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>> garrett, this is interesting, because this may be signifying the end of the movement that became the tea for thparty, the freedom caucus, or the sway over it. they shut down the government once on the basis of spending. no democrats wanted the sequester. it was a republican thing. this bill is a very big spending bill that will increase the debt. there used to be republicans who were able to block this kind of thing from happening. they're not there anymore. or not in big numbers, certainly. >> reporter: it's true, ali. the days of debt and deficit being a driving issue for the republican p...

Couple of days is how different members are trying to kind of rectify or reconcile all of these different views here. there is no question about it, inside the house republican conference this has become a huge driving issue and because of that, more or less overtaken everything else when they have some major decisions to make in a short amount of time. >> exactly. like keeping the government open. phil mattingly, thank you. we appreciate it. here to discuss in the debate, cnn political commentators brian falun on the right josh kingston on the right. he previously advised president trump and ...

And that it was illegal, but what we're hearing about is more talk of the potential deal, having congress address these 800,000 people. and in exchange do something tougher on enforcement, than he has done in executive orders. he needs congress for that. there's going to be talk of that in the days to come. >> breaking news there, they acknowledge that there is a congress. matt? >> trump has talked about a $1 trillion infrastructure plan. he's talked about a $15 billion wall. tax cuts, military spending, not doing much on entitlements. so what is missing is any talk about the federal debt, whi...

The huckabee super-pac undertake, but he actually answered the question in a way that was consistent with the way he answered it in public. you see his opponents because he's leading in iowa try to smack him for it. >> we heard this again and again from senator cruz how he deflects controversies by referring to the constitution that defend his position. >> well, it's true in this particular case. there are only a few rules in politics left. ultimately everything is sort of out there in the public record. but one of them is leave the kids out of it. "the washington post" did the right thing by ...

Selective editing we saw with the huckabee super-pac undertake, but he actually answered the question in a way that was consistent with the way he answered it in public. you see his opponents because he's leading in iowa try to smack him for it. >> we heard this again and again from senator cruz how he deflects controversies by referring to the constitution that defend his position. >> well, it's true in this particular case. there are only a few rules in politics left. ultimately everything is sort of out there in the public record. but one of them is leave the kids out of it. "the washington...