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>> gillian: and republicans say they are so optimistic they are spending big in deep blue districts no one saw coming. democrats say abortion rights are on the ballot and still a top concern for their voters. is that gonna translate at the polls? >> john: congressman tom emmer is here. john roberts in washington, good to spend another 60 minutes with you. >> gillian: you too, john. i'm gillian turner in for sandra smith. right to the races now. >> john: final sprint to election day, the closing pitches. >> gillian: the senate race is anyone's game, toss-ups in pennsylvania, georgia, ...

Tweeting about the foreign intelligence surveillance act, didn't seem to know what it included, what it was all about, and had corrected it a few hours later. this morning, he tweeted about the children health insurance's program. c.h.i.p., as it's called, should be part of a long-term solution, not a 30-day or short-term extension. what you've included in this legislation to keep the government operating is not a 30-day extension of c.h.i.p., but a six-year extension that would help 9 million kids in the united states. >> by the way, i've asked the same question. why authorize it for six year...

That is surprising that they forget, they're in washington. part of it is a little compromise. you have a $590 million tax cut over ten years in this bill. all the while they keep obamacare in case, premium goes up. as conservatives, i can't imagine why they're not on board. >> i can't imagine conservatives being on board that takes your tax dollars to pay insurance companies. that's not small government. it's a disaster. the same kind of thing that conservatives were screaming and yelling how it's illegal and how can we do something like that? there's -- there's such thing as compromise. i co...

This law. i believe we can have a system in this country where everybody has access to affordable health care, including people with preexisting conditions without a costly government takeover with more pree dfreedom. but we didn't yell at each other because we knew we would disagree on this issue. >> i think people will see the results of this law, meaning more security for themselves in terms of their own health care coverage. >> on our side of the aisle, we like the fact, for the economy, no shutdowns, we also don't want to have shutdown drama so we can focus on replacing obamacare, so we c...

We haven't passed an appropriation bill in two years. >> they did pass a budget in march. >> finally a budget. but a budget is only supposed to direct the appropriation process where you actually go through that difficult work of prioritizing spending. we haven't done that in two years which is why we're now at this moment, past the deadline of september 30th when the fiscal year runs out trying to fund the government again in an incredibly inefficient way utilizing these continuing resolutions. it's just a terrible way of doing business. i'm hoping those business leaders talk to president oba...