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More of a challenge. so far those gays are taking up, we just hit 70 eas for democrats. we should talk about what is in here when we get down a little bit. >> $165 billion for the military, $131 billion for domestic programs. on the republican side republicans were pushing for the increase in military spending but in order to get that they had to cave on domestic programs, $131 billion, the reason rand paul was filibustering long into the evening and delaying this vote until right now. we were expecting this earlier. carly: rand paul is one of the reasons we arguably missed that midnight deadl...

If you are a federal worker, have you got to turn that alarm back on because have you got to go in. carley: going to work which is a very good thing. something in this for everybody. republicans get military funding. democrats domestic founding to break those numbers down, this budget deal has 165 billion more dollars for military spending, 131 billion for domestic programs. a debt increase through march of 2019. that's where the two year deal comes into play. disaster funding for hurricanes. the government is going to be open through march 23rd, which is actually just right around the corner....

Floor. the senate has a different range but the majority leader, mitch mcconnell said the government is open starting february 8th, february 9th, there would be a freewheeling debate on immigration in the senate with border security, daca, could deal with chain migration. all of those issues and he has already set up a procedural those for monday afternoon to get onto that bill so that will be in the senate next week. heather: going through the funding and what is being spent here, was there something done in terms of giving things democrats? they are getting a lot in here, $131 billion for do...

Some people are saying this is a bill that's passed by a speaker who doesn't intend to be speaker next year. does this tell you that paul ryan may want to go? >> i think that's a good question. the only thing i would correct it is this is a bill of the majority leader and a speaker who are very worried about the midterms. they are worried that shutdowns hurt republicans. i don't agree with them, but that's what they think. >> chris: karen? >> my winner ironically enough is nancy pelosi. she spent eight hours complaining about no dreamer deal. yet, the democrats got $131 billion in domestic spe...

That is why it suspended the sequester. $165 billion. this is something republicans really wanted badly. it boosts domestic spending by $131 billion. that's a big win for democrats. that's why you saw democratic support for this bill. it also includes almost $90 billion in disaster relief, which is much-needed money for people in several states which have been devastated by hurricanes and wildfires. $20 billion, much less than the president wants, will go toward infrastructure projects. we're expecting to see an announcement monday about an infrastructure plan. $7 billion, this is important mo...