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And reconsider. >> the question is on the motion to table. all those in favor say aye. >> although supposed to say no. >> unanimous consent. the ayes have that. the motion is agreed to. >> it is unanimous. a mandatory quorum will be waived. >> is their objection? >> without objection. >> martha: all right, lets lets bring in karl rove to compact, comment on this. karl, you look at that vote, it is pretty close. tillersons photos, claude was also pretty close. i reminded that senator sessions vot...

Senator warren has used the awesome power of his office to chill the free exercise of rights of -- >> mr. president? im surprised that the words of kret contra coretta scott king are not suitable for debate in the united states senate. i ask leave of the senate to continue my remarks. >> is there an objection? >> i object. >> the objection is heard. >> mr. president, i appeal the ruling of the chair and i suggest the absence of a quorum. >> the clerk will call the roll. >> then in a vote of 49-4...

Motives and conduct of our colleague from alabama as warned about the the chair, said senator warren has used the awesome power of his office to chill the free exercise of rights of -- >> mr. president? im surprised that the words of coretta scott king are not suitable for debate in the united states senate. i ask leave of the senate to continue my remarks. >> is there an objection? >> i object. >> the objection is heard. >> mr. president, i appeal the ruling of the chair and i suggest the absen...

Grassley allowed senator franken to continue. chairman grassley said that that put him in a difficult position, and thats true. he has been in the senate for 36 years, chuck grassley has, and he has never seen anything like what he saw in the judiciary committee today. a democratic senator attacking two republican senators at the same time. one the nominee for attorney general, the other a member of the same committee. and the finance committee, the democrats tried once again today to block the ...

We just had a chance to talk to the chairman of the committee. he made very clear this nomination is moving forward. >> scott pruitt will be voted out of committee today. he will get to the floor of the united states senate. and he will be confirmed as the next administrator of the epa. >> reporter: but the rules require two democrats to be sitting in a quorum. >> all democrats are invited to the committee. i met earlier this morning with senator carper, the ranking member. he indicated the demo...

Senate. at this point we anticipate they will be confirmed. i did talk briefly to senator pat toomey of pennsylvania. hes typically known as a more moderate republican. take a look at what he had to say to me earlier today. >> we did this completely consistent with the rules. one of the rules contemplates a unanimous consent request to suspend the rule that defines a quorum. there was no objection so we proceeded. its just unbelievable to me the democrats refused to even show up and cast their v...

For them to boycott that finance committee hearing this morning and yesterday to try to deny a quorum and deny a vote in that committee, taking matters in their own hands to try to push this through, change the rules to get tom price confirmed to hhs, and also to get steven manuchin confirmed to the treasury department. scott pruitt to head epa, they boycotted those proceedings this morning, but the chairman of that committee saying theyre planning to take matters into their own hands and probab...

Involving foreclosures. they believe on these two issues, mn. chin and price misled the committee during sworn testimony. republicans think democrats are playing political gains to try to deny donald trump from getting his cabinet in place which is one reason why democrats are not showing up at the senate finance committee, not even today when senator orrin hatch, the chairman of the committee reconvening trying to get a vote this hour on the nominees. but if no democrats shows up, that means n...

The advantage with numbers. were seeing political pressure about two of trumps nominees. health and human services would be in charge of revamping obamacare and mnuchin, treasury, a huge job. here is senator brown of ohio. >> were not going to this committee today because we want the committee to regroup, get the information, have these two nominees come back in front of the committee, clarify what they lied about, i would hope theyd apoll i jazz for that and then give us the. >> and so using th...

Conventions. all pulled out of the state. and that meant millions of dollars were pulled out of the state as well. msnbcs mariana ortenso is at the statehouse. theyre on a break now, is that right? >> theyre on a break until 11:45. we do know 105 house members are present. that means quorum has been met and they will only need 50 votes to repeal. im here with a reverend. you head the statewide naacp. you told me just now that every civil rights group should be here. >> either labor union, anybod...