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Learned that theres no reason why we cant work on the issues at hand. So hopefully thats a lesson that will be internalized and not just by me but also by democrats and republicans not only the leaders but the rankandfile. Thanks very much, everybody. Mr. President , will this happen all over again in a few months . Well for the first time in 17 days the federal government is up and running this morning, a final congressional vote last night, capped an ugly drama on capitol hill where partisan politics drove the nations economy into the very brink. In the end lawmakers avoided defaulting on th...

The skills they need to do the jobs . Number three, how do we make sure that once they have a job, it leads to a decent living . I believe we reward the effort and determination with wages that allow working families to raise their kids and get ahead. [cheers and applause] that part of the reason why i said last night that its time for and increase in the minimum wage, because if you work full time, you should not be in poverty. Host at was the president. From the hill newspaper this morning we want to hear from you this morning whether or not you support the president s call to raise the mini...

Committee. They put it on the schedule. It was going to the floor of the house for a vote. They pulled their own bill. The next one was a border bill. A Border Security bill. Securing the border was all they wanted to talk about in the campaign for the last election. They ran it through commute. Scheduled a vote on the house bill and then they yanked that one too. They couldnt pass their own legislation with only their own votes. They couldnt do it. There is this manufactured crisis at the Homeland Security department. They know Homeland Security is due to run out of money at the end of februa...

The republicans own Border Security bill. Remember securing the border was all they wanted to talk about in the campaign for the last election. They ran it through committee. Scheduled a vote on the house floor, ready to go on their own Border Security bill and then just like the abortion bill they yanked that one too. Now this was not the republicans getting outmaneuvered. This was not the democrats figuring out how to block the republicans plans. This was just the republicans doing this to themselves. It was the republicans on their own not being able to get it together to pass their own leg...

Particularly along the gulf coast states. This is mtp daily, and it starts right now. Good evening. Happy monday. Im Kristen Welker in washington in for chuck todd. Welcome to mtp daily and what appears to be a political identity crisis for the Trump Campaign on their defending issue defining issue, immigration. We were told trump was going to deliver a major policy address on immigration on thursday. Then just moments ago, a Campaign Official tells nbc news that event has been postponed. No reason was given. This comes after a wild weekend of headlines after trump met with his panic leaders a...