CNNW Anderson Cooper 360 January 19, 2018
He was opposed to a key element of this bill. It continued with fierce lobbies behind the scenes by republicans. With recognition they were going to get no help from democrats. There were conservatives that had real problems with the scale and scope of what this government funding bill would actually do. But by the middle of the day i was told by top leadership aides that speaker ryan and his team felt like they were in a good place. The House Freedom caucus, the conservatives started to fall into line, and shortly before the vote that caucus confirmed, they were in majority in support of that...
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