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Chris jansing reports starts right now. Good day, i am Chris Jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. You have been following this step by step. Deja vu all over again on the house floor. A new vote for speaker once again ending in a deadlock as jim jordan comes up short. In fact, he actually lost ground when compared to the first round. 22 republicans opposing jordan this time compared to 20 yesterday. Two members, doug lamalfa and Victoria Sparts flipped and supported him. Four oth...

Inflation. >> you go to the grocery store and reach for something and you go, my goodness, this is much more than i used to pay for. >> reporter: "inside politics," the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. ♪ welcome to "inside politics sunday," im abby phillip. after weeks of setbacks for his domestic agenda president joe biden has a barrier-breaking opportunity to put the first black woman on the supreme court. >> -- person i will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qu...

That could have set the stage for kavanaughs swift confirmation. not now. so it seems it was all set in motion after republican senator jeff flake, who was seen as a swing vote, announced he was a yes on kavanaugh, delighting republicans, crushing the hopes of democrats. but then this twist, senator flake stepped into an elevator at the u.s. capitol, was suddenly confronted by two women who identified themselves as victims of sexual assault. take a look. >> look at me when im talking to you. you...

For their skill and insight and vigorous adherence to the law. among those opinions are more than a dozen the supreme court has adopted as the law of the land. beyond his great renowned as a judge he is active in his community. he coaches cyo basketball, serves meals to needy families, and having learned from his mom who was a school teacher in d.c., tutors children at local elementary schools. there is no one in america more qualified for this position, and no one more deserving. i want to than...

Justice kennedys retirement makes the issue of senate control one of the vital issues of our time. >> you can say that again. republican are moving to carry out a swift confirmation of whomever the president puts up to replace anthony kennedy, edespite their very slim majority. >> i think that we got plenty of precedent when to have appointments. its important when not to. >> at this particular time its the senates obligation to move ahead and do what they should do on these matters. >> now, dem...

Not unless you want to. no. schedule a complimentary goal planning session today with td ameritrade®. justice kennedys retirement makes the issue of senate control one of the vital issues of our time. >> you can say that again. republican are moving to carry out a swift confirmation of whomever the president puts up to replace anthony kennedy, edespite their very slim

Timing of secretary sebelius stepping down and the timing of sylvias confirmation process in terms of concerns that the affordable care act will be kind of the punching bag for the republicans rather than the agenda that democrats wanted to be talking about in the fall. are you concerned about that timing. >> i think the timing worked well for kathleen. she goes out on a high note with the huge accomplishment of the enrollment period. sylvia comes in with really wind at her back and the fact tha...

Deception. seems apropo after the obama administration announced plans to nominate montana senator max baucus to be the next ambassador to china. president obama even delivered a personal ringing endorsement at his news conference today. >> max baucus is going to be an outstanding ambassador to china, and i would like a swift confirmation. >> it would reward one of the authors of the affordable care act and would likely give the administration an easy path through a likely tricky nomination proc...

Ari shapiro. last day at the white house, he deserves a question. >> thank you very much. senator max baucus was widely seen as the best hope for a large-scale deal to overhaul the tax code. what does your decision to nominate him as ambassador to china say about your hopes for a major tax code in the second term? >> it says max baucus is going to be an outstanding ambassador to china, and i would like a swift confirmation, and my expectation and hope is that if both the senate democrats or if d...

Despite the fact that four of the d.c. courts 11 seats are currently vacant. aware that the the fact that the country needs three functioning sections of government his nominee, the administrations number two league mind, u.s. deputy solicitor general sr sri srinirasan, who served in a similar role under george w. bush and clerked for reagan-appointed supreme court justice, sandra day oconnor. this week he received the support of 12 legal powerhouses among them six very high-profile republicans....