A couple minutes after midnight stern time in Leslie Graham of South Carolina, a bunch of others trying to come together. They will be working on this through the weekend. Not move to limit debate it officially called. 50 votes to limit debate and forward on the continuing resolution. 48 nos. A statement from the white house. Senate Democrats Senate democru mer shutdown. Theythey put politics above our country. We will not discuss the status of unlawful immigrants while democrats hold lawful citizens hostage. The behavior of obstructionist losers. During this politically and manufactured schumer shutdown, the president and his administration will fight for the schumer shutdown, the president and his administration will fight for the American People. That coming from the press secretary of the white house. Taking your calls. Numbers on your screen. Twitter cspan. We have david. How are you . Im watching this shutdown go down, listening to a lot of comments made by democrats and republicans. I think trump is the leader of this country. He is a very divisive leader. You hear this among all of the colors. They are not voting on a budget, they are voting on c. R. They have been kicking the can down the road for months. Controlledss being by republicans, they should have fixed of this. Host a lot of people say they are in control, but for this vote, they needed 60, and the majority is 51. My point is it should not have came to this in first place. In december they could have fixed it. They could have done something this this before it got to point. What are you going to do . Kick the c. R. Down the road again until march . Then he will be at the same you will be atn the same juncture again. People want to blame democrats for standing their ground. In my opinion, they need to stand their ground. These daca people, they are taxpaying people too. They pay their taxes. Inx military man. I am an exmilitary man. Not only is the military getting hurt by not being paid, but you have civilian folks that are not going to get paid. A a lot of people are going to the heart by this. A lot of people are going to be hurt by this. The president should take leadership and own up to this and bring the country together instead of sitting back, blaming democrats and obama for everything. Weve had this before. The republicans did the same thing when they were in the minority, when obama was president. You didnt have all of that outrage with republicans when they were in the minority, when Mitch Mcconnell and ted cruz and the Tea Party Led their revolt, and they shut down the government. With all that being said, i dont think this is going to last long. Some adults need to come to the table and negotiate and get this thing passed. Host thanks for the call. Nancy with cvs saying at this point it is with cbs n this point there will be a shutdown, and the pressure has eased a bit because they know they will not meet the deadline. Catherine on the republican line. What premeditated intent to cause harm to the American People when they have put the lives of t children the lives of children on the chip program. How many children are in the hospital tonight that need help and need medical attention that will probably be discharged . How many this daca issues not part of this bill whatsoever. Thiswe need to fix immigration problem once and for all. To hold united statest hostage over daca is ridiculous. Beent to thank you forces giving everybody the opportunity to voice their opinion. Host thanks so much for calling. Independent line. Go ahead. Its amazing how things go around in this world. Its like one man said a long time ago, cant we all just get along . I mean, really . Its like they want us to set our budget each month and everything else. The way i look at it is ill be like stone cold. Id open up a can of whoop ass right on the spot. Its ridiculous. Its like a circle. It all goes around. Like Mitch Mcconnell, he was praising about all this budget stuff, and he has not even voted yet. Hes not even a man. What is he . Hell, half of kentucky is a dry state. City insteadis own of worrying about his own damn self. Was there, id open up a can of whoop ass on every one of them. Is, bobcare who it corker. Like President Trump, fire every damn one of them. Host william calling. Bristol, tennessee. Like President Trump, fire every damn one ofbel air, maryland, ds line. Hi. Thank you so much for having me on. Host you bet. I think the divisiveness of this country has reached an alltime high. With the colors from the republican and democrat lines. We see is clearer within the senate, with the colors from the especially now. I can believe that blaming the democrats for this utter failure of donald trump is even a thought in republicans or independents or anyones minds. This comes straight from the republicans got controlled both the house and senate. They have the ability to get their actions completed, and of course the president wont veto any bills that come through the Republican Party. They have completely failed. Youre talking about my democrats. About nine democrats. Im sure they can get to 51 from their own party. You are cleaning the entire to mccarty entire democratic party. That is because the president is hostage, letting these undocumented immigrants kind of sit in limbo while he tries to get funding for a lettg these undocumented he originallyhat said mexico would pay for . The absurdity is ridiculous. He originallyo are all workers here in federal maryland, are at risk of losing their jobs this week. I think if it was anything like 2013, we have at least several weeks of furlough. Who knows whether we will get repaid for it, especially with the house and senate controlled by republicans that dont seem to care much for people in the federal government. Host were you a federal worker in 2013 as well . No, i wasnt. Im recent, so i never had to go through this process. The Current