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Can't vote for these things and have the amendment tree filled up and not going forth. >> reporter: walking in, you're going to be the 60th vote. >> i'm going to be the 6r 0th vote. >> reporter: wolf, you see senator brown walking in to begin what will be a vote momentarily here in the senate. at least to begin debate. senator brown that republican will give democrats the votes they need to start debate to extend these unemployment benefits. would ever, many of these benefits started to run out last week because congress went home before actually dealing with this. you heard senator brown say ...

So i just want to set the record straight. the majority leader has all the tools in his kit and he normally exercises them, and i think he's about to do that on the bill currently before us. which we call the large job bill. he soon will invoke cloture to cut off the bait. he normally doesn't even allow amendments. he will file cloture, fill the tree. by filling the tree, that means the amendment tree, which allows the republicans no alternatives but just to vote for cloture or not cloture and unfortunately we have 30 hours of debate immediately following cloture. i'm going to propose one more...

About to do that on the bill currently before us. which we call the large job bill. he soon will invoke cloture to cut off debate. he normally doesn't even allow amendments. he will file cloture, fill the tree, by filling the tree, that means the amendment tree, which allows the republicans no alternative but to vote for cloture or not cloture and then, unfortunately we have 30 hours of debate immediately following cloture. i'm going to propose one more time, my unanimous consent request. i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of hr 4691.

Straight. the majority leader has all the tools in his kit and he normally exercises them and i think he's about to do that on the bill currently before us. which we call the large job bill. he soon will invoke cloture but to cut off debate, he normally doesn't even allow amendments. he will file cloture, fill the tree by filling the tree, that means the amendment tree which allows the republicans no alternatives but just to vote for cloture or not cloture and then, unfortunately, we have 30 hours of debate immediately following cloture. i'm going to propose one more time my unanimous consent ...

He called all the amendments for himself. nobody else will be able to make amendments without his permission. so that's called filling the amendment tree. republicans aren't going to get a chance to make any amendments to this jobs bill. and they see that as a clear partisan shot denying the minority the opportunity to offer its improving amendments. he may not be doing away with the fill busker, but he's muzzling republicans on the jobs bill. megyn: we get a call from the president of the united states for more bipartisanship, and then you see that. you will sure to hear complaints about it. ...