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About why representative pompeo did not get that vote that many expected he would to become the c.i.a. director on day one. it is a fascinating read. >> thanks. we just posted this at the weekly standard.com. the story starts before any confirmation hearings were held when there were a series of discussions between republican leaders, mitch mcconnell, senate intelligence committee chairman richard burr and vice president mike pence with chuck schumer in the senate. what these republicans have sa...

Finally, two cents. thats thats how much more it now costs for forever stamps at the post office. the price rising from 47 cents to 49 cents. steve? steve: and they last forever. all right, thank you very much. secretary of state nominee rex tillerson picking up key republican support ahead of todays senate foreign relations committee vote. but some democrats are still trying to hold up the process. one of them democratic senator ben cardin from maryland who has just announced his plans to vote ...

>> even rex tillerson who three republicans have expressed reservations. >> i am optimistic we will get every member of the cabinet. >> lets talk about senator schumer because he said he has concerns about eight nominees and he says he believes there needs to be more discussion about them, about ethics questions and the qualifications. >> the president-elect cabinet is a swamp cabinet full of billionaires and bankers that have conflicts of interest and ethical lapses as far as the eye can see. >...

And then ron widen last thursday said he would delay. chuck schumer did nothing to stop them and there was an angry confrontation on the senate floor and off the senate floor between tom cotton, the senator from arkansas who is close to pompeo and chuck schumer and a number of other senators. >> shannon: i understand it got pretty heated there and schumer made comments to the effect of i dont control my entire caucus. maybe the deal was only with him. there was a lot of explaining about what hap...

>> schumer is promising it will be a fight if democrats do not agree with. clearly they would not agree with a conservative. they would want somebody more moderate. but the chances of a president trump nominating a more moderate or more in the middle, i mean, surely no one on capitol hill thinks that would happen. >> well, certainly if you look at trumps list, these are solid conservatives. and a lot of people were looking at the sessions hearings, remember, and saying this would be a dry run fo...

Supreme court could come to an end soon or enter a whole new contentious phase. president trump hinting this week that he has a pretty good sense of who he plans to nominate to fill the seat that became vacant after justice scalias death last february. and trump wants to do that soon, but on "state of the union" this morning chuck schumer made clear democrats are prepared to fight nominees they dont agree with. >> if the nominee is not bipartisan and mainstream, we absolutely would keep the seat...

Nations capital has meant being able to talk to a number of people who witnessed the swearing in who were also in the stands watching the parade. and i talked to them about their expectations in these first 100 days. >> i was one of the ones booing. this was not the right time for schumer. he had his days. he had his time to prove to america that hes a leader in the senate and he hasnt done it. for him to come on a day like this for all the fans and supporters of the new administration to be spe...

Theyre blocked. look whats happening with our cabinet. you have mike pompeo, you have people that we need for the security of this country that are sitting around languishing in the senate because we cant get unanimous consent. we have two cabinet picks that have been sent through. its a shameful situation thats happening in the senate. and senator schumer should do something about it. chris: when he talked about the establishment in d.c. thats forgotten americans, is he just talking about democ...

Last year and a half is the president we will see for the next four year, if nothing else, hes been very consistent on his messaging, and he has chosen his cabinet, its a cabinet that many republicans do approve of. his choices and his rhetoric, they may not necessarily match, but hes putting together the people he thinks can do the best job possible. >> democrats who are really pushing to delay the confirmation vote for mike p oro pompeo or is it about mr. trump. >> no cia director has been con...

Rhetoric, his fwootweet storms. right after he was signing those papers, he went into statutory hall where they had the lunch and i was watching part of that and they were yucking it up in there. he was in a very intense conversation with chuck schumer which we learned later was about nominees. and there was obviously some dispute there. he wasnt able to resolve any sort of stalemate there, schumer coming out to the floor railing on donald trumps first moves, regulatory moves on a hud regulation...