Administration is really stressing me out. Giving me not a good chance, not a good entry into the federal workforce that i would come to expect and senate controlledexpect under the obama administration. By democrats, itouse would have never happened. You just cant hold bills or p under a daca hostage situation, just to get funding for a wall that is completely unnecessary. He has changed on it several times. Rogramsthis administration is cd absurd. Nistration is the divisiveness between two parties is at an alltime high. Most people in america are moderates. This administration and the way the world is working, it has created this division where you need to pick a side. We are all in the middle, and we know where our standpoint is. It doesnt mean kicking people out of this country and putting them in a country may have never been because they are undocumented. Host what does this mean for you as a federal worker paying the bills . It means i wont be able to, unfortunately. Because of this hostage situation that the republicans have perpetuated in the senate, i wont be able to for at at least a couple weeks, until later we are hopefully reimbursed for the furlough time. Host thanks for the call. A couple points. A look at federal government shut down since 1956, five of them have under jimmy carter, eight under ronald reagan, but not lasting more than a day or two. 100 george w. Bush, two under bill clinton, but one that lasted 21 days. 2013, barack obama left 17 days. An overview of what we have seen in terms of Government Shutdown the past 30 years or so. Matt is calling, independent line. What are your thoughts . Hi, how are you . It is clear the democrats want daca. According to the congressional budget office, it would cost 26 billion. President trump is trying to take it on the chin. He wants a trillion dollar wall. Hopefully that is a deterrent for illegal immigration. I think it will be a great message for the republicans in the that they can state democrats are for Illegal Immigrants over americans. Heardwe haard we from the office of the White House Press secretary saying we will not negotiate the status of unlawful immigrants while democrats heard from the office of the white house hold lawful citizens hostage. That is from the white house, issued earlier this evening. The government officially into its 19th shut down. Some lawmakers expecting they be able to turn it around over the weekend, maybe monday. We expect we will see se nators on the floor, trying to some deal or agreement. Lindsey graham was proposing a shorter resolution to fund the government for three weeks instead of four. Corker said they were pretty close. As of the midnight, no agreement reached. The vote on the senate floor not officially been called. Needed, they only got 50. Sounds like they are calling the vote. We will go right to the senate. Are there any senators in the chamber wishing to change their vote . On this vote, yeas are 50 and nays are 49. Senators having not voted in the affirmative. I go to reconsider the vote. The motion is entered. Senator mcconnell i want to call attention to my colleagues a statement from the White House Press secretary tonight, presumably on behalf of of the administration. It simply says we will not negotiate the status of almost one while democrats hold our lawful citizens hostage over their reckless demand. That appropriately represents the white house view of where we are. Mr. President , what we have just witnessed on the floor was a cynical decision by Senate Democrats to shove aside millions of americans for the sake of irresponsible political games. The Government Shutdown was 100 avoidable. Imminent. All because Senate Democrats chose to filibuster a noncontroversial funding bill that contains nothing, not a thing they do not support. Nothing they do not support. Perhaps across theperhaps acrose of our democratic colleagues are feeling proud of themselves. But what has their filibuster accomplished . What has it accomplished . The answer is simple, their very own Government Shutdown. The shutdown affects on the American People will come as no surprise. All week, as we sit on the floor, begged our colleagues to come to their senses, Senate Republicans have described exactly what this will mean for americas men and women in uniform. Showing the government means delayed pay. For the millions of civilian employees that support their missions, it means furloughs. For the families of fallen heroes, it may mean a freeze on survivor death benefits. For veterans who rely on our promise of care, shutting down the government means preventing access to treatment. For so Many Americans struggling with opioid addiction, the same is true. Thanks tot he Democratic Leaders decision to filibuster an extension of the Childrens Health insurance program, low income families will slip closer to losing Health Coverage for their kids. And in many states, this is an emergency. Im having trouble understanding which one of these outcomes my democratic colleagues could possibly be proud of. Which one of them . I think our friends on the other side took some bad advice. Really bad advice. Id hate trying to explain this myself. Ignore the governors, including Senate Democrats, who wrote congress begging us to extend chip for 9 million children. They ignored the need of millions of americans who rely on the government for armed services. They held all this hostage over the completely unrelated issue of illegal operation. Of illegal immigration. Republicans in the senate have done all we can to continue the normal operations of the federal government, and secure certainty for these chip kids. Tonight and go to the president for signature. These kids would be okay. We will continue to do all we can. We will vote again, so American People know who stands for the, and when our friends across the aisle remember who it is they actually represent, we will