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Potentially, especially for, you know, democrats with the base of the democratic party, where, you know, theres no love lost for donald trump, right? i think thats fine for schumer and nancy pelosi who i dont think throw their hats in the ring and run for the democratic nomination. but i think some of the democrats who are thinking about running for president and trying to win a democratic primary, i think there are some costs that they have to be cautious about how willing and how exuberant the...

Than i need you, right? and really sort of twisting a knife in this. i think the long-term implications for this, and the congressman knows this, and god bless him for being part of the congress when there was a bipartisanship, but in the midterm election, if you look at trumps base in the core of the republican party, they are a lot more aligned with donald trump than they are with speaker ryan and mitch mcconnell. i think the politics of this are fascinating for democrats, and i dont think you...

Basically make the democrats irrelevant for the rest of the congress. and what schumer and pelosi saw was if they kept trump on a short leash, a 90-day debt ceiling extension, he would have to come back and deal with them again and again and again. and so for the first time democrats on capitol hill have leverage. they have power. theyre part of the conversation. theyve now got to find a way to use that leverage and use that power, but they have bargained their way back into relevance, and i thi...

He was somebody conservatives had deep reservations about all along. many of them swallowed hard on those reservations and elected him because they thought he was better than hillary clinton. but deep in the backs of their minds, they thought, this day could come. the day when he would sell them out. while i dont think this moment, this deal with schumer and pelosi represents a clean break between donald trump and his activist grass roots base, its certainly an indication for them, maybe even a ...

Republicans? do they even have a choice. joining us, chris collins. the good to see you as always. >> good to be with you. back in d.c. >> a lot of work to be done. no question about it. theres two different versions of what the president did. one is he went around republican leadership, made people upset, gave the democrats too much leverage didnt get a long enough deal on the debt ceiling, only three months. you guys wanted more like six. the other is he cut out the partisan bs, went to the so...

Keeping everything the way it is, kicking the can down the road does not solve those problems. >> i know you have a hearing on all of that later this afternoon, and i do want to get to that. help me understand how its different. he went with pelosi and schumer for a dee-month deal instead of a six-month deal or an 18-month deal that the republicans were suggesting. how could your problems have been solved in six months that cant be solved in three months? why do you see this current deal as so m...

Party. president trump sided with congressional democrats in a combination maneuver on extending the debt ceiling and funding hurricane harvey relief. in a deal that house speaker paul ryan criticized just hours before the president accepted it, make a look. >> i think its a ridiculous and disgraceful that want to play politics with the debt ceiling at this moment, when we have fellow citizens in need to respond to these hurricanes so that we do not strand them. >> the presidents move surprised ...

Chuck schumer, nancy plosive, and the whole republican leadership group. we walked out of there mitch and paul and everybody, kevin and we walked out and everyone he was happy. not too happy because you can never be too happy, but they were happy enough. it was nice to see that happen for a change because that hasnt happened for a long time. >> harris: of the other democrat, nancy pelosi said republicans did not appear to have the vote for a longer extension of the debt limit. >> if you have the...

What will they do now? david gregory t president goes and meets with schumer in the senate, meets with pelosi, makes his deal. its not his deal. they have to vote on it. do you think the republicans will show any kind of spine, if they dont like the deal, and who am i to question a.b. stoddard. if they dont like the deal, they could not vote for it, the leadership could buck it. everyone saying thats not going to happen. whats the cal lk lus? >> i dont think thats going to happen. they dont want...

If its simply a limited time engagement with democrats only, but of course john is right, the president did not want to answer those questions because in fact it has riled conservatives. we have seen just moments before this news conference, the heritage action fund, that is a conservative leading group, was urging members to vote against the trump/schumer/pelosi aid package here so this is something the white house has to contend with but the president today chose not to contend with that and t...