house democrats, house republicans, senate democrats, and senate republicans reached a bipartisan agreement to fund the government, prevent a shutdown, and meet the needs of the american people. we reached a bipartisan agreement that will help farmers, families, the future of working class americans, children, seniors, veterans, and the men and women in uniform all across the nation and the world. that bipartisan agreement has now been detonated because house republicans have been ordered to shut down the government and hurt the very working class americans that many of them pretend to want to help. this is a moment, it's not about the incoming president. it's not about millionaires and billionaires, it's about the harm that house republicans will do to the american people if the government shuts down. families will be hurt. farmers will be hurt. everyday americans whose lives were turned upside-down by extreme weather events like hurricanes and floods and wildfires will be hurt if they don't get the relief that they need and deserve to improve their quality of life. if the government shuts

and democrats can from republicans. democratic foreign policy tends to be too clever, complicated for his own good, and it can sometimes use a good dose of bracing simplicity and republican foreign policy can be too simple for its own good and can sometimes use an injection of democratic complexity. but the trump policy took the the republican virtue vice of some of its to a dangerous extreme. it just wasn't going to work. it was only going to make enemies and a as the united states is, it needs friends, too. and real friends. i think we can. this is senator ken keating, an albany mechanic who has sent me this telegram. why keep talking about cuba? what kind of politics are you playing? well, the russian build up in cuba involves our nationals security. and i, for one, am determined to keep it out of politics. as the soviets turn this island into a fortress. nothing would please them more than to use cuba. also, as a wedge to divide our people. for instance, here's the latest radio moscow blast on the subject. senator ke

the republicans and democrats are meeting. it has to start in the house to see whether or not the government gets funded past midnight tonight. the republicans are filing out of their meeting. and when they come up to the podium and talk to reporters. we want to hear your voices on a potential government shutdown. about half hour ago, the "wall street journal" had this report on the latest potential plan for votes. republicans float novel idea to avert government shutdown. johnson plans to huddle with rank and file to lay out a plan to avert a government shutdown while reopening while they are still steaming. discussions in the g.o.p. focus on holding separate votes on different positioners of the package. two people familiar with the party's thinking said the votes will be likely divided, funding federal agencies for three months, i.e. a clean continuing resolution and providing disaster relief and aid to farmers. they would raise the debt ceiling and cut spending next year. president-elect trump has demanded that they raise t

democrats and republicans talk about it, but as a democrat, i hear it all the time that we have to focus on our messaging. and that implies is that the weakness is the way we are communicating with the population that we serve. there is some weakness there. the bigger weakness is that the communication is not given. you know, it's not given the two way nature of that. it should require. if we simply spent more time quietly listening to the people that we work for, some of the things that we try to message later, that seems so meaningful, the way i've described it is that if in political conversation or in a policy debate, if we're talking about doesn't fit at a kitchen table in a home in the district we represent, it's the wrong conversation. congressman, you've been a good friend of c-span and talked to our viewers over the years. thank you very much for your time. thank you. i appreciate it >> next, utah senator mitt romney gives his final floor remarks before retiring to the senate. senato

they are a bunch of lowlifes anyway, republicans and democrats. do not think they ought to be paid to go on to be in congress or the senate. host: ok. steve, your reaction to marjori taylor greene, republican. "i would be open supporting elon musk for speaker of the house. doge can only truly be accomplished by reining in congress to enact real government efficiency. the establishment needs to be shattered just like it was yesterday. this is the way." elon musk for speaker. guest: i would -- caller: i would go for that. the guy knows how to cut stuff out. that is why he is a super billionaire. i mean you know, he knows how to trim the fat. and i just see congress on both sides, i just see congress and the senate up there just playing a little game with each other back and forth. and then they go off and have dinner together. and they laugh about it. that is the why i really see our government doing. host: steve's perception in indianapolis. hugh, oakland, california. democratic caller. what does it say to these decision-makers? caller: i want to sa

it is about the bottom line for the billionaires for the republicans , and for democrats, about makinge we can make everyday people's lives better, and that is the contrast, and we are not going to just roll over and bow and scrape to elon musk and donald trump like republicans are willing to. >> if there is no rollover or agreement possible, how long could a shutdown last night max make there does not need to be a shutdown, we have a bipartisan agreement we can put on the floor and pass today. short of that, we need to make sure we come together and sort out, because the republicans have a very slim majority, a slimmer majority in the next congress. they are going to need us to pass anything as we saw last night. we are willing to come to the table and work together to get something accomplished, but it has to deliver for the american people and it cannot hurt them. we have to pass the disaster relief and bring health and for our farmers across the country and make sure that we buttress our budget and make sure that it improves the lives of american people, not hurts them. >> if it is

