can do something permanently. so that is not really addressing the issues. is something better than nothing? that is again up to the republicans, they control the senate, it is time for them to lead and to stop running government from week to week and month to month and start passing real budget bills. would you like to see the house republicans improve, the president has a plan, would you like to see if they can pass that on their own? and see if they will vote on their own for that bill? i think they always have that
clean agreement here. without daca being tied to the terms. is there a sense a concern as republicans are suggesting that democrats over played their hand? well, i think the republicans according to to three polls i looked at are going to be blamed more than the democrats. half of americans approximately blame republicans and trump. about one in three blame the democrats. according to to the american people this is not an issue that the democrats have put on the table. to say they want a clean bill, budget bills are never clean. there s an issue of priority. that s a tricky way of saying we don t want to include that. we don t prioritize a issue that nine out of ten americans want addressed. there was nothing in this bill that anyone disagreed with. there was nothing in the bill. it was that schumer and pelosi wanted to add something that was controversial. among both parties. that is what we keep losing track of. there was no disagreement in the billment they wanted to use it
doesn t know what the president wants. do you believe that s a fair criticism, that the president has not been clear enough in explaining exactly what he wants? yeah, i m not going to depend people in positions excuse me, attack people in leadership for asking for clarity from the white house. i think, though, that the president can put that shoe on the other boot and if for clarity from the legislative branch. i hate governing by cr. it just is not the way we re supposed to do business, for the record, the house passed 12 separate budget bills. they languish in the senate. i told somebody the house moves slowly, but compared to the senate, we re the millennium falcon. we did the kessel run in four parsecs. i think leader mcconnell has the right to speak to the president, say, this is what i need from you. the president has the right to say, this is what i need from you all. i m not going to get into the he said, she said. i think right now, one of the of the aisle is the tone.side
mike: wouldn t it wise to separate a controversial issue like immigration and government funding and a budget, it seems all are difficult enough individually for this congress to do. your thoughts, sir? well, i mean, we can separate it. we can put the daca bill on the floor on tuesday. and get it done. and basecle i basically set that aside and don t have to conflate these issues. there s a moment when the budget bills come up. democrats the republicans don t have the vote to keep the government open. when democrats are asked to rescue the republicans from themselves by providing enough votes to keep the government open cause they don t have them themselves, we have to have some of our priorities included in the action that congress takes and not be put in a position where all the things that democrats care about never get decided, never get a vote on the floor. mike: right. but the republicans who can t govern without us are unwilling to acknowledge that. that s just not right
role is to do is to protect the american people. i bring up that date as you well know, hogan, it s the date that you must negotiate a government spending billing to keep the government open. the true date for dreamers of course is in march. because democrats are attaching this to what they want to sees a movement with spending, that s why it s up now. your last thought on this and then we are going to move on. absolutely. they are trying to attach it but, look, chuck and nancy both demanded clean spending bills. clean budget bills in the past. now they are going back on their own rule the chuck and nancy rule which is to pass clean bills as it relates to spending. we have to fund the military first and foremost. that s what this budget does. we want it clean. we don t want to attach any of the president s plans to it. we expect democrats to do the same thing and not attach any of their plans to it as well. and to abide by the own rules that they set forth in the past. harris: al