deal on a two-year agreement on new spending caps not including immigration. they are expected to raise spending on military and domestic priorities and we heard some bipartisan optimism. senator schumer and i had a good meeting this morning about a caps deal and the other issues we ve been discussing from some for some months now. i m optimistic that very soon we ll be able to reach an agreement. it s an agreement i ve discussed some of the outlines with my caucus that i think we are very happy with and hopefully the republicans are and then we can get something really good done. last night the house passed a six-week government funding extension to run through march 23 to boost military funding through the fiscal year. now it goes to the senate but democrats there are demanding more domestic spending. so if that six-week extension is dead on arrival in the senate the key to unlocking all this seems to be that spending caps agreement.
burgdorf. we begin in washington, d.c. where lawmakers are one step closer to avoiding a second government shutdown with under 48 hours to go until that deadline. the house approved a continuing resolution to fund the government yesterday and a 245-182 vote. the bill keeps the lights on until march 23 and fully funds the department of defense for the remainder of the fiscal year. it also includes two years of funding for community health centers and extends several expiring health care programs. the measure now heads to the senate where leaders are expected to rewrite the bill to not only avoid the shutdown, but also get a longer term budget deal in place. leaders are working to finalize the plan. that is expected to include a defense spending boost demanded by president trump as well as an increase in domestic programs sought by the democrats. but mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer both gave optimistic outlooks about reaching a final deal. watch this. senator schumer and i had a
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it s worth it for our country. i would love to see a shutdown if we don t get this stuff taken care of. shannon: pretty spicy words from all over on the issue. right now live on the house floor, they are voting on the stopgap spending measure, another short-term measure to get to march 23. we will keep you updated. let s bring the panel. fox news media analyst howard kurtz, author of the new book media madness. rachael bade, congressional reporter for politico. jonathan swann, national political reporter for axios. there s a lot of back-and-forth on this issue. the president said i would love to see a shutdown if we don t get this taken care of. jonathan, who got blamed last time? who will get blamed this time? democrats clearly got blamed last time some of them anyway regret the way it panned out. if president trump keeps saying
appetite for a government shutdown. you had people clamoring in the senate particularly for that last time around and now the focus is figuring out how to avert that. the challenge is that there doesn t seem to be great or obvious plan in place to do it, so there is some scrambling going on to try to figure that out. the house is planning to vote tonight to pass this continuing resolution. it would fund the government through march 23. it would provide a year of defense spending and two years for community health centers. it s that year of defense department funding that is potentially the problem. because the senate, senate democrats, have essentially said no way. now, why would that be? it s because it has major impact on a major budget deal they have been working on. democrats essentially want to mark defensive spending levels to defense spending and they re giving away potentially a bargaining chip if they sign off on something like this. the path forward isn t clear here because h