a tactic at odds with democrats issuing their government shutdown threat. something he called terrible. i m not going to lecture. he ll be a constructive force. reporter: mick mulvaney inn visiti insisting the republicans came out on top. when you heard about the deal, did you think we could build this? reporter: mulvaney attempting toward fixing and replacing existing fencing for the administration. despite the fact there is language in the spending bill that prohibits any money going toward construction of the president s border wall. for the third day in a row, vice president mike pence will be on capitol hill to shore up the vote on health care. the goal for the next 48 hours to get support before congress goes on recess. that is on friday. house speaker paul ryan