Only to hear what you think republicans should do on this debate and how you think the next five days should play out. Republican colors in just the first 45 minutes this morning. Host you can also catch up with us on social media. Host a very good monday morning to you. Here are the headlines in some of the papers in washington. The washington times, another cliffhanger week begins for Homeland Security funding. The Washington Post lead story this morning boehner on dhs funding. He has just five days to craft a new out like keep dhs funded or face the politically debilitating prospect of at least temporarily shutting down an agency designed to protect americans. Republicans had no clear path to a solution other than retreating from their demands that the dhs funding measure include provisions that would block implementation of president obamas executive actions on immigration. We want to hear from republicans of this morning, how you think Speaker BoehnerSenate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell and others should proceed. Speaker boehner was on face the nation on sunday. [video clip] Speaker Boehner as i said earlier, the house is a rambunctious place. In a lot of members have different ideas of what we should and shouldnt be doing. John can you lead to those members . Speaker boehner i think so. Remember what is causing this the president of the United States overreaching and not just on immigration. He made unilateral changes to obamacare and many of these, i believe, far beyond his Constitutional Authority to do so. The frustration in the country represented through the frustration of our members as people started at. People scared to death that the president is running the country off the cliff. One of host one of those republican members is peter king of new york. He was also on the sunday shows on how republicans should proceed in the debate. [video clip] rep. King there is an element in the country that is absolutely irresponsible. They have no concept of reality. I am as opposed to the president S Immigration actions as they are but it is essential that we find the department of Homeland Security. We saw it happen in denmark, in paris, what isis is doing with beheadings, the people arrested the other night. For these people to be threatened to defund the department of Homeland Security at a time when the threat streams have never been greater is absolutely irresponsible. I sent last night at the republican meeting that they are selfrighteous and delusional and they dont realize what is happening. We talking about 40 or 50 people at most out of a caucus of 247. We cannot allow such a small group to be dominating and controlling the United States congress especially at a time martha so, chairman king, what do you do to bring the party back together, and does Speaker Boehner keep his job . Rep. King we have to have john boehner keep his job and once Prime Minister netanyahu visits, we need a clean bill. Let that come to a vote. Theres no doubt it will pass. Host congressman peter king yesterday on the sunday shows. That debate playing out all week in washington, d. C. We want to hear from our republican callers. First, a few tweets from members of congress on that side of that debate. Here is congressman trent franks, one of those who voted no on the shortterm department of Homeland Security continuing resolution the threeweek bill that republicans were unable to pass on friday night. Barack obamas unconstitutional actions cannot be left unchecked. A tweet from steve king of iowa. Just one more finalf swing through and we areunnel cooked in to obama amnesty. Representative kevin yoder. President has shut down the governments ability to carry out immigration laws. Host we will start with a john from gatlinburg, tennessee. Good morning. Caller good morning. Boehner should have never they shouldnt have never passed with a past friday. The should of let it shut down. The first time they shut it down in 2013 was because of obama. This would have been on account of the democrats. Boehner for six years has been nothing but a yesman for obama. We voted republicans in both houses to take a stand and stop him, but like i said, as long as boehner is in there, always will have is what obama wants. All we will have is what obama wants. Host is there a chance that Speaker Boehner will not be there if he moves forward on this and allows the Homeland Security funding to move forward without blocking the president s executive actions on immigration . It was a story from politico over the weekend conservatives warn that the speakers fate could be determined by how he handles the next seven days. Caller yes, sir, you should have done been gone right after they took office in january. They should have done voted him out and he should be gone this time for sure. Like i said, all the is done is whatever obama wanted for six years and it is time for him to go. Host we are talking to just republicans this morning. Phone lines open to republican viewers to call in good michael is up next in pennsylvania. Caller thank you for cspan. Thank you for taking my call. I think that the republicans should stand tough particularly in the senate. I think the senate is the problem. I dont think necessarily that john boehner is the largest issue. I think they have to get rid of if they cant stand tough on an issue that is so unconstitutional as this the own teeth time that the president has ignored the constitution, and it is about time that somebody in the legislature stood tough, and the senate should get rid of the filibuster just like they did when harry reid had the senate to