chocolate. i wish you all a happy thanksgiving. other bills in a bipartisan fashion -- [inaudible] it didn't go south. [laughter] what is your message -- [inaudible]

>> jennifer joins us. she's an appropriations and budget reporter. how did this bill come together? >> this has been in the making since almost last year when we began the fiscal 2019 process. this package includes seven of the 12 annual spending bills. the five that did not pass on time when the fiscal year began on october 1. lawmakers had been negotiating these four months with the homeland security bill, which includes border security funding being the most contentious. that is what that committee has been working on for the past few weeks. and when the conferees reached a sort of agreement in principle on monday night, staff began putting the text together and working out some of the final

details, which is how we came to votes today. >> run through some of the key issues for us on this government funding and border security bill. >> the main issue was border barriers. that is something president trump feels rather passionate about. he has been trying to get upwards of $5 billion to structures along the u.s.-mexico border. $1.4ds up with about billion in this legislation. another contentious issue was the number of people that immigrations and customs enforcement can detain. that is something democrats feel passionate about. they had hoped to put a cap on the number of deity names -- detainees at any given time. what they did was reduce that average daily population by

about 17%. >> how did leaders in the senate and house get the votes to pass this compromise? than just border security in this package. it is seven bills. agriculture, interior environment, transportation, state foreign ops, so there a whole lot of reasons for members from various districts, states, to find reasons to like this legislation. something we saw getting approved by congressional leadership. everyone seemed to be on board with this. one of the classic talking points that we hear from leaders is that when we have these big agreements, no one is really happy, but everyone gets a little bit of something. >> what can you tell us about president trump's sort of last-minute support for it? it seemed like there were

different reports about whether he would support the bill or not, and then his plans to declare a national emergency. >> president trump's support has been something republicans wanted to get on this package. senate republicans did not want to face a situation where they may have to decide whether to override a presidential veto or enter another partial government shutdown. there was a lot of conversation behind the scenes between republican senators today and the white house to make sure he was on board. it sounds like the compromise was that he will sign the spending package. because he is not particularly happy with that 1.37 5 billion for border security, he is going to try to declare a national emergency to try to call money from other accounts and redirect the funding to border barrier

construction. he has to declare a national emergency to do that. there is a lot of ways that could get tripped up. nancy pelosi today left a lot of options open when she was asked about this. democraticike the house is going to respond. we don't know if that will be a lawsuit in the courts or a resolution of disapproval. just democratic opposition to him declaring a national emergency. we heard from several republicans, particularly on the senate side, that they are concerned about the precedent this would set, particularly if there were a democrat in the oval office. could a president declare a national emergency and divergent funding congress has intended for one item to funding to address climate change or gun violence or something like that?

we have a lot of concerns about how him using a national emergency could play out in the long term. >> you can follow jennifer on utt and at jennifer sh her reporting on cq.com. on c-span,p tonight the funeral service for former congressman john dingell. after that, conversations with congressional leaders, minority whip steve scully's, debbie stabenow, and house democratic chair hakeem jeffries. c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. friday morning, the heritage willation's stephen moore,

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