When we arrive in raleigh, North Carolina for the first next stop on the 50 capitals tour. Josh stein will be our guest aboard the bus. Host good morning. It is wednesday, january 17, 2018. The house and senate both return at 10 00 a. M. At the clock continues to run out on the current Government Spending plan. If a new agreement is not reached by midnight on friday, the federal government will shut down for the First Time Since 2013. That is where we begin this morning, with immigration talks stalled and plenty of uncertainty over the new spending deal. We want to hear your message to congress on the potential Government Shutdown this week. Democrats, 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. You can also catch up with us on andal media, and twitter, facebook. It very good wednesday morning to you. A few headlines in todays papers on the potential of a Government Shutdown this week. They are from pages of the wall street journal, dreamers deal in peril, shutdown looms. The front page of the washington times, this morning, they talk about the impasse of the current spending deal, saying it tests the promise, the trigger closing in. The Huffington Post phrases it this way shutdown looms, republicans still stopped. And from the conservative newsmax website, House Republican leaders may fund chip, Childrens Health insurance program, to avoid shutdown. Those are some headlines on the potential shutdown this week. We want to hear your message to congress on that debate. As you call in this morning, we turn to kelly major to talk about the latest. Where are we on the possibility of a deal to avert the shutdown . Guest thank you so much for having me on. The republicans met tuesday night to discuss the stopgap that is needed if they do not fund the government beyond friday, that is the current deadline they are working against. The reasons republicans need to garner those on their own is because democrats, as you said in your intro, democrats are withholding support for funding the government unless they get a these itfate of is about 700,000 socalled dreamers, who were brought to the country illegally as children and under the Obama Administration were given a protected status that allows them to work. But donald trump has ended that and the set to end dreamers will lose their protective status at the beginning of march if nothing is done. Todemocrats are trying attach that to the spending deal, and what we are seeing in congress, beginning on the house side, is House Republicans trying to take immigration out send spending to over for another month. This current stopgap im sorry about that. Host not a problem. The student current stopgap runs out on friday. In terms of the possibility of appetite inis their the republican conference to do that . On theans, this focus Freedom Caucus members and where they are on a potential continuing resolution . Guest i think that Republican Leaders are trying to make a deal here. They presented a stopgap last night in the house that contains money for Missile Defense and the fifth year reauthorization hardip, which will make it for some democrats, especially in competitive districts that trump won, it will make it very hard for them to vote against the stopgap with a six year reauthorization of chip. And they also included some tax provisions related to the 2010 health care law, including twoyear delays on the socalled cadillac tax, which funds expensive Health Insurance plans, and the excise tax. Those are some of the tax related provisions that they are spending as part of this stopgap , trying to bali over to the senate. They will gather republicans who want to see money for Missile Defense, and they will also pick up some democrats who want to see that six year reauthorization of the Childrens Health insurance program. We have heard now four months that democrats were lamenting the lack of free authorization reauthorization of this program, so this is a real power moved to see if they can gather democrats to include that. In the senate, democrats are not as tied to trying to shut down the government. They were talking about we will not vote for a stopgap. The House Democrats are very aligned on this. They have not weighed in on this latest cr, but in the senate, we have some democrats who are coming up for reelection they do not want to shut down the government. So the big thing today will be to see how the senate ways in both on the republican and democratic sides about what the house leaders have put in place to try and fund the government, given that it will shut down at midnight on friday. Host and when do the leaders of the house in the senate, the republicans in a house and senate, when do they need to again and when will they meet with the president on this again . They have a caucus party lunch. Usually that is on tuesdays, but because of the holiday, they have one today. That is the big thing for reporters to watch. At 2 00 p. M. , they will, out to the press and give their take on the agenda, so we will probably hear from both republicans and democrats. There are meetings on the hill going on all the time right now, not just about the stopgap, which, at this point, it is about what the congress can get to the president. They want more time to negotiate larger spending, to be able to run the government on something other than autopilot. This would be a onemonth stopgap they are looking at in the house right now, just to keep the government limping along as they continue larger negotiations on the budget. So we heard from White House Press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders yesterday. She said you know, we want to clean budget deal, we do not want to see the Government Shutdown. She also voiced support for funding