the infrastructure bill, but everybody believes that roads and bridges and ports of entry are important infrastructure for our economy for public safety and the environment. but it has to be done the right way which is to responsibly pay for it. but this is the democrats that are linking this reckless spending and tax bill to a bipartisan infrastructure bill which is going to do, both of it looks like. john: and we will see. at least you get the stopgap spending measure through the senate. senator john korner on the state of texas, thank you. one of the dangers here is that if we can t even get through a bill that had bipartisan support it raises the issue of, can congress do anything other than pass the stopgap spending measures? anita: that remains to be seen. simple math, joe manchin says
john: the clock is ticking on what could be three weeks of intense negotiations over border security before the stopgap spending measure the president signed into law expires. joining us now from washington, republican senator roy blunt and joe manchin of west virginia, the only democratic senator to consistently vote in support for funding to build a wall. senators, welcome back to fox news sunday. good to be with you. john: senator manchin, mick mulvaney posed the question what are democrats willing to do here. what are i think democrats want to look at, basically, the holistic approach; immigration reform, pathways forward to some people, basically. i ve always said people came two ways. they came the wrong way for the right reason, the wrong way for the wrong within. the people who came for the wrong reason we need to make sure they go out and stay out.
john: the clock is ticking on what could be three weeks of intense negotiations over border security before the stopgap spending measure the president signed into law expires. joining us now from washington, republican senator roy blunt and joe manchin of west virginia, the only democratic senator to consistently vote in support for funding to build a wall. senators, welcome back to fox news sunday. good to be with you. john: senator manchin, mick mulvaney posed the question what are democrats willing to do here. what are i think democrats want to look at, basically, the holistic approach; immigration reform, pathways forward to some people, basically. i ve always said people came two ways. they came the wrong way for the right reason, the wrong way for the wrong within. the people who came for the wrong reason we need to make sure they go out and stay out.
john: the clock is ticking on what could be three weeks of intense negotiations over border security before the stopgap spending measure the president signed into law expires. joining us now from washington, republican senator roy blunt and joe manchin of west virginia, the only democratic senator to consistently vote in support for funding to build a wall. senators, welcome back to fox news sunday. good to be with you. john: senator manchin, mick mulvaney posed the question what are democrats willing to do here. what are i think democrats want to look at, basically, the holistic approach; immigration reform, pathways forward to some people, basically. i ve always said people came two ways. they came the wrong way for the right reason, the wrong way for the wrong within. the people who came for the wrong reason we need to make sure they go out and stay out.
to hold firm. tonight he is saying that in the meeting he had with other leaders, the president was serious about not folding without a fight. back in march the president vowed he would never sign another stopgap spending measure to kick the can down the road without new money for the wall. conservatives like rush limbaugh have spent the last 24 hours telling the president, urging him not to cave and if he does not stand and fight for a signature. i can tell you as you noted, house republicans changing course to the president s direction. they passed a new bell with $5.7 billion plus $8 billion for hurricane and wildfire relief. democrats are warning that the bill cannot get through the senate so we are likely headed for a shut down. but remember 75% of the government is funded already deep into 2019 including the military, so this would only be a partial shutdown in the