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President at this point, a republican president who goes after jeff flake, who goes, in some ways, after john mccain. of course, he's suffering from cancer, so it's, in some ways, it feels like this is something that donald trump needs more than the base actually needs. he's the one who needs that good feeling and the cheering base and to be -- and to sort of feel the love in that room. the president, i think, more than anything, is motivated by that feeling of admiration, of approval, and wanting to be liked. >> at least we heard him call out dean heller by name and said, you know, thank you ...

The future bills. one thing that i do think can be rolling and any future administration is taking it across the state border. i think if they do that -- >> it sounds almost republican. music to my ears. >> there are a lot of people that really do care about that. and even the other pieces, being able to stay with your parents insurance till 26, the pre-existing things that he would keep. if he keeps those and finds a way to keep costs down, and i think republicans are sort of fighting with themselves about spending measures, but if he can keep cost down's, then he can build traction. >> jon: ...

Meant when he told them to pass a bill. they need to fairly consider and debate a bill and not end the spending measures. >> that's a major point, jimmy, that this is a spending measure. it's not a bill that has been debated. they snuck this thing in which adds salt in the wound. but at the end of the day, and i know we all love the fireworks and want to stand up. is there any merit to having the fear that when the republicans gain more strength in january, jimmy, we could end up with worse? is there any merit to that? >> bet on it, buddy. do you actually think that this republican congress an...

They're choosing not to. they don't want to do the work which is hard, which is negotiate with the president. you have to negotiate. >> the idea of punishing the president over his executive action is censure. >> number one, i think we should censure the president of the united states. i think it's unfortunate that he did this. >> could be a censure for the president of the united states. that's not happened in more than a century and that would be at least a direct message to the president. >> there are, as the piece mentioned, spending measures. the president can be censured. he can be sued ...

The bill they voted on in the senate and passed and went to the house and passed it there we found out for the first time when the language came out at 6:00 p.m. tonight that it had all sorts of stuff that no one was expecting. all sorts of spending measures. funding for floods recovery in colorado. funding for recovery from wildfires in the west. wildfire prevention money. there was funding for li-heap which helps low income families pay their heating bills over the winter. funding for the civil liberties oversight board and a construction project on the lower ohio river. and a specific provi...