and they were for the senate working harder income shutdowns on other business before they were against it. well look, until our democratic colleagues agreed to get back to work, until they agree to get back to work the senate can't make much progress. rest assured, assad has not pressed the possible on the syrian civil war simple because it doesn't suit the democratic leaders political strategy this week. israel's enemies have not stopped either. andts until democrats prioritize the public interest ahead of political spite, our border will not be secured and the federal government will remain partially closed. i cannot urge my democratic colleagues more strongly to get past this purely partisan spite. rediscover their own past positions on border security and negotiate a fair solution with the president to secureur our nation and reopen all of the federal government. >> now, mr. president, last night president trump tried to convince congress and the american people that there's a crisis at our southern border. it was a little more than a rehash of spurious arguments and misleading statistics that the president has been

so yesterday evening, democrats blocked the senate from proceeding to important foreign policy legislation. as i was saying, mr. president, yesterday evening the democrats blocked the senate from proceeding to important foreign policy legislation, a bill which was blocked last night included measures of which they have been outspokenly supportive and even co-sponsored. but then they decided that getting anything done at all this week would clash with their new political brand. so to be clear, the legislation i'm referring to would have addressed several serious challenges to u.s. interests in the middle east. it would have reaffirmed our commitment to the security of israel, our closest regional ally. it would have reauthorized defense cooperation with jordan, a critical partner. and it would have taken a vital step toward bringing the perpetrators and enablers of the assad regime's atrocities in syria to justice. frankly, it would have delivered on promises to which my democratic colleagues appeared to be firmly committed, in their own words. senate democrats have discussed quote, the con

in 2013, every senate democrat, every senate democrat supported legislation requiring the completion of a 700 mile fence along our southern border. this legislation would have provided $46 billion for border security and $8 billion specifically for a physical barrier. as recently as last year, nearly every senate democrat supported $25 billion in border security. my point, madam president, is that the democrats here in the senate have in the past recognized the importance, one, of securing the border and two, how important a physical barrier is as a part of the solution to securing our border. not entirely dependent upon a border wall, but certainly a part of that solution to include technological solutions, manpower, additional personnel, cameras, sensors, all the modern technology that we have, but certain places recognizing that the fence works, and the fence has worked. for almost 700 miles of fence already on the southern botherd. i would point out in 2009 the senate democrat leader said in a speech and i quote, any immigration solution must recognize that we must do as much as

and they were for the senate working hard during government shutdowns another business before they were against it. well look, and tell her democratic colleagues agreed to get back to work, until they agreed to get back to work, the senate can't make much progress. rest assured, assad has not pressed the pause button on the syrian civil war simply because it doesn't suit the democratic leaders political strategy this week. israel's enemies have not stopped either. until democrats prioritize the public interest ahead of political spite, our border will not be secured, and the federal government will remain partially closed. i cannot urge my democratic colleagues more strongly to get past this purely partisan spite. we discover their own past positions on border security, and negotiate a fair solution with the president to secure our nation and reopen all of the federal government. >> now, mr. , mr. president, lat night president trump tried

just recently as last year nearly every senate democrat afforded $25 billion a border security but my point now is the democrats in dra the senate have recognized the importance of securing the border and how important a physical barrier is as part of the solution b to securing our border. not entirely dependent upon a border wall but a part of that solution for technological solutionsnn and manpower and sensors and all the modern technology that we have but to recognize a fence works and it has worked almost 700 miles already forgot i would point out in 2009 the senate democratic leaders said in his speech any immigration solution must recognize we have to do as much as we can to gain control of our borders as soon as possible. 2009 from senate democratic leader. with progress that had been made on border security between 2005 and 2009 onincluding construction of 630 miles of border fence creating a significant barrier to illegal immigration that's from the democratic leader the construction of 630 miles border fence to create a significant barrier on the southern land border. in oth

