the bin r winner. it is a fraction of what democrats have voted for in the past. i believe he is for people who have been here. all of that is being held up by inability to get agreement on border security which the president campaign pd on. i hope people will separate the tactics from the policy. i think it is reasonable and solid. as you know, the democrats voting for more money in border security in the past especially in 2013 the immigration reform bill you pushed was in exchange for a lot of other things you see there s an opportunity here
less than one year ago on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning. it s friday, december 23rd. i m deb feyerick an with alina cho on this american morning. good morning to all of you out in. so glad you re with us. up first, an early christmas present for 160 million americans. the house is expected to vote today on extending the payroll tax cut that divided washington for weeks. house republicans caved yesterday after a lot of arm-twisting by president obama who stead was the disgust of the american people that broke the log jam. boehner saying his side still wants a one-year extension but saw the political reality. we have fought the good fight. i talked to a number of members over the past 24 hours who believe that, hey, we don t like this two-month extension, we don t like this reporting problem in the senate bill, and if you can get this fixed, why not why not do the right thing for the american people, even though it s not e