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A motion to defer. >> as for the yays and nays? >> is there a sufficient second? >> there is. >> the clerk will ka ul the role. >> mr. alexander. >> aye. >> misbaldwin. -- >> all right, so, were sitting here with jonathan le mere as the pages go to their stations and we will see some senators head to the cloak rooms. what just happened was mitch mcconnell said lets keep everything running to february the 8th. just ten days from now. he also suggested that it will allow the appropriate time to, y...

Note his first year in office, instead, he will be in washington with no public event scheduled. now could there be private negotiations? senator schumer called tore them with the four heads, then the president, himself. we will see, certainly this is a shutdown reprieve could come soon, it also, these are parties dug in, particularly on immigration. there is a chance this could go on a while. >> once theyve crossed this rubicon. >> there is less motivation to walk it back. they could stay there...

You, congressman, david jolly who so often joins us during normal times on our broadcast, erica western werenter has suredly chosen the night shift for the pawing post. shes off the floor. erica, what have you seen that fills in the picture of what we have been covering on the floor tonight? >> reporter: well, as you heard senators schumer and mckwonally speak there after the vote, this is all about messaging, trying to get the upper hand with the trump administration and senator mcconnell tryin...

House members in town. they will have a vote as early as noon tomorrow. so we get a three-week delay the reality of mcconnell and schumer is they are no closer to a deal right now. they absolutely are not. that was a lot of ininvestigative and senatorial language. two important things, one is i believe and john meacham should have been the person to point this out. he might correct me on this, donald trump might be the president trump of the united states who most quickly got to preside over a g...

Cliffs, to have, you know, deadline wisdom, you know, you would have told your kids, i would tell my kids, if you wait until midnight to start your paper, its probably not going to be a very good paper. thats what were watching right now. its a lot of term papers being written very, very fast. >>ion meacham, joining us from america. give everybody my best, john, were stuck watching capitol hill. but i appreciate your contributions. what passes for break news as john was talking, chuck schumer ha...

Often joins us during normal times on our broadcast. erica warner has surely chosen the night shift tonight for "the washington post." shes just off the floor. erica, what have you seen that kind of fills in the picture of what weve been covering on the floor tonight? >> well, as you heard senators schumer and mcconnell speak there just after the vote, this is all about messaging, trying to get the upper hand with the trump administration and senator mcconnell trying to brand this the schumer sh...

Unsubstantiated. but i will tell you, david, i think this was orchestrated in back rooms by democratic operatives because you saw thereafter talking points. senators schumer and warner went to the floor of the senate saying we are having a constitutional crisis. nancy pelosi wrote to speaker ryan saying you must stop this. and they were aided and abetted by the liberal media giving to this nonsense. so unfortunate because it obscured real stories that those other outlets never covered on things ...

Unsubstantiated. but i will tell you, david, i think this was orchestrated in back rooms by democratic operatives because you saw thereafter talking points. senators schumer and warner went to the floor of the senate saying we are having a constitutional crisis. nancy pelosi wrote to speaker ryan saying you must stop this. and they were aided and abetted by the liberal media giving to this nonsense. so unfortunate because it obscured real stories that those other outlets never covered on things ...

So its untruth after untruth after untruth as bob corker put it when the president talks about the republican tax plan. untruth one, its aimed at helping the middle class. untruth two, its not a plan for the rich. untruth three, it lowers the deficit. this plan is a disaster for america. no wonder our republican colleagues want to rush it through in the dark of night, because the more its exposed to sunlight, the more rot ten it smells and the american people will know that. senator carton. >> t...

Be created with the tax proposal. but in addition we know theres a lot of gaps, even reaching a $1.5 trillion deficit. secondly, we know that it will benefit higher income families. the wealthiest are the ones that will get the big tax cuts. senator schumer mentioned estate tax repeal. mentioned the issues concerning the alternative minimum tax which will benefit wealthy families. thats all clear. one thing is also clear to me. that is middle income families will be asked to pay more. theyre not...