president, from the democrat leader here in the senate from 2009. in 2006 the democrat leader and the ranking member of the senate did you shakily voted for legislation to authorize a border fence. they were joined in their vote by then senator biden, then secretary clinton and then senator obama. 2013, every senate democrats supported legislation required to the completion of a seven-mile fence along our southern border. this legislation would have provided $46 billion for border security and $8 billion specifically for a physical barrier. nearly every senate democrats supported $25 billion in border security funding just last february. and i i suspect more than one democrat still understands that we desperately need tour improve security at our borders. but the democrat leadership refuses to play ball. more than two weeks into this shutdown they are still, still not willing to negotiateur a solution that would securepe our borders and reopen the reopenede government. democrat literally to ignore the security and humanitarian crisis at the southern

that is from the democratic leader here in the senate from 2009. in 2006 the democratic leader of the ranking member of the senate judiciary committee voted for legislation to authorize ther border fence and then with senator obama. this would have provided $46 billion for border security and 8 billion specifically for a physical barrier. three senate democrats supported $25 billion in border security funding just last february, and i suspect more than one democrats don't understand we need to improve security at the borders. the democratic leadership refuses to play ball again two weeks into the shutdown, theyti are still not willing to negotiate a solution that would secure the borders and reopen the government. democratic leaders ignoring the crisis of the southern voters simply because they don't like this president is the art of afraid to oppose the party. need to reopen the government the only way for that to happen is for democrats to work with republicans and the present to border security. once they negotiate a good faith towards serious ag

today my friend the democratic leaders are proposing that a senate shutdown to the partial federal government shutdown and block even more of the people's business, all, all to avoid more of what he already voted for. maybe the democratic party wanted more secure borders before they were against him. or maybe they m are just makingt up as they go along. or maybe there is dead set on opposing this particular president on any issue for any reason, just for the sake of opposing him. now look, walls and barriers are not immoral. how silly. enforcing our laws wasn't immoral back in 2006 when then secretary clinton and senator obama and her friend the democratic leader were proud proud to vote for physical barriers. the only things that is change the current then and the political winds and, of course, the occupant of the white house. so this is no newfound principled objection. it's just political spite, a partisan tantrum being prioritized over the public interest. so for more than two weeks they've indulged in that partisan tantrum rather than negotiate negotiating good faith over borderg securi

anything else, is the thing that's changed, i think, that has changed the minds of a lot of democrats here in the senate. because we used to have a president the democrats like. now we have one that they don't like. and in many cases are openly hostile to. and so for democrats, owe poasing this president -- opposing this president and catering to the far-left antiborder wing of this party seems to be more important than the humanitarian crisis. i v -- i venture to say that a lot of democrats realize that we need to secure our boards. i think a lot of them realize that how important a physical barrier is in making the border security. those who protect our border would tell you that and certainly those who observed what happened here 20 years, border fences that have been built in certain areas of the border have been effective. i think it is important to listen to the experts and allow the experts to shape the policies we put in place. i think the experts have been telling us that, yes, we need a comprehensive solution that includes manpower. all of which the president and his team have been willing to

that was senator obama 2006 in 2009 the democratic leader praises major progress 630 miles of border fence , fence, that creates a significant barrier to illegal immigration.th that was the majority leader now 2009. former senator clinton numerous times to build a barrier to build illegal immigration from coming in that is wherele democrats stood today however it is the new party line with barriers to preserve the integrity of the sovereign nation is immoral from badly needed to immoral and a little more than the span of a presidency so talk about a pivot. talk about a pivot the democratic friends one physical barriers in the recent past most predominant leaders actually bragged about voting for physical barriers the only thing that has changed is the steel fencing was even okay but when president trump occupies the office now all of a sudden democrats had developed a new partisan allergy to the subject of border security. and then just to avoid of getting what they themselves have voted for in the past. so this inconsistency doesn't have imaginary lines in the sand and the virtual id

anything else is the thing that's changed, i think, that has changed the minds of a lot of democrats here in the senate. because we used to have a president democrats liked. now we have one that they don't like. and in many cases, are openly hostile to. so for democrats opposing this president and catering to the far left anti-border security wing of their party seems to be more important than addressing the security and humanitarian crisis that we're facing at our border. madam president, i venture to say deep down a lot of democrats still realize that we need to secure our borders, but i think a lot of them realize how important the physical structure, some sort of barrier is in making sure that that border is secure. certainly those who protect our border would tell you that, and certainly those who have observed what's happened here the past 20 or 30 years as border fences have been built in certain areas of our southern border will tell you that's been very effective. i think it's important for us to listen to the experts and allow the opinions of the experts to shape the policies t the experts ha