be ready to come togetherwe will ce can. In a bipartisan discussion that will be necessary to clean up all this mess. We have all been having privatization having private conversations here on the floor. Everyone on both sides doesnt understand how we ended p here. Most of the stuff we agree on. There was only one reason we ended up here. The shoehorning of illegal immigration into this debate. A lot said that, there is of sympathy in this body for doing something about the daca kids. Its not like nobody is interested in that. Weve been talking about it for three months. But the one reason we are where we are is because we couldnt close out either of these component parts, because our friends on the other side said, you have to deal with this issue. This issue is the key to getting defense spending. And on and on and on. I think most of the American People believe shutting down the government over this issue, which doesnt even ripen until march, is irresponsible. And ive just listed all of the are going to be adversely impacted by this action. Wea re going to keep on voting. The government may shut down, but the senate is not shutting down. We are open to talk, and to resolve this. I dont think it makes the Institution Look very responsible. The American People should expect better from us than this. Senator schumer mr. President , very sadly we are on the precipice of a Government Shutdown. The majority leader only just allowed us to vote on a continuing resolution that he knew lacked the votes long before this hour. Its not just democrats who opposed this c. R. Republicans did as well. All of today, mr. President , we have endeavored to reach an agreement with president ial, and the republicans, that not only would have spared a Government Shutdown, but cemented an agreement on spending caps, including those for our military, health care issues, disaster relief, and immigration issues. President trump reached out to me this morning to invite me to the white house to talk all of these issues over, and i accepted. We had a lengthy substantive discussion. During the meeting cain exchange for strong da protections, i reluctantly put the border wall on the table for discussion. Even that was not enough to entice the president to finish the deal. Many democrats dont want to go that far on the border. Many republicans dont either. But we were willing to compromise with the president to get an agreement. In the room, it sounded like the president was open to accept it. This afternoon, in my heart, i thought we might have a deal to. That is how far we have come. That is how positive our discussion felt. We had a good meeting. What has transpired since that meeting in the oval office is indicative of the entire to modules painfully out of the entire tumultuous and chaotic process republicans have engaged in thus far. Likened President Trump a deal in the room, he did not press his party to accept it. Speaker ryan and leader mcconnell, without the commitment of the president , would not agree to accept anything either. What happened to the President Trump who asked us to come up with a deal, and promised he would take heat for it . What happened to that president . He caps off the first he the first sign of pressure. We have an outline of the deal immigration,e, on the toughest issue. It was real. It was an honest to goodness breakthrough. We could have passed a shortterm extension of funding so we could cross the ts, dot the is, and be done with it all. The dynamic over the last few weeks where the republicans look to the president for guidance, and the president provided none, prevailed again unfortunately today. The same chaos, the same disarray, the same division and discord on the republican side thats been in the background of ,hese negotiations for months unfortunately appears endemic. It is in the way of Bipartisan Solutions to all of the issues now before us. Every american knows the Republican Party controls the white house, the senate, the house. Its their job to keep the government open. Uss their job to work with on a way to move things forward. But did not reach out to us once on this c. R. No discussion, no debate. Nothing at all. It was produced without an ounce of democratic, and oiunce of democratic input. They cant get on the same page as the party. They control every branch of the and it ise process, the responsibility to govern, and here they have failed. Some republicans have voted against the c. R. , the same as democrats. Most serious consequences of having a continuing resolution after continuing resolution most seris is theences of damage it does to our military. As a pentagon spokesman said last night, another c. R. Would be wasteful and destructive to our military. The Navy Secretary said because of is the damage it c. R. s, the navy has 0 billion in the trashcan, poure lighter fluidd on it, and burnt it. That is the Navy Secretary on what you have done. This is no way to conduct the nations business. Republicans know it. Democrats know it. The American People know this party is not capable of governing. So where do we go from here . I believe my republican colleagues want to get a deal. I know they lament the fact that we now accept brinksmanship where bipartisanship used to be. In the past there were always discussions on these issues. In thee knew that senate, you needed both parties to Work Together. None of that happened here today. Problems arehese because Republican Leadership cannot Work Together because President Trump refuses to. , if you areump you,ning, i am urging please take yes for an answer. The way things that went no way that things went today, the way you turn from a bite artisan deal, it was almost as if you were rooting for a shot down. A shutdown. The blame should crash entirely on President Trumps shoulders. This will be called the trump shutdown. One, no onee is no who deserves the blame for the position