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>> the democratic spending spree brought us to the bring of an economic calamity. who proposes more spending as a solution to a debt crisis. >> what happened to those guys? >> so annoying, right? >> that has been the fascinating point. that was the point that senator rand paul was trying to make when he single handedly forced a brief shut down on thursday night saying that congressional republicans had to ban all spending increases, and that if there was, all spending be off set. now only a third is off set. so it tells you a little bit of something. this is, and remember, this also increases ...

♪ >> shannon: as we inched closer to midnight, that is when government funding is set to expire. we have a lot more to cover. joining me now, fox news politics editor, chris stirewalt. we have about 16 plus minutes. this time around, who wins or loses? they may get it solved by morning, by the time people wake up. right now, we are about to have a shutdown. >> the easy answer in congress is this, america. [laughter] look, i don't mean to be too hard on them. but republicans did run for a long time on fiscal restraint. that was really there bones. lindsey graham made a very impassioned case t...

>> rand paul has ever in his life advocated spending cuts that would balance the budget. not once in husband life. the spending cuts that would balance the federal budget. >> this was the health care bill, saying he opposes. and he was wondering if it's because he opposes the bill or is it because of medicare because it's very important in kentucky. then he went and voted for some of the versions of the bill that came to the senate floor, so she was willing to vote for some of that. i think none of these people are consistent. but this is in line with his previous positions where he's opposed ...

Announcement. the bill adds up to a massive increase, about $400 billion for two years. out of 100 u.s. senators one man, republican senator rand paul of kentucky has been holding up the vote. he has been blocking any other progress in an attempt to force a separate vote to force spending increases. >> i ran for officer because i was very critical of president obama's trillion deficits. i can't in all good faith just look the other way. what we are looking at is a bill decided no secret. 700 pages were released at

But, many republicans in the house hate this bill because the popular part that gets rid of caps on pentagon spending and also gets rid of some limits on domestic spending doesn't come with proper spending cuts elsewhere. >> trillion dollars deficit. one of the largest spending increases, second probably in the past decade this the is second largest discretionary spending second only to obama's stimulus package you know how ridiculous that was. this is not what we were elected to do you will see the vast majority of freedom caucus vote against it and other members vote against it as well. >> s...