as recently as last year nearly every senate democrat supported $25 billion in border security. gn point is that the democrats here in the senate have recognized the importance of how important a physical barrier is as a part of the solution to secure the border not entirely dependent upon a wall but certainly a part of that solution to include technological and manpower and personnel in modern technology but also to recognize offense works and it has worked almost 700 miles already on the southern border. . . . . that ca significant barrier on our southern land border. dain other words in 2009 the democratic leader not only opposed the border stances, he praised them. tens of thousands of individuals tried to cross the southern bordered illegally in unsecured areas of the border. federal agents have seen a 150% increase in the amount of fentanyl seized between the ports of entry. 90% in this country, 90% close across the southern border. the personnel along the southern border we didn't know who's coming into the country or why and we need to ensure that we keep criminals, traff

ten of 15 committee democrats voted to report the final package to the full senate. that's billions of dollars for physical border security when a democratic vote just last year. well, mr. president, that was before we had a new speaker of the house. that was before speaker pelosi and are far left-based decided that the politics of obstruction would come before common sense policymaking. here's how serious the speaker is about ending the impasse and getting the government reopened. she now proudly boasts that she would allow exactly one dollar, one dollar for border barriers. so, mr. president, there was bipartisan support in the congress with billions of dollars of physical barriers at the border before representative pelosi w was speaker. to now congressional democrats support just one dollar, one dollar for border barriers since she became speaker. so you have to ask yourself what's the reason. earlier this month speaker pelosi declared the concept of any physical wall onut our southern barrier was quote, and immorality, and immorality. awol is and immorality? that

president, from the democrat leader here in the senate from 2009. in 2006, the democrat leader and the ramping member of the senate -- ranking member of the senate judiciary committee voted to authorize a fence. they were joined in their vote by then-senator biden, then-senator clinton and then-senator obama. 2013 every senate democrat supported legislation requiring the completion of a 700-mile fence along our southern border. this legislation would have provided $46 billion for border security and $8 billion specifically for a physical barrier. nearly every senate democrat supported $25 billion in border security funding just last february. and i suspect that more than one democrat still understands that we desperately need to improve security at our borders. but the democrat leadership refuses to play ball. more than two weeks into the shutdown, they are still, still not willing to negotiate a solution that would secure our borders and reopen the government. democrat leaders are willing to ignore the security and humanitarian crisis at the souther

in 2006, senate democrats, including then-senator barack obama, senator hillary clinton, senator chuck schumer voted to construct a physical barrier on our southern border. democrat leaders now refuse to basket the border security effort during the government shutdown that is going on today. meanwhile, democrats and media fact checkers are out in force to attack president trump. they insist there is no border crisis. welshing the facts are this january 10 investor business daily editorial, yes, yes, there is a crisis at the border, and the numbers show it. number one in terms of how the numbers show it is that illegal crossings are climbing many last year border patrol stopped more than half the people trying to enter the country illegally. that's a huge increase from the same time of the same two months in 2017. second, apprehensions don't account for all illegal crossing. the homeland security department estimates that about 20% of our crossers enter, which means that about 104,000 illegal immigrants entered in 2018 alone. third, the u.s. illegal immigrant population right now is mas

so, the democrats, a senator schumer, speaker pelosi shut down the government over $5 billion that the president has requested for border security, and yet, 54 democrats, every single one in 2013 voted for 46 billion dollars for border security. well, today they turn their nose up at the president's request for $5.7 billion and it makes no sense whatsoever. unless you look through the lens of partisan political gamesmanship because rational actors, reasonable people trying to find a solution could easily come up with a solution based on this history. it wouldn't take 24 days, it wouldn't take 24 hours, maybe 24 minutes to come up with a bipartisan, bicalmeral solution that the president would sign. what are we talking about? we're talking about the same thing we're talking about in 2006 and 2014. we're talking infrastructure. the president likes to call it a wall, others call it a fence. it includes vehicle barriers along the arizona-mexico border exactly the sorts of things we talked about and voted for in 2006 and 2013. the majority of democrats supported those measures in the past a

