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Upper doing. working on the fiscal year 18 budget at the senate does one as well will have a second reconciliation attempt to hopefully reform the tax code. a lot of frontload over kerry. after that on the transportation committee, and the president has said he wants a trillion dollars infrastructure package put together. a lot of us feel that has to be paid for and do something very important to us. making it a priority in getting it paid for will take up a lot of members time for the first half of the year. >> the infrastructure plan will get a lot of resistance for republicans. had he worke...

>> what do you think, tara? do you think republicans, obviously donald trump has the advantage having republicans in the house and senate, do you think they push something like this through given the cost and price? >> this is actually a bit tricky when it comes to funding. i worked on capitol hill for years and immigration and federal law enforcement issues. i know how complicated it can be. in 2013 there was a bill proposing a $46 billion border security bill over ten years. that is $4.6 billion a year. that was voted down in congress. that was with republicans. it is very tricky when you ge...

Would be any different. he said that he wanted to open up libel laws to make it easier to sue the press, and in that excellent package put together, he repeatedly degraded and described the press in the most -- >> crooked liars! >> yeah, scum. that's never happened. and in one of his first tweets after he won, basically, his first substantiative comment after the election besides just sort of platitudes about coming together was an attack on the media the other night. >> the media's at fault for the protests. >> so everyone should be a little worried. he's no longer a presidential candidate. h...

Now will it only be assault weapons? no, most likely. there will be a package put together. if assault weapons is leftage a of the judiciary, number two, i've been assured i'll be able to do it as an amendment on the floor which is the way i did it in 1993 so that doesn't particularly bother me. in an interview with the new republic president obama said he has a profound respect for hunting traditions adding both sides need to understand the other's position. the president addsed, quote, advocates of gun control have to do a little more listening than they do sometimes, end quote. asked if h...

Defend ourselves, but we're going to do it intelligently, and we're going to do it prudently, and we're going to put rules in place that actually protect innocent people in society. >> and with that, new york has become the first state to tighten its gun-control laws in the aftermath of newtown, governor andrew cuomo signed the wide-ranging bill last night. the package includes an expansion on the existing ban on assault weapons. welcome back to "morning joe." mike barnicle and melody barnes still with us. joining the set along with me, willie and joe as well, former white house press secretar...