republicans do not pass this bill without democrats. republicansht have the majority it was not many months ago the likes of marjorie taylor greene and others would go nuts. you are not republicans you are part of the unit party and doing something on a bipartisan basis was a cardinal sin. >> in some ways what it shows is republican versus democrat to republican versus republican but the biggest voices are not in congress or technically in the republican party at all. of course, you got mar-a-lago, essentially run as an alternative court of donald trump where a lot of the real power jocking is happening. you have congress and this was the week when the mar-a-lago court went full gun against essentially the congressional republicans and in particular speaker johnson. and i think, you know, speaker johnson going to survive for long he will have to be deft. >> what do you think? >> first of all, i mean -- they are not even -- donald trump is not even president, right? >> can we just say that again? isn't that the most important thing? he is not even p

so i think part of the challenge often for democrats is that, you know, my republican colleagues talk in headlines and democrats sometimes talk in fine print and you know, when you, you and, and, and we, we talk in fine print sometimes because we care about governing. i just went through a whole list of things accomplished in the, the biden administration and you have to master the fine print in order uh to be able to govern effectively. but if you want to persuade the american people on an issue, you know, you govern in fine print, but you message, you persuade, you communicate in headlines. and i think we, that's still a work in progress for us in the context of how we communicate on the campaign trail so that we are not painted um as too far to one extreme, which is what my colleagues on the other side. >> well. there. uh i think that you're already seeing also though, that there, there, there will be plenty of examples from the republican side of the aisle of extremism. sadly, but, but, but that will certainly be there. and, you know, one of the, one of the reasons why and i know

house democrats, house republicans, senate democrats and senate republicans reached a bipartisan agreement to fund the government, prevent a shutdown and meet the needs of the american people. we reached a bipartisan agreement to provide disaster assistance to people who had their lives turned upside down by extreme weather events, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and wildfires all across america. we reached a bipartisan agreement to be there for farmers and families, children, seniors, working class americans all across the country. the men and women who serve this country in uniform and our veterans. house republicans have abandoned that bipartisan agreement that we entered into in good faith. a bill that house republicans negotiated. gave us your word that we were going to move forward together on behalf of the american people. it was a republican-drafted bill that was posted by house republicans. and then one or two puppet masters weigh in and extreme maga republicans decide to do the bidding of the wealthy, the well off, the well connected millionaires and billionaires, not working class

house democrats, house republicans, senate democrats and senate republicans reached a bipartisan agreement to fund the government, prevent a shutdown and meet the needs of the american people. we reached a bipartisan agreement to provide disaster assistance to people who had their lives turned upside down by extreme weather events, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and wildfires all across america. we reached a bipartisan agreement to be there for farmers and families, children, seniors, working class americans all across the country. the men and women who serve this country in uniform and our veterans. house republicans have abandoned that bipartisan agreement that we entered into in good faith. a bill that house republicans negotiated. gave us your word that we were going to move forward together on behalf of the american people. it was a republican-drafted bill that was posted by house republicans. and then one or two puppet masters weigh in and extreme maga republicans decide to do the bidding of the wealthy, the well off, the well connected millionaires and billionaires, not working class

i don't care if you are democrat, republican, whatnot. you do something wrong on one end, it's amazing if you are republican or democrat you can do the exact same thing. evil is another party. people vote against their own interests just to save their party. it's amazing. always be aware of all things. with atg today -- being woke is bad. host: we will be discussing the concept of wokeness in the next segment so stay tuned for that. john from california on the line for republicans. caller: thanks for taking my call. i would like to say one way is to solve the problem. we had for years where the border has been a mess, a problem not being solved. everybody is fighting over it. if somebody can just step in and completely solve that problem. you have a decisive person like trump. the more problems he solves, the closer we are going to get. like he says, success will solve a lot of things. one more thing i wanted to say. i am really excited about the cabinet being one of the solutions. a lot of the members are gen xers. young people will get

for republicans,202) 748-8001. for democrats, (2) 748-8000. dependt at -- independents at (202) 748-8002. danny from arizona on the line for republicans. caller: merry christmas and happy new year. as i see it, this is my opinion which i think is pretty good -- i used to be an independent prior to the 2016 election until i saw with my two eyes with the democrats are all about -- what the democrats are all about. these are not the democrats of jfk, not the democrats of your grandparents' generation. what they are doing to these cities with the lawlessness going on, which was so recently done. the illegal alien burned that lady to death on a subway in new york city. this is one case. these illegal aliens should not even be allowed in the country. they are doing all this bad stuff to us. the democrats are allowing them to do whatever the hell they want. host: what might help deal with political polarization in the country? do you think it is an issue? caller: right now i think it is an issue because no one listens to each other. these democrats, t