the democrats and senator schumer and speaker pelosi shut down the government over $5 billion that the president was requesting for border security yet 54 democrats in r every single one in 2013 voted for $46 billion. well, today they have turned their nose up at the president's request for 5.7 billion and it makes no sense whatsoever. unless you look through the lens of partisan political gamesmanship because rational actors and reasonable people find a solution could easily come up with a solution based on this history. it would not take 24 days and were not take 24 hours and maybe 24 minutes to come up with a bipartisan, bicameral solution the president would sign so what are we talking about? were talking living we talked about back in 2006 and in 2014 and were talking about in the structure and the president likes to call the wall and other people call it offense but it includes things like vehicle barriers along the arizona mexico border and this is exactly the sorts of things we talked about in voted for in 2006, 2013. the majority of democrats supported those measures in the pa

should vote to disapprove and in a short time of the sending a letter to every one of my senate colleagues, democrat, republican, independent to urge them to block this misguided effort by the trump administration and to keep those very needed sanctions in place. i yield the floor. >> senator from vermont. >> madam president, it is interesting that we've entered the 24 day of the trump shutdown and that means for 24 days hundreds of thousands of federal workers have lived with the uncertainty of when they will get their next paycheck. tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of private contractors know they will never be. and for 24 days nine federal departments and dozens of agencies have been closed for business and withheld vital services to millions of americans. i want to point out millions of americans who are not receiving services they paid taxes to have these services. it is now become the longest government shutdown in the history and taxpayers have lost billions of dollars and the country has lost billions of dollars and the united states should be considered the most powerful country in

democrat leadership. and with rank-and-file members in the house and senate. what we've heard again and again is we will not negotiate until the president reopens the government. this bill would reopen the government. >>chris: well, they are simply open the government first. and then negotiate about border security and immigration. are you rejecting that? >> i think it was a week and half ago, the speaker looked at speaker pelosi and the situation room and said if i gave you everything you wanted, if i reopened the government gave you 30 days to work with us on homeland security to address the crisis on our southern border. would you give me border security and funding for a while? she said, no. so the president said let's go to rank-and-file members and since that time our negotiating team has been sitting down talking to house democrats. we've been in contact with senate democrats and the president told us to listen. what the american people heard yesterday was statesmanship. was the president laying out a genuine compromise. even this morning, the "washingt

senate democrats are blocking measures on anything until the federal government reopens, put forth by senator ben cardin of maryland. from orangeburg, south carolina, the independent line, good evening. caller: good evening. i'm tired of hearing president trump lying about who is going to pay for the border wall. did anyone actually believe they were going to write us at check upfront to pay for the wall? they will pay for the wall, quit calling that a lie. far as compromise, president trump is already compromised from a 25 billion dollar wall to a $5 billion wall. any american who does not want secure borders to make americans safer is not an american at all. socialist,mmunist, a whatever, but they are not true americans. the wall will stop 90% of illegal immigration. it won't solve all the problems, but it will leave it down to a few loopholes that can be more closely monitored. thesteve: how long is this goino last? caller: i hope he holds out as long as he has to. $5.7 billion is a crumb, it is not a big expense. it will pay for itself in just the cost of illegal immigrants every

judiciary committeeze authorized they were joined by senators biden and obama and 2013 every senateat democrat of the 700-mileeg southern border. this legislation would have provided $46,000,000,000.8 million wall.ically for the nearly every senate democrat from just last february. and then to have better borders. 's what has changed? but they have seen they are a target for a legal entry. and then to be shot up by more thande 30 percent. so then by gang members, human traffickers, drug dealers, terrorist and weapons traffickers. and that's aau fair question so now to oppose the far left and with this preposterous notion that we really don't need at all. and the country would have borders. and as my democratic colleagues from the past and which is why they voted that way. and that those are important and it's time to fund border security and to find that common ground and to be in the countries best interest. and they discourage peoples to come here to come through legal means. and now to welcome into our state and country 99 citizens from countries around the world they came here to lead the

