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On who you ask, and its a question of perspective today for democrats as they close out 2021. some see the presidents report card as incomplete. others questioning whether or not maybe its a failure despite some major legislative victories. joining me now a democratic senator from maryland chris van hollen. thanks so much for taking the time on a holiday week. as you noted during the break, well have a heck of january ahead of us which im hoping you can walk through to some degree. i think one o...

Ready and willing to vote on additional amendments to the bill before moving to final passage. once again, that will require the cooperation of a republican colleagues. i hope they will cooperate, so we can move more quickly, otherwise, we will proceed by the book and finish the bill. >> john, whats our sense of the bipartisanship inside this bipartisan bill? even the vote to take away the shell vote -- there were republicans who voted. >> yes it is bipartisan. it wouldve gotten this far if it w...

Senators who fall into this category, you voted to repeal obamacare in 2015, explain to your constituents why he wont do it again. the vice president was speaking just a short time ago and said they need to get on this, inaction is not a option. youll hear this refrain, hang on, the 2015 but was merely a shell vote. we knew the president obama was going to sign it, but the white house is going to make the case. wait a second, you are voting for something you know what it happened in 2015, but no...

Kind of a shell vote in the senate. and yet house and senate democrats just intensified their attack. who is right? >> i think the republicans ultimately are going to have the high ground on this. you look -- the conventional wisdom now is hardening around the idea that this is going to be an albatross around the republicans necks. if you listened to two little moments last week. one is bill clinton whispering to paul ryan back stage at a debt commission debate im worried. ima he glad we won the...

Kind of a shell vote in the senate. and yet house and senate democrats just intensified their attack. who is right? >> i think the republicans ultimately are going to have the high ground on this. you look -- the conventional wisdom now is hardening around the idea that this is going to be an albatross around the republicans necks. if you listened to two little moments last week. one is bill clinton whispering to paul ryan back stage at a debt commission debate im worried. ima he glad we won the...

Panel over what to do with medicare. we are back with the panel. the big development this week was the special election in upstate, new york, in which a democrat won in a district that has gone republican for more than a half a se century. while it wasnt the only factor, paul ryans medicare plan was a big issue there. how big a problem is it for republicans? >> it is a problem if they dont have any one who can defend it well and defend it aggressively and say that the choice is not the status qu...