senate democrats, senate republicans, house democrats, house republicans. everybody agreed, and then it was blown up by elon musk, who apparently has become the leader of government. who is hakeem jeffries supposed to negotiate with? mike johnson or donald trump or elon musk or someone else? scarlet: joining us now from washington, d.c. is our own michael sheppard. we heard from the speaker of the house, and he says stay tuned, we are working on an alternative solution or package to address the funding situation now. the wildcard is elon musk, who has been tweeting left, right, and center, most recently saying either the government should pass sensible bills that serve the people or shut it down. two what extent is he calling the shots in congress is just in his wake? michael s.: that is a great question, because calling the shots implies he is actually involved somehow in the negotiations. from what we can tell, he is working more from the outside, criticizing what lawmakers are doing, and perhaps not offering as substantive in the room input as lawmakers

, house republicans, senate republicans, senate democrats. g should have come as a surprise to donald trump or people close to him. one would presume that speaker mike johnson and his republican leader team were keeping the president-elect informed. the reality though is donald trump does not always make clear to them what exactly he wants. even yesterday, it was hours and hours of elon musk loan out there on twitter on his platform bashing this and an untimely some hours later donald trump finally broke his silence and came out against it. that has been a problem i saw before the first time donald trump was president. even a bill his own treasury secretary has negotiated. >> so what do you think is going to happen midnight friday tomorrow? >> well, one of two things will happen. either republicans will be true to their word -- >> or their will -- >> or their will be a government shutdown. >> your thoughts on this whole debt ceiling issue. it is unusual to see president- elect trump and elizabeth warren agreeing on something. what is your posi

republican. sixteen-point democrat. fourteen went republican. republican. four went democrat. document turning texas blue for a long time in texas. the idea was the demographic shift young people coming of age and a burgeoning latino population length a virgin asian population would be a much more competitive environment. the assumption was always, it might take on it is that was true so long the populations are talking about six 25 -- 35 democrat republican they're not. in fact i think it's ridiculous to expect them too. the latino middle-class imposes like san antonio and austin is going through the roof. there is an explosion of wealth and latino communities. there's been economic diversification is been a cultural diversification such that i always think a theory predicated on politics remaining static is a bad theory. that was the problem with that theory. sure everything remained exactly the same texas would be blue by now. but people change why would you expect these populations, san antonio is a really interesting place. a lot of ways it's like the hispanic capitol of

senator moore capito of west virginia is of the same vantage, the idea that two members, democrat and republican, set a tone for this place, and hopefully it will last for a while, and makes me very proud. shelley and i worked together with democrats and republicans on the infrastructure bill and had a chance to be on the floor together when we debated the most transformational bill in history of the country. there was an enormous lead satisfying. >> what will you do next? sen. carper: i'm -- i think probably somewhere -- my wife of 28 ye-- 38 years, she suggested we would visit resident libraries, which we would like to. one day a biden library. maybe we will put it in delaware, we will see. we have a national park that people come to from all around the world, so the idea of this national park will be good. the other thing, on a more serious note, i think the greatest challenge we face today is delaware, our state's thinking and the waters are rising, and we are doing lots of things about it. president like trump is not too excited about a lot of the -- president-elect trump is not too excited

how did you become a republican and your brother a democrat ? >> my brother is older and he was certainly more conservative when he was younger. i grew up in the reagan years, he was my personal hero. and brad went to washington. i think he was always favored -- i never thought of them as a liberal. by the way, i think my brother is good at what he does. he would never say this, but i suspect when they were having these calls around washington, d.c., the biden people and harris, if they would've listened him more they would've done a little better. maybe a lot better. maybe not enough to win, he could've helped the more. i'm just a more conservative person. you know? he went to washington, and as i have said many times when this question comes up, nothing good comes when someone goes to washington. >> i mean, i started in politics as a democrat. my mom is a democrat. are parents of been democrats. my father changed parties over the years. he was with the democrats, it became a republican, with ross perot, independent. he's like i'm going to vote

as we saw yesterday more than three dozen republicans joining with democrats to oppose that first take. mike johnson knows he's going to need to really get a lot of support from within his own party. at this point with the conversations happening and with the republicans who don't just want to perhaps go along with they are seeing as being inserted from outside forces, maybe like donald trump or elon musk or some of the other people getting involved in this conversation, then they are thinking about themselves and also coming into the next congress with perhaps having stuff to whatever they see as important issues to them. with chip roy, voicing his disagreement with the bill as it was previously, and talking about what he thought should happen. these are tough conversations for republicans to be having. there's been a lot of talk about how they are coming into washington next year with control in the house, in the senate, in the white house. but with this situation happening it remains to be seen exactly what all of that centralized power could mean in terms of getting things done in