senate democrats said they will block all bills related to the federal government. we have live coverage when the chamber gavels in later. until then, speeches by senators yesterday on border security and the government shutdown. >> all week i have been outlining the humanitarian and security crisis at our nation's southern border. i have discussed the threats from the inflow of drugs. and strong support for physical barriers and the empirical data backs them up. day 20 of the partial government shutdown, a shutdown being prologue by my democratio colleagues for refusal to even come to the table, i thought i might try something different this morning. so i brought a visual aid. the chart behind me right here sums up democratic colleagues past and present positions on border security. on the left, over here, you have a border fence made out of steel bollard at the us-mexico border in the dallas, arizona. construction on this upgraded steel sweat barrier began in 2011. at the direction, mind you, of president obama's department of homeland security. this fence over her

house democratic caucus chair hakim jefferies and vice chairman catherine clark spoke to reporters on day 33 of the government shutdown. congressman jefferies has called on president trump and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to reopen the government and to have a comprehensive conversation about immigration reform and border security. >> good morning, everyone. house democrats have one simple message for donald trump, and our republican colleagues. open the government. the united states of america is the only country in the world that shuts down its own government in the context of a public policy dispute. its unacceptable, under any circumstances, particularly under these circumstances, where president donald trump indicated that he would shut down the government, would be proud to do it, would take responsibility for it, and is now holding 800,000-plus federal workers hostage, holding their families hostage, holding small business owners hostage, holding farmers hostage, holding the american people who will have delayed tax refunds hostage. the government shutdown needs to end in order for us to have a responsible mature conversation about border security. for the tenth t

and senate democrats, that there is a chance that a bipartisan agreement could be reached with respect to a continuing resolution related to the department of homeland security. we have indicated we're willing to agree upon a date certain, our suggestion has been february 28, where we reopen the department of homeland security, continue current funding levels, but allow for a real, robust negotiation to take place. hopefully the senate on thursday will see fit to proceed in that fashion. there are a growing number of republicans in the house and senate who understand that great damage is being done to the republican brand, and more importantly to the american people, because of this reckless trump shutdown. towards $1.5 billion the wall. originally i believe the speaker said could not pass the house. what changed? what's different? mr. jefferies: the $1.5 billion that will be in today's appropriations bills were negotiated on a bipartisan basis between the house and the senate, democrats and republicans, and one of the things that we have agreed to do, consistent with what

marco rubio, a tweet saying "senate democrats putting shutdown politics ahead of support by israel by voting against debate on senate bill 1." another from pat leahy of vermont -- we will have a live view of the u.s. capitol. in just a moment, the democratic andonse by speaker pelosi senator chuck schumer. rep. pelosi: good evening. i appreciate the opportunity to speak directly to the american people tonight about how we can end this shutdown and meet the needs of the american people. sadly, much of what we heard from president trump throughout the shutdown has been full of misinformation and even malice. the president has chosen

in those votes, senate democratic proposal brought six republicans to the democratic side. one of those republicans, senator mitt romney. why did he vote with the democrats? take a listen. >> when the vote for the president's proposal failed, we went to see the second alternative. i voted for that as well. again, because i want to see government get open and government workers get paid. that proposal also failed. now it's going to be up to republican leadership, democrat leadership to come together and begin to negotiate. >> reporter: wolf, those negotiations are, in fact, happening. what everybody on capitol hill is waiting for is where the white house is going to come down. senator lindsey graham spoke with president trump a short while ago, put out a statement saying he believes that the president could support a three-week continuing resolution so long as there is a down payment for the wall. that's remained a baseline no-no for democrats over the 34 days. where that ends up, the dynamic remains the same. for democrats, reopen the government. then they can talk about bor

