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That. look, i don't disagree with you, senator paul, but the government is going to close in six hours and you need to do something about it. i'm interested to -- most senators would say he'll give in. i don't know. and the longer he waits, remember the logistics process of this -- >> hold on one second. phil mattingly, our congressional correspondent, is up on capitol hill. phil, what happens now? >> let me lay out the back story of what's actually happening. senator rand paul has made very clear he wants an amendment vote, he wants a vote that would allow the budget caps to be maintained. th...

Everything gets filibustered. they haven't nuked the filibuster on legislation yet. so instead of there being a situation where let's have an amendment vote. let's have a debate. a debate and an amendment vote? that's the last thing these party leaders want to trot out there on the floor. because a tough vote is the last thing one of these vulnerable 2018 democrats wants to have to face. so i think it's broken. the government. mostly you can point to the fact that the u.s. senate is broken. it does not function as the senate was thought was going to function. >> let me say a couple of things. ...

Millions of dollars on life insurance. back with our political specialists epts to go back to capitol hill. the latest drama on the senate floor. republicans ran into a roadblock. what are you hearing, phil? >> reporter: the issue that's frustrating republicans all day has come to almost a head right now. i'm being told that the deficit trigger, the issue that republicans were huddled in the senate well talking about why that amendment vote almost went in a very bad direction for republicans who to pass this bill, that trigger has run into significant problems. they are not sure how to struc...

Paraphrase the vice president, a big deal. >> the first lady in greensboro, north carolina, after that amendment vote, it is historically a black college, and saying, invoking greensboro four, scott hall, invoking that civil rights narrative. she didn't say and gay marriage and marriage equality, but certainly there's no way you can stand in north carolina invoke the greensborough four and not be talking about it. >> good point. the north carolina story, people want to say the african-american community are going to vote against gay marriage and that hasn't always been the case. that was a mix...

Access to it. that is essential to women's reproductive health care, and it's really a question of public health as well. >> today, house democratic leader nancy pelosi railed on republicans for the blunt amendment vote. here it is. >> the republicans are kicking off women's history month by bringing the blunt amendment to the floor in the united states senate. instead of talking about jobs, which is what the american people expect and deserve us to be doing, what they sent us here to do, we've moved on to the blunt amendment. a blunt sweeping overreach into women's health. part of the republi...