trying to claim they re focused on impeachment. fan fifer who worked with david axelrod on the obama team has a different view. i ve been semi retired, bt it seems like things to help trump win should not be on the to do list. if i can say that they re both correct. they each have a point. but i do think this was strategic by pelosi that not only does she want members to have something to go back and show their constituents, particularly the democrats in the more moderate districts, but she wants to take away the talking point that the president has used that all the democrats can do, all they ve been focused on has been impeachment. instead, these are some of the big bipartisan things that they have been working on. and frankly, as manu said, were on the track to get done. they had to finish a spending deal. we haven t had a year where we don t have a big defense authorization bill in the end. but they cued them up such that the timing would be advantageous for members. and on the u