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Vaccine mandate. this is all about the politics of the pandemic. im joined by steny hoyer. leader hoyer, thank you for being back on the show. >> hallie, good to be with you. thanks a lot. >> of course. any update, can you give us one, on when you expect the vote to keep the government open? is that next hour we think? >> itll be certainly within the next two. itll depend on whether or not we have any procedural votes. if we dont have procedural votes, itll be in about an hour. >> okay. so, expe...

But the other point is here, the courts -- this has already hit federal courts. the federal courts have already, you know, blocked this rule from taking place, this is an osha rule. and theyve blocked it from taking place right now until its been litigated out. whether or not the president has the authority to do it. there is a question whether or not hes exceeding his authority by trying to force this rule through. so, you know, whats the point of having the amendment vote when the courts are a...

Can slow down progress for the american people. thats whats happening, but were going to get through it and get this done. >> and when she says "a handful of senators" there, joshua, its the senate. all it takes is one. and were seeing that once again here. in this case, its senator bill haggerty, who says this should go through regular order. that just means its going to take longer. what senators right now are right to do is hammer out a way to truncate this process a little bit, pick the amen...

Rules need to be reformed. that just a handful of senators can slow down progress for the american people. thats whats happening, but were going to get through it and get this done. >> and when she says "a handful of senators" there, joshua, its the senate. all it takes is one. and were seeing that once again here. in this case, its senator bill haggerty, who says this should go through regular order. that just means its going to take longer. what senators right now are right to do is hammer out...

As we passed the bill, the next instruction should have been by the end of the year we had to cut spending. in a subsequent bill, they went ahead and got rid of the pay-go bills in some big spending bill. i objected to it and i forced an amendment vote on it and nine people voted with me. when i voted for the tax bill, it had provisions in it that says youd have to cut spending if theres any revenue left. the left wing mob doesnt care. jon stewart doesnt care. its about me, me, me. >> neil: do y...

Theres a sense that weve been in unchartered territory for some time. theres been a sense all along that theresa may plays her decisions and her thinking very close to her chest, theres been a sense that the government would have taken a loss of 50 or 60 votes to be enough for the prime minister to continue. it really, really is within the prime ministers thinking right now at the moment before anyone moves against her to determine what she will do. it would seem to be fly in the face of reason,...

Taking office and they were painful and lengthy and cutting spending. now a bill gets large bipartisan supporting it which has $300 billion in spending increase. it does away with the sequester. it does away with the 2011 budget gaps. the senator makes a point that resonates with those who supported this deal. i think the interesting element here and i want to point out, guys, we knew the house would be an issue and there would be drama. we woke up thursday morning now with no idea of the senate...

The senate floor. to see exactly whats happening. i want to get your perspective on this. give us the play by play. we see activity there. its a 1:05 on the u.s. east coast chlts what exactly are the senators doing. >> this is the first vote. this is what people have been waiting for for hours. i have been talking to senators and staff throughout the course of the day. theres extreme frustration that is got to this point. there were flights home sk scheduled. everybody knows how it will end in t...

To debate the amendment and then have a vote on the amendment. that amendment would maintain the current budget caps, which is the $300 million spending deal does away with. what you saw before senator paul started speaking was senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and senate democratic leader chuck schumer come to the floor and essentially do something that was a little bit choreographed. senator schumer making clear if senator paul gets an meantime i have a lot of guys that have problems with...

Long as all 100 senators agree with that. if they dont, there are a lot of time limits that are in place, hours on end. and i think thats what were looking at right now. the big question right now is how far does senator paul wants to push this? and i can tell you, wolf, behind the scenes top republican aides and lawmakers have been aware of this issue all day. he made very clear that this was his problem, that he wanted an amendment vote and he wanted this addressed. what they offered was essen...