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They want a government shutdown as leverage and taking funding for the governments and our troops hostage. they are open about that. it's their strategy. in 2013 senator schumer said this very tactic represents governmental chaos and now he is actively orchestrating a shutdown. he started a new #by the way. #schumer shutdown. >> the democrats are exactly doing what they always blame republicans are doing, which is holding the federal government budget process hostage to their own -- what they would call extreme political views. think about this. what chuck and nancy are doing, pelosi and schum...

Happening by friday. you have democrats and some republicans say they are not going to vote for a short-term funding deal. some of them are saying it's because of they don't get daca or some kind of deal, we run out of money at midnight on friday. there is this battle over what happens. former representative, steve israel, democrat had this to say. he said republicans cannot afford to shutdown the governmente ever had. democrats have the upper hand and they should play it. >> i think the democrats lose if the government shuts down. they are holding funding for the troops hostage, funding for n...

Happening by friday. you have democrats and some republicans say they are not going to vote for a short-term funding deal. some of them are saying it's because of they don't get daca or some kind of deal, we run out of money at midnight on friday. there is this battle over what happens. former representative, steve israel, democrat had this to say. he said republicans cannot afford to shutdown the government in one of the roughest midterm environments they've ever had. democrats have the upper hand and they should play it. >> i think the democrats lose if the government shuts down. they are ho...

There is no crisis here. they're holding our troops hostage for this issue that has nothing to do with funding our military. infuriating. >> tucker: the bill that you are backing is literally main stream in that its major components are in the middle of the polling on the question. >> exactly. >> tucker: but the senate version which is being supported really driven by lindsay graham and jeff flake, lindsay graham said jeff flake will do whatever i tell him to do. a bench of republican senators. it's very far from what you propose. >> it is. >> tucker: can you win them to your side? >> we have ...

Regulatory relief and confirming 12 circuit court judges and a united states supreme court judge. >> sandra: what is setting up to be the big legislative priority in the new year. >> there are a couple of things. we're anxious to complete a budget cap deal to get a spending bill to rebuild our military. that's a priority. we face several national security concerns. the president submitted a budget last february for the resources we need for 2018 and plan to do so for 2019. but because the impasse in congress we have been unable to secure the funding to rebuild the military. secretary mattis wi...