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cable or satellite provider. >> as the government shutdown continues, we are joined by kellie mejdrich, reporter with cq rollcall. what are some of the programs that are closed that are having the biggest impact on the american public? kellie: the irs for example, treasury, lots of national parks, although some of those are trying to be kept open for longer. there was only five of the 12 appropriations bills funding the government that were enacted into law before the end of 2018. the other seven, there's homeland security, interior environment, agriculture, transportation, hud, financial services, and this homeland bill is one of the most contentious ones.

customs and border patrol, transportation security administration, the people who check our bags in airports. a lot of these people are being forced to work without pay. the big event that we are looking to is this friday, when federal workers are sent to get a paycheck and are going to miss pay. friday will be a big day where the impact of the government shutdown becomes really concrete. >> tell us about the approach in the house. last year, the 116th gavels in. they took of spending bills. this week they take up four bills. why are they starting with the treasury and irs bill? kellie: that is one of the most immediate impact that people notice. the trump administration has already tried to rearrange funds, so they say that these

w-2's and tax refunds, they can at least issue the w-2's, because this is going to affect irs refunds. that is only a matter of how long extra funds are lying around in these agencies' coffers. they can somehow use their authority to move that money to keep things open. we are going to first go with the financial services bill. this is going to be on wednesday. the house is going to vote on a rule which contains four appropriations bills. the first one gets sent over to the senate and financial services. on thursday, we have agriculture, interior environment, and on friday, consideration and passage of the transportation hud bill. in addition to those legislative vehicles you mentioned earlier,

spending bills they did at the very beginning of the 116th congress, the house is now launching four other spending bills to the senate this week. if nothing else, the house have been saying that this is just messaging -- if nothing else, this is providing the senate legislative vehicles on which they can move funding bills to the president. you've seen the senate with majority leader mitch mcconnell using one of the appropriations bills approved on january 3, introduced by the appropriations chairwoman. you've already seen him put that on the calendar and use the fast track process. even though it is not particularly scheduled for any consideration. they are starting to get their hands on some of these house bills.

host: we are seeing the reporting of your rollcall colleague, and a piece just out in rollcall, the white house to put medicaid cuts on hold. why is this important? kellie: it introduces another potential deadline for lawmakers to come to action on the shutdown before something really bad happens. the current law, the pay-as-you-go law, states that within 14 days of session, not counting holidays and weekends, if during 2018 congress spent more than it was bringing in with various authorization laws, reauthorization of children's health insurance program -- if those programs contributed to the deficit, the current law states there must be an equal amount of cuts to the government across the board. this is known as sequestration. these funding cuts would come as a requirement under law that is designed to make congress pay

for the programs they are authorizing. every year at the end of adjournment, right before that, they do what is called wiping the scorecard clean. they wipe off the extra costs of the programs. currently, by january 24, as my colleague wrote and i contributed a little to that story, they will be forced to cut $839 million from nonexempt programs, mostly mandatory spending -- medicare, 90% of that would go towards medicare. when we wrote the story, omb said to us all the decisions are on hold. we're not going to cut $839 million mostly out of medicare. we haven't decided yet because the government is still shut down.

these cuts were required to be made. that is another thing to watch. see if they do something to avert what would be breaking a core promise of the president. host: cq now tweeting your story, negotiators returned to the table wednesday. what are you looking for as these negotiations continue? kellie: me and my colleague were on the house and senate sides. more action on the senate in terms of lawmakers talking about what it looks like they are going to be doing. they are having lunch on wednesday with president trump and vice president pence. i'm going to be looking for defectors in the house. they had a meeting with the vice president on tuesday to discuss the messaging plan against house democrats movement of these bills. the white house and republicans

overall are trying to stay as a coalition against these spending bills, but democrats are countering that there are going to be some republican defectors. on january 3, seven republicans voted to fund government. there could be more now as the shutdown continues to sting. even though usda said food stamps are going to go through february, there are fears there won't be enough money for programs like that. the shutdown is starting to sting. i'm going to be looking for those defections. there are also some defections on the senate side. on friday, there's going to be a lot of people looking to pay their rent and they are not going to have a paycheck. host: kellie mejdrich is a reporter with cq rollcall. find out more, rollcall.com.

also, find her on twitter. thanks as always. >> here's a look at our live coverage thursday. on c-span, the housemates for legislative business at noon eastern to continue work on spending bills that would reopen parts of the federal government. thursday's agenda includes funding for agriculture, transportation, and housing. on c-span2, live coverage of the senate as they debate and vote to advance a bill that would provide security assistance to israel. democrats blocked the measure earlier in the week as part of their effort to get senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to bring up legislation to reopen the government. on c-span3, u.s. chamber of commerce president and ceo thomas donohue gives his annual state of american business address followed by a news conference. later, the afl-cio holds a rally

with congressional democrats to call for an end to the partial government shutdown. that is live at noon eastern. >> texas voters elected nine new members of congress during the midterms. dan crenshaw is a former navy seal who lost an eye in afghanistan. he was born in scotland and spent some of his childhood in south america. voters in the fifth district elected lance gooden, who has also served in the state legislature. he was an insurance broker for energy companies prior to his election. roy is a former u.s. senate staffer, having worked for john cornyn, and senator ted cruz. he also worked for then governor rick perry. mr. roy has also been a federal prosecutor. dan taylor represents the state's fourth district.

-- third district. he was previously a member of the texas state legislature. before his political career, taylor saw combat in iraq as a member of the u.s. marine corps. in the sixth district, ron wright succeeded joe barton, for whom he had once worked as chief of staff and district director. earlier in his career, he was on the city council of arlington, texas. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. up next more on the government shutdown from president trump from his visit to capitol hill. after the closed-door meeting at the white house, later the house votes on a bill to fund at the irs as part of an effort by democrats to reopen parts of the federal government. >> president trump was on capitol hill wednesday to