and democrats, in the senate and in the house, were united behind this position throughout the shutdown. and ultimately this agreement endorses our position. it reopens the government without preconditions, gives democrats and republicans an opportunity to discuss border security without holding hundreds of thousands of american workers hostage. we expect the continuing resolution to clear the senate and clear the house this afternoon and be signed by the president today. and before i go on, i think on both of us, but we want to thank all the federal workers from the bottom of our hearts. they've worked so selflessly this past month, without pay. showing up to do a job they knew was important, but for which they weren't fairly compensated. the workers showed up, despite the callous indifference of the administration, who treated them as hostages, who treated them as pawns, who belittled their financial strain. our dedicated public servants should never, never have to go hrough this again. we will do everything we can to make sure they won't have to. and this past month has proven just h

senate passed the secure fence act by a vote of 80-19. that's what i would call a bipartisan victory. among those who voted for that bill include many current and former leaders of the democratic party, including minority leader chuck schumer, then senator barack obama, event senator hillary clinton. they didn't believe that fences and walls and physical barriers were immoral, as a frequent speaker at the house of representatives does. not only did theti legislation calls for more than 800 miles of fencing along the u.s.-mexican border, it also authorized the other important components of border security that i talked id about, things like technology and personnel. that was in 2006. in 2013 more recently all 54 democratic senators voted for $46 billion in border security, every single one. and now resident trump's request for $5 billion is somehow a nonstarter. the border security economic opportunity and immigration modernization act provided funding for yes infrastructure, personnel and technology that's exactly the right mix that she padilla mentioned that i refer to a moment ago. pics of these are really the same types of issues we're talking about today. these are not rad

that would bring a senate vote to 50/50 if one more moves across, then you have the 51 that the democrats would need in order to get this done but it's still mitch mcconnell, they'd be in that struggle with mitch mcconnell to actually allow that vote toto occur. and that's why i thought senator schumer's very clear outline of here's how we can move forward was so simple and important, easy to follow. >> what do you think that mitch mcconnell will do here,mi lawrence? i mean,el mcconnell is relativel good at getting things to work out the way het wants them to. he has not necessarily committed himself ones policy one way or t other. he said he'll only bring up something thatly the president will sign andin he doesn't want any political stunts. it's all sort of -- sort of process talk. what do you think isor actually going to happenat here? because presumably, mcconnell is not as comfortable as the president with the ideaas of a shutdown that goes on for years. >> well,n mitch mcconnell said, emphatically, there would be no shutdown. so everyone knows that mitch mcconnell doesn't want a shu

so this is why it's important that senate republicans get together with democrats and pass those twode house bills to open the government. >> and senator, when you -- when the presidentwh talks about hero addiction, and the drug addiction in this country, much of this begins with opioid addiction which begins legally through the prescription process. there has been no attempt by this administration to do anything about that part of this devastating drug addiction thatt this country has and has had for many years. that has nothing to do with the southern border. >> well, that's exactly right. and congress on a bipartisan basis has passed some legislation to try to expand treatment for it, but we've also, and ironically, in the homeland security bill that the president is nowll holding up, there are additional funds to screen for drugs that are coming across the t border. as you say, a lot of the opioid addiction crisis is a totally homegrown crisis, but to the extent we have a problem with drugs coming across the border,g they're coming across the ports of entry and we have provided add

. >> the solution to this negotiation between the one person in the democratic colleagues the senate republicans that participate on an outcome that is not what the senate ought to be involved in. we have an important package of bills that are shut down on top of the government shutdown related to the israelis and the syrian civil war and all the atrocities that havees occurred. there is business to be done sin the senate. that is for the administration and our good friends in the house majority and senate democrats to reach a legislative solution. when that happens i will be more thanol happy to call that off because that will solve the problem. >>ri very briefly to my friend the first priority should be reopeningur government. that needs to be the first priority of business. in regards to legislation the leader is referring to, let me point out those could of the past in the last congress when republicans control both the house and the senate if you made a decision it was not a priority from the 115th congress. let me also say in regards to israel don't benefit from the appropriati

there is no daylight between democrats in the senate, democrats in the house. een leadership stick together in both chambers as well. they feel confident by where they are standing because the threshold is this. democrats say we are happy to discuss border security, have to re-open the government first. it is the government closure that freshman democrats who came to get things done are frustrated about. not necessarily the wall or border security. this is happening as senate democrats and republicans, rank and file guys, are trying to meet to shake something loose. i'm told a meeting that took place last night, more than a dozen senators, lindsey graham, happened in joe manchin's basement hide away. i'm told it was not a good meeting. serious senators trying to figure out proposals, but leadership dug in. democrats unable to figure out what the president would agree to. the government remaining closed. rank and file efforts, so far are not bearing fruit and aren't likely to in the near future. >> i was thinking about walking through the tsa line coming here. so

