president responds to them? and this is a key moment and it's not simply kind of swallowing some parts of a bill that they don't like. it's handing the president a major victory right now which will set up the republicans for 2018 and for the next couple of years. >> representative nita lowy from new york earlier this week, kelly jane, said republicans control the white house, the senate, and the house. they are in charge. if the government shuts down, it's because they couldn't do their work. are republicans really going to get blamed if the government shuts down or are democrats going to get blamed? who is going to carry that? >> a great question and it depends what happens. if the government shuts down, what it was, what was the final straw that did it. when you have a party in control of both chambers of congress and the executive branch, it sort of looks difficult to understand why they can't get things done and get things passed.