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Fix the border once and for all, lawmakers return, congressman -- are we heading for a partial government shutdown? >> i hope not, i hope they don't shut the government down. last time we had an appropriation process that worked well, it was bipartisan. the president wasn't involved in it, we were able to reach consensus and find common ground with our republican colleagues. i hope we can do it again but the republicans controlled the house, the senate, and the white house, they will ultimately decide if we have a government shutdown. >> mike: you're one of the top democrats setting the agenda...

Possible shutdown. guess who he's blaming? watch. >> republicans are in charge. if the government shuts down, it's on their back. now, we want a couple of things. we want to make sure that tacting attorney general does not interfere with the mueller investigation. we believe our republican colleagues will join us, and we believe if president trump stays out of the appropriations process, we can have a good bipartisan agreement and the government can move smoothly forward. >> julie: the president stays out of the appropriation process. wishful thinking. do they move forward? will they come to a...

Go to the technology costs. what are the chances of passage? we have been talking about the wall. the president wanted the money available a year ago? >> we worked through the appropriation process. in the house we had the 5 billion in it. that's really flustered me in the past so why not advance it all. that's why i introduce the bill. we'll vote on this in the house. we'll take this up with the dhs appropriation bill. look at what they have been able to achieve when they work together and fought hard. i believe we can get this done. that's why i introduced it and fought for it. you know what...

Hearings, we can bring administration officials before our committee in open session to explain the policies of this administration. we can look at additional tools either through the appropriation process or legislation that we could work on. we passed a strong bill against russia early last year that was bipartisan, passed by 98-2 vote in the senate. there are things we can do but requires the republican leadership to release its members. >> it's a good point. you passed the sanctions legislation with a veto proof majority last year, 98-2. are your republican colleagues in the senate private...

Involved in every decision and every opinion that had his name on it, and every opinion that came through the court. whether he was the author or not, meaning even if it was an opinion assigned to another justice, he wanted to make sure that it was right. mark: i want to turn to something that's just occurred and that's this budget process and appropriation process in the united states congress. jim jordan has said that the congressman from ohio, and freedom caucus member, that they had 17 hours between the time a 2200-page bill, which had been written in secret by the leadership, was presente...