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Vaccine mandate. this is all about the politics of the pandemic. i'm joined by steny hoyer. leader hoyer, thank you for being back on the show. >> hallie, good to be with you. thanks a lot. >> of course. any update, can you give us one, on when you expect the vote to keep the government open? is that next hour we think? >> it'll be certainly within the next two. it'll depend on whether or not we have any procedural votes. if we don't have procedural votes, it'll be in about an hour. >> okay. so, expected to get through the house. as we mentioned, as we talked about mike lee is looking to move ...

But the other point is here, the courts -- this has already hit federal courts. the federal courts have already, you know, blocked this rule from taking place, this is an osha rule. and they've blocked it from taking place right now until it's been litigated out. whether or not the president has the authority to do it. there is a question whether or not he's exceeding his authority by trying to force this rule through. so, you know, what's the point of having the amendment vote when the courts are already taking a look at this issue? that's what even a number of republicans raised to us, is, y...

Can slow down progress for the american people. that's what's happening, but we're going to get through it and get this done. >> and when she says "a handful of senators" there, joshua, it's the senate. all it takes is one. and we're seeing that once again here. in this case, it's senator bill haggerty, who says this should go through regular order. that just means it's going to take longer. what senators right now are right to do is hammer out a way to truncate this process a little bit, pick the amendments that they would like to move forward on, things like moving covid funds that haven't b...

Rules need to be reformed. that just a handful of senators can slow down progress for the american people. that's what's happening, but we're going to get through it and get this done. >> and when she says "a handful of senators" there, joshua, it's the senate. all it takes is one. and we're seeing that once again here. in this case, it's senator bill haggerty, who says this should go through regular order. that just means it's going to take longer. what senators right now are right to do is hammer out a way to truncate this process a little bit, pick the amendments that they would like to mov...

As we passed the bill, the next instruction should have been by the end of the year we had to cut spending. in a subsequent bill, they went ahead and got rid of the pay-go bills in some big spending bill. i objected to it and i forced an amendment vote on it and nine people voted with me. when i voted for the tax bill, it had provisions in it that says you'd have to cut spending if there's any revenue left. the left wing mob doesn't care. jon stewart doesn't care. it's about me, me, me. >> neil: do you regret that pay-go -- >> no. i voted nor the tax bill with the pay-go provision in it. >> ne...