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Is disappointing. we dug into the data about minority members on the hill, and we found that when it comes to women of color on capitol hill, theyre falling behind in numbers, of having chief staff roles. from chiefs of staff to legislative directors, communication directors, senior roles. women of color make up 6%, less than a third of what we see nationally across the country. you know, one thing thats interesting is we talk about, i think, needing to have more representation in congress from ...

Conversations on capitol hill to figure out what the next step is and i dont think theyve come to a determination. i think the strategy conversations are still ongoing and i think theyll be happening through the next couple of days here and into the beginning of next week. so i think at a staff level the conversations are happening and at a member level theyre happening. but i dont think a decision going forward in terms of strategy of how to deal with the president on this issue has been unders...

Subpoenas, strategy, questioning of witnesses. is the republican majted letting your party participate at the staff level and at the member level full fledged partners lets get to the truth? >> inside, they have. there has been concern, obviously, about the chairman devin nunez who is a friend of mine out out there before flynn designed devin was saying this is a swamp, that flynn did nothing. three hours later, flynn resigned. so outside, its been concerning because, of course, a story about bo...

Figured things up. >> reporter: lawmakers are not entirely on vacation. theyre back in their districts talking about the impact of the sequester. in boston, funding for health research would be reduced. >> we have got to stop the sequestration cuts, we cant strand our researchers. >> reporter: in indiana, they could slow production driving up the cost of your main course. and in san diego, about 30,000 military jobs would be in jeopardy. >> im as frustrated as you that they sent us home. >> repo...

Few weeks? >> the optimism vanished not long after it all began. i think when they saw where these sides were going -- and they gave proposals back and forth. they talked at a staff level, at a member level. there were only a few public hearings which were really more about how big is the problem than trying to get anything accomplish. so there has been a sense for a long time that this was a very heavy lift and despite people saying failure is not an option, it turned out it was an ops and it i...

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>> but he couldnt throw hard enough to hurt us. >> i certainly couldnt today without bouncing it. but as mike pointed out, hopefully this will -- you can be intensity political without being personal. a lot of the traditions of the house are designed to diffuse personal animosity. the gentleman from pennsylvania, my good friend from texas, you cant make personal derogatory comments about another member on the floor. the rules are designed to diffuse that. of course, mike and i serve on the same ...

Back. >> but he couldnt throw hard enough to hurt us so it wasnt that bad. >> i certainly couldnt get it to home plate today without bouncing it, but as mike pointed out hopefully this will -- you know, you can be intensely political without being personal, and a lot of the traditions of the house are designed to defies personal animosity. the gentleman from pennsylvania, my good friend when texas. you cant make personally drog did i comments to another on the floor so the rules are designed to ...