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Leave, immigration, that might actually wind up on the cutting room floor. >> this train is moving so fast in the house theyve blown by hearings, blown by bipartisan mark-ups and they dont even have a score from the congressional budget office that is required in the senate. the product coming out of the house if it makes it over here is dead on arrival until we get a cbo score. >> no votes have been scheduled now. what you see live from the house floor is republicans trying to adjourn to get ev...

Right now, david, which is theres been zero transparency on this bill. its been all behind closed doors, and i think its because the democrats dont wan the american people -- dont want the american people to know whats actually in it. theres been no hearings, no mark-ups, and they certainly dont want the image of a socialist, thats bernie sanders whos the author of the bill, chairman of the budget committee, marking up his socialist bill. this country is not a socialist-oriented country. the dem...

Can you briefly explain to our viewers tonight on msnbc why you voted that way? im sure you know you have come under a lot of criticism for the present vote including from your supporters. >> yeah. absolutely. this was an extremely difficult vote and i also think it is important that people are educated about the process of this vote. that democratic leadership decided to fast track this funding so when you want funding for preschool here in the united states, if you want funding for any sort of...

The democrat party are laser focused on pushing through the economic agenda including spending $5 trillion on a green new economy. joining me right now to discuss how you will end up paying for this by your higher taxes the ranking member on the house budget committee congressman jason smith. congressman smith, good to see you, thank you for being here this morning. >> great to be here, thanks for having me, maria. maria: where are we at this point. we had 13 committees do their own mark-ups of ...

This briefing that all lawmakers are about to get on where things stand with the reconciliation process. what are your expectations on that, congressman? >> its funny, weve all been in mark-ups in our various committees this week. i dont know what happened in the other committees. i want to hear and find out where they are in those committees but a long day and a lot of back-and-forth and anybody who knows anything about congress knows that and thats the process and it doesnt mean theres somethi...

Of americans support muellers investigation. something like 65%, 64%, want mueller to investigate the finances. what do you think about hatch saying what he said full stop? the chairman of the judiciary coming out saying it would be suicidal. lindsey graham has. do you sense that some republicans are starting to do that? and do you think that your ads will give strength to more republicans to follow up on those examples? >> yes and yes. i think its moved in the right direction belatedly. i just ...

Democrats who voted last week the proceed to debate this bill. i am going to support this bill of i think we have a difference of opinion about the purpose of the bill. there are amendments, mark-ups and now a series of votes on the floor. i believe this is a bill that provides regulatory relief for community banks or credit unions, regional banks, but does not affect core protections of dodd frank. we have a disagreement on policy. i hope this doesnt spill into the sort of partisan warfare with...

First time one hour before it was introduced. i would ask our financial expert, mr. ratner, how many public hearings do you recall being held on this far-reaching piece of legislation? >> there were a few but no historical precedent for passing this kind of legislation this quickly without anybody knowing whats in it, let alone opine on t they had a couple of hearings, couple of mark-ups. it was done in a short period of time and changed at the last minute. not just this provision but lots of st...

Holy crap, whats this? we will be dealing with unintended consequences for months to come because the bill is moving too fast. so now, because republicans had to slam this bill through the senate, handwriting chicken scratch in the margins, they now have to slow down and go through committee to fix an unintended disaster. four days ago, after the senate passed its version at 2:00 in the morning, the victorious mitch mcconnell was clear that there were no legitimate complaints about the process. ...

There were no legitimate complaints about the process. >> multiple hearings, mark-ups, open amendment process, everybody had plenty of opportunity to see the measure. you complain about process when youre losing.