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People. so this is an issue where i think if republican lawmakers are listening to their own voters, they would find that there is not nearly as much resistance to doing something on daca as they might be imagining. >> brian, on the president's right flank considers d.r.e.a.m.ers, giving people who have this status any sort of legal status amnesty. they call it amnesty. which is more important to the president, these republican voters of which you speak or the 35 to 40% of them that disagree and consider it amnesty? >> there in lies the problem. because while it's absolutely true that a majori...

Adviser to senator bernie sanders' presidential campaign. matthew, editor in chief of the "washington free beacon." thank you for joining us. matthew, his deal on health care, the house freedom caucus looks like it's coming onboard. we just had leonard lance, moderate republican, on the show. he said he's still against it. there's probably a lot of other moderates who are against it. does this thing have any better prospects than the last one? >> well, i'd say it probably has slightly better since you have the turnabout among the house freedom caucus. look, steve, i think the white house learn...

Goes and the mind goes a little bit. >> house speaker ryan went into professor mode with a powerpoint presentation, trying to win over his reluctant right flank. >> this is the closest we will ever get to repealing and replacing obamacare. the time is here. it really comes down to a binary choice. >> the choice being this republican plan or obamacare. house democratic leader nancy pelosi blast of new proposal. >> it is a cruel bill for the republicans have put forth and it will increase the number of uninsured in our country. >> on the senate side, chuck schumer suggested republicans should dr...

Mitch mcconnell is a legislator. everyone knew this was exactly how he was going to go about running the floor. he's going to make happen what he wants to happen happen. and ted cruz has done nothing over the course of his career to insin wait hem self with mitch mcconnell contrary to rand paul. think about why cruz is doing this, too. think about where his money is coming from for his presidential campaign. it is coming from these grassroots groups sending out e-mails saying ted cruz is our guy in the senate who are voting for a series of pet causes. and the xm bank has been one of these thin...

Friday night was different. house republican leaders were blindsided when their plan to prevent the department of homeland security from shutting down was defeated. 52 conservatives voted no because the funding bill didn't also stop the president's immigration plan. in the end, a bill did pass to fund the homeland security department for one week which means once again in just a few days we're going to be facing another shutdown. i was reporting from the capitol friday night and had exasperated veteran republican lawmakers say things to me like how are we supposed to govern? they were at a los...