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There was going to be a filibuster there, too. even the republicans -- some of them -- both of my senators said they would never vote to change the republicans, probably half said that. they knew they couldn't go to the american people and say, well, yes, neil gorsuch is the most qualified nominee and the election was about the constitution and the election was about the supreme court, but we unfortunately have rules that will not allow him to get an up or down vote. they knew they could never sustain that with the american people. so they changed the rule. as soon as we can elevate what happe...

What you heard in the campaign is what you saw this budgets. a >> bret: on the flip side, you have a lot of hawks up on capitol hill who said this defense budget does not go far enough. senator mccain, max thornberry, a lot of them saying because president obama's administration, the military was cut by 20% while the world is dangerous, they say they want to see defense budget of $640 billion red is there a possibility this gets changed as the administration goes forward? >> sure there is, the next step in the process is to have the house go to the appropriate patient process, and the spending...

A >> bret: on the flip side, you have a lot of hawks up on capitol hill who said this defense budget does not go far enough. senator mccain, max thornberry, a lot of them saying because president obama's administration, the military was cut by 20% while the world is dangerous, they say they want to see defense budget of $640 billion red is there a possibility this gets changed as the administration goes forward? >> sure there is, the next step in the process is to have the house go to the appropriate patient process, and the spending process, what we've communicated to the house and senate, th...

One second, respond to his point, chris, about the fact that the majority of americans are concerned about big government now and you have chuck schumer out there sort of diminishing, that is the core value of the tea party, diminishing it and then as something that is very vile. >> well, they're concerned about big government but they don't know what really it is. government does a lot of things that keep us afloat. they provide services so that businesses can survive. they pave road, colonel west, you made your entire career in government and probably got a government pension, you're going t...

One second respond to his point, chris about the fact that the majority of americans are concerned about big government now and you have chuck schumer out there sort of diminishing, that is the core value of the tea party, diminishing it and then as something that is very vile. >> well, they're concerned about big government but they don't know what really it is. government does a lot of things that keep us afloat. they provide services so that businesses can survive. they pave road colonel west, you made your entire career in government and probably got a government pension you're going to be...