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Democrats as well as some republicans just aren't on board. top democrat in the house says her vote is no until house speaker paul ryan agrees to hold a floor vote on the future of the dreamers. >> it's not just about the dreamers but the united states of america and who we are as a country. i hope that the speaker will man up and decide that we can also have a mitch mcconnell guarantee in the senate, on the floor. >> the assumption has been that the whole thing will pass. the massive amount of spending in this deal really underscores a real, shall we call it, metamorphosis. this was the party...

Costs $15 billion a year. so they need more money for the military because we're in too many places for too long. we have no exact mission of why we're there. and it is not a militarily winnable situation in afghanistan. there will never be a victory in afghanistan. there may be a negotiated settlement. and they may flee when we come. but as soon as we leave, they come back. are we to be there forever? for the umpteenth time congress is going to exceed their budget caps. we had something pass back in 2010. it was called pay go. it was supposed to say if you're going to pay new money you had to...

Irresponsibility of congrespend money we don't have. the bill's going to exceed the budget caps by $296 billion. and that's not counting the money they don't count. these people are really, really clever. imagine them running their fingers together and saying how can we hide stuff from the american people, how can we evade the spending caps so we can be even more irresponsible than we appear? so 296 is the official number. about $300 billion over two years that will be in excess of the budget caps. but there's another $160 billion that's stuck into something called an overseas contingency fund...

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...

The exchange you just watched was me asking to have a 15-minute vote. i've been asking all day. i've been asking all week for it. we could have literally had dozens of votes today, but we squabble because people don't want to be put on the spot. so the reason i'm here tonight is to put people on the spot. i want people to feel uncomfortable. i want them to have to answer people at home, who said how come you were against president obama's deficits and how come your four republican deficits? isn't that the very definition of intellectual dishonesty? if you were against president obama's deficit...