. >> join us is kellie mejdrich. yesterday house majority leader kevin mccarthy said the house would not take up the senate secure highway funding bill this week at this when house republicans leaders announced the house would now consider a new short-term bill that would extend highway funding for just three months. how and why did this change? >> caller: so there's a couple of reasons. first of all this has been several weeks of messaging from the house since the senate released a multi-year authorization. transportation and ways and means leaders in the house just to believe that there's enough time to be able to examine the legislation. of the house to be able to speak on this before the august recess. and so they for a couple of weeks now, have pointed to the five months-ish, two december 18 extension that they have offered. but the senate hasn't been a nikon has entered a multiyear deal and a late last night at the last minute by doctor the senate chose to go through a procedural motion that would basic require

>>host: kellie mejdrich the transportation reporter at cq roll call. find her on twitter. thank you so much. them, who are imprisoned for labor purposes or for sex trafficking. >> washington journal continues. host: we are back with meghan mccarthy, editchie >> we are back with the editor in chief of morning consul to talk about the health care law and what is next the senate voted to do try to once again repealed the affordable care act. what happened? >> this is the first vote since the republicans wanted to vote in january. the couple months longer than people anticipated. it fell 49 or 43 as republican is were out on a sunday vote sova would have gotten 51 votes but it created a lot of fireworks over the next few days spent looking at the majority leader from kentucky. >> tried to convince senators. >> it is filled with higher costs and fewer choices and broken promises. and that has failed repeatedly to have day hard-working middle-class family has a choice for every senator. to protect the president who likes a lot with his name on it or stand with the middle-class t