[cheering & applause] >> manu raju, when you interviewed mitch mcconnell, what was he like? >> it was the most complex race of a 30 year career. he was attacked -- right off the bat, he had his first primary challenge. he had democrats that made him the top target. he knew that going in. mcconnell is a guy who looks around corners, and he had planned for four years this campaign. that started in 2010, right after he saw what happened at the republican primary at rand paul. rand paul beat mcconnell's handpicked guy in that primary. at that point, mcconnell realized, i have to recalibrate everything i know about republican primary politics in my home state. he started to make changes and hired key staff and started to build a very sophisticated infrastructure, knowing this would be the most difficult race in his campaign. he said to me, this is the most complex challenge i've ever had to deal with. and he won big. in both the primary and the general election. >> we're going to talk about mitch mcconnell for the hour and what he is like as a leader. when you see him up close, w

political reporters manu raju and john bresnahan. >> he had planned for four years this campaign. this started in 2010 right after he saw what happened in the republican primary for rand paul, the republican kentucky senator. he beat the hand picked guy, grayson in that primary. at that point mcconnell realized i have to recal bragsebrate everything i know about republican politics in my own state. he started to build this sophisticated infrastructure. they knew they were going to spend a lot of money on technology. they had watched the obama campaign in 2008 and 2012. they had watched harry reid's re-election in 2010. they knew they needed to go from this 2008 race where he beat bruce lunsford. it was a tough race. he was going to have the latest technology. he said he was going build the most thorough senate campaign ever. >> in american history. >> in american history. he probably got -- he probably got there. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q average and to mark 10 years, we're airing one program from each year starting december 22 t 7:00 p.m. eastern o

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. >> this week on "q&a," john bresnahan and manu raju share stories about mitch mcconnell, as he first won a republican primary and then won the general election. >> this experiment of government has lasted long enough. [applause]

[cheering & applause] >> manu raju, when you interviewed mitch mcconnell, what was he like? >> it was the most complex race of a 30 year career. he was attacked -- right off the bat, he had his first primary challenge. he had democrats that made him the top target. he knew that going in. mcconnell is a guy who looks around corners, and he had planned for four years this campaign. that started in 2010, right after he saw what happened at the republican primary at rand paul. rand paul beat mcconnell's handpicked guy in that primary. at that point, mcconnell realized, i have to recalibrate everything i know about republican primary politics in my home state. he started to make changes and hired key staff and started to build a very sophisticated infrastructure, knowing this would be the most difficult race in his campaign. he said to me, this is the most complex challenge i've ever had to deal with. and he won big. in both the primary and the general election. >> we're going to talk about mitch mcconnell for the hour and what he is like as a leader. when you see him up close, w

now with a look at what could be the final week at the 113th congress manu raju joins us a senior reporter with politico and in politico let's start with an article that talks about ironing out the money details for a deal. what is the current status of this legislation and what are the details on this bill? >> we are looking at a bill that would fund most of the government until the end of the next fiscal year which ends the end of september next year. the idea is that it would allow funding for every federal agency until then except immigration enforcement agencies. that is a concession to republicans who want to fight the issue of immigration again at the beginning of next year when they take control of the senate. that is a condition to a larger spending bill that had democrats -- democrats agree to a short-term spending bill on the immigration issue. so watch for that to be a big fight going forward but there are larger details that need to be ironed out as well. as you mentioned how much money will this spend agency by agency? those are things negotiators are going through right now.

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. >> this week on "q&a," manu raju bresnahan share stories about being on the trail with mitch mcconnellrs this campaign. he started in 2010 after what he saw happened for rand paul, the kentucky republican senator. rand paul beat mcconnell's handpicked guy. at that point, mcconnell realized, i have to recalibrate everything i know about primary politics in my home state. he started to make changes. he hired key staff. he started to build this sophisticated infrastructure knowing that this would be the most difficult race. >> they knew they were going to spend a lot of money on technology. they watch the obama campaign in 2008 and 2012. they watched harry reid's election in 2010. he was going to have the latest technology. we did an interview with him in 2013, and he said he was going to build the most thorough campaign ever. >> in american history -- >> he probably got there. at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a," and to mark 10 years of "q&a," we are erring one program from each year at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >> among the house members who are retiring at the end of this session is