threat to shut down the government if congress doesn t provide funds for the border wall. the washington post article disputed the president s immediate commitment to the wall, quote, the white house has told republicans they will not shut down the government, potentially clearing a path for lawmakers to pass a budget. passing a budget is only one item on a busy september agenda, may not be the most important. the nbc first read team laid out the to do list for the month. including providing hurricane harvey relief money, raising the debt limit, keeping the government open, crafting a tax reform bill and maybe giving health care one more shot in the senate. frank oe, by any measure, that is a aggressive agenda. for a congress that actually gets things done, that would be
harvey relief money, raising the debt limit, keeping the government open, crafting a tax reform bill and maybe giving health care one more shot in the senate. frank oe, by any measure, that is a aggressive agenda. for a congress that actually gets things done, that would be a tough agenda. and as you know from covering washington for a long time, budgets are something that even a congress that gets other things done struggles to get things done. what does that agenda look like to you. it looks tough. i will say harvey has kind of broad people together. you talked about the wall and the possibility of a government shutdown. you know, trump has backed down a little bit about that in private and harvey s a big reason for that because it s brought people together. they know they need to get this done.