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going to pay for child care. it changes the dynamic at the dinner table for the families of the controllers. joining me, democratic congresswoman carolyn maloney from new york, senior member of the house financial services and government reform committee and member of the joint economic committee. good to see you. happy new year. happy new year. thank you for having me on the show. how do you empathize with federal workers saying we re worried about not receiving a paycheck on the 15th, really worried about making mortgage, paying bills, putting food on the table. well, i have great empathy for them, so do democrats. we want to open the government. the first action was to pass two bills that would do so that passed the senate before, even republicans are speaking out in support of opening up the government. senator collins in maine, senator gardner in colorado. we sent the bill to the senate,
shutdown of his own making, but cracks are beginning to show from within his own party. the defections of republican senators susan collins of maine and cory gardner of colorado, who already want a deal to reopen the government, were among the headlines the president hoped to distract from in his rose garden performance. perhaps the greater existential threat to presume s presidency is this on russia. the wall street journal writes, we cannot recall a more absurd misstatement of history by an american president. the soviet invasion of afghanistan was a defining event in the cold war, making clear to all serious people the reality of the communist kremlin s threat. mr. trump s cracked history can t alter that reality. here are those offender comments the wall street journal was responding to on russia. the reason russia was in afghanistan was because terrorists were going into russia. they were right to be there. the problem is it was a tough
over his pet project, but democrats failed to realize the hypocrisy here, you had barack obama in 2013 shut down the government over his own pet project. it was his namesake, obamacare, he shut down the government over and bill clinton in 1995 and 96 jen, you re basically alleging that there have been government shutdowns in the past. yup, that s absolutely true. but what about the president saying the shutdown could drag on for months, even years. this could be the longest in decades, if not ever, if you listen to what the president said. that s the problem here is that the president doesn t see the political downside of the shut down. and until he does and senate republicans who are up in 2020, like senator gardner and senator collins are trying to make that
but the president unilaterally reserving to himself that power ought to alarm people in congress, if there are people in congress that are concerned about the separation of powers. let me put you on that. we only have two defections in republican ranks, senator collins and senator gardner. do you expect more? do you hear reporting more are behind them? no, not at the moment. but, again, you know, we have asked this question for how long? when are republicans going to break with donald trump? when are they going to speak out? we have general mattis who resigned from the administration. for two years, 11 months and seven day. hey, better late than never. mitt romney comes out and basically says out loud what republicans are saying in private. so, you know, you still have that solid front, but you get the sense that it is eroding inside. you know, wait until we see the public opinion polls, who is getting the blame for this as the pain becomes greater. how far are they willing to