AT THE URGING OF DEMOCRAT
SENATORS, INCLUDING AL FRANKEN,
WHO LATER RESIGNED OVER
SEXUAL HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS.
CONGRESS DELIVERS A
$1.3 TRILLION BUDGET DEAL
TONIGHT.
CHOCKED FULL OF SPENDING
INCREASES AND ONLY A FRACTION OF
THE MONEY THE PRESIDENT SAID HE
WANTED FOR A WALL.
REPORTEDLY OVER ENOUGH TO COVER
33 MILES OF NEW CONSTRUCTION
ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER.
IS THE WHITE HOUSE GOING TO
EMBRACE IT ANYWAY?
DOZENS OF CONSERVATIVE
REPUBLICANS ARE NOT.
EXCITING MASSIVE SPENDING
INCREASES THAT INCLUDE, THEY
SAY, MONEY FOR PLANNED
PARENTHOOD, THE G.O.P. LEADERS
VOWED TO CUT.
A NEW CONTROL MEASURE AND NO
CHANCE -- MONEY FLOWING TO
SANCTUARY CITIES.
IT'S AGAINST THAT BACKDROP OF
ONE REPUBLICAN SAYS IS A NEW DAY
IN AMERICAN POLITICS.
SENATOR BOB CORKER SAYS YOU, THE
VOTERS, DO NOT ASK HIM ABOUT THE
ISSUES.
"THEY ONLY WANT TO KNOW IF YOU
ARE WITHDRAWN FOR NOW."
ARE G.O.P. LAWMAKERS AFRAID OF
LOCKING HORNS WITH THE PRESIDENT
FOR FEAR OF KEEPING HIS BASE
AWAY FROM THE POLLS COME THE
MIDTERMS?
CORKER ADDING THE PRESIDENT
POLLING IS MORE THAN STRONG.
IT IS TRIBAL IN NATURE.
TEXAS REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN
LOUIE GOHMERT AGREES.
WELCOME, CONGRESSMAN.
YOU SHOULD BE BUSY RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE EVE GOT A 2,232 PAGE
BILL TO READ.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
>> IN 2010, WE WERE NOT IN THE
MAJORITY AND WE KEPT SAYING, IF
YOU GIVE US THE MAJORITY, WILL
READ THE BILL.
WE WILL READ THE BILL.
I DID READ OBAMACARE BEFORE HE
VOTED AGAINST IT.
THIS IS REALLY TRAGIC.
A MASSIVE SPENDING BILL.
THE TRUTH IS THE HOUSE DID OUR
JOB.
WE PASSED 12 APPROPRIATIONS
BILLS.
WE HAD A BUDGET.
THE SENATE DIDN'T DO THEIR JOB.
IT DOESN'T APPEAR THEY ARE EVER
GOING TO UNTIL WE GET RID OF THE
CULTURE OF THE 60 VOTE
REQUIREMENT AND GO WITH 51.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN GREAT
ON THAT.
AND BY THE WAY THE CONSTITUTION
ONLY REQUIRES A MAJORITY.
THAT WAS A SUPER IMPOSITION BY
THE SENATE.
>> Shannon: MITCH MCCONNELL
DOES NOT WANT TO GET RID OF IT.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE
SPEAKING OUT.
>> IF YOU LOOK BEFORE THE
NOVEMBER 2016 ELECTION, YOU WILL
SEE THERE WERE DEMOCRATS LIKE
SCHUMER THAT WERE HANDING --
MAYBE IT'S TIME TO GET BACK TO A
MAJORITY RULING, AND MAYBE WE
CAN GET IT DONE.
THAT KIND OF STUFF.
IT SURE SOUNDED TO ME LIKE THEY
WERE PREPARING TO TAKE THE
MAJORITY, GET RID OF CLOTURE AND
STUFF IT TO McCONNELL AND THE
REPUBLICANS.
THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES 51
VOTES, JUST A MAJORITY.
IT DOESN'T REQUIRE 60.
THAT'S THE SENATE'S OWN ROLE.
THEY INVOKE THE GOOFY RULE.
THE SENATE CAN TAKE IT OUT.
I THINK THEY SHOULD.
WE HAVE TO GOT TO MAKE CLEAR TO
THE SENATE, LOOK, WE ARE NOT
GOING TO DO ANOTHER OMNIBUS CR
OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.
YOU HAVE GOT TO PASS YOUR
APPROPRIATIONS BILLS.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT A COMMITTEE
THAT'S LOOKING INTO IT, NEW
BUDGET PROCESS.
UNTIL THE HOUSES TO THE SENATE
WE ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING UNTIL
YOU PASS YOUR 12 APPROPRIATIONS
BILLS.
