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Tonight, there are four republican senators who have said they wouldn't support this. so you're looking at a scenario where mcconnell would have to get 13 democrats on board to get to the 60, which is a very hard hurdle, but the democrats i've spoken to don't want a shutdown. it's not great politics. what they want is to use this leverage to get a larger swath to the negotiating table, to address daca, make this a longer-term spending bill. that's what they really want to get to. >> but why go for everything at once. couldn't democrats just say look, we'll get the child, you know, the c.h.i.p....

To, they don't want a shutdown. it's not great politics. what they want is, they want to use this leverage to get the republicans, a larger swath of them, to the negotiating table, to address daca, to make this a longer term spending bill. that's what they really want to get to. >> but why go for everything all at once? you know, jen, couldn't democrats just say, well, look. we'll get the child, you know, the c.h.i.p. program and we'll do daca next. is it just about about leverage? >> well, part of it is leverage, which they don't have frequently, because democrats don't control anything in wa...