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Our economy in trade. so we'll have to play tough with them as well. >> shannon: i want to talk to you about this. we covered last night when we had a mini shutdown. the big package that came together, $400 billion in additional spending and republicans who voted for it were very excited about this being offered to the military and the pentagon because they have been jerked around by the short term spending measures. they were celebrating that but they were fiscal hawks on the other side who were very disturbed by the amount of money being spent on domestic programs, the tradeoffs are there. i...

Our economy in trade. so we'll have to play tough with them as well. >> shannon: i want to talk to you about this. we covered last night when we had a mini shutdown. the big package that came together, $400 billion in additional spending and republicans who voted for it were very excited about this being offered to the military and the pentagon because they have been jerked around by the short term spending measures. they were celebrating that but they were fiscal hawks on the other side who were very disturbed by the amount of money being spent on domestic programs, the tradeoffs are there. i...

This trump shutdown is because the republicans control the house, senate, and the white house. they could end this right now. there's three to four bills that would end it and we can't even get a vote on it and that's why we need to have leadership. >> i also want to ask you about what your colleagues on aughtther side of the aisle congressman scott taylor from virginia to me earlier. he said the reason the democrats own this shutdown is because democrats must work with republicans. they do have to get to 60 votes in t in the senate, they only got 50. so to pass whatever's in front of them the...

Yet the possibility of a government shut-down has escalated. the problem is really in the senate. but listen to what has happened in the house of representatives. members are set to vote at 7:00 p.m. on a stop-gap spending measures. a short-term bill to keep the government funded a few weeks again. chad pergram who is very plugged in see lawmakers on both sides are daring each other to vote against it. the house plan funds the government through the middle of next month. it does not include protection for the dreamers, the immigrants that were brought here without documents. it does include a ...

>> rebecca, a test when congress returns from the recess will be the money. of course, the financial response, there will be tens of billions of dollars needed to rebuild here and certainly there will be a request for a relief package. that wound up in all the other requests. you got a shutdown threat from the president over the wall, spending measures, et cetera. how is that all going to interplay? because even without harvey, it was already going to be a challenge. >> well, the president's plate is going to be full in terms of the legislative tasks ahead. this is just one of the many things ...