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On. it's something his constituents in the military expect. you also have a situation where just a few years ago in 2011, the budget cap that kept the defense spending of $568 billion, those were lifted in order to get the government running again just months ago and that is when congress went to work to try and find money to rebuild the military that was been hurt so much of the last two years and that's where you about this figure of $700 billion. it's a large amount but that is because the defense budget had been cut so severely as a result of those budget caps. >> harris: you know interest...

An unceremonious end. we democrats are happy with what we're able to accomplish on a number of priorities, the democrats have fought for all along. >> laura: democrats are thrilled because they're about to secure runaway spending that was out of reach even under obama. discretionary spending is skyrocketing. no more budget caps for this gang. meanwhile, republicans are tripping all over themselves. have youstein this? trying to justify this boondoggle. i realize they're up against, as usual, government shutdown, but the largest military expenditure in 14 years, and an explosion in discretionar...

They're going to talk about immigration. without a reconciliation process for the rest of 2018, it's probably unlikely that any big major legislation will get passed. long time between february and november. >> yeah. i think that's right. republicans have tied their own hands with this budget deal that bucks all these budget caps and puts us on an even more unsustainable fiscal path. as a conservative, i have an issue with it. i do think it is a challenge though for democrats to talk about healthcare cohesively as a party because they are very divided on what to do on the issue pf half want to...

Analyst general always a pleasure good to see you sir. >> great to be here maria. maria: we talked a lot about these budget requirements and what needed to be done, going into this budget deal. your thoughts on what we just saw? >> well this is very significant , so i already understand we have not had a budget increase like this in defense spending since the early years of the reagan administration in the 1980s. that is how significant this is. in 2018, the plus up from the ceiling on the budget caps is $80 billion over what that budget cap was, and now, we can begin to make a down payment on...

I supported the bill. as you know all too well and your listeners hear this quite a bit. when our bill went to the senate. you can't pass it with just republican votes. schumer extracted additional spending. we had a choice in the house. do we take the deal that chuck schumer threw more spending into which gets our military back on track to address the needs that we have in the world, or do we say no and keep these really horrible budget caps on the military that don't let them accomplish their mission. for me i don't like the spending in the bill but i also want to make sure our military men ...