because if i do not object, congress will have passed into law a bill that spends $19 billion of taxpayer money without members of congress being present here in our nation s capital to vote on it. secondly, it s a bill that includes nothing to address the clear national emergency and humanitarian crisis that we face at our southern billion. the bill was all set to go through by what they call nan muss consent and now it seems to be on held until after a memorial day congressional recess. joining me is phil mattingly and melanie zinono. how significant in this is that the president had green lighted there so that the president would bite their tongues, if you will, and we know they object for a number of reasons. they finally figured out a pathway forward. the senate passed it by a major vote, 84-16, if you didn t think