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Congresswoman jerry nadler. quote, it has been brought to my attention you have been proactively seeking meetings with caucus colleagues to discuss the top house position on the judiciary committee. and that youre asserting i would not be a candidate for this slot if it were vacant. i request you refrain from characterizing my intentions. politico.com obtained that letter and the way they understand it, that the congresswoman was basically arguing the top democratic seat on that committee should...

Judiciary committee. shes the third ranking democrat on that committee and wrote this to the number two democrat on the same committee, congresswoman jerry nadler. quote, it has been brought to my attention you have been proactively seeking meetings with caucus colleagues to discuss the top house position on the judiciary committee. and that youre asserting i would not be a candidate for this slot if it were vacant. i request you refrain from characterizing my intentions. politico.com obtained t...

Department. and these constant meetings that we hear reported about. we heard from jeff sessions. as far as getting response from the d.o.j., byron. what is the house position on this? >> well, the house position is turn over the documents. just last week the speaker ryan said that the justice department should turn over the documents. there is talk among members now of trying to pass some sort of sense of the house resolution to get the entire house on board for the position that the justice de...

This is the deal ryan thinks he can have. if he can get to 219 votes and push it through, its going to be hard for democrats in the senate to say no, shutdown the government now. we dont want a month to negotiate. the house position, ryan hopes, and he hopes the freedom caucus doesnt take away the votes he needs to get it through. that his hope, that he can leverage on democrats and say we need another month to work on daca. give us the time typist doing reporting that mark meadows of the freedo...

Of poor kids. this is the deal ryan thinks he can have. if he can get to 219 votes and push it through, its going to be hard for democrats in the senate to say no, shutdown the government now. we dont want a month to negotiate. the house position, ryan hopes, and he hopes the freedom caucus doesnt take away the votes he needs to get it through. that his hope, that he can leverage on democrats and say we need another month to work on daca. give us the time typist doing reporting that mark meadows...

The house ways and means kevin brady says, no way. were not going to pass anything that doesnt have it. where are you in that? >> i think what the house did, harris, they exempted property taxes up to $10,000 so they capped it. thats a solution they came up with. i think they believe will get the necessary votes to pass it in the house. in the senate bill, we eliminate the entire deduction for that. we think its a provision that subsidizes high tax states. but obviously its a negotiation once yo...

Trying to surf the wave that is donald trump on any given day and especially on tax reform. you guys were digging into that and talking about how you were getting down in the weeds. the challenge for republican leaders is they are sitting down around a table with donald trump and trying to explain all of this to him. that is a little bit of a challenge. you know? there is some confidence he is coming around to where they stand on these things. but he is really new to governing and i think that t...

Taking this in particular, taking what we know to be the republican house position on medicare, what would your, how would your tactics and opposition to that be any different from nancy pelosis? >> youre right, everybody knows the procedure is much different in the house than the senate, but we have to continue to frame the debate. there are a lot of people in my congressional district and many, many others who voted for donald trump and did not sign up for they didnt sign up for that. so with ...

His hands. >> youre running for the position of leader of the opposition party in the house, and it really doesnt look like theres any prospect to you being able to do much other than simply oppose the republican agenda in the house of representatives. taking this in particular, taking what we know to be the republican house position on medicare, what would your, how would your tactics and opposition to that be any different from nancy pelosis? >> youre right, everybody knows the procedure is mu...

Pauls idea of having conferences which you hear a lost senators, particularly very angry, that never happens anymore, brit? >> no, it doesnt happen the way it used to. regular order of that kind happens on some measures but not on many. the two sides are dug in and far apart. these are the deepist divisions ive seen in 40 years in washington. martha: thank you, brit. >> thank you, mart that. >> thats a statement, 40 years? shortly after the house passed its plan on sunday, john boehner said, quo...