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It. is that in the senate version right now? >> the house version has come over to the senate. we are unable to put a senate version on the floor because mitch mcconnell has blocked -- basically the fancy term is amendment tree. he is blocking any proposal from democrats to be put on the table, any bipartisan agreement from ds and rs. >> why? he is saying it is you guys. he calls it the schumer shutdown. >> this is all politics. essentially for three and a half months while we have been demandin...

Clear. because that means -- talking about russia again next week, you should do whatever you can do thats going to prevent and thats going to provoke the president to be helpful in starting this bill. the democratic obstruction may -- for all republicans to say, maybe this is the best we can do and this is probably what we need to lay a benchmark and go ahead. there is no way mcconnell will allow voters. there is going to be a deal or not a deal beforehand. hes going to decide what amounts or w...

Interest loan so they can relocate to an area where there was a lower or i should say ahigher unemployment rate than where they are today. one of the problems they have is that people cant move, thats a barrier to get to places where there might be more jobs available. were talking about practical things that actually address the problem rather than just continuing to deal with the symptom of this and i think making it less expensive for employers to hire people who have been unemployed for a ve...

Steaks sequestration off the table which would have done draconian things to our military. and moves the economy forward, moves the government forward in a way where theres more certainty. to get back to senator wickers point. its true, the amendment trees full. if we bring another amendment in, the house is gone. they wont be back for 25 days. its not like its going to be taken up again, its not. you said its better to do something that might not be perfect than do nothing at all. i agree. >> b...

Political gain, it makes sense to reform this. as joy said, the talking filibuster is part of the tradition. how is that the -- >> part of the tradition of blocking civil rights legislation, right? its not like -- it was a fairly effective method of blocking all sorts of legislation. >> thats true. >> i mean, at the same time, look, the republicans what they wanted most and they have claimed that the reason they filibuster everything is that harry reid hasnt allowed them to offer amendments. to ...

Cant vote for these things and have the amendment tree filled up and not going forth. >> reporter: walking in, youre going to be the 60th vote. >> im going to be the 6r 0th vote. >> reporter: wolf, you see senator brown walking in to begin what will be a vote momentarily here in the senate. at least to begin debate. senator brown that republican will give democrats the votes they need to start debate to extend these unemployment benefits. would ever, many of these benefits started to run out las...

So i just want to set the record straight. the majority leader has all the tools in his kit and he normally exercises them, and i think hes about to do that on the bill currently before us. which we call the large job bill. he soon will invoke cloture to cut off the bait. he normally doesnt even allow amendments. he will file cloture, fill the tree. by filling the tree, that means the amendment tree, which allows the republicans no alternatives but just to vote for cloture or not cloture and unf...

About to do that on the bill currently before us. which we call the large job bill. he soon will invoke cloture to cut off debate. he normally doesnt even allow amendments. he will file cloture, fill the tree, by filling the tree, that means the amendment tree, which allows the republicans no alternative but to vote for cloture or not cloture and then, unfortunately we have 30 hours of debate immediately following cloture. im going to propose one more time, my unanimous consent request. i ask un...

Straight. the majority leader has all the tools in his kit and he normally exercises them and i think hes about to do that on the bill currently before us. which we call the large job bill. he soon will invoke cloture but to cut off debate, he normally doesnt even allow amendments. he will file cloture, fill the tree by filling the tree, that means the amendment tree which allows the republicans no alternatives but just to vote for cloture or not cloture and then, unfortunately, we have 30 hours...

He called all the amendments for himself. nobody else will be able to make amendments without his permission. so thats called filling the amendment tree. republicans arent going to get a chance to make any amendments to this jobs bill. and they see that as a clear partisan shot denying the minority the opportunity to offer its improving amendments. he may not be doing away with the fill busker, but hes muzzling republicans on the jobs bill. megyn: we get a call from the president of the united s...