and he thinks he will get cleared in writing. stay with us. keyboard clacking ] [ mous...

>> listen, the republicans are trying to push this thing forward as quickly as possible. as you may know they have not had had had one public hearing on it. they want to do it before the american people fully understand how bad this piece of legislation is. the precedent is when scott brown of massachusetts was elect hadded to replace the late ted kennedy he was allowed to participate in voting on the affordable care act. thats it precedent there and i think schumer is exactly right in saying mi...

Good sign for democratic leadership and the party going forward. jessica tarlov is a democratic strategist and lisa boothe is founder of high noon strategies. good to see you, jessica, that was a non-answer from tom perez. what was that? >> im so excited to see tom perez on fox news. that was fantastic. >> sandra: it was a good conversation. he didnt answer the question. >> i got an email saying it was good. he didnt answer the question. were going to pstive right now. a number of people in the ...