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8th. Keeping them honest, all theyre really doing is kicking the Government Funding can down the road for another likely heated showdown next month. Mitch mcconnell and Chuck Schumer struck a deal to reopen the government without resolving any issues that sparked the shutdown, mainly immigration reform, namely for daca, and democrats want to stop any Deportation Efforts against the socalled d. R. E. A. M. Ers. Mcconnell indicated hed be open to consideration of and votes on legislation regarding daca and Border Security at a later date. That was enough for most democrats to back todays shortterm funding bill. They decided to reopen the government based on that promise. They were also able to get funding for the Childrens Health insurance program, chip, for six years. Senator schumer is facing criticism from those in his own
actual winners and losers in all this . Well, anderson, theres a reason 16 democrats in the senate, 104 democrats in the house voted against this proposal. Some Senate Democrats saying nothing should have been moved forward without a clear promise House Republicans would take up, without a clear promise the president wouldnt be too involved or involved enough to set things aside at one point or another. Youre hearing it from the activist, the base and a lot of democrats, that this wasnt a good deal. Anderson, you also look at what this deal brings to the table. It brings to the table at least Floor Consideration for the senate. Ask that is something you noted Chuck Schumer says is in the grand scheme of things. They didnt necessarily make any promises they didnt think they could actually keep. And they reopen the government with essentially the same bill they put on the table friday night. In the end i think everybody can agree this isnt exactly a dplorious moment in the history of the institution. To democrats right now who are Questioning Strategy and whether or not this is good idea, do they actually end up better in the long run . Those questions obviously not going to get answers to for a couple of weeks. And is there going to be another shutdown or facing another shutdown . Yeah, i think the reality here as you look at the sheer scope of the issues still on the plate, and thats why democrats are saying, look, you still have a lot of leverage here. Theres a two year Budget Agreement that raises Spending Caps on defense that republicans are very interested in getting that democrats have made clear theyre not going to signon to until theres a daca resolution. They havent been able to do anything quickly in this chamber or chambers for a long period of time. It question they can do that now, it is an open one at that. You look at the winners, losers, theres nuances to it. A bipartisan group, 25 senators in the last three or four days really kind of made some tides or bonds to push to a resolution. Can they serve as a baseline for the institutions moving in a better direction, a less partisan direction at some point over the next couple of weeks . Theyre hopeful that might actually be the case. Weve seen groups toorlgt and fall flat on their faces in the past. Will this year be any different particularly in an election year, well see. But in the last three days where nobodys been particularly proud of themselves, maybe that can serve as a baseline moving forward. Want to go now to the white house. Cnns jim acosta is there. How much of a role did the president play in this deal. Reporter there was a wall for daca deal that was put on the table. The white house later rejected it. The white house Chief Of Staff apparently told aides on capitol hill it was too liberal. And ever since that moment the president basically stayed behind doors. Did not speak with Chuck Schumer. So he was no longer wheeling and dealing the democrats. That was essentially left to the Senate Leaders up on capitol hill. Schumer and the Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell. Now from what we understand, some of this was by design. All weekend long we never saw the president. He was sort of invisible. It was the art of conseal, and that was by design were told by sources at the white house. They did not want the president to think when they were watching this shutdown unfold, and thats why the president stayed under wraps. Moving forward, do you know if the president will work on a deal Going Forward to avoid a shutdown in february . He did meet with senator joe mansion of West Virginia and doug jones, the new senator from alabama, the new democratic senator from alabama. They met behind closed doors. It was sort of a meet and greet session for jones can and the president. However, it is an indication the president is willing to at least meet with centers from both parties moving forward. But the question, anderson, is whether the white house is simply asking too much from democrats. I talked to various sources in the Administration Today who said a wall is simply not enough to get a deal to protect the d. R. E. A. M. Ers from deportation. There has to be a wall plus other items like ending Family Immigration or Chain Migration. And so that is going to be up
for democrats to decide whether they can expect Something Like this. I talked to one Senior Administration official who said, quote, a wall does not equal Border Security, end quote. That is an indication how much the position over here at the white house is hardening on immigration at this point. And the president is essentially listening to his aides. People like Stephen Miller and the white house Chief Of Staff john kelly cautioning about the president taking deals with the democrats he was according last friday. So the question is at this point can they get to a point where they can both agree to protect these d. R. E. A. M. Ers. It is going to be a wait and see process for the next 17 days. Angus king voted yes for the shortterm bill joins us now. Can you explain what hachanged in your view from friday night to today . What changed in my mind was
everything we can in the next three weeks to deliver. Does it concern you, because in that very Public Meeting where cameras were allowed, bipartisan meeting, i guess it was two weeks ago, the president seemed to agree with senator feinstein about doing daca, then doing what he termed comprehensive immigration reform. Not clear he understood the meaning or how that phrase is commonly used, but then when republican Kevin Mccarthy jumped in and said actually, mr. President , i think what you really mean, he seemed to side with the republicans. Then he seemed to go back to the democratic position. Well, i think if what you are suggesting is the president should try to narrow his position and make it more clear, Mitch Mcconnell on the floor this past week said i cant vote on anything or bring anything to the floor until i determine what the president is for. That was another big deal today. Basically, Mitch Mcconnell separated himself from the president and said we are not waiting anymore for the white house to settle on a position. On february 8th, if we havent been able to resolve it through internal discussions, which is certainly what we are trying to
