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And thats because the governing majority in the house and senate hasnt changed. its still the majority of democrats and the minority of republicans. and so i think it is still important for to us remember that however we get there, whether its in a deal done by trump, bell lessee, and schumer, or whether its through the arm-twisting of mcconnell and ryan, ultimately democrats are going to be a big factor in any deal that gets done to keep the government up and operating, to protect dreamers, to ...

Aisle and deliver for the american people. >> so that was a good deal last week with pelosi and schumer? >> i thought it was brilliant. i think it was the exact message to send saying weve got to govern up here on the hill. now hes issued the challenge. i think were up to it in the problem solvers caucus to get it done. >> i know somebody -- im sure -- >> hes spending too much time with me, i think. >> im sure you think the deal was brilliant last week, dont you? >> i think its exactly what we n...

Congress today. second day in a row. and struck a deal with nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. and tonight pelosi and schumer will be back at the white house for dinner. and someone not running next year, congressman from pennsylvania. good to see you. >> good to be with you, chuck. >> if president trump spent the first eight months having the type of dinners and meetings hes been having over the last week with bipartisan groups of members, and even working, appearing to at least be listening to bo...

Significance really of the debt ceiling deal with pelosi and schumer was not necessarily the actual what was in the four corners of the deal, which now mitch mcconnell is suggesting wasnt as significant as perhaps trump and schumer and pelosi let on, but rather that trump was willing to reach across the aisle after not having a whole lot of luck working with just republicans to pass health care. >> and jit, there is a conceptual flaw we saw in the meeting tonight. and that is the democrats, if t...

>> bret: understanding grads and republicans are talking about fully supporting the people in need. does this change your calculations as you are doing the math for the budget? >> no, everyone wants to help the folks who need it. there is no question about that. thats why its nice to have their support, democrats support last week on the package. no, whether or not there will be democrats or doesnt change the number. we are going up the numbers based upon what damages i want folks need in those ...

Establishment, his base says, right on, just like they did last week when he struck a deal with pelosi and schumer. >> right. the republican is whoever trump says is a republican. if he suggests that ryan and rhirh rhinos are, they believe that. he will decide what tax reform bill hits the floor. trump cant completely alienate them and continue to beat on them and hope to get his agenda through. the good news for him is they are very invested in getting tax reform done. all republicans are, beca...

Republicans had 60 votes in the senate. since they have 51 votes and they have to do it with this reconciliation process. they are going to have to pick and choose. theres in the going to be as much money as there might be otherwise to choose what you do tax reform with. thats where the division is going to come in. everybody is going to have their own favorite tax cutting tax reform idea. whether or not they can resolve those dispute is anybodys guess. >> maria, as we were netting as much as i ...

Were 48-0 against him. it always amazes me, that is a 16-1 ratio, but 16 democrats voted no for every republican who voted now, but everyone focuses on the three, not the 48, so i think thats mcconnell has got a very, very hard job, and it is easy to say oh, lets do it differently. this is the constitution of the united states, this is how the system worked, and the president is going to have to find a way to get things through the senates fury now the problem with that is that there arent many ...

For example, on daca where he can put points on the board. a spending bill by the end of the year. i think so much of this was also kind of driven by trumps desire to kind of just get something, anything done, and he knew if he had to go back to the tea party and do this two-step of spending cuts at a time we needed this money, when he knew you couldnt get this done without lifting the debt ceiling. it was also just a pretty easy calculation that he had to roll the tea party to just get this don...

Instinctively understood, republicans needed a slap in the face, get your act together. he hasnt recovered from the fact that he couldnt get a health care bill when they told him they would and now hes got to show that, okay, i got my little deal with schumer and pelosi and now ive got to focus totally on tax cuts. forget reforms, get the rates down, if the economy grows, we know it covers a lot. neil: indeed. and steve forbes, thank you very much, my friend. >> thank you. neil: emanuel cleaver ...