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Incoming vice president mike pence to break ties. joe biden will administer the oath to new officers, a tradition he has enjoyed. a majority of the incoming members of the u.s. senate are women, the total number reaches an all-time high of 21, 16 democrats and 5 republicans. the only new face in leadership is senate minority leader chuck schumer who wants to work with the president-elect. and some of schumers congress would be working with the democratic caucus as ten are from states that trump ...

Eight of donald trumps nominees prepare for confirmation on capitol hill this week. heres schumer. >> we are going to stand firm there should not be hearings until the office of government ethics gives them an examination, issue as report and then there should be time to question these witnesses. not since in one day. >> reporter: in a letter to senate leaders, director of what is the non-partisan office of government ethics said the packed confirmation schedule is of great concern putting undue...

Nominee that donald trump would choose that would get republican support pansd we would support. so youre right. >> so, you would do your best to keep the seat open? >> absolutely. >> declares democrats would hold trump accountable for his campaign promises to, quote, truly make america great. >> what we will always do is hold the president-elect and his republican colleagues in congress accountable. accountable to the working people. to whom the president-elect promised so much. accountable to ...

Aides say schumer is working hard to bring sections of the democratic party together. the most of course change is the leadership time. thats a shift from the smaller group of tenants that practiced a hard-line approach. while senator schumer previously said hes willing to work with president-elect trump in some areas, he used his remay recollect remarks yesterday to warn the commander in chief. >> well hold president-elect trump accountable to the values that truly make america great. but well ...

Are people on both sides of the isle that would support these reforms. the ethics committee will still be there. >> on the senate side, mitch mcconnell continues as the republican majority leader, democrats have a new leader and chuck schumer who replaces the retiring harry reid. the question is where schumer and other democrats will find common ground with a new republican president. some democrats say they are hoping to work in a bipartisan way on the controversial issue of trade. >> we are he...

Republicans the same way? the republican national committee? theres a lot of issues out there. it requires an investigation. >> the fact that the cia and focia disagree shows for an investigation that gets to the bottom of this. the investigation should be tough, strong and bipartisan and should have access to all materials. classified and not. >> reporter: both schumer and mccain making this an argument this is not a partisan issue. this was democrats this time around, it could be the republica...

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