we find ourselves in, more than President Trump. He walked away from two bipartisan deals including one today, in which i even put the border wall on the table. What will it take for President Trump to say yes, and learn how to execute the willingness of tomorrow marks a year to the day that President Trump took the oath of office on the capitol steps. Unfortunately, a trump shutdown would be the perfect encapsulation of the chaos he has unleashed on the government. Instead of bringing us all together, he has pulled us apart. Instead of governing from the middle, he has outsourced his president s he to the extremes. His presidency to the extremes. Instead of being the dealmaker, he has been a driving force in ship in bipartisan congress. Now his behavior is on the verge of grinding our government to a down. Trump shut democrats will continue to strive for a bipartisan agreement on all of down. The outstanding issues. Now that there are men on men and women on the other side of the aisle who are just as upset as we are. Hope the president will give us the space to Work Together, to let us do the job the American People sent us here to do. When President Trump decides that he is finally ready to lead his party to a deal, democrat so be ready, willing and eager. There is a path forward, and we can reach it quickly. President and the four leaders should immediately set down and finish this deal so that the entire government can get back to work on monday. I yield the floor. We just heard from both leaders in the senate, 32 minutes into the federal government officially shutting down. The vote was not enough to reach the number 60, that was needed, in order to invoke cloture on this cr. Theas 5049 or weird democrats who voted yes work were five the democrats who voted yes, and for republicans who voted no. We just heard from Chuck Schumer who is calling it a trump shutdown, and the white house is calling it a schumer shutdown. Back to the floor now. Mcconnell i would like to commend the five democrats who had the guts to stand up to this ridiculous strategy that put their whole party in an incredible predicament. Because the white house just indicated, the president will not talk about the issue at all when the government is shutdown. He made it quite clear. He said, when democrats start andng our Armed Forces First responders, we will reopen negotiations on immigration reform. Hasthis particular strategy eliminated the possibility of getting a signature on the thing that we shut the Government Shutdown over. Can anyone explain to me, this strategy . I am perplexed. I was not the first in my class, but i was not the last either. How does this get them what they are looking for . Well, we will continue to talk, because when all the games stop, the issues are still there. Every single one of them are still there. Is still there. To American People expect us act like adults, to get together and solve the problems. Now, ill be offering an amendment to change the date to february 8. I will be offering an amendment february the date to 8. Onsent, but we will be voting on february 8, and thats the date that the senior senator from South Carolina and i have been talking about, the democratic leader and i have been talking about, which begins to move a little bit closer to where our friends on the other side said they wanted to be, but a reasonable period of time it takes into account, a state account the state of the union, party conferences, and the amount of time it takes to write a bill once you have an agreement. You cant reach an agreement and snap your fingers and everything always in into place and youre ready to go. So a reasonable period to first agree and then write and get ready to pass this negotiated settlement that weve been working on for months, february 8 is a very reasonable time. So im going to give i hear the sentiment for that theres sentiment for that on both sides of the aisle. I hope so. Well vote on that option. We cant get that vote tonight, but ill going to ask consent to have that vote tonight. I move, mr. President , to table the motion to refer. Mr. Schumer i ask for the yeas and nays. The presiding officer is there a sufficient second . There is. The clerk will call the roll. Vote we just heard from the majority leader. Vice president mike pence saying, we will do everything in our power to some court the young men and women in uniform. Due to the Government Shutdown, they will stand there posts without pay. We also heard from the minority leader, senator schumer calling it a trump shutdown. The white house in its written statement calling it a schumer shut down. Saying that they will not negotiate the status of unlawful immigrant well democrats hold lawful citizens hostage over their demands. It looks like it could be something that they proceed with. About a plan talks of making it a three weeks continuing resolution, as head of a fourweek resolution. The government has been shut down for the past 40 minutes or so, on a vote. They had 50 votes to move forward, with five democrats in from statesys up for reelection this year, who decided to go ahead and vote yes. , voted for itats and five democrats including senator rand paul of kentucky voted against this. The senate was unable to prevent a shutdown tonight. To take some of your phone calls that you have been holding on the line. We turn back to you to get your thoughts. Again, the numbers to call, for 202 7488001, for democrats, 202 7488000 and for independence, 202 7488002. On the republican line, go ahead. The problem is obama. Is the one who brought all of these immigrants over here in the first place. He is the one who has caused all chaos. E democrats are running chaos. Democrats are running around blaming democrats and republicans blaming republicans. I have heard the democrats whining and crying all the time. They need to have their coffee and their coloring books, all