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Today and something the president himself highlighted at the Press Conference. Take a listen. I think a lot of his views are going to be shaped by his advisers, the people around him, which is why its important to Pay Attention to these confirmation hearhearings. This is a job of such magnitude you cant do it by yourself. You are enormously reliant on a team. How you put a Team Together to make sure that they are getting you the best information and they are teeing up the options from which you ...

There hasnt been talk about withdrawing andy puzders nomination for labor secretary but theyve pushed his hearing date back four strait times now. the last time they pushed it back they didnt bother to set out a new date. and nbc can report tonight andy puzder has not turned in any of his paperwork. any documentation. he hasnt turned in any of the paper that is the bare minimum stuff you need to start your confirmation process. they apparently dont even have an fbi background check on him yet. y...

Theres a democratic president and democratic majority in the senate that does not rise to 60 votes, so the flip of what we have now the republicans would force the democrats to go that route because what they did last year was much more radical than that and that wasnt just one event, right? mitch mcconnell has shown again and again and again that he believes in this kind of opposition and that he brought the republican party along so give than i seems to democrats presumption should be to say t...

The idea of a 60-vote threshold has helped presidents not put out judges out of the mainstream but put people that were. barack obama with merrick garland could have put a very liberal judge up but he didnt. he put somebody up that could appeal to moderate republicans that could have met that 60-vote threshold should he been allowed to get a hearing and an up or down vote on the senate floor. so theres something good about for a supreme court justice to have that 60-vote threshold to put people ...

Questioning of her at her confirmation hearing revealed a nominee who was not ready for prime time. >> were you unaware what i just asked you about the. i d.ea. that it was a federal law? >> i may have confused it. >> if confirmed will you insist upon that equal accountability in any, can 12 school or program that receives federal funding whether public, public charter or private? >> i support accountability. >> equal accountability for all schools that receive federal funding? >> i support acco...

The signs focusing on what a bad pick she would be for education. the focus, the pushback, the questioning of her at her confirmation hearing revealed a nominee who was not ready for prime time. >> were you unaware what i just asked you about the i.d.ea. that it was a federal law? >> i may have confused it. >> if confirmed will you insist upon that equal accountability in any, can 12 school or program that receives federal funding whether public, public charter or private? >> i support accountab...

>> should all schools that receive -- >> if schools -- >> -- taxpayer fund being required to meet the requirements of the individuals with disabilities in education? >> i think thats a matter best left to the states. >> so some states might be good to kids with disabilities and other states might not so good and then what? people can just move around the country if they dont like how their kids are being treated? >> i think thats an issue thats best left to the states. >> i want to go back to th...

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Pensions. senator, what was your impression of what this nominee does and doesnt know about this fairly significant landmark piece of civil rights education. >> chris, its nice to be with you tonight. you know, education and access to quality education for all our kids is really the foundation of our democracy. in my family, that includes making sure that both of my children, including making sure both of my children had access to quality education and our now adult son ben happens to have very ...

Children what i was trying to get at when i talked with ms. devos at the hearing was my concern about the fact that the voucher programs that she had supported made children with disabilities if they were to receive a voucher like kids without disabilities do it made those kids sign away their rights under the i.d.e.a. so i thought it was very important to get her perspective on why she thought that was okay and whether she would, as secretary of education, the countrys top education officer cha...