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Government running out of money, essentially needing to extend a short-term funding agreement. but the biggest development that's occurred up to this point is not the usual kicking the can down the road. at this point in time, aides in both the republican side and democratic senate of the senate and house tell me they are on the verge of a major budget deal. something that would increase spending caps for both defense and nondefense discretionary spending, up to $300 billion. the type of deal that would essentially lock in a two-year budget agreement. it would include an increase of the debt c...

Hurricane-ravaged florida, texas, and puerto rico. it would include some health care spending, as well. this is the kind of thing that lawmakers have been pointing to as a possibility, essentially clearing the decks of all these major items. looks like they're finally there. the big question now is what are house democrats going to do? democrats for a long period of time have held up the possibility of doing a deal like this because they want a daca resolution. they need leverage to get that daca resolution. at least that's what aides in both chambers have been saying. right now senate democra...

Resolution and need leverage to get that daca resolution. at least that's what aides in both chambers have been saying. right now senate democrats on board. house democrats wary. and house democrats are going to be needed if it's going to move through the house. there's a lot of republicans who are very uncomfortable with the large number of spending increases which means speaker paul ryan will need obviously some republicans, he's going to need a lot of democrats, too. >> thank you. let's welcome in digital director zach wolf. good to see you, sir. with every political negotiation i harken ...

Outside conservative amnesty groups that are completely against this. on the democratic side, it's about daca. the defense spending piece that republicans and the president so dearly wanted increased was the key piece of leverage that democrats thought they had to find some type of guarantee for a daca resolution. that has now been de-coupled from the deal, and that's why democrats say there are serious problems with this, particularly in the house. here's the thing that i've been told by several aides who are working on this, and i think it's important to pay attention to. you have seen the v...

Durbin proposal, but this is actually worse. dana, the reason why aides in both parties expect the government to remain open beyond thursday because they said if the government is still open, the senate will take up daca on the floor. here's how you need to view this bipartisan proposal. as one of the proposals the senators are trying to put on the table, service either a base bill or some type of amendment to that process on the floor. there are a lot of questions going forward, most notably, no matter what the senate does, what are house republicans going to do and will they bless whatever t...