they do is whine, whine and whine. President , hesince trump bece i live in texas. We had Hurricane Harvey which hit us so hard, President Trump came here and gave money out of his own pocket to help us. If it wasnt for trump, we would be in trouble. Trump has really helped us out a lot. Republicans have halved us out a lot. It is the democrats who are always whining and crying, are the ones who started this mess when they brought immigrants over here in the first place. Bill clinton did it, back in the 90s. Then all of a sudden, obama did it, and it has been nothing but chaos. Host thank you, for the call. This is from our cspan producer, the Senate Voting to dismantle one part of the amendment tree, that is how they get some of these pieces of legislation through the senate, to the cr, to allow further amendments to be offered. Date change. We could see something allowing them to change the date to february 8. A majority vote is needed, so a simple majority. Twitter,ollow them on and we are also taking your phone calls to hear what your thoughts are. From california, we have katie on the line for democrats. , this is unbelievable. First one was Mitch Mcconnell i never heard a better one. And Chuck Schumer, he was awesome as well. I have to tell you, california theeally upset because of two people who abused the 13 children. This is something that was atrocious, and i do not think the punishment will be bad enough for for these people. Host what did you think of the shut down . Isler i think the shutdown child abuse, because we are sending kids away have never known another country. Is as bad as the 13 kids who were abused. Host , i got it. And taking health care that the democrats are blamed because they are standing their ground, rejecting boys,s, protecting my you do not abuse people. From 10ank you, markers, california. Line indebbie on the sanford. A thinglast week i saw on russian women who come in to miami, get pregnant, set up housing, and have babies in the united states. And these babies become citizens right off the bat. Then they take their little bundle with their citizenship and take them back to russia. So come out daca, these kids have been here. They know nothing else. So, let them stay, get rid of the program. Dont allow any more of it to happen, and why in the hell are we allowing russian women to come here and get pregnant, and these kids get citizenship . Do you know what i am talking about . Host right. After this, we will show one of the protests which happened at the capitol tonight, for daca. Is there anything about the shutdown which will affect you directly . I am a waitress, i live alone, i selfreport. I had to get on obamacare because my premiums jumped and jumped and jumped. It is , what do you do . What, i think of the congress, the senate, the house, they should be on term limits. We need to clean up these people because theys that there, line there they sit there and lineup their pork line their pockets. Really . Come on do your job we expect them to do their job. Kids, andhe daca these russian women coming here to have their kids who become i am justcitizens, spewing. I have been waiting on the line for a long time. Host thank you, debbie. Now, illinois on the republican line, terry. It is your turn. Crying chock. Crying Chuck Schumer. I do not know why they allow him to stand there. Trump was giving hot. He gave them for things that he wanted. Graham, went in there and made it worse. He even tried to sneak temporary rejection for the haitians. He went behind the other republicans back to bring this to him, making it worse than what it was. Then Chuck Schumer is standing there lying saying that it is trump. Well i am an american that is in, and i am calling it a shutdown. Mer host will you be affected by the shutdown on monday . Caller thank god, no. I draw social security, so might check will be ok. Am 53, and obama let all of the immigrants stay here, and i have no education, so they are taking all of the lowpaying jobs. That is why i am a security. I worked withrs, them. I try to teach them english. Off the subject, because it really gets me mad. Talking about, he went over there in good faith and everything President Trump called him over there and tried to work with him, but what he doesnt know is that fox news had millions of people watching them every day. That is what i do all day long, now. He went there with a grocery startedid demanding all kinds of stuff and pushing american citizens completely out for the Illegal Immigrants. Back. Ow, send them as americans, we are taught to wait your turn. To be polite. Stay, becausehem whole. Is a expletive expletivehole. You know . Thank you very much. Hi debbie, are you with us . Caller yes. Everyone, this would not have happened if republicans were doing their job all year long. They have not. All we have had is continuing resolutions. They have not passed a budget, they havent had hearings for and dealtidual agency with the problems, any of them. They have not dealt with any of them. All they do is pass continuing let theons and they ship that Chip Health Care program expire. Ringing itave been up, summary times, for months and months and months everyone who blames it democrats for this, this is not about daca. It is about constantly having continuing resolutions, instead of actually dealing with the problem. People are not understanding what is really wrong. And what is happening, and what republicans have been doing, they are not doing their job. For have not done their job years, and years, and years they have control of the government, except for the white house, doing most of the obama administration. And they still are not doing their job with the republican in charge of the presidency. You have all three branches, and they are still passing i continuing resolutions for months and weeks at a time, which do not employ or help anyone with having anything that