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Republicans hold the line. seems like a fait accompli. maybe im too pessimistic, senator. >> sean, i am disappointed. in my opinion we republicans in the senate keep finding new ways to lose, to lose on policy and to lose on politics. opposing president bidens infrastructure bill shouldve been a fat guy lay up. it take me two hours to outline its deficiency. from the bottom of my heart, i mean it. its real swamp stuff. they told us that it was about real infrastructure. it wasnt. calling this bi...

Maybe im too pessimistic, senator. >> sean, i am disappointed. in my opinion we republicans in the senate keep finding new ways to lose, to lose on policy and to lose on politics. opposing president bidens infrastructure bill shouldve been a fat guy lay up. it take me two hours to outline its deficiency. from the bottom of my heart, i mean it. its real swamp stuff. they told us that it wasea about real infrastructure. it wasnt.

Adam schiff. >> bret: to your point, leslie, you know, obviously you have what the former vice president, vice president at the time said on tape about how he dealt with the prosecutor and that raised a lot of eyebrows. peggy noonan writes in the "wall street journal" this about impeachment. nobody knows where this is going. the politically obsessed may think they do but something wild and unpredictable has been let loose. the charges are serious and credible. but america is as divided as it was...

Of washington, d.c. whether those swamp creatures happen to have an r or a d after their name is irrelevant to me. >> thats rich considering the long list of people associated with donald trump and people that trump has picked to be around him, only the best people who have either resigned in disgrace or are pleading guilty. you dont hear the drain the swamp stuff too much coming out of trump at rallies because its tough for him to do that. scott pruitt, cohen, tom price. look at the people that...

Back, now, david, what did you want to say? >> i was just going to say, id like to ask michael cohen and have him answer the question, what is the purpose of essential consultants? steve made the point before the break that, you know, yes, we live in a world where companies and entities and various individuals try and buy influence with the government whats less common is entities connected to russia making large payments to a company that also is allegedly the same company that pays off the all...

Mistresses of the president of the united states. that is not typical swamp stuff even by, you know, 2018 standards. >> wait a second. >> hang on. i wonder if this answers your question. hold on, steve. ill let you answer next. i wonder if this answers your question from the previous statement from attorney richard owens. he says that -- the firm hired michael cohen as a business consultant regarding potential sources of capital and potential investments in real estate and other ventures. >> ste...

Than it is an ideology. right? ive been arguing for years that the republicans needed to become the populist party. i did not mean donald trump needed to be president. i meant they needed to use free market arguments to argue against corporate welfare. they needed to point out that the five richest counties in america are within commuting distance of washington. in that way, do some of the stuff, the draining the swamp stuff that trump has, but you could targets that toward something that says w...

Exactly drain the swamp stuff and schumer called for the non-partisan office of congressional ethics -- the group the gop tried and failed to dismantle -- to investigate. the senate hearing on price isnt scheduled yet but a bunch of hearings have been scheduled for next week on trumps cabinet picks and the schedule suggests team trump is doing everything kgb to make sure the news that comes out of those hearings gets buried. ill explain next. was snap a photo of the damage and voila! voila! (sig...

Started off like this. "the democrats led by head clown chuck schumer know how bad obamacare is and what a mess theyre in. instead of working to fix it they do the typical political thing and blame." shortly after trumps tweets schumer made news regarding trumps pick to lead the department of health and human services, representative tom price who the "wall street journal" reports traded more than $300,000 in shares of health-related companies over the past four years while sponsoring and advoca...

With power. this is a country that wants accountability. he is unique and i totally defend him against those, for example, put the holdings in a blind trust. which is an absurdity. >> explain it to us. at least the rhetoric of, you cant just sell off assets of the government. like trying to sell air force one. but he has to have his hands on the company. >> the cornerstone of the trump campaign from the earliest days of the trump campaign. there will be no pay to play politics this washington, d...