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Mccarty did choose to stand by his members. hes absolutely correct about that. whatever you think of jim jordan, he has quite a bit of support there. he used to be associated with the far-right fringes of the house gop, but he is now the ranking member on the house judiciary committee. jim banks chairs a group called republican study committee, which is aiming to push the caucus in a more conservative direction. so mccarthy made a decision that he had to stand by them and looks like this committ...

And ask questions about what sh knew, what where the security provisions ahead of the riots, had talked to senior security officials on both sides of the capital on the fourth and fifth of january, and the thing they kept saying to me is they were concerned about the lone wolf and there was some indication they might have been dissipated something much larger. what republicans are trying to do here is portray nancy ballou pelosi as an authoritarian. republicans even said this a couple of months ...

Can say this is a partisan investigation, this is a witch hunt. they can try to dismiss it so no matter what is found here, they can say this is a democrat-only investigation. but one catch to all of this, guys, is the fact that pelosi had named a republican, liz cheney, to be part of this investigation. when i caught up with pelosi earlier, she said were still moving ahead because we have a bipartisan quorum to investigate having liz cheney as part of that, so it shows you the significance of h...

Freedom to vote. we believe texas in order to prevent republicans from passing their anti-voter legislation. jason, the trip has not gone as planned but they say they dont regret it at all. >> the iron any. they fled to vote, get away from a vote that was about voting. they were elected to do their jobs. the people in texas are paying them to be on vacation in washington, d.c., and spread covid. i dont think that adds up. i dont think its gonna make a message. what if the republicans left congre...

Power and water infrastructure. gop leaders say they wont signed off until they see what is in it. >> reporter: very simple principle. we are not going to the bill until we know what the bill is. the economy does not need this tax and spending spree. >> reporter: republicans worried is just another attempt to sneak through a liberal wish list. >> this is normal process and procedure on capitol hill, no secrets about what is in this legislation. it was agreed to in a bipartisan agreement, there i...

By the reality that they irresponsibly left boston with no battle plan and find themselves the subject of being covid-19 positive not warriors for a cause. whats your reaction to how they stepped on their message? >> brit: well this whole trip has turned into a complete fiasco because leaving the legislature down there and depriving it are a quorum is scm interfering with the democratic process in the state of texas. what are they here to protest alleged interference democratic process because o...

Todd: how insufferable are speak to work with on a daily basis? >> reporter: the thing that i would say is this is not like texas politics and that is what is frustrating about this. im in the texas senate. we have a quorum although we only have four of our democrats still here in the state but we do have enough to continue to do the work of the text that we all represent but it is not the way weve done business, texas has always been known for its ability to get things done. 150 house members, ...

The last few weeks, we have talked at length about how texas republicans have tried to force through some of those restrictive voting legislation in the country. with texas governor greg abbott calling a special legislative session leading democrats in the state legislature to flee the state to break quorum, which is a kind of break-glass way of stopping a bill to stop the vote. when 50 of those democrats traveled to washington, d.c. where they met with vice president kamala harris, as well as s...

The referees are. >> let me follow up with you on something because when the texas democrats, you won a victory when you broke quorum the first time. the second current version of the bill doesnt include provisions impacting, for instance, souls to the polls or making it easier to overturn an election. is it your hope that with this second ending of the quorum that youll get further concessions from texas republicans? >> i mean, we did see those provisions removed. they said that it was a mistak...

Easier to overturn an election so is it your hope that with this second ending of the quorum, that you will get further concessions from texas republicans? >> well, we did see those provisions removed and they said it was a mistake having it in there. accidentally cutting the bill finally but still the bill has been written right now and has many restrictions and there that will be very awful for the state of texas. >> let me go to you now representative diego burnout. can you talk about the imp...