the military. So the cr contains money for Missile Defense, and also continues government funding so there will be no lapse. I do not see the white house bucking this plan right now, but of course, in the unpredictable era, we could see anything change. At this point right now, it is a fight between the house and the senate, and whether republicans can garner the votes to push a funding lender measure on their own and bring some democrats along with them. Host thank you so much, kellie. Thank you for your time this morning. Guest host thank you for having me on. Guest thank you for having me on. Host and we are asking our viewers to weigh in on this shutdown debate. Democrats, 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. Bob is up first, line for republicans. Good morning. Caller good morning. I have a really disagreement ahead. Ith what, go caller i have a disagreement with the Democratic Party america hostage for foreigners. I am a veteran. I served my country to not have it overrun by illegals who broke our constitutional laws and immigration laws. Allow us to do that in mexico, south america, or any other nation. Americas government needs to americans first. I support trump won hundred percent. I want the foreigners the illegals, i mean, out. Dr. Should not have been made. It was against the daca should not have been made. It was against the constitution by the democrats. But the americans first, not foreigners. Congress twitter, should do a fair and permanent deal on daca and give President Trump some money for his stupid wall and move on. Jd says do not shut down the government over building a wall. Judith, your message to congress . Caller i think it is very interesting the way i think her name was kellie from cq talked about protecting the 700,000 daca kids. But that compromise not only includes the daca kids, but their parents, who caused the problem in the first place and do no one can say came across and it was not their fault or any of this. If that is their idea of a i do not know what the answer to this whole problem is, but i do know that answer should not involve giving amnesty to the people who caused the daca problem. State college, pennsylvania, republicans. Good morning. Caller good morning to you. I would just like to start by saying that the last time the Government Shutdown, i was a junior in high school. I remembers class, my civics teacher explaining the whole situation to me, but now politically, we are in a completely different world. The next point i would like to make is i do not know if dick durbin is starting to make a bid for 2020 or whatever. The president of the United States, donald trump, set people down from both parties to discuss this, and the only thing that could come out of it is dick durbin goes on cnn, saying the president used to some profanity . Dick durbin never used a curse word in his life, he can go ahead and start with that. If they want to shut the government down because the president used some profanity, they can do that. But i think it is completely ridiculous. Host the president with a few statements yesterday on where they are on a potential immigration deal. Your use from the white house. [video clip] President Trump we are working on immigration and Immigration Reform, and hopefully we will be able to solve the problem. If the democrats really wanted to, they could, but they sometimes dont want to. We are working on it and will get it done one way or the other, i hope. Host we want to hear your message to congress this morning at the potential shutdown looms. Democrats, 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. Gloria, line for democrats. Go ahead. Caller good morning, and thank you for cspan. We are not only getting bills shoved down our throat, but we get nonsense shoved down our throat. I am answering the young man who was on, talking about the quite frankly, god created everybody, so i am not sure what an illegal human being gets to be. Im a preacher, so i look at it differently. First of all, the people that the argument is over did not come here illegally. They came here because they were brought, because they were minors, and because this is the only country they know. They are contributing to this country skews me excuse me. Believers should do their homework, and for america to continue to be great, it needs to be a government of the people, by the people, for the ple, not a government there is no more Republican Party, it is a trump party. We cannot have Congress Take the stain cowardly stance the same cowardly stance. Take up your phones and your pens and tell them what you think. You put these people in office. Do not let them prostitute themselves to donald trump. Host gloria, you mention you are a preacher. Do you ever preach about this issue from the pulpit . We lost gloria. Barry, line for republicans. Caller hello. My comments here are about holding our president and our constitution hostage over this daca thing. It seems like extortion. You give us this and give us these people i do not care if they are young, old, or what. When they came across the border, they broke our constitutional laws. The first step they took, they broke our laws. These laws should be upheld. The constitution is the greatest piece of paper that was ever written. It made our country great, and we need to uphold our laws, like the lady said yesterday she was under the congressional she told us we will enforce the laws, and that is what our country is about. Laws, we are nothing more than a third world country where people can go kill and rob everybody. Our laws need to be appeared to. Host we showed you President Trump yesterday from the white house. Here is that it minority leader Chuck Schumer from the floor of the