Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20190213:12:04:00
You really got the sense they wanted control of this process. they wanted to take it out of the white house's hands. they were sick of the shutdown and didn't want to go through another shutdown. they might not get to $5.7 billion but were going to send something to the president's desk and you saw immediately republicans embrace this deal and say, need the best you're going to get, mr. president. >> if he says, i can get 21, 22, $23 billion last hour. if he could do that he wouldn't have shut down the government as long as he did and loose 5, 6, 7, 8% in his approval ratings. and lose. they h...