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In exchange for protections for daca. he threw that deal in the trash. and now its two years later when the democrats are about to take control. and he had a republican-controlled house and a republican-controlled senate and he did have a deal on the table. it seems like the reason hes got no deal now has more to do with him than it does with anybody in congress. >> well, id also tell you there was a federal court ruling that reinstated daca which took the leverage off the table in terms of the ...

Republican-controlled house and a republican-controlled senate and he did have a deal on the table. it seems like the reason hes got no deal now has more to do with him than it does with anybody in congress. >> well, id also tell you there was a federal court ruling that reinstated daca which took the leverage off the table in terms of the fact that it needed to be done. if that gets overturned i think that deal comes back and there may be something long term in that respect. but also as you kno...

Process you go through. fast forward five years. there is no line item for daca in the spending bill. that is now how it works. when you begin to pair spending bills and these types of issues that dont go through the normal appropriations process, a lot of people come out looking bad as a result of that because you are kind of making requests unusual and difficult to satisfy from the justification of going through the spending process. appropriations process. it is strange all around. it has bee...

>> you only have 51 votes in the senate. you have to have democrat support to keep the government to fund the government. thats the answer to your question. >> it seems like the whole process was blown up by the presidents comments. >> when republicans tried to ada discussion about obamacare to the funding process in 2013 we were accused by nancy pelosi and chuck schumer of inserting a non-financial issue into the spending process to shut the government down. how is that not exactly what is happ...

Theres one big difference. president obama wanted a shutdown. he did not engage. he did not call republican leaders or conservative members of the house who were involved in that debate. he didnt walk the the precursor. he wasnt engaged like the president is. it is he wanted the shutdown because he thought republicans would get blamed. this president is trying to make sure the government stays open. >> you saw it in the tweet where he thought maybe a shutdown would be good. >> the president is j...

>> republicans tried to -- when republicans tried to add a discussion about obama care to the funding process in 2013, we are accused by nancy pelosi and chuck schumer of inserting a nonfiscal -- nonfinancial issue into the spending process in order to shut the governent down. how is that not exactly what is happening today? there is no reason to have to deal with daca this week. no reason to deal with daca before the end of february. the middle of february. daca doesnt expire until march 5th. t...

So-called dreamers, protections under daca are slated to expire. marc short says democrats are missing an important point. >> there is no legislation to vote on. when they say that they need to keep daca and solved, shows that this is really about politics and not about policy. >> negotiations for a fix to daca are ongoing, and the two cosines are said to be making progress despite the setback caused by senators dick durbin and lindsey grahams attempt to a runaround to the process last week that...

>> when republicans tried to add a discussion about obamacare in the funding process in 2013 we were accused by nancy pelosi of chuck schumer of inserting a non-financial issue into the spending process in order to shut the government down. how is that not exactly whats happening today? no reason you have to deal with daca this week or before the end of february -- the middle of february. daca doesnt expire until march 5. this is purely an attempt by the senate democrats led by mr. schumer why w...

The presidents comments. >> when republicans tried to add a discussion about obamacare to the funding process in 2013, we were accused by nancy pelosi and chuck schumer of inserting a non-fiscal, non-financial issue into the spending process in order to shut the government down. how is that not exactly what is happening today? there is no reason you have to deal with daca this week. no reason you have to deal with daca before the middle of february. daca doesnt expire until march 5th. this is pu...

Legislation raising the nations borrowing limit, the debt ceiling. is that a good idea? >> i think we should be voting up or down on harvey. i think these things should be separate. if theyre ultimately packaged together, im going to stand by those who are devastated in texas, but i really think we should be voting separately on those. >> all right then. well, if congress doesnt pass a spending bill, we could see a partial government shutdown. thats not something anybody wants to see. congressma...