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Harris, who is presiding over this vote at the moment. the reason why they have not finalized this vote, they are waiting for one senator. were told its senator rand paul of kentucky. he is expected, of course, to vote no, and once he comes and votes, then this vote will be closed, and officially, they will gavel it shut. harris will announce the final tally, which is going to be 53-47, and she will be confirmed after a process that began with the expectation that she would likely get confirmed,...

Trey: tonight an opening on supreme court, confirmation process has changed over the years. scalia was confirmed 98-0. >> and steven breyer 87-9 even john roberts confirmed 78-22 but that is when it began to change because of who was in the group voting no, joe biden voted no, barack obama voted no. so did hillary clinton. and john kerry, last 4 democratic nominees for president voted no, roberts was rated well qualified by american bar association, not a single dissenting vote but not enough fo...

Trey: tonight an opening on supreme court, confirmation process has changed over the years. scalia was confirmed 98-0. >> and steven breyer 87-9 even john roberts confirmed 78-22 but that is when it began to change because of who was in the group voting no, joe biden voted no, barack obama voted no. so did hillary clinton. and john kerry, last 4 democratic nominees for president voted no, roberts was rated well qualified by american bar association, not a single dissenting vote but not enough fo...

Trey: tonight an opening on supreme court, confirmation process has changed over the years. scalia was confirmed 98-0. >> and steven breyer 87-9 even john roberts confirmed 78-22 but that is when it began to change because of who was in the group voting no, joe biden voted no, barack obama voted no. so did hillary clinton. and john kerry, last 4 democratic nominees for president voted no, roberts was rated well qualified by american bar association, not a single dissenting vote but not enough fo...

Saying no. no to a piece of legislation, well, take a giant step to address the problem of climate change and give us a real competitive advantage in addressing it, saying no to legislation that will reduce the cost of pharmaceuticals and health care and easier to get child care. what is their argument against it? while they are out giving speeches against cancel culture theyre canceling a debate. theyre filibustering motions to proceed to have the very debate about these issues. it just joe man...

Vocal. but this was an incredibly powerful moment because, first of all, this is the presidents agenda. we said that from the very beginning. we were not asking for something more in this moment than what president biden was asking for, what he laid out to congress that is a transformational progressive agenda. and so thats the first thing. the second thing is that courage begets courage, and i think people have forgotten what it looks like to fight, to fight hard for the things that arent just ...

Courage begets courage. and i think people have forgotten what it looks like to fight. to fight hard for things that are just easy. the bipartisan bill, rachel, was not easy but it was easier. because its bipartisan and carved off things that there is a lot of support for for both sides of the aisle. this is something we will do with 51 democratic votes. now i guarantee you, there is going to be a whole bunch of republicans who go home after voting no, but they will take the dough and they will ...

Hard for the things that arent just easy. the bipartisan bill, rachel, was not easy, but it was easier because its bipartisan and it carved out things that theres a lot of support for on both sides of the aisle. this is something well do with 51 democratic votes. now i guarantee you theres going to be a whole bunch of republicans who will go home after voting no, but theyll take the dough and theyll hold it up just like theyve been doing with the infrastructure bill. the people that voted no are...

Have been shot this year, three murdered, one, you know, struggling for his life, just not the time. radical idea, we need different. none of us are going to go back to the status quo, victor, and that was what the fear was, that by voting no, you were voting for the status quo. instead by voting no, were voting for all black lives, whether theyre killed by police officers or the pwho are killed or maimed, the 44% who didnt, we understand them, and right now my highest hope is that 100% of us wi...

Rights, just take a look at whats happening in states luke texas. they just passed a law empowering complete strangers to become bounty hunters, going after women who exercise their right to choose. a law that the united states supreme court refused to stop. now other states say theyre looking to replicate the texas law. if you dont think womens rights are under assault, youre not looking. california, keep gavin newsom and send a message to the nation. women are to be respected. and the rights p...