happy valentine's day. we saluted a victory for the american people with chocolate from california. i call it the champagne of chocolate. reporter: other bills in a bipartisan fashion -- [inaudible] has the smell gonzalez? rep. pelosi: it didn't go south. [laughter] -- has the bill gone south? rep. pelosi: chad, you are always saying -- has the bill gone south? it didn't go south. [laughter] reporter: what is your message? [inaudible] host: jennifer shutt joins us. she's an appropriations and budget reporter. jennifer, how did this bill come together? jennifer: 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. host: run through some of the key issues from this government funding and border security bill. jennifer: 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 construct these structures along along the u.s.-mexico border. he ends up with about $1.4 for barriers in this legislation. another really contentious issue was the number of people that immigrations and customs enforcement can detain. that is something democrats feel rather passionate about. they had hoped to put a cap on the number of detainees at any given time. that did not happen. but was a builder do was reduce the average daily population by about 17%, compared to current levels. did was reducel the average daily population that i.c.e. could detain by about 17%, compared to current levels. host: how did leaders in the senate and house get the votes to pass this compromise?

jennifer: there's more 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. it is also something we saw getting approved by congressional leadership, so everyone sort of seems 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. so i think that is what we saw with this package. host: 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. or make a declaration of the national emergency. jennifer: so, president trump's support has been something that republicans wanted to get from

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 the $1.37 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. and it really sounds like the democratic house is going to

respond. we just don't know if that will be a lawsuit in the courts, or a resolution of disapproval, or how there may be other potential theons to stop the national emergency. this isn't 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. a lot of them were talking about , well, could a president declare a national emergency and divert funding that congress has intended for one item to funding climate, to address change or a violence, or something like that? so there are a lot of concerns about using a national emergency could play out in the long term. host: you can follow jennifer on twitter at jennifer shutt and her reporting on cq.com. more to come, i'm sure, jennifer.

thank you for all of the information. jennifer: thank you for having me. announcer: c-span's washington journal. live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. friday morning, stephen moore, , willhor of trumponomics discuss the economic record an impact on the 2017 tax law. and, a senior congressional reporter will discuss prospects for a major infrastructure deal. democratic congressman lawson from connecticut will discuss security.of social be sure to watch live at 7:00 a.m. eastern friday morning. join the discussion. >> on friday, president trump will speak about security on the southern border after the house and senate approved a border

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