it is a reason a number teachers leave school. what can we do that addresses that? del. sablan: i am going to interrupt and ask you to please respond to her in writing. thank you. >> if you would like to watch this, visit our website at c-span.org. trauma inhildren and the search box on the home page. is budget m a reporter with politico. largely focused on fiscal year 2020 spending. let's start with the house and a tweet of yours saying house leaders are readying a continuing resolution through the 21st that would prevent president trump from holding up presidentreeze trump's trade relief and -- flexibility on border fencing. why do they need a continuing resolution on what is so special about this date other than being the weekend before thanksgiving? >> if you are from other with congress at all, you're probably

familiar with the fact they like to put spending bill deadlines up against the holidays to force some action and urgency. if we are putting up against thanksgiving, hypothetically, everyone wants to go home to and everyone wants to get this done. that is the scenario lawmakers are hoping for. you never know what will happen here knock on look at the -- knock on wood that it does not happen. but like you said, house lawmakers are circulating a draft, a continuing resolution that would extend current funding levels likely through november point first. that is something we could see as early as next week. it is possible the committee could meet tonight, a vote on that measure. lawmakers are preparing the

short-term spending fix because the appropriations process at the moment is a little stuck. it is being mired in some partisan disagreement. markup, ithave house doesn't spending bill -- bills they have to revisit. they got started on their own process this week. funding is set to run out. there is very little time the house and senate has to negotiate a spending bill that will provide updated funding thats, so it is very real there will be the need to provide time for more negotiations. let me ask you about the senate process. you reported on it. the senate spending bills thrown into chaos over abortion policy, border wall." tell us about the bills they are trying to markup. how was she involved in some of the issues that came up the past week? caitlin: the senate got started

right away. for the bills department of labor, education, state and other foreign epa,tions, the pentagon, and water programs. they had intended on the outset fiscalweek to tackle right away, just as things got on the ground, things fell apart. patty murphy said she would introduce an amendment for the education bill that would stop the trump administration from implementing this antiabortion title ix rule. away weres right like, we consider that to be a poison pill. the term is key because in the budget agreement, president there is sort of a

handshake agreement between house and senate lawmakers to avoid the so-called poison pills we also saw state and foreign sidelined.bills get so right away, things got off to a rough start. the senate appropriations committee and that passing a spending bill for the pentagon and energy and water programs just yesterday. forwardbills are moving and the senate could take them up on the floor. >> you write about aid to ukraine, your article saying

trump administration backs off on the ukraine military aid. what happened? caitlin: this has been very controversial as an issue in recent weeks. the trump administration has looked at foreign aid as a whole with a lot of scripting two. if u.s. the administration why, they say we want to ensure that the money is spent wisely overseas and other countries are paying their fair share. the story last month but when we received a tip the trump administration have frozen funds,0 million pot of these are a bipartisan pot of money.

it clearly brought up a lot of it sparked an intense amount of bipartisan backlash. republican senators like senator lindsey graham, one of the president's top allies, warned that you should not be doing this. we found out the office of management and budget has listed -- lifted their hold on that fund. thatacklash was so intense senators felt it prudent to -- there was a debate yesterday during the senate appropriations committee, senator durbin wanted an amendment to ensure the administration no longer tried to free up eight to ukraine. revolutionontinuing -- resolution also includes a provision preventing the president from holding up further aid to the ukraine.

this has become such a bipartisan swell that lawmakers in both the house and the senate on both sides want to put gold has been -- >> give us one of the key players you're watching as the spending debate continues question mark -- continues. caitlin: the focus is on the senate appropriations chairman, house appropriations chairwoman nina. they will be the key. the house and senate has to spending bills that will provide updated spending levels for the federal government. there needs to be some kind of compromise there.

that being said, they historically have worked well together and are key players to watch. another key player to watch for next week would be senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. how will the senate proceed on the spending bills moving, will they just had into formal conference negotiations with the house, the majority winner will be making decisions on that certainly. a, politico.com is where you can read her reporting. follow her on twitter. thank you so much. returns tuesday at noon for general speed -- speeches. you can watch live on c-span. the senate convenes monday at three clock live on c-span two. the joint economic committee

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