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Advice? >> well, i was his whip and the whip counts votes and i cant tell you how many times harry and i sat down and talked about needing one more vote. right now were at a 50/50 senate, you know, 50 democrats and 50 republicans. we have a working majority when the vice president shows up and votes. harry would be the first to know that political reality is a tough one to get anything serious done. but the fact is that were working toward that goal and harry inspired me and a lot of people who ...

The presidents been very clear he does want to win over bipartisan support for the nominee and looks like he might need it given we learned democratic senator suffered a stroke. chuck schumer literally doesnt have a working majority right now without luhan. so, will the biden administration be able to get republicans on board, particularly from what we heard from lindsey graham over the weekend. he seemed supportive of some of the presidents picks. >> senator luhan, we hope he gets better fast, ...

Forward. the presidents agenda. but to answer your question, directly, yes, a sense of the fragility of the majority some add some added oomph to that focus and energy. >> senator chris coons, democrat from delaware, always good to get your perspective. we know you have a lot of presidents ear at times as well. thank you. coming up we have whats happening next now that the democrats no longer have a working majority temporarily in the senate. youre watching "meet the press daily." youre watchi...

Time. and so biden, i believe, felt there was a moment or t opportunity for him to do at the united states at home what lbj managed to do in the mid 1960s. the difference, of course, that lbj had the numbers in congress. he had a working liberal majority. president biden has never had a progressive working majority in congress. >> do we do ourselves and current presidents a disservice then by comparing them to previous presidents given all of the comparisons that we saw last year with president ...

And knows what this is like. so january 6th in some way made me want to run for the senate. it heightened the importance of, you know, getting a working majority in that body so we can protect the voting rights and fundamentals of this democracy that we care about. >> you mentioned the domestic issues. the presidents agenda starts this new year with key items stalled in that senate. and the fact that youre running for senate. how do you assess the way the upper chambers handled negotiations for,...

Critics argued the amendment will hit poorer pensioners and those in the North of England.

Working majority on the postal board of governors as quickly as possible. the good news is there are a couple terms that expire at the end of this year, and my hope is president biden will move swiftly to replace them with people who are truly committed to postal reform but also making sure postal service is there for the american people. especially during the pandemic. >> yeah, well, and also, by the way, if that doesnt happen until the end of the year, start shipping your holiday packages now,...

The george floyd justice in policing act. do you have confidence that the senate can get this done in june? >> we have been getting update reports from the negotiators and i have been encouraged by the statements that have been made. the american people recognize that we have a problem in policing in america. we saw the global community respond to the george floyd tragedy. congress needs to respond. the senate needs to take up the bill and pass the bill. i am hopeful that we have a working major...

Arthel: people in spain are voting in the countrys fourth election in four years and second election this year in hopes of breaking a political deadlock, acting prime minister pedro sánchez of socialist workers party called for repeat after parties rejected idea of forming coalition after aprils election, citizens are being asked to elect members of congress and senators but officials are concerned about whether low turnout and unrest in catalonia can impact the ability to produce a working maj...

Detailed comprehensive free trade deal along the lines of of the deal that the e.u. did with canada and with far more important encounter will be 70 the market for 70 percent of all the us here will be far more complicated and difficult to get lets talk a bit about the situation of the prime minister and the because these well over 20 seats short of a working majority no power no authority and i was 26 double up so its 40 votes no power no or authority largest number of defeats in parliament for...