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>> the senate vote is scheduled for tuesday. not to say that its been without a lot of controversy. the new york senate delegation, gillibrand and shouter have objected to a couple of amendments offered by the most fiscal conservative members. were talking about rand paul of kentucky and mike lee of utah. both are offering amendments to the fund. senators lee amendment would require a reauthorization of the fund every few years to keep it honest. he wrote and i quote, since 2011, the 9-11 victim...

Democratic congresswoman barbara lee of california was the only member of congress to vote against the u.s. taking military action. for more than a decade, congresswoman lee has continued pushing her colleagues to repeal that 2001 war authorization. this past june she finally had a breakthrough when the republican-led house appropriations committee approved her amendment, requiring congress to debate and approve military action in the middle east. >> the question is on the lee amendment. all tho...

They want to move forward if the motion to proceed vote is successful. they will bring forward the 2014 repeal bill. this is not likely to be successful. republican senators are not happy about doing a repeal without a replacement. this is the repeal and replace plan but a third version of it that includes funding for medicaid and the cruz/lee amendment that conservatives wanted. this is a sign leadership wants to offer members a chance to offer what they want to offer in this health care bill. ...

And hes already done that. they didnt like the medicaid cuts. the new version has a cruz/lee amendment in it. and he is just betting, i can roll you because youre basically a coward and dont believe you believe what you say you believe. >> thats where the pressure from these governors coming from are so important. >> still ahead, keeping track of the constantly shifting explanations for the failure to disclose the meeting. jared kushners lawyers give least believable excuse yet and a record thin...

Side, it does seem theres a narrow pattern. >> yes. i would put it differently. what he is telling them, hey, folks, i really, really need out this procedural vote. on the motion to proceed to the book. stick with me there. give me your vote. well try mollify your concerns throughout the amendment process. if they believe that, they should get a new line of work because theyve just been conned bigly. what mcconnell will do at the end, weve talked about it before. after all the amendment process ...

Youll hear democrats arguing the flip side of that to say look, this will mean youre voting to end medicaids, as we know it. peter? >> stacey, thank you. ryan, let me get to you quickly and help game this out for me if you can right now. we know the next recess is kicked back for a couple of weeks. cruz/lee amendment, does this then lose a bunch of moderates in the republican party? >> its important to step back and remember what theyre trying to achieve here. some of them, perhaps, have forgott...

About an hour from now. what in the new bill could get them back on board? also joining us, ryan streeter, director of policies and former deputy chief of staff for under then governor mike pence. well start with kasie if we can. new reporting you have on what is in this new version. walk us through what changes have evolved. >> peter, thats right. nbc news now reporting that whats been called the cruz/lee amendment has been added to the bill will be unveiled later today. what does that mean? es...

Regardless. that sets it up so they have to pick off moderate members one by one to try to get to 50 votes. last version, no whip count stood at 10. right now we have one hard no. sending major signals that she is a harers have to hold everyb else, all 50 of the rest of the conference together. and it looks like theyre going to have to vote for this particular provision. the cruz/lee amendment, what would it do? essentially allow americans to buy cheaper health insurance plans that dont cover so...

Amendment. watch. >> this resolution came before the congress three days september 14th. it was overly broad, it was 60 words. i think at this point, 16 years given the nature of the threats we face, that we should in a bipartisan way support my amendment. thank you. >> thank you, ms. lee. the question is on the lee amendment. all those in favor say aye. >> aye. >> although opposed say nay. >> nay. >> in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. thank you, ms. lee. further amendments? [ applau...

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