they can count on, and any government agency, to do anything. They cant build planes, they cant do anything. They cant find anything, with not knowing where their next paycheck is coming from. They cannot do big stuff. They cannot actually create anything. Host debbie, thank you for the call, from washington state. Government 19th shutdown since 1976, five of them happening under jimmy carter, eight under robert reagan, none of them lasting more than three days each. One under bill clinton, one under barack obama, and one hour , the Senate Feeling failing to move forward with a continuing resolution which would have under the government. Now they are looking for a process to try to change the date to february 8 on the floor. We would like to hear what you have to say. Let us go to mesa to my arizona. On the republican line. Caller high hi. Lastt wanted to say to the caller, obama did nothing in the last eight years for this country. The republican president , the senate,an congress and why they have shutdowns more often with democraticrun government than republicans as far as daca goes, what has taken all of these kids who were brought over as children and i now see as adults, why have they not become legal citizens by now . They should have. For schumer to cry, moan and groan, complaining about immigrants himself, this was just thrown in. , we have abstract and him putting much all the way. We cannot have him have a celebratory day, that he has done something for the citizens of america. Host what about in arizona, in terms of emigration, would you like to see the shutdown . That goes, ir as am on disability, so thank god, it will not affect me. But daca shouldve never been a part of it. I saw in the bus terminal in bc, unaccompanied children coming not from mexico, but from ecuador. Walking rightjust through, and this was under the obama administration. Call throw that in two the i have to have it, otherwise i will not let you have three weeks. Which i agree, we should have a balanced budget, but it is not just republican problem, it is a problem for all. Host this is the oneyear anniversary of President Trump being in office. We just saw a tweet saying the white house just posted the president s public schedule for today. Nothing on it, no flight to his palm beach estate which was postponed yesterday. He had a fundraiser planned this evening to mark the anniversary of his inauguration. His budget director, Mick Mulvaneys lead the president would not be going to that. From virginia on the independent hi beth . Caller i am an independent. I voted for the best candidates, the republican. I find this whole situation, appalling. I am disgusted and embarrassed by all of the elected officials. Quite frankly, i expect better from our congress. Thinkight now, i dont either party is capable of leading the legislative branch of our country. Should havek we ever gone to a continuing resolution situation with our budget, and shouldve been passed on time. Both of the speakers called on the other party to action and neither one of them called on members of their own party to actually help them resolve the situation. In my opinion, congress cannot play together in the sandbox, and if they cannot, we need to vote everyone of them out and replace them with congressman who can play together in the sandbox. It is getting ridiculous. Impacted is directly by the cr, this furlough. If nothing is passed this weekend, my husband will not be going to work on monday. Host you are right in woodbridge, not too far from the . Caller yes, and my husband has dedicated over 30 years to the navy, to ensure that our sailors have the equipment, ships and dropper in proper working order, so that they can go out and do their job to protect the country. Politiciansnch of to not be able to come to consensus on something and not and for melitary specifically, the department of the navy, not to have our ships undergoing repair and dontenance, so that they can their job, protecting our country, is shameful. Shame on them shame on congress call,thank you for your death, in woodbridge virginia. The a shutdown update majority leader, mcconnell is setting up a new vote to extend government funding until february 8. They will have until monday to vote on this. It is not expected to prevail. We are about one hour into the shot down now. A caller from texas on the democrats line. Caller yes. Postman i can hear your television in the background, go ahead with the question . Caller just a minute. Let me get the remote. Host ok. Caller i have turned the tv down and i can hear you clearly. Right now, the reason i am calling is to speak out on the caller earlier, the republican. I did not believe anything he saidabout anything he about president obama, president clinton and all. Everything he said about those two president s was pure nonsense. What he said about president andoming out here and during Hurricane Harvey, President Trump coming out here and helping people out. He went out there to show himself, take pictures with his people. N thing. Ot do a dam he went there to show himself off. About when obama was president for the past eight years, that he did not do allhing for his people the stuff about him bringing immigrants to take away jobs, that is not true. That is something he has never done. The only thing he cared about he did a lot, the past eight years for this country, and for the people he cared about. What happened with the republicans, what have they been doing . Nothing. President , every bill he tried to bring to the floor, mr. Mcconnell had the unmitigated gall to block it. It shows what kind of republican he is. He just does not care, he does not give a damn. What just happened tonight with the government shut down, that is the worst of it. Because the democrats refuse to work with them. Republicans, they controlled the house, the senate, and what have they been doing . Nothing. Is