filibuster vote. i ll hold a cloture vote and then we ll capture it to 30 hours unless we don t get the three-fifths authority. but once the 30 hours are up, we ll hear any non-germane statements and then once those are heard i ll bring forward the reconciliation bill to bring to us a pro forma session. once that is done, we are out of the woods and on our way to wait for any more filibusters. and then just repeat the process. if that doesn t work, i ll then resort to bribery. we don t call it bribery . we call it sweetheart deals or a special project for your district. oh, i ll name it after people i m just thinking out loud here. i m going to offer the senator from nebraska free dvrs for everybody in his state so they can watch the show. now you re saying how are you going to pay for that, glenn? i m going to make the taxpayers in rhode island fit the bill since the governor won t let the state worker goes on talk radio and then
republicans can no longer maintain secret holds that allow senators block nominations anonymously as republicans have and are still doing against dozens of obama nominees, including those for tsa chief and other top homeland security slots. as promised, let s turn to ezra klein, washington post policy writer and author. how are you? good evening. i d be happy if you could answer this for me. the senate cannot vote for pivotal national security nominees but they have, two senators do, have time to let the government take away your citizenship if you happen to be abroad? the senate tends to have a lot of time for senator theater and less time for actual security. they got 96 of these people, they re cooling their heels. it is just bogging down an insane senate procedures that gum everything up. they don t filibuster anyone, they just promise to do it at some point in the future. even though they wouldn t win the filibuster vote, it would take about a week.
does today who stands above the partisanship and pettiness and the special interest. he is a politician like all of us. he pretends and it s degrading. bret: mara, senator schumer and reid said time is running out. republicans say we re on a bipartisan track. what about the politics. bret: although the democrats feel certain this is an issue the public is on their side, wall street is so unpopular republicans don t seem that worried being tarred with the accusation they re on the side of the big banks. it s possible you get a filibuster vote where it work once. bret: head back to negotiations. yes. head back to negnegotiations but something has to come up to get a republican or at least one to vote for the bill. that could be useful for chris dodd as he goes back to
does today who stands above the partisanship and pettiness and the special interest. he is a politician like all of us. he pretends and it s degrading. bret: mara, senator schumer and reid said time is running out. republicans say we re on a bipartisan track. what about the politics. bret: although the democrats feel certain this is an issue the public is on their side, wall street is so unpopular republicans don t seem that worried being tarred with the accusation they re on the side of the big banks. it s possible you get a filibuster vote where it work once. bret: head back to negotiations. yes. head back to negnegotiations but something has to come up to get a republican or at least one to vote for the bill. that could be useful for chris dodd as he goes back to
and with it, the bickering. that s for sure. we re trying to break it all down, do all the vote counting and cut through the spin. mike viqueira, the mayor of the house side of capital, the unofficial mayor of that. of course, we re start with the upper chamber here. now you have no way to start. it s going to come to fisticuffs. is that what it is? this isn t the house of lords, but you go ahead. go ahead. reconciliation, can we just clear up some things? for what is being touted to put through the quote/unquote reconciliation process, the 50 votes, the way to skip a filibuster vote. right. explain. well, basically, democratic leaders think the fastest way to pass health care bill is to basically take the senate bill, which is already passed, and has always been what the white house preferred and send it to the house.