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And running, and at least two republican senators say theyll also vote no. lets get an update on where things stand right now. our congressional correspondent philattingly is tracking all these late breaking devopnt on capitol hill. phil, what have you heard about whether the senate will reach that 60-vote threshold? >> well, wolf, its been clear that they would not have the votes to be able to move forward on that short-term spending bill. obviously the major new development is within the last ...

In a feudal activity. so they are sending it over to the senate with expectation that the democrats in the senate are going to vote for a bill that they are never included in the negotiation. so of course we are not going to vote for it. thats not the way the constitution intends on congress to vote. so we are going to vote no and say to the president, say to the leadership of the house and senate, republicans all, lets sit down in a room, work on daca, work on child health, work on opioid fundi...

Threshold, so they need 51 votes to actually move that forward. as of this moment, both republicans and democrats believe the votes are there to to that. that is not the vote that everybody needs to keep an eye on. the vote that everybody needs to keep an eye on is the next vote, anderson, that would be the vote that has the threshold of 60 votes where democrats plan to hold off on giving majority leader mitch mcconnell the votes to actually move forward on the bill. when that lap happens is sti...

Why is it that celebrities like this get the moral authority card because they happen to have family members who have chronic illnesses? i have a daughter as you guys know who has chronic illnesses, that doesnt confer me with absolute moral authority to dictate what our health policyst should be. it gives me some insight, certainly but the idea that jimmy kimmel is now essentially the political pope of america? its ridiculous. does he realize that schiff over the years hachip over the n expanded...

Stand-alone bill, but mitch mcconnell isnt doing that. the d.r.e.a.m.e.r.s. issue is this mixed issues to keep the lights on. hes expecting democrats to cave and it really is not working. so let me tell you what is happening now. the senate is debating the short-term spending bill. there needs to be a vote to end that debate so the senate can vote on it. they have to end the debate and take the vote. that needs 60 votes. thats the vote were pretty sure they cant get to. we dont know when exactly...

Another thing interesting about lindsey graham, he also said he would not vote for the house passed cr, which tells you something. which is that mitch mcconnell may not have 50 republican votes for the partisan house passed bill. so mitch mcconnell has probably failed to get a majority of his republicans to vote for his bill. theres a bipartisan that will pass easily. but he cant get the votes for the house cr. so hes leaning on democrats to cover for his own failure. >> ive been wondering about...

Tomorrow. he wants to put as much pressure on the democrats that plan on voting against the bill, he wants to put as much pressure as possible on the democrats in an effort to make them flip and in effort to make them look responsible for what could and looks like could be a potentially inevitable shout don if they dont get anything done tomorrow. >> is there any indication chuck schumer is considering allowing this to go to a vote, in other words, shopping the 60-vote threshold, letting it go t...

Lights on. hes expecting democrats to cave and it really is not working. so let me tell you what is happening now. the senate is debating the short-term spending bill. there needs to be a vote to end that debate so the senate can vote on it. they have to end the debate and take the vote. that needs 60 votes. we dont know when exactly that 60 vote threshold will happen. well watch throughout the course of the night. well keep you posted. never in the history of this country have we had a true shu...

Tomorrow. he wants to put as much pressure on the democrats that plan on voting against the bill, he wants to put as much pressure as possible on the democrats in an effort to make them flip and in effort to make them look responsible for what could and looks like could be a potentially inevitable shut down if they dont get anything done tomorrow. >> is there any indication chuck schumer is considering allowing this to go to a vote, in other words, shopping the 60-vote threshold, letting it go t...

Negotiations in my life. another thing interesting about lindsey graham, he also said he would not vote for the house passed cr, which tells you something. which is that mitch mcconnell may not have 50 republican votes for the partisan house passed bill. so mitch mcconnell has probably failed to get a majority of his republicans to vote for his bill. theres a bipartisan that will pass easily. but he cant get the votes for the house cr. so hes leaning on democrats to cover for his own failure. >>...