not seriously trying to legislate when you look at the fact that they are not interacting with the trump administration on gun issues, on how to finally resolve the funding of the federal government. they just did a continuing resolution but they need to go into this further. we know what s happening here. the whole congress is going to be sidetracked by talk of impeachment, i don t think so is now even though they claim that this is a clear and present danger to america, congress decided to go on a two-week vacation. they are not going to do much over the next two weeks and they are probably not going to do much through the fall. brian, the house passed gun legislation months ago. it already did it. to say that the impeachment inquiry is nothing else than politics as usual is ridiculous and is dumb founding that people would even push that as an agenda point. brian, given that what, if anything, do you think can get done while this whole process gets played out. i don t think
they would do. the answer for you is no? you and i both know if we had 60 votes in the senate, it wasn t support that. we re dealing with a country right now that needs a lot more good. so is medicare for all unrealistic? look, medicare for all is what we should be going for. but the first step getting there has to be showing that we can create a public option, allowing medicare to be available for more people. and if we do that, by the way, we ll drive down costs because people from private pools will begin to choose medicare for all, more older people, 55, 56, will choose that public option which will make those private pools go down. i understand the reality of congress, but i just want to make sure that we re clear. you just said medicare for all, which you said is your aspiration, can t pass, so it wouldn t be your first issue out of the gate? first of all, i m not talking anything off the table. i believe that this election for our nation needs to be a
week, the most important thing to remember is that it got worse. we got they already missed their paychecks last week. they would be on the vergeov of missing another paycheck if there s no resolution. look, the senate is not going to vote on anything unless there s a deal. the house has kind of exhausted all of the options by putting forward all of the options they can pass but the senate can t pass. the flight issue underscores how little are being had. the only way is to sign onto a letter that the president has already squashed at the point. and there are lots of people that are legitimately hurting. there are countless tral contractors and this is the federal government inflicting pain on its own citizens. zb and look, i think the one
coverage from conservative media. i m not sure how they were incentivized to fix it. somebody has to give in and this president doesn t seem like he s one to just throw up his hands and take the embarrassment. i mean, have we ever seen him do anything like that? it leaves the people directly affected by this shutdown stuck. the puzzle pieces now, can t pass. they can pass what they want but republicans still hold the senate. even if they pass the funding measures tonight, mitch mcdonnell is saying he will not bring them to the senate floor for a vote. i made it clear to the speaker we re not interested in having show votes here in the senate. we re interested in bringing up something the house has passed, 60 senators will support and the president will sign.
that means nancy pelosi will be speaker of the house, so it looks as if nancy and chuck were right in the oval office when they said mr. president, this bill can t pass the house, can t pass the senate. which are both controlled by republicans and the republicans couldn t help the president out with. brian: we didn t get to the point where went to the senate where they needed just 8 democrats to come over because it never got out of the house. as you mentioned lame duckers and retirements and losers, haven t come back to work. they are not coming back to work today. steve: a lot of them don t have their offices anymore u gave up their apartments. they have moved. ainsley: rush limbaugh is saying noble in washington wants this trump wall. the president likes to negotiate. maybe this is a way for him to compromise saying if i give you a little bit of this. maybe you will give more money. the thing is most republicans are saying nancy pelosi and chuck schumer are not going to budge on thi