that works, we would love that. they re holding hostage funding for covid. we re going to run out of funding we re running out of funding for key programs. let s move forward with the covid funding. we re happy to agree the system is broken. let s work together on addressing that. there s some amendments that would that s the root issue here, isn t it? anyone raising concerns? they re tying it to the covid funding. republicans are. a handful of democrats that are i understand that. we re happy to work with anyone on immigration reform and any concerns they have. and the answer is if you have concerns, you well here s what happened may 25 the presidentsigned the bill the first day in office. let s work together on it and we re happy to do that. he has different ideas. want to talk about how to move it forward.
democrats, moderate, wherever they fall in the party, republicans of any flavor who want to work with us on that, we would love to do it. that s why the president put forward a plan, immigration reform plan on his first day in office. i can t make a prediction of where congress is going to vote, but what is important right now is they are using this to hold hostage funding for covid. ainsley: blame congress and not the administration. steve: right. because the biden administration did give congress, you know, a shopping list. this is what we would like to do. of course, it was unrealistic because they need republicans to buy in as well what though suggested is nothing republicans are interested in. behind closed doors new york times blush blurb we got a pick at today that is the people who were initially in the administration who were for enforcement they all left. in their place the people still running the shop are the people
the back and forth over dhs funding dominated the partisan debate. the new bill i described offers another option we can turn to. to have mcconnell pass the ball to the other house isn t going to do the trick. we are willing to debate anything they want even the immigration, after we fund homeland security. until they do something, we are in wait and see mode. i don t know what s not to like. it is absurd to be having this conversation. instead of trying to hold hostage funding for the department of homeland security, fund that and let s get on with actually passing comprehensive immigration reform. why don t the senators go without pay. it is about time for them to grow up and pass this bill. put it on the floor, you can kill it you want to vote on it how do you have this discussion.
president obama also weighed in on what he wants republicans to do last night on msnbc. we said instead of trying to hold hostage funding for the department of homeland security, which is so important for our national security, fund that and let s get on with passing comprehensive reform. joining me now is steve kornacki. this raises the question of how many mo brooks are there. there will be about 30 republicans that they can afford to lose and still get this passed assuming that every democrat votes against it. if mo brooks is representative of several dozen republican congressman, in a is an open question right now.
2016 outcome. president obama also weighed in on what he wants republicans to do last night on msnbc. we said instead of trying to hold hostage funding for the department of homeland security which is so important for our national security fund that and let s get on with passing extensivekpe comprehensive reform. joining me now is steve kornacki. this raises the question of how many mo brooks are there. there will be about 30 republicans that they can afford to lose and still get this passed assuming that every democrat votes against it. if mo brooks is representative of several dozen republican congressman, in a is an open