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However, the house version of the spending bill still does not have 60 votes needed to pass in the senate, so it's doa and right now on the darkest day of the calendar year, there is no plan to vote on the bill. the procedural vote narrowly passed 48-47, vice president mike pence had to cast the tie breaking vote