The Daily - Monday, Nov.27, 2017

With President Trump nearing the end of his first year in office, the next few weeks could be crucial for his presidency. We also look at how a string of armed robberies in Michigan and Ohio has led to what could be the most important case on electronic privacy to go before the Supreme Court. Guests: Maggie Haberman, White House correspondent; Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

Duration: 19m
Broadcast on: 27 Nov 2017
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Maggie Abramin, can you tell us about this meeting on Tuesday at the White House? Sure, so President Trump is meeting with the four congressional leaders from both parties, the majority and minority. It's Republican Paul Ryan, Democrat Nancy Pelosi, Republican Mitch McConnell, and Democrat Chuck Schumer. There are a lot of issues that are on the table legislatively for all of these leaders to discuss with each other and with the president. The most urgent and really the reason for this meeting to begin with is to discuss passing another continuing resolution to keep funding the government after December 8th. That's when it's set to shut down, which would be difficult at best for the political futures of all five people in that room. We had a very good meeting with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.

We agreed to a three-month extension on debt ceiling. So the last time these leaders met, the president stunned the leaders from his own party and essentially pulled the rug out from under them. In a stunning move, President Trump bucking his own party, cutting a deal with Democrats to provide disaster relief funding, extend the debt ceiling, and fund the government for three months. By siding with Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi on their set of priorities in terms of a deal to keep the government running, this had a longer-term impact on the president's relationship with Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan. We walked out and everybody was happy. Not too happy because you can never be too happy, but they were happy enough. House Speaker Paul Ryan lashed out at Democrats. I think that's a ridiculous and disgraceful that they want to play politics with the debt ceiling at this moment. They were furious. That's a word. They were very, very unhappy. So nearly three months later, they're back for another meeting and they have to agree on a plan to fund the government yet again. What's happened in the time since that initial meeting that's meaningful here? Almost nothing has happened, Michael, and that is the easier question to answer. You have Republicans in control of both houses of Congress and Republicans in control of the White House, and they have not managed to pass any significant legislation beyond just keeping the government funded. The president often likes to talk about his presidency in historic terms. We've signed more bills, and I'm talking about through the legislature than any president ever. For a while, Harry Truman had us. And he keeps claiming that there has been some record amount of legislation passed. And now I think we have everybody, Mike. I better say think, otherwise he'll give me a Pinocchio. I don't like Pinocchio's. There's no signature piece of legislation, and right now they are just focusing on tax reform and trying to get that done. I think after health care taxes are going to be so easy, it really helps. Tax reform was the issue that the president wished he had tackled first instead of health care reform. So now you have the White House making a push for what has always been the president's own personal main priority, and they know that they have a limited window to get it done. They know with all of these things that the clock is ticking, but with tax reform, it is incredibly, incredibly important to the president. However, there are not enough Republican votes to pass it just with a majority, and there is really a very, very slimmed and unchance of getting Democratic votes. This afternoon, the president returns right here to Washington, where he is facing what might be

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