so, you know, people talk about how democrats have to come to the table. republicans need to come to the table to democrats. if you need our vote, you'll negotiate with us. otherwise you don't get the vote. >> you're active in the campaign arm. there's one question i would have. is there 16 democrats who in the new congress who are elected in districts that trump carried only three republicans in the district. kamala harris carried? are those 16 democrats, some of whom are in districts with rising hispanic populations. is there any impetus on them to maybe break with hakeem jeffries when he clings too hard to the left? >> when he saw the unity today? we saw the unity today. and i think it's that's not next year, but we've already seen that today. i do think that there's a bit of strength when you can win a district that donald trump won. i think democrats feel, you know, i'm a pretty good politician. i know my district. i know how to get reelected. i think you also see the republicans today, you know, the freedom caucus folks are saying, you know, i love donald trump,

so you're asking democrats, do you think that republicans respect democratic institutions? not many democrats say that about republicans. not many republicans say that about democrats. do you think the other party governs honestly? almost no democrats, almost no republicans say that about the other party. you see it here, too, on the question of tolerating different types of people. so the view that each side has of the other, it's deep, deep suspicion, hostility between the two parties, between the two sides of the divide. how does this play out in our elections? how did it play out in november? we talk about the different demographic divides that have been driving elections. now, gender, one of them, this goes back decades. we've really had a gender gap since 1980. in this election, trump winning men by 12, harris winning women by 8, a gender gap of 20 points. third straight election, the gender gap was at least 20 points. we see it on marriage. married voters, heavily for trump, unmarried, heavily for harris. we see it among white voters, not so much yet with nonwhite vo

if that is their way, i said, i am not a washington democrat and i have friends in washington who are republican. that is the only game in town. the american party that can force them to come back to the middle to make the grand old party be grand and the democrat party be responsible and compassionate. i think we are ready. host: --remains in the senate? sen. manchin: it is not crowded. it is not crowded. host: what will you miss about this institution? sen. manchin: the relationships and the ability to go around the world and see things. and the people that we saved and just so many areas and all the good that we can do. i saw this. there was nobody else that will take our place. there's others that want to take it economically. china. military might, russia. others that have nefarious reasons for wanting to be as powerful as we are. you have to have super compassion. you want super economies, super ella terry, but super compassion and super apathy and you have to be able to answer the call in the hardest of times. we are the only ones that come to the table every time. every time, it is the u

a lot of democrats are calling elon musk president musk and republicans are saying this is the democraticointing aside, is there any room for real compromise and what does that look like? >> we know what the compromise looks like, it was the compromise reached and announced a couple days ago. by the way that compromise was not easy among democratic members to agree to. that's why it took weeks and a month. the sooner we get back to the bipartisan agreement, the better off. let's not forget the lesson of the 2018 shutdown which was the longest in american history happening under donald trump. the way that ended is when trump finally recognized what he was asking for was unreasonable and he dropped demands and house republicans dropped unreasonable demands and we were able to end that shut down. i think we will see history repeat itself. >> let me ask, we have talked a lot today about the real world consequences that would ensue, if indeed there is a government shutdown. there was a prolonged one at the beginning of then preisdent trump's first term. numbers of the military will be asked to

both republicans and democrats.what you read was four hours of hearings, four hours of soundbites, social media feet and at the end of the day nothing changed. >> host: joe is an maryland, democrat. good morning. >> caller: good morning to you guys. i've been in d.c. my whole life. >> host: go right ahead. >> caller: a couple quick points. you can tell me i'm wrong o. 1920 something they had rockefeller giving the speech, saying we're going to give them a two-party system. but we're going to have a new world order. i'm going to leave that alone. now back to today. they are throwing out divisive things every single day. making pick a side. or you pick a middle guy. none of this has been working. still hasn't been working. i'm totally discombobulated. i'll sayoi this, thank you for your work, thank you for your podcast. i don't know why you're in d.c. anymore. having been in my whole life in the swamp, living here, citizens united, how do you feel about that? citizens united. >> guest: citizens united, look, the whole