this shutdown going to have an effect on your life . Caller to be honest with you people thate some keep telling me that President Trump is doing a good job. I tell them, hey, President Trump is not doing anything. The shutdown, is going to affect a lot of people. Is, when the 2018 midterm Elections Come around, every last one of those he members, the republicans which control the house, the senate, and whatever else, including mr. Mcconnell, paul ryan and the rest of them, they need to be voted out. They have not done anything for this country. We have not done anything for these people. Class, allr middle they have ever done is continue to be greedy. Not doing the job they are supposed to. They havent done anything at all. All of these republicans who believe they are doing a good job, they are believing that they are doing this for the people, they are not doing nothing. Trump,ple who voted for they believe that he is doing a good job, but he is not doing nothing. Tarnish obamas legacy by not doing anything and undoing everything he has accomplished. He has continued to go back and forth to maralago at taxpayers , and to top it off, he 24 7,going on twitter tweeting all this nonsense and attacking the democrats. Cbs, abc,ing cnn, nbc, calling them fake news. Damn stupid to understand that everyone of those networks will call him out on the facts. Wrong, it ising is deceiving, and it is absolutely deceitful. Host thank you for the call. We want to let you know what is happening on the senate floor, it looks like they will try to work to a february 8 continuing resolution, which will fund the government through february 8, if they can make it happen. Now, Mitch Mcconnell the majority leader trying to change the process so that they can change the date of the continuing resolution. Ongg caps on, our producer the hill says that there might be a session in the house as well, and they are expected to return at 9 a. M. Eastern time this morning for another vote. We will keep you posted on that. Taking your phone calls, we have a caller on the line for independence from rally, North Carolina really, north from ral calling eigh, North Carolina, andrea . Caller thank you for taking my. All it was very difficult, to get through, so i appreciate you. To the american, and due cultural influence of the society that we live in, i have been influenced by the family that i was born into in being democratic. But as i have become a citizen of my own, being a grown black woman in this country, i have took it upon myself to understand that i am who i am on this earth, and i am humble enough to know that i am an american, first and foremost. Ok, that is what it is. Born and raised in North Carolina, and i am proud of it. In regards to what is happening right now, it will be for ever in history books be known as the shutdown. Let us take about this, why will it be named the trump shutdown. Duck allegations actually, we do not want to go there. When given the opportunity to look at everything on the grandest scale,. Everything on the civil matter, let us come to some sort of agreement, we saw this hump coming that is the other part, people trying to act shocked. No, we have been knowing about all of this. Renew of all the things that happened in september, last year. All the things that have led up to this moment. Ok . Renew of allwe knew these thingg to happen. So for you not to take it upon you can, to know that be a hero, making sure that you least prevent the crisis that is currently occurring, you are not going to do nothing about it . You mean to tell me, you had the opportunity, matter of fact, early yesterday, you had a wholetions, presentation given to you, to explain to you, let us typeify this, come to some of agreement we know how this can affect the American People. Ok, what ever. Pass that. That is terrible. My heart is just, grieving, i really am. It is unacceptable as a country that we cannot even come together to avoid everybody, i do not care who you are, black among white, hispanic, japanese, i do not care who you are, rich, male, four, female, that is your business. To say, thereng are people who live day to day, and we are not just talking about we are talking about the contractors. I have been listening and past few hours, and the sense of understanding, you get so stuck in your bubble, you really do. Have a wholeu entire city, a whole entire state, a whole entire multiple, united, that sweat it starts with that is what it starts with there is no unification here. I am blessed to know that i am , alive, and i am most gracious. Ok. But to know that you are in a position where some people decided to put human, by all that is everything shiny, we all know, is not a diamond. And there they go, ok . And we can clearly see that right now. Host thank you, andrea. We appreciate your call. On to the democrats line, stewart, go ahead. Caller thanks for having me on, i appreciate you taking the time. Toust wanted to say, i tried keep myself informed, listen to radio talk shows, watch the news theseday, i hear all of people call, like the lady on the last call. She hit the nail on the head in a lot of ways. I just wanted to say, as someone who tries to stay informed, i feel that i still dont even fully comprehend why we went through all this. Why really confused as to all of this is happening. I do understand why there cannot be any more compromise. It just feels very unreasonable, andlopsided on both sides, i just wish that there was more i hear you all saying cr all and i think at one point, i heard what that stood for, but i do not even understand what that means. This is not to say that i am not informed, it is to say that i am trying to be informed, and it is still hard to understand. I just wish that there was more compromise and meeting in the middle. I do not feel like that is happening very much in our government, from both sides. I hope to see a