push this thing through. I think there is a lot more support for this what do they call small group of senators small group of congressmen these tea partylike congressmen, around the country. Host the freedom caucus, is that the word you are looking for, michael . Caller yes, the freedom caucus. I think most americans, republicans and democrats alike, are saying how is it that this president at such a time can institute and immigration policy that is going to give benefits and everything to 5 Million Immigrants without authorization from congress, to authorize this kind of spending and those kinds of benefits while there are other immigrants waiting in the wings legally to get such benefits. Host michael, you talk about using the Nuclear Option in the senate to get rid of the filibuster and proceed to debate on the collinsville, collins bill, the one that would block the president s executive actions on immigration. It was not able to move forward last friday when republicans in the senate tried to bring it up. The option was discussed on the sunday shows by House Majority leader Kevin Mccarthy. He was on meet the press yesterday and here is what he had to say on the Nuclear Option. [video clip] rep. Chuck one way this could change is if republicans and Mitch Mcconnell invoke the socalled Nuclear Option. On legislation, the filibuster is still there. Do you want Senate Republicans to go nuclear . Rep. Mccarthy i dont think Going Nuclear when you had 57 of the Senate Voting for the amendment that would have taken away the president s action that is not nuclear when 57 of the representation says it is wrong. That is not in the constitution. Host Kevin Mccarthy yesterday, majority leader talking on meet the press. That is one of the options this week, and all the options on the table for republicans we are asking republican viewers what would be your message to Speaker Boehner, to Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell, in this funding deadline, the showdown with Homeland Security. Clyde is up next in maryland. Caller i say shut Homeland Security writedown. Everybody is coming across the border. Just forget it. Host all right. Don is up next in branson missouri. Caller yes sir. I tell you what, i got an email from the tea party a month ago urging me to support those who are trying to get rid of john boehner. I wrote back to them and told them as far as im concerned that they are forming a circular firing squad and i didnt want anything to do with it. Boehner is trying to herd cats up there and he has at least 434 representatives who think they can do a better job. As far as im concerned they better go ahead and support him. Thank you, sir. Host phone lines are open to just republican callers. Also talk to us via twitter or facebook. Jan writes in boehner that has been a yes man to obama. Carol writes in that obama has the veto pen, it is hard to block his wishes. Richard rogers gop says government does not work. Now they will prove it . Is his question. The deadline is this friday after the house passed a bill last friday to extend funding by one week, originally tried to do a threeweek funding extension but that failed. 52 republicans voting against a threeweek extension. So here we are this week with five days to go before another funding deadline for the Homeland Department of Homeland Security. Paul is up next in massachusetts. You are on washington journal. Caller good morning, sir. My question is, if this happens and they defund the department of homeless pretty, are they defining the military also . The coast guard is under the department of Homeland Security. Or they planning on defending themselves, their own pay. . They have got to be very careful if they passed such a measure. They should defund their own pay as well. I dont agree with the immigration bill, but whoever these gentlemen and the ladies are who are pushing for this thing, they have to question they whether they should defund themselves and if they are going to do it, defining the coast guard as well. There are several consequences that must be considered. Host paul, the president s executive action on immigration blocked by the federal court judges decision last month, the federal court judge in texas, do you think this should play out in the courts and that congress should step away from this debate now . Caller well, i just dont feel that they should all these illegal aliens should be allowed in the country in the first place. As far as im concerned there breaking the law. Host paul, to your point, the coast guard is part of the department of Homeland Security. We will be talking about the different agencies that make up the department of Homeland Security, its budget, staffing levels, what would happen in a shutdown in our last segment of washington journal at 9 15. In our weekly your money segment we will be focused on the department of Homeland Security and all the different agencies that make it up as well. In kentucky, were just talking to republicans this morning. Joe, good morning. Caller i would like to touch on what the gentleman from massachusetts just said. Yes 1 5 of it he has 1 5 of it. The department of Homeland Security is also army, navy, air force, marines, and the national guard. I think they need to do away with that. Do away with the department of Homeland Security, take some of that money and refund our department of defense. As far as the immigration how in the world is it fair for somebody to come in this country that is not a citizen and be put through college on our dime . That money should be used for citizens of this country, our kids. Thats all ive got to