WE CAN GO TO CONFERENCE.
WE CAN GET IT DONE.
>> Shannon: LET ME READ SOME
REACTION FROM DEMOCRATS.
SENATE DEMOCRAT LEADER, MINORITY
LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER "EVERY BILL
TAKES COMPROMISE AND THERE WAS
PLENTY HERE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY WE
DEMOCRATS FEEL VERY GOOD BECAUSE
SO MANY OF OUR PRIORITIES FOR
THE MIDDLE-CLASS WERE INCLUDED."
NANCY PELOSI SAID "DEMOCRATS
WANT EXPLICIT LANGUAGE
RESTRICTING BORDER CONSTRUCTION
TO THE SAME SEE-THROUGH FENCING
THAT WAS ALREADY AUTHORIZED
UNDER CURRENT LAW.
THE BILL DOES NOT ALLOW ANY
INCREASE IN DEPORTATION
OFFICERS."
WHY ARE DEMOCRATS SO HAPPY ABOUT
IT?
>> BECAUSE IT'S GOOD FOR THEM.
THEY GOT THEIR PRIORITIES IN
THERE AND WE DIDN'T.
>> Shannon: WHO IS RUNNING THE
SHOW?
YOU HAVE THE WHITE HOUSE, HOUSE
AND SENATE.
>> FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, WE
GOT THE HOUSE AND SENATE AND
WHITE HOUSE BUT THAT'S NOT
ENOUGH.
I THINK THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
WE NEED TO MAKE CLEAR TO THE
DEMOCRATS WE ARE IN THE MAJORITY
AND WE WILL WORK WITH YOU IN A
BIPARTISAN WAY BUT WE ARE NOT
GIVING AWAY THE FARM LIKE THIS
BILL APPEARS TO DO.
>> Shannon: ON THE SENATE,
SENATOR JOHN KENNEDY, REPUBLICAN
SAID "NOBODY KNOWS WHAT'S IN
IT."
HE SAID THIS BEFORE WE GOT THAT
TEXT.
"I HAVE NO INTENTION OF VOTING
FOR THIS BILL UNTIL I KNOW WHAT
IS IN IT.
WHOEVER CAME UP WITH IT ISN'T
QUALIFIED TO RUN A FOOD TRUCK."
THERE ARE SOME FABULOUS FOOD
TRUCKS AROUND HERE.
>> THERE ARE AND THEY DO A
BETTER JOB IN THEIR OWN BUDGET
THAN WE DO WITH THIS.
WE HAVE LESS THAN 36 HOURS.
IT'S ABSURD TO HAVE US VOTING
MAY BE LESS THAN 24, ACTUALLY,
THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO VOTE ON
A 2200 PAGE BILL.
OBAMACARE, MY COPY WAS 2500
PAGES.
I WENT THROUGH IT.
BUT SADLY I HAD A LOT MORE TIME
TO GO THROUGH OBAMACARE THEN
WE'VE GOT 24 HOURS TO GO THROUGH
2200 PAGES.
I MEAN, THIS IS SO TRAGIC.
AND I KNOW THE HOUSE DID OUR
JOB.
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ALLOWED THE
SENATE TO DRAG US INTO THIS
DISASTER FOR THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SPOKE IN
2016, NOVEMBER.
AND THEY MADE IT CLEAR.
AND AS THE GREAT PRESIDENT OBAMA
SAID, ELECTIONS HAVE
CONSEQUENCES.
BUT IT APPEARS THEY DIDN'T IN
THIS CASE.
WE HAVE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB.
SHANNON, IT'S IMMORAL FOR THIS
GENERATION TO SAY WE CAN'T
CONTROL OUR SPENDING, SO WE ARE
GOING TO PUT ALL OF THIS
1.3 TRILLION IN YET ANOTHER
SPENDING BILL FOR 2018, AND YOU
WILL HAVE TO PAY IT ALONG THE
WAY.
>> Shannon: NONE OF US GETS TO
RUN OUR BUDGETS LIKE THAT AT
HOME.
WE WILL SEE WHAT THE VOTERS
THINK THIS FALL.
CONGRESSMAN, ALWAYS GREAT TO
HAVE YOU.
>> THIS IS A RATHER DARK DAY.
>> Shannon: YOU ARE NOT THE
ONLY ONE WHO FEELS THAT WAY.
WE KNOW A LOT OF CONSERVATIVE
REPUBLICANS WHO SAY THEY AREN'T
VOTING FOR IT.
>> WE HAVE SOME AMENDMENTS
BEFORE THE RULES COMMITTEE.
LET'S SEE IF THE RULES ALLOW OUR
AMENDMENTS SO WE CAN ACTUALLY
GET SOME GOOD THINGS IN THERE.