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today when democrats had to bail out republicans on a procedural vote that republicans claim they could pass on their very own. prior to that vote politico reported when asked if the gop would needd democratic help to pass this procedural measure, majority whip tom emmer said republicans are the ones running this place, and republicans will pass thean bills, and that s wh we are doing. but in the end republicans did not have the votes to pass that measure on their own. they needed 52 democrats to bail them out. now, both sides have faced opposition to voting to this deal. conservatives say it does not go nearly fars enough. progressives have argued the bill s impact on the poor and working class is too severe. but the character of that opposition is remarkably different. take for instance marjorie taylor greene, the fringe conservative for this now landed herself a place as one of speaker mccarthy s top allies. told she told reporters she was leaning towards voting for ....
that s five pm on the east coast, and the nation s eyes are on washington. on capitol hill. we are a stopgap federal spending bill is now in the hands of the senate. after being passed in dramatic fashion by the house, just a couple of hours ago. to fund our government and avoid a shutdown with just seven hours left on the clock to do so. we have a lot to cover on our show tonight, but we start with a possible shutdown at midnight. nbc s ali vitale is standing by on capitol hill. elie, give us the latest. right, things have been fast around here, because if you had told me when i left late last night, that speaker mccarthy was going to effectively look left and do this in a partisan fashion, i would have told you, absolutely not, no way. but it was a recognition on mccarthy s part that within his conference those republicans that continue to block his path forward were not going to change and is that it was him who had to change the strategy. now what this does ....