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Having a republican president, a republican congress i think they're trying to find a way basically to burn the place down maria: right that's what it feels like congressman but at the end of the day, still congress, if you do not repeal or temporarily suspend the budget caps as part of the appropriations bill, the military continues to be hollow ed out. >> oh, absolutely. maria: you say well this is not about policy this is just fighting because they're jealous of the president's successes and your successes in congress and yet look what's happening. i mean you're on house ways and means comm...

To lindsey graham there also in the dirksen senate office building. >> we have an idea of immigration, we deserve to have it voted on just as much as i do. >> is it realistic to hope there is a solution tonight? >> yeah, because if it doesn't happen tonight, it will get a lot harder tomorrow. i will be yes for the mcconnell proposal. i don't know where flake is going to be, but i think he's feeling better about where we are going. that gives you 52. to my democratic friends, don't underplay your hand. government shutdown is not a good way to get an outcome legislatively. we learned that as rep...

Have border patrol agents, our troops who are going to work without receiving pay, that's not a situation that we want. right now the senate has a bill in front of them that the house passed that deserves democrat and republican support. we are still hopeful they might come forward and support it tonight. >> all right. so you still think that's possible tonight? obviously what we are hearing coming out of these meetings is pretty negative. i know democrats are going to be meeting again in about an hour or 90 minutes. senator ben cardin said last year there are 60 votes. right now 8 shy with th...

Essentially and really there is no end game even if it passes the house. >> you know, this is what presidential means. and he has to do this. and here's the problem though as he's making and watching what's happening on the hill, and his leadership is making these calls to make sure it's ready, this is something the president doesn't want to do. i'm sure he doesn't. because this again goes back to this president could not get his own party to pull this off even as they added sweetners to chip. there are a lot of things still out there hovering to include budget caps. so many things out there. ...

Weeks later and we're no closer. so we're asking to have a short-term c.r. and let's stay here and resolve the budget issues, the budget caps and let's -- >> define short-term. to me four weeks is short-term. >> well, no, four weeks means we'll delay the issues and come back four weeks from now. let's stick with the issues. we're close. a lot of progress on the immigration and the health care issues. a lot of progress on a lot of the appropriation issues on opioids and disaster relief and have results in the next week. >> but let's be realistic here. you're basically arguing over how much time...