ryan: next week the house will take up a spending package referred to as a minibus -- forur appropriations bills in one, so they are taking a bills to fund the military, energy programs, water projects, the legislative branch itself and veterans programs. these are bills that are popular among republicans. it should be a fairly partisan exercise. the package is not expected to get a lot of democratic support, if any. so it should be a pretty partyline vote. there will be a lot of amendments, i think it will go late into the night, several nights. we have a busy week ahead of us on appropriations. >> one thing you talk about when it comes to the lack of support from democrats, is that because of the border wall? talk about that and how it factors into the package. ryan: it is a big part of it. i think this probably would have been a fairly partisan package regardless of the wall, because the spending bills are written at spending levels that the democrats do not agree with. but the border wall is probably the most controversial part of this. the package includes $1.6 billion to begin constr