towards a partial government shutdown again over government funding, again, not even three months into the job, house speaker mike johnson is facing another huge test and challenge, mounting pressure from the right flank of his party to want deeper funding cuts, even staged a protest against the agreement that johnson has reached with senate democrats over the top line spending amount, but johnson is also faced with the reality, he has the slimmest of slim majorities and a democratic-controlled senate and a democrat in the white house so where is this going to go? is there a way to thread this needle for republicans right now? let s discuss, joining us republican congressman from kentucky, thomas massie who is also a surrogate for the ron desantis campaign and we ll get to that. first to your day job and order of business right now. do you think johnson is going to stick with the deal he made with schumer on that top line number, or do you think this is headed back to square one? wel
change that trajectory. neil: still not all of your colleagues are happy with the results of that. it s one thing for chuck schumer tying spending to debt is going to lead to another government shutdown and rue the day that the concessions were made, but even some of your moderate congressmen are looking at one could torpedo the much speaker. you got what you wanted, but that you ll regret. and thomas jefferson wrote that rule around a couple hundred years and everybody worked under it with big majorities, slim majorities, civil wars, world wars, all of that stuff. nancy pelosi is the one that changed it and we needed to reserve that back into the rules package so that not only members could hold the most powerful person in the building accountable, but quite honestly, so the american people have the accountability
time they hope weeks of handed shakes, stump speeches and rallies will translate to votes. it is time for the final push. live pictures from philadelphia where democrats are bringing out their heavy hitters as they try to hang onto slim majorities in the house and senate. president biden, and former president barack obama will make their arguments a short time from now. both have warned that democracy is on the line this tuesday, denouncing election deniers on the ballot. also in pennsylvania tonight, former president zelenskyy donald trump on a campaign blitz that has much to do with his own political future. his aides are eyeing the third week of november as an ideal launch for his next run as president. cnn is tracking key races. phil mattingly in philadelphia.
harris: they certainly can t deny it. some members of the left side of the aisle, politically and the media, are raising concerns about the 2022 midterm elections after president biden s year of poor polling. a panel on msnbc took aim at biden, warning he will hurt democrats looking to hang onto slim majorities in the house and senate. all these races are going to take place across the country, and where the majority is for the democrats is tied directly to the performance of president biden at the national level. it is difficult when you have the biden administration struggling in so many parts of the country. one of the two things he needs to make sure is accomplished by june of 2022 in order to raise his number so that he is not an albatross on
child care credit and to help people that take care of olderly people at home. i think that that s key that is important. it s not over yet. we have next year. i do believe that it s going to happen. it sannened me that no one from the gop will support something that will help the american people. sandra: i would wonder whether or not you seen this white house reach across the aisle to republicans on this. no, not at all. they spent their time blaming republicans for hating the american public when the american public doesn t support build back better as was mentioned. if progressives want someone to blame, they shouldn t blame joe manchin. this is joe biden s fault. he introduced a bill that would never pass the senate in the first place. joe manchin said he thought he could become f.d.r. with slim majorities in the house and senate. it was unrealistic and he s the only one to blame. sandra: gianno?