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That's what the new category of negotiation is all about, and i think it's ball game. i think republicans understand that if they control the counting rooms and the counting process, that is the way in which they can systematically undermine democracy in the most profound way. we saw it on display, the threat of it in 2020. i think if any bill that democrats take up in the senate or in the house or in congress over these coming months, if it doesn't address that issue, it misses the point. >> the for the people act was written last year. it was written before the election, long before we saw t...

So it's been a good deal of work since this congress started. with all due almost, there is something awfully wrong, i'll sure you'll add mit this. when they come one 2200 pages on a wednesday night. they nakt house of representatives vote thursday morning. they make the senate vote thursday night. the president signs it into law on friday. no one has a chance to review it thoroughly. they just go ahead and blindly go i know what what the leadership puts forward. there's something very wrong were w this process where they wait so throng get something done. >> i agree completely. there's some...

Hill, the republican leaders, they can't trust necessarily what these white house officials are saying. and then the politics side of this. what was so interesting, you heard the president attack congress as a whole. when president obama did this, the democratic leaders were furious. they said should you attack republicans in congress. that congress as a whole. the reason was to show the contrast between the democratic party and the republican party. trump did not make distinction. the next time they have to do a funding bill is just weeks before the mid-term elections. it could be a big mess....

Than all the politicians. he was the deal maker. he would force congress to bend to his will. it shows he came in not fully understanding the challenges of legislating. and he made two demands at this event faye are not going to happen. he called for a line item veto. he also called for the reform of the fbi, to change it from 60 votes to a simple majority of just 51. that is something republicans in the senate have ruled out. so the president really showing that he is for a lot of things to happen in congress. >> back this 1998, the united states supreme court ruled out a line item veto. a lo...

Clearly did not like. the president said he had no choice. >> the president did say towed sign this bill largely because of the military spending that was inside that $1.3 trillion spending bill. the president left the white house moments ago. he had a smile on his face and a bounce in his step. he was noticeably walking alone. he is flying of course to mar-a-lago this weekend. the first lady was not with him and he did not answer the questions that were thrown at him about stormy daniels and karen mcdougal. of course, that is hanging over him as he heads to mar-a-lago after signing the spendi...