House Standpoint News Today

They are discussing this with vladimir putin. a traffic mess as millions head home from christmas vacation this weekend. any of president trumps goodwill towards men, or women for that matter, did not last long. president trump is on a twitter tirade, hitting the house speaker and democrats for holding onto the articles of impeachment after months of claiming urgency in moving impeachment through the house. democratic congressman dan kilde disagrees. >> i think from the house standpoint, i t...

Determines to conduct this trial. he has a responsibility, whether hes made his mind up or not, he has a responsibility to conduct the trial in a way that allows the facts to be heard. and let others make up their own minds, even if his is closed. >> in that same interview, senator murkowski said she felt that the house process was rushed. democrats are now really criticizing republicans for rushing a senate trial. does there appear to be a contradiction here between both sides view how the othe...

Are looking towards mitch mcconnell, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell does say that he would not put forth a bill in the senate that the president would not sign. so were at an impasse. trace? >> yeah, we were talking about the white house, the democrats and the republicans, no talk going on over there. what about on capitol hill? are both parties talking to each other there? >> thats an interesting thing. from the republican house standpoint, they did their job. they passed a bill that ha...

Whether they impeach. the house impeaches and the senate convicts. they may not convict, but they will impeach. >> whats going on is this back and forth with democrats. if we do control the houseme. with impeachment or do we wait for the mueller report. it could happen soon. >> of course many democrats think its going to damage them. >> they are trying and they know they have to do this methodically and the right way. if not, there will be backlash. at the same time, this is the piece that a lot...

Dont see him being a supporter of what republicans want to do, and i would imagine some of those republicans arent really supporting him calling him out. >> well, hes got a point which is that business as usual was in the omnibus. there was a considerable amount of money that the president didnt want and didnt ask for and he would have preferred that go to revitalizing our military or building the wall. neil: but why does that happen, congressman because average americans here that republicans h...

Your perspective. you voted against this short-term spending bill. i know youre angry at what the senate democrats did. what would you do differently had you been chuck schumer? >> well, part of this stuff, the senates the senate. they have their own dynamics over there, and they have their own internal meetings, and of course, we were not in any of their meetings so i dont know what agreements they do have. i can just tell you from the house standpoint, the republicans have over 230 votes. they...