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Impossible to negotiate with these republicans? >> i think maybe there is -- i mean, schumer is indicating that that is what he is going to do. i think if i was in the biden white house, beyond the vote that will happen on the commission, i would find it very interesting that manchin and sinema took it upon themselves to insert themselves in this way. it suggests to me that while theyre both very much -- theyve been very clear that they want to keep the filibuster, you know, why put out a statem...

Democrats. if this commission somehow was voted into law with republican cooperation, it then seems to me to be structured as a dysfunctional commission in which no subpoenas can issue without republican members voting for those subpoenas, those republican members will be chosen by mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy. we know kevin mccarthy will only choose members who are approved by donald trump. and mitch mcconnell will want to choose members who dont offend donald trump. the people the republ...

And tweeting a picture of receiving said call in his car i think today. jonathan swan, great interview seriously. thank you so much. democratic congresswoman ulises lock of michigan serves in the homeland security committee, shes one of the original supporters of the january 6th commission and she joins me now. where do things stand right now on the commission specifically? i think there were more defections for republicans that maybe the worst-case scenario but still, nowhere near a majority of...

Senators Announce Southern Tier Airport Grants WNBF News/Roger Neel Photo U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand last week announced a total of close to $21.2 million in transportation money to go to airports across the Southern Tier, Central New York, the Hudson Valley and North Country.  Some of the funding is from FAA COVID grants through the American Rescue Plan. Broome is getting $652,000 for general navigational upgrades and to improve a safety area at the air strip. The E...

Apartheid state. when you bring up that type of a malicious libel against the only jewish state in the world and you have the following that she has, what does she think was going to happen? in is somebody what has been very free to criticize the intemperate language of others. she has done more to stoke the flames in anti-semitism by that quote than anyone that im aware of. and she owns this problem. she can get on twitter now and try to walk it back but it is too late. people are dying and get...

That, saying he was opposed, flat out, to this commission, citing partisanship, politics, accusing, you know, putting that blame on speaker nancy pelosi and saying its because there is existing investigations going on. you will remember that after former president trumps impeachment trial here in the senate mcconnell said he was morally responsible for this and thats something that majority leader schumer called him out on when mcconnell said he was opposed to the commission. quickly all 50 repu...

Everything has to go right to get to 50 in the senate. >> garrett, how do you think the fact -- if schumer does bring the january 6 commission to the floor next week and republicans filibuster, it will be the first time thats happened on the floor in the biden administration, and obviously sets a pretty incendiary stage for a fight over the filibuster. how do you think that impacts all of these agenda items? >> i dont think this is the issue on which democrats could rally to blow up the filibust...

The real question i think is going to be what do senate republicans do now that the commission bill passed? when you look at where republicans leadership was and the statement to say they were against the bill they still had 35 that crossed the line and supported it and now need 10 republicans and schumer will have to find them. i dont know that theyll get there with mcconnell saying he is skeptical of the commission going forward at all. >> anna, what is the sort of chatter up there about congr...

Who is terrified of ever having to testify under oath about what he knows about the january 6th attack on the capitol. this, week democratic senator, joe manchin, and -- reached a bipartisan agreement of exactly two senators to reauthorize a provision of a voting rights act that had been struck down by the supreme court and a letter between pelosi and schumer in the senate along with the republican minority leaders of the house and senate. senator manchin and senator murkowski wrote. senator man...

May 11, 2021 Rep. Liz Cheney appears poised to lose her party leadership role. But what does a Republican Conference chair actually do? SHOW TRANSCRIPT In Congress, Democrats and Republicans have similar, but opposing, leadership structures. The majority party elects the speaker of the House, who is the House’s top elected official and second-in-line to the presidency; a majority leader, who helps set the schedule; and a majority whip, who helps keep members in line on key votes. The party ou...