why couldn't you just go more the democratic republicans, campbells, that's it for me. how much? i'm sure you can find more information on our website. elders 0. com. the news continues here on alger 0 after people. and pals, thanks for watching the the, israel's one golf has this place nearly 2000000 published in, you know, with the calls bytes, politicians to permanently expel palestinians from the strip is a growing of yet another false population transfer people in power investigates the we should create a human terry and problem that we force egypt, and ducky and europe to absorb the arabs as a refugees. so the purpose of the design is projects was the eraser of the palestinian people. the methodology was mostly expulsion, intimidation, unless it gets almost ha hose that so these look at them is it needs a giga minutes on to move on shape. yeah, sure. langley the ship. well look at not as much as the one that is a loving that's what i see in the long since october 7th, 2023, about 2000000 palestinians. and the guys, the strip of had to flee for their lives to escape death an

house democratic leader hakeem jeffries and former republican congressman congresswoman liz cheney. in january 23, leader jeffries addressed the house as the newly chosen democratic leader, the first african-american in history to lead a party in either chamber. this the speech he gave focused on the political transition facing congress and to make clear the principles at stake. he riffed on the alphabet, associating each letter with a choice. you know for the letter a american values over autocracy the letter b benevolence. bigotry. the letter c the constitution over the cult and on. his new book, the abcs of democracy, builds on those remarks using. colorful, vibrant illustrations to animate the alphabetical. the result is a very engaging and instructive work that as a leader jeffries isn't just for kids but people of all. and how great to to have liz cheney here this. she she she has demonstrated such courage and eloquence in warning of the risks posed to our democracy. donald trump in a memoir oath an honor published year ago, she shared her own of the january six insurrection an

republican. the yes. elections will now be overseen by the state auditor. democratsers of small d democracy have worked tirelessly for weeks to keep the spotlight and the political pressure on republicans here to try and shame them from going forward with this just abundantly obvious anti-democratic power grab, but republicans in north carolina today passed the bill under the guise of hurricane relief while they still had the super majority. what do democrats do now? the chair of north carolina's democratic party has some ideas and she joins me next. hundreds on car insurance with liberty mutual. customize and sa— (balloon doug pops & deflates) and then i wake up. and you have this dream every night? yeah, every night! hmm... i see. (limu squawks) only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ ah, these bills are crazy. she has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if she owns a life insurance policy of $100,000 or more she can sell all or part of it to coventry for cash. even a term policy. even a term policy? even a te

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democratic leader in the house. he made a statement to reporters last night saying essentially republicans are on their own. [video clip] >> senate democrats and republicans reached a bipartisan agreement to fund the government and meet the needs of the american people. we need a bipartisan agreement to provide disaster assistance to everyday americans who have been upended and have been turned upside down as a result, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, floods, and other types of extreme weather events. we reached a bipartisan agreement to meet the needs of the american people and provide assistance to farmers, families, children, seniors, veterans, men and women in uniform, and working-class americans. house republicans have no unilaterally decided to break a bipartisan agreement that they made. house republicans have been ordered to shut down the government and hurt everyday americans all across this country. house republicans will now own any harm that is visited upon the american people that results from a government shutdown or worse. an agreement is an agreement. it was bipartisan, and there's nothing m

republican. elections will now be overseen by the state auditor. democratsave worked tirelessly for weeks to keep the pressure on republicans here to shame them from going forward with this just abundantly obvious anti- democratic power grab. but republicans in north carolina today passed the bill under the guise of hurricane relief. while they still had the supermajority. so what do democrats do now. the chair of north carolina's democratic party has some ideas and she joins me next. and she joins me next. but here i am... ...being me. keep being you... ...and ask your healthcare provider about the number one prescribed h-i-v treatment, biktarvy. biktarvy is a complete, one-pill, once-a-day treatment used for h-i-v in many people—whether you're 18 or 80. with one small pill, biktarvy fights h-i-v to help you get to undetectable—and stay there whether you're just starting or replacing your current treatment. research shows that taking h-i-v treatment as prescribed and getting to and staying undetectable prevents transmitting h-i-v through sex. serious side e

there were things in it democrats liked and republicans did not. there were things in it republicans liked that democrats would have preferred to leave out. but that is the nature of government funding bills. they require compromise. which we did. which we accomplished. and the support of democrats and republicans in the house and in the senate in order to become the law of the land. that was true throughout the 118th congress, despite republicans' repeat and failed efforts to write extreme and partisan funding bills. and that will be true in the 119th congress as well. we are on the cusp of an agreement to move this country forward. but two days ago a multibillionaire with apparently no working knowledge of our government or of appropriations, someone who is a self-appointed president of the united states, elon musk issued a marching order for house republicans to go against their own elected leadership. shut down the government. shut down the government. house republicans are responsible for any harm and uncertainty brought upon the american peop