Brighter Future for tomorrow. And again, i appreciate you taking the time, and, always being on air, things like that. Thank you for taking my phone call. Host that was stewart in seattle, washington. Cr means continuing resolution, it is basically a shortterm funding plan. They have a procedural vote on the way on the floor, and is that of having the continuing Resolution Fund the government until february 16, they are working on something which would fund the government until february 8. We have a caller from providence, rhode island on the republican line. J, go ahead caller hello, good morning. Host good morning. Caller i have to laugh a little bit. First, i give you a lot of credit because you have a lot of patience with all of these phone calls. A had federal worker, and to work this morning, saturday morning. My loss flash text from at 8 p. M. Tonight, saying that there might be a shutdown. I think i told my boss this morning, it is going to get through the senate. It, that isnot get how much so many people follow politics. So i was laughing when i got this text this evening. Host so, you were supposed to go to work on saturday, what does this mean for you . Caller i will not be going to work tomorrow, until this is figured out. Worker,e you a contract directly employed to the federal government . Caller yes, directly employed through the federal government. Am breaking if i any rules or anything, so i cannot tell you more. Anyway, i am kind of laughing. Here we are with a shot down now, and it is something we have now,dealing with for years i have been a federal employee for a long time. It seems to come up every so often, that this time, i think. His is malicious, malevolent i am going to call it the schumer shutdown. Is the First Anniversary of President Trumps residence the, and this is the gift that just keeps on giving. Trump. U go, president happy, anniversary. How malicious this democratic body is. I am so glad we have all types of callers who called you and stuff. But to get your news, watch cspan. Please, watch cspan among watch what they say and do while they are on the floor. Listen to whatdemocratic body i. I am theys way. When senator schumer said i even had tj, we have a vote. We had back to the senate floor. Approved. The motion on the table, is approved. The motion to concur with further amendment. The presiding officer the question is on the motion. All those in favor say aye. All those opposed, no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion to table is agreed to. Mr. Mcconnell i move to concur in the house amendment to h. R. 195 with a further amendment. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk the senator from kentucky, mr. Mcconnell, moves to concur in the house amendment to the Senate Amendment to h. R. 195 with an amendment numbered 1917. Mr. Mcconnell i send a cloture motion to the desk on the motion to concur with amendment. The presiding officer the clerk will report the cloture motion. The clerk cloture motion. We, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to concur with the further amendment in the house amendment to the Senate Amendment to h. R. 195, signed by 17 senators as follows. Mr. Mcconnell i ask the reading of the names be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell i move to refer the motion to the committee on appropriations and to report back forthwith with instructions. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk the senator from kentucky, mr. Mcconnell, moves to refer the house message on h. R. 195 to the committee on appropriations with instructions to report back forthwith with instructions with an amendment numbered 1918. Mr. Mcconnell i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule 22, the mandatory quorum call be waived and the Senate Immediately vote on the motion to invoke cloture without any intervening action or debate. The presiding officer is there objection . Mr. Schumer i object. The presiding officer objection is heard. The presiding officer the senator from missouri. Mrs. Mccaskill mr. President , this shouldnt take long. I was disappointed when the president put out a statement that tried to divide us based on party when it came to the support of our military. There is no such division. Everyone in this chamber knows it, and so as we have in other instances when we had a shut down, i remember in 2013, we did this right off the bat, i want to make sure that we send a very clear signal that we dont want any moment to pass with there being any uncertainty with any soldier anywhere in the world that they will be paid for the valiant work that they do on behalf of our national security. Unanimous consent i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 36, h. R. 1301, that the amendment at the desk providing for continuing appropriations host the senate is continuing with what looks like a continuing resolution. He will move on from that. Set to come back in on the house is set to come back in at 9 a. M. Eastern time. The government is in official shut down mode. This is a quick treat from dust a quick tweet from the washington from a trashhat he passed collector. Saying that the garbage man said he had to finish working, because the shutdown was happening. We appreciate all of your phone calls and we will have the phone lines open again. This immigration legislation that the democrats wanted to have put in place in some form or other, the daca, which was the most a deal with the d. R. E. A. M. E. R. S. , some of those people were outside the capital last night protesting. We take a look at some of the protest. You can continue watching what is have an on the senate floor on cspan two. [applause] speaker good evening. Congressman , and i am not form norway i am an american, and so are all of you. I am fired up tonight, how about you . Are you fired up . Three points, first of all. On, forp to move organizing this rally