'HE'S LYING!': Kennedy TORCHES Schumer over TSA pay

THIS HOUR OF THE DAY EITHER.

>> Dana: YOU KNOW WHO LIKES THE

TALK?

SENATOR JOHN KENNEDY OF

LOUISIANA.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

SOME OF THE CONSTITUENTS.

THE ALL-OUT RATE IS 11.6%

NATIONALLY.

NEW ORLEANS IT'S 42.3%.

LISTEN TO SENATOR SCHUMER.

HE SAYS PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THE

ONE STANDING IN THE WAY OF TSA

PAYCHECKS.

>> LET'S MAKE IT VERY CLEAR.

DONALD TRUMP IS THE ONE STANDING

IN THE WAY OF PAYCHECKS FOR TSA

WORKERS.

WITH THE RIDICULOUS ATTEMPT TO

PASS THE SAVE ACT.

THE SAVE ACT WHICH WOULD DESTROY

A LOT OF WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT

DEMOCRACY.

>> Dana: I FEEL LIKE THE SENATOR

IS TRYING TO REVERSE THE

SITUATION FOR THE REASON THE

SHUTDOWN START EVIDENCE IN THE

FIRST PLACE, SIR.

>> WELL LOOK, SENATOR SCHUMER IN

THIS INSTANCE ANYWAY IS LYING.

HE IS LYING LIKE FISH SWIM.

I MEAN, HERE IS WHAT'S GOING ON.

WE HAVE BEEN -- WE HAVE HAD DHS

SHUT DOWN FOR 38 DAYS, I THINK.

THE DEMOCRATS AT ONE POINT VOTED

TO FUND DHS AND THEN THEY BACK

TRACKED.

WE HAVE BEEN DEBATING THE SAVE

ACT FOR, I DON'T KNOW, TEN DAYS,

I GUESS.

WE'RE STUCK.

I'M A BIG BELIEVER WHEN YOU ARE

STUCK, YOU OUGHT TO TRY TO PLOW

AROUND THE STUMP, NOT THROUGH

IT.

SO SENATOR CRUZ AND I A FEW DAYS

AGO CAME UP WITH A TWO-STEP

PROCESS TO SOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS.

STEP ONE WE WOULD OPEN UP

EVERYTHING AT DHS EXCEPT ICE,

INCLUDING TSA, WHICH THE

DEMOCRATS HAVE ALREADY AGREED

TO, AND THEN WE WOULD FUND ICE

THROUGH RECONCILIATION, WHICH WE

COULD DO ONLY WITH REPUBLICAN

VOTES.

WE WOULDN'T NEED ANY DEMOCRATIC

VOTES.

I DON'T SPEAK FOR SENATOR CRUZ

ON THIS PART OF IT BUT I ALSO

SUGGESTED THAT WE USE THE

RECONCILIATION PROCESS WITH ONLY

REPUBLICAN VOTES TO PASS THE

SAVE ACT.

NOW, WE PITCHED THIS TO SENATOR

THUNE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.

HE PITCHED IT TO PRESIDENT

TRUMP.

PRESIDENT TRUMP, AS YOU KNOW

FROM HIS TWEETS, SAID NO.

BUT I TALKED TO SENATOR THUNE

LAST NIGHT AND HE SAYS THE

PRESIDENT HAS RECONSIDERED AND

MAY BE ON BOARD.

I DON'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN.

>> Bill: THAT'S A BIT OF A STEM

WINDER.

WE'LL NAIL IT DOWN.

ALL THE REPORTING SUGGESTED

THERE WAS A BREAK THROUGH.

WAS THERE A BREAKTHROUGH?

RECONCILIATION IS SIMPLE

MAJORITY VOTE BUT THE RULES IN

THE SENATE SAY YOU ARE ALLOWED

TO VOTE ON THIS PIECE OF

LEGISLATION UNDER THE RULES OF

THE SENATE AS THEY FIT

RECONCILIATION.

CAN YOU DO THAT FOR ICE AND CAN

YOU DO THAT FOR THE SAVE AMERICA

ACT WITH A SIMPLE 51 VOTE?

>> I THINK WE CAN CLEARLY DO IT

FOR ICE.

DOING IT FOR THE SAVE ACT IS A

CLOSER QUESTION.

AND THE SENATE HAS A LOT OF

LAWYERS, BILL.

ON BOTH SIDES.

ALL GOOD LAWYERS.

I MEAN, THEY ARE ALL

ASTONISHINGLY SELF-ASSURED, ALL

OF US THINK THAT WE'RE OLIVER

WENDELL SCALE LEAH, BUT I WOULD

DO IS ENLIST SOME OUTSIDE HELP

THAT HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE

WITH THE BUDGET CONTROL ACT.

I'VE SEEN THINGS PASS MUSTER

UNDER THE BUDGET CONTROL ACT

THAT I DIDN'T THINK HAD A HOPE

IN HELL AND I'VE SEEN SOME THAT

COULDN'T PASS MUSTER THAT I

THOUGHT WERE SLAM DUNKS.

IT IS OUR ONLY SHOT.

IT IS OUR ONLY SHOT.

I THINK IT'S WORTH TAKING IT.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF

US YELLING AT EACH OTHER.

I'M TIRED OF IT.

IT LOWERS MY I.Q.

>> Dana: MEMBERS OF THE SENATE

SHOULD NOT GET PAID DURING A

GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

THERE WAS AN OBJECTION.

>> IN THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER

BE CONSIDER MADE AND LAID UPON

THE TABLE.

>> ANY OBJECTION

>> I OBJECT.

>> THE OBJECTION IS HEARD.

>> I WANT TO GIVE MY SENATOR, MY

COLLEAGUE, MORE TIME AS HE

OBJECTED AND LEFT THE CHAMBER.

IS HE COMING BACK?

>> Dana: I ASSUME HE DID NOT

COME BACK.

IN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS CAN'T GET

PAID THEY MIGHT BE MORE WILLING

TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO

PREVENT THE SITUATION WE HAVE

NOW.

>> WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE

WENT.

HE LEFT THE CHAMBERS QUICKLY.

YOU COULDN'T FIND HIM WITH A

SEARCH PARTY.

I ASSUME IT WAS BY DESIGN.

MY BILL PASSED BOTH BOTH

REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ON THE

RULES COMMITTEE.

IT WAS UNANIMOUS.

IT WOULD SAY SENATORS CAN'T GET

PAID AS LONG AS EVERYBODY ELSE

CAN'T GET PAID.

IT WAS JUST A SIMPLE MATTER OF

SHARED PAIN, SHARED SACRIFICE.

AND I PRESENTED IT AND ONE

SENATOR WITHOUT ACHIEVING

RECOGNITION FROM THE FLOOR SAID

I OBJECT AND QUICKLY LEFT THE

CHAMBER.

THAT'S HIS RIGHT BUT I HAVE

NEVER SEEN THAT HAPPEN IN TEN

YEARS.

SO I CHALLENGED THE RULING OF

THE CHAIR AND IF I HAD HAD A

LITTLE MORE TIME I MIGHT HAVE

WON.

ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC SENATOR

QUICKLY MOVED TO PUT US IN A

QUORUM.

LIKE THE TERMINATOR, I WILL BE

BACK.

>> Bill: YOU ASKED IS THE

SENATOR ILL?

I ASSUME HE WAS NOT.

>> HE WAS ILL AT HAVING TO

OBJECT.

>> Bill: I GOT IT.