the administration and our friends in the house and senate democrats to reach a legislative solution. i would be happy to call it off because we will solve the problem very briefly in response to my friend, the strong priority should be reopening government. with regards to legislation the leader is referring to, let me point out that those bills have been passed in the last congress where the republicans control both the house and senate that the majority here made the decision on four times but it was not a priority to be considered and 113th congress and let me also say with regards to israel, to benefit from the appropriation bill being passed which is part of my unanimous consent request an additional $200 million that they will help up because of the shutdown caused bydo the president. the issue here is the senate does need to do its job. here in the senate asking consent of the senate immediately take up and vote on the two house bills on the calendar as we speak last week the majority leader blocked a vote on that. he'd walked the consent to take up the bills to reopen the gov

last month senate democrats and senate republicans unanimously voted for essentially the same packagef legislation. the house passed bills, now go to the senate where majority leader mitch mcconnell has said he does not intend to bring any bill tuesday a vote that president trump has not agreed already to sign. but president trump's promise to sign legislation has no meaning and mitch mcconnell knows that since the president already promised to sign this legislation last month, and then withdrew that promise after mitch mcconnell and the senate unanimously passed that legislation. the senate's democratic leader chuck schumer now thinks the pressure is on trump and mcconnell in the senate. >> it puts a lot of pressure not only trump but on leader mcconnell. and remember it's not like last session when we had all these vulnerable democrats who were up for re-election. now they have a bunch of vulnerable republicans up for re-election. republicans in the senate will realize it's hurting them hurting them hurting them and they will say we want this. and mcconnell will say, look, we've got

> 2 thirds of senators present having not found him guilty of charges. >> 10 republicans all senate democratsuilty on charge of perjury. on the charge of obstruction of justice the senate was bitterly divided and voted down the middle. 50 guilty, 50 not guilty. >> it is ordered that william jefferson clinton be acquitted. >> the second presidential impeachment trial in the nation's 210 year history was over. >> there was no suspense in the final moment but it was a momentous occasion. >> with the likely outcome or not he was held to account and went back to work. only in america can you do that. >> anybody who cares about the constitution and rule of law. >> the president walked to the rose garden for a brief statement. >> now that the senate has fulfilled its constitutional responsibility i want to say again to the american people how profoundly sorry i am for what i said and did to trigger these events. >> there are a lot of people who said this is a personal relationship so what is the problem here? >> democrats, justice had been served. >> a remarkable normal presidency after that, the wo

the senate democrats and house democrats have reduced to negotiate with the president. i think the gentleman from maryland knows the legislative process. he's been here enough to know you can't just pass a bill out of the house. you can't just pass a bill out of the senate. you have to reconcile the two bills and even then you need a bill that the president will sign. so the legislative process has to play out. it played out. for 75% of the government. it's funded. we never got that agreement on the remaining amounts. we proved to the speaker and to the president we could deliver the votes to pass the bill to fund the $5.7 billion. the problem has been that this majority, the democrat majority in the house, and the democrat minority in the senate, have refused to negotiate. they have refused to put a dollar amount. if the gentleman is willing to start at $1.3 billion, by the way that $1.3 billion has strings attached. important strings that limited our ability to actually secure the border. in those strings, mr. speaker, they actually told the president where he can and

we hear potential other senate democrats interested in doing the same. how do you think that changes the dynamic for the 116th congress? >> guest: mitch mcconnell has joked chuck schumer could have an attendance problem. i think that's true. the could be a lot of senators who want to spend time in iowa and new hampshire and south carolina. senators like kamala harris, cory booker, kirsten gillibrand could run. and even sure shared brown. lots of senators have either put their name out there or actively considering it or are just expected to run and just waiting for the announcement like kamala harris and cory booker. i do think that's going to be passing. think a lot of them are going to be running to the left, embracing things like medicare for all which frankly do not have enormous support among a lot of rank-and-file democrats here who come in the senate committee of the come from more moderate backgrounds, more moderate states and are worried about sort of getting it too far to the left before the next reelection. this is going to be an interesting p