say. Host joe, before you go, on getting rid of the department of Homeland Security, do you think the military should take over port of ritual and these other agencies in dhs . Joey hung up on us. We want to chat about the department of Homeland Security and we want to talk about this funding deadline that hits in five days. The subject of several editorials and Opinion Pieces in todays paper. Here is the lead editorial from the wall street journal this morning, noting that the sad and predictable ironies that this is exactly what mr. Obama hoped to inside with his november immigration order. He wanted to goad and overreaction that made the gop look both antiimmigrant and in temperate enough to shut down the government to the double ironies that in shutting down part of dhs, the republicans would give mr. Obama and opening to claim the political high ground on National Security. The smart play would be for republicans to fund dhs and move on to more promising policy ground including the budget. Texas and other states that oppose the order have already won a legal victory when a federal court issued a preliminary injunction against and lamenting it implementing it. That is the lead editorial in the wall street journal, squandering a gop majority. Alonso is next in mississippi. Caller good morning. Host go ahead, sir. You are on washington journal. Caller my problem with the dhs funding is that i dont think congress or the senate should use politics to more or less put our country in harms way. The congress has the right to make laws, the senate has the right to make laws. They need to use their pen in their job to make laws that can circumvent the system. In the meantime, what they need to do is because of trading on their constituents and their districts and stop pandering to the political powerhouses in order to circumvent the system that they are supposed to be protecting citizens of the United States of america. Obama is just one man. Stop playing games with obama, stop playing politics obama, and concentrate on the security to protect the United States of america. Host what do you think this potential shutdown of dhs last friday and the next deadline is friday, what do you think it has done to the republican and democratic brands on capitol hill, this playing games that you are talking about here . What do you think it is done to their ability to look like they can lead . Caller well, it has really diminished their leadership role in the nation, and as afroamerican republican, having an afroamerican president i think what they need to do i agree with some of the things they are doing on immigration but i dont agree with them holding hostage the dhs funding. Funding they can word things in a way where the funding to be taken out the process and they can make laws and amendments that can more or less fight back against what president obama is trying to do. To me where they are doing is opening our country up for more attacks. They are not thinking. They are not thinking about america. They are thinking about the political gurus that is funded them and their special interests. Host on her twitter page it is just another dog and pony show. There is a poll from the Pew Research Center asking all americans about the brands of the party. Among all americans 5000 adults who responded to this survey 50 said republicans are too extreme, 36 said democrats are too extreme. Among all of those respondents those who said republicans had good policy ideas, 48 . Those who say democrats a good policy ideas 52 . Those pew numbers cited in charles blows column this morning in the new york times. Pat in maryland, good morning. Caller good morning, how are you . Host im good. Caller i think the democrats and the president are being disingenuous. If they are so worried about Homeland Security, how come they are releasing everybody from gitmo . You cant have it both ways. Host republicans not the only ones on the sunday shows yesterday. Democratic members went on as well. One of those works on the senate Homeland Security committee, senator Dianne Feinstein on cbs face the nation. Heres what she had to say about the ongoing debate. [video clip] can you see anything other than allowing a clean bill . Senator feinstein i do not believe that will happen. We want a clean bill. It is wellknown. And i see nothing else happening other than a clean bill. Host one other column to point you to this morning is the Washington Posts e. J. Dionne. The gops big yes to no is the headline of his piece. Many rightwingers and has do not care about how their inability to govern looks to people outside the bubble. This is mostly about high principal and since most of them come from conservative districts, they strengthen their political situations by continuing to link the dhs funding to overturning president obamas executive actions on immigration. They have nothing to lose. But collectively their party has a lot to lose. Republicans will have to do far better with latino voters that mitt romney did in 2012 and this fight will only make it harder and middleoftheroad voters dont like this sort of workmanship brinksmanship, as will the shouldnt. Darrell in missouri, good morning. Caller good morning. Good morning. I think the democrats are really playing politics with this because of the way the issue is being presented in the senate. Claire mccaskill votes to continue to filibuster on one hand and then turns white background and votes turns right back around and votes for the one small portion of the bill that says dont fund the immigration policies of obama. Obama it doesnt make any difference what the court rule