>> we only control one chamber, and i barely have control of that. i can't -- the senate won't advance our legislation and the president won't sign it. if i don't have republican votes that means we have to have democrat votes. >> nbc's ryan nobles is reporting from capitol hill. also with us, elise jordon former aide to george w. bush, in the white house and state s department. she's also an msnbc political analyst. good to see you both. ryan, this is unfolding in a rare way. what happens next? >> reporter: yeah, i think that's a pretty fair assessment of the way this is all going, chris. it took democratic votes to do a procedural step called the rule, which i know is inside baseball, but it demonstrates how difficult it has been for speaker mike johnson to govern his own conference and get all the republicans in line.bl yes, he has a super slim majority. that makes every single thing he does that much more difficult, but the idea that he would need this level of democratic support to push something through