Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20180208:12:39:00
The national debt. this spending bill is going to add a lot of money to the national debt. it seems like republicans should be in a better position today to control spending than ever. >> but we know the reality. 60 votes in the senate and even our own folks in the senate if we talk about we want to do the long-term things to fix the debt problem, it won't get through the senate. it's a reality so what happens is we say we want to fix the military, the democrats say they have priorities on the domestic side and we're getting a 1.3 to 1 spending increase. it's not perfect but when we're looking...