that was democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia. thought kirsten sinema, the democratic senator from arizona, might be in play. she's a no. when they get to the next vote in a few minutes here, this is expected to fail, the threshold here is 60 yays. they will come short of that. we expect a few republicans to vote with the democrats. we looked at lisa murkowski of alaska, susan collins of maine and cory gardner from colorado who faces a competitive re-election race in 2020. shep, one of the things here are temporal markers. these votes, once they demonstrate in the senate that nothing on a partisan basis can get 60 votes, does this get real? does it get more real? federal workers will miss their second paycheck tomorrow. we were told after the first weekend in december that things would get more real. then we said after christmas, and then after new year's and then after nancy pelosi became the speaker. at what point does this become more real? i've been told at the end of these votes, democrats and republicans will take to the flo

senate, democrats do not get to decide what does and doesn't get voted on in the senate, usually. do. tomorrow democrats in the senate will have a rare chance to force a vote. specifically tomorrow democrats in the senate will mount an effort to block the trump administration from dropping sanctions on companies associated with this guy, a russian oligarch close to vladimir putin and the kremlin whose name is oleg darapaski. the trump administration said they would lift sanctions that were imposed on his companies. imposed in the first place because of russian interference in our election. before christmas when they thought nobody was paying attention they decided the companies would be let off the hook. congress technically has the power to stop the administration from doing this with a simple majority in both the house and the senate. and i know what you're thinking, senate republicans always do whatever trump wants, but russian sanctions as an issue have been sort of, they've had a little partisan hete-- congress overwhelmingly passed a russian sanctions bill, 419-3 in the house

senator blunt as well. the democrats on that conference committee will be the appropriations ranking member senator leahy of vermont, minority whip dick durbin, and jon tester of montana. the u.s. house is gaveling in sometime this evening take up the measure that's now been passed by the senate. of course we'll have live coverage here on c-span. next up, we'll show you the news conference shortly after the senate came into session with the democratic leaders from the house and senate reacting from the -- to the president's announcement. mr. schumer: well, good afternoon. first, i am proud that this is the first time this year that leader pelosi is appearing as speaker pelosi in this room. and the longest shutdown in american history will finally end today. the president has agreed to our request to open the government and then debate border security. which is great news for 800,000 federal workers, and millions of americans who depend on

speech of the democratic field for 2020 getting even more crowded. senatorand announcing on late-night tv that she's getting ready for the run. the new york democrat already has travel plans to the first caucus state, in iowa later this week. she's reportedly expected to put gender issues fronononononononot for hundreds of female candidates around the country has been the hallmark of her political rights. now, more than any candidate for president ever has, she is putting gender at the heart of her pitch to voters. a strategy that could bolster her because with a sizable slice of the democratic base and helper sound in the sprawling primary. elizabeth warren and -- the done exporter committee spared the first step in the presence of run. more competitors are expected to jump into the race. kamala harris and amy klobuchar are also taking the presidential tires. jon, here you go. in any of the year this would be a very interesting candidacy, but the fact that it's already so incredibly crowded, i don't know if she raises herself above the noise in a positive w

anything else, is the thing that's changed, i think, that has changed the minds of a lot of democrats here in the senate. because we used to have a president the democrats like. now we have one that they don't like. and in many cases are openly hostile to. and so for democrats, owe poasing this president -- opposing this president and catering to the far-left antiborder wing of this party seems to be more important than the humanitarian crisis. i v -- i venture to say that a lot of democrats realize that we need to secure our boards. i think a lot of them realize that how important a physical barrier is in making the border security. those who protect our border would tell you that and certainly those who observed what happened here 20 years, border fences that have been built in certain areas of the border have been effective. i think it is important to listen to the experts and allow the experts to shape the policies we put in place. i think the experts have been telling us that, yes, we need a comprehensive solution that includes manpower. all of which the president and his team have been willing to

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