deliberative body, but i believe it has to work for the american people. i think the actions that senator reid took today was on behalf of the american people to make the senate function. it's not functioning. >> i think it's interesting the senate, which after all has passed a number of important things this year, wasn't functioning for the president on his terms, and this was one more step to give president obama even more power and even more control. it's interesting to me that every democrat who is up for reelection next year except one voted to give president obama more power, and i suspect that will come back to haunt them. we'll debate that in the next few minutes. >> we will. in the crossfire tonight senator bernie sanders and senator john hovan. i think these a very historic vote. i don't think it's a tactic. if you watch the president's press conference, the entire opening is a litany of legislative problems.