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Its like paying your rent every week as opposed to theened of the month. This is dysfunctional way to running government. And its far broader than the d. R. E. A. M. Act, its about not only giving chip, insurance to young churn but funding and Teaching Hospitals and about disaster relief. That affect the American People and of course leaving 800,000 d. R. E. A. M. Ers out in the cold. Your colleague reportedly said that Senate Democrats were quote, getting their butts kicked. Would you agree with that term . Well, the pendulum may have swung a different way today, but well live to fight another day. And were just concerned that the promises that were made by the leader in the senate are true promises. This is my first year, but ive learned quickly that many promises here are not kept. And stow im concerned that on the 8th well face another crisis that will lead to a public assault against d. R. E. A. M. Ers. Some folks here on the floor of the House Of Representatives were equating immigrants and d. R. E. A. M. Ers to violent criminals. How vile is that, to resort to fanning the flames of racism across america . Im here to fight for the d. R. E. A. M. Ers. Thats one of the reasons i got elected to congress, and well be waiting until the 8th to see what happens the then. Senator king was on the program saying he believes because Mitch Mcconnell made this pledge publicly and sort of his language was not as divisive rhetoric, that he felt more confident that now Mitch Mcconnell is on record pushing for some sort of deal, at least dealing with this. Well, these debates about whether you will or you shall are really sterile and very poor. They are debates that show no commitment to resolving the critical needs. I met with a group of d. R. E. A. M. Ers last time. If you see them, anderson, if you look in their young faces and see what they stand for, their aspirations, energy and their love for this country, you really cant say no to them. Thats why 80 of americans are supporting them. But they got caught up in this debate whether the government will be shutdown. Its unfair to them and to their families. Want to talk the politics of all this with our bipartisan panel. Robby mook, Rick Santorum and anna navarro. Did this shutdown accomplish anything in your view . I think it brought the Dreamer Issue to the forefront. I think it highlighted the urgency of the d. R. E. A. M. Er issue. It has for the last week, the last ten days, shown us the faces and the stories of d. R. E. A. M. Ers. We have seen the stories of people that are getting deported, how they are getting separated from their children, what its doing to American Families and to the american way of life. I think its highlighted what is an urgent issue that needs to be addressed. It has also shown the horrible dysfunction that is washington, that is our government. They keep kicking the cans down the road without really solving the national crisis. It showed that Chuck Schumer could take a position and it showed that Chuck Schumer could hold it for two days. He couldnt hold the position. So you know, i think its shown us a lot of things but we dont know what the end game is going to be yet. Was it a mistake for
democrats to go along with this . Look, im as frustrated as anybody out there. I think its lunacy whats going on that we cant fund the government, its lunacy we are leaving the dreamers in limbo and this hasnt been passed when clearly the votes are there. All that said, understanding we are in a lunatic situation, the democrats used their leverage to get a vote on these dreamers. That is progress. If what we really care about here is getting policy passed, we took a step in the right direction. A few days ago, we werent getting this vote. Hopefully now theres going to be a vote, it will pass and there will be the political pressure to force the president to sign. So this is not an ideal situation. Im unhappy like everybody else but i think as democrats we have to step back, recognize the incredibly complex and difficult situation that Senator Schumer was in, and recognize and frankly, applaud these senators for holding the line and moving the ball down the field. Thats how this stuff works. Senator santorum, is that
what democrats did . I dont see it that way at all. The reality is that what this showed the American Public and its the reason the democrats backed down, was that democrats are more interested in Illegal Immigrants than they were about working Men And Women and the people in our military and keeping the government funded and taking an issue that had nothing to do with continuing funding and tried to inject that into a spending debate. The republicans have done this in the past and republicans got their head handed to them. Every time, ted cruz did a couple years ago. Before that, we had other things, where we tried to put extraneous things in these spending bills and the public said no, dont do that. If you got a problem with immigration or with obamacare, deal with it, but dont mess up, dont shut down the government, dont get to this brinksmanship. Be adults. I think the democrats did not learn that lesson. They thought the media was going to be on their side, the folks
you just heard earlier were going to go out and tell them how heroic they were. What they found out is the American Public said no, we actually dont agree with what you are doing here. Thats why they backed down. Actually, i think its a little more complicated than that. You know, rick says that democrats were putting Illegal Immigrants ahead of the working Men And Women and ahead of the Men And Women in the armed forces. Actually, dreamers are the working Men And Women in america. Actually, there are 900 dreamers who are serving in the armed forces today. Thats the type of people for whom we need to find a solution. Look, you know, people may not like the shutdown, but the irony of this, the juxtaposition what made it really complicated is that they really approve of the dream act. Most people see dream act kids, the dream act youth, as a special category within immigrants, within undocumented immigrants, because we realize that they came here through no fault of their own. It was not their own actions. It was not their own decisions. Now they are americans in every way but one, and does this country have the heart, do republicans have what it takes to see families separated and
then lecture us about family values, to see employers left without employees and then lecture us about business, to see schools empty of students and then lecture us about education . So thats the question republicans have to ask themselves. You are missing one very important point. The bottom line is people who are here illegally are here illegally. We break up families all the time. When people commit illegal acts. It happens all the time. Families get broken up. People lose their employment when they commit ille