senate yesterday. [video clip] hundreds of thousands of lives hang in the balance. Funding for our men and women in uniform hangs in the balance. President trump needs to step up. He cannot just bluster. He cannot just play a game of brinksmanship. He cannot be obstinate and say my way or the highway. He needs to be willing to take yes for an answer. A very fair, bipartisan deal remains on the table. Town, andonly game in we are making steady progress on a building building Additional Support in both houses of congress. If it was put on the floor of the house for the senate, it would get a majority vote in either one. There is a deal to be had this week. The only person blocking it is President Trump. So i have a challenge for President Trump. Everyone is talking about how bigoted your comments were last week. Well, actions speak louder than words. If you want to begin the long support the bipartisan compromise that three democrats and three republicans have put before you, one aimed at meeting the concerns you voiced. Voice to concerns in our country and secure the border at the same time. This is the last train leaving the station. President trump needs to get on board. Host the shutdown would happen on midnight on friday if the deal is not reach. Usa today with a look at what a shutdown would mean along the federal government. They write not every part of the federal government would shutter. He functions such as National Security and Law Enforcement would remain up and running. The military is paid on the first and 15th days every month, and they just received a paycheck and will not be due for another one until february. Shut down unless the shutdown lasted until the end of the month, or longer. If Congress Fails to pass a spending bill that is a few parts of the federal government, that is a part of the usa today looks at. You can read the story in their pages today. California, independent. Good morning. Caller good morning. I need some clarification on how one Minority Party can shut down the government . The matters are entirely in the house of representatives, arent they . Host we have to agree to a spending plan at the house in the senate there is some concern that republicans can get enough votes on their own, if they would need democratic votes to pass even shortterm spending deals. Inler so the Senate Weighs and they could filibuster, is that it . It takes 60 votes in the senate to do something financial . Host correct, the house and senate would pass their own Spending Plans and send it to the president for a signature. Caller thank you very much for the clarification. Tony, heisel hill, maryland, democrats. Good morning. Good morning, cspan. First, i would like to say to congress, they spent eight years of obama where mcconnell said we want to make this a one term president they have not done anything. They sat back on their hands, and it is the year of trump. So almost a decade where the Republican Party has stalled and kept america from progressing. They could have passed the immigration bill a long time ago , but i do not think they wanted to. If they want to build a wall and this is to the republican supporters send your donations to washington, earmark them for the wall, just like you did Donald Trumps campaign donations, and send your donation and have that wall built with your money, just like you did not want health care, we do not want the wall and should not have to pay for it. Dont have health care anymore. President obama did nothing for anyone . Everyone would be driving around a nissan and toyota pickups, dodge and chevy pickups that most rednecks drive around with their confederate if president obama had not saved the car industry. Host jeff, florida, line for independents. Caller i was thinking that both parties in the house and congress should issue special drivers licenses to the mexican people, it could be a first step. And the dreamers, issue a special sheriffs id. It would be a good first step toward stopping all the illegal aliens getting tickets for driving without a license and no insurance, and quit tying up our courts. It would be a good first step to start considering the dreamers on a path to citizenship. Thank you. Tennessee,ia, democrats. Thatr i would like to say the main reason for this looming shutdown is the republicans. They control both sides of congress, the house, and the senate. The one tonight could easily change the senate rule is to allow 50 votes to pass any legislation, so i do not see the shutdown of the government. Thats my comment. A look at how both sides are trying to frame a potential shutdown debate on who would get the blame . Republicans are prepared to blame democrats. Trumps comments in a closed meeting last week positioned him as a person who upset the negotiations. Thats part of that meeting with Homeland Security, secretary Kristen Nielsen in that meeting, senator dick durbin asked her about what she was what was said in that room. What do you remember the president saying about immigration from african countries to the united date . Washat i heard him saying wanting to move away from a country based quota system to a meritbased system. It should not matter where you are from, but what you can contribute to the United States. How do he characterize those countries in africa . Ii do not specifically or member the categorization of the countries in africa. As best i can tell and as you know, there were a dozen people in the room, a lot of cross conversations, a lot of rough talk by a lot of people in the , but what i understood him to be saying was lets move away from the countries and lets look at the individual, and make sure those we bring here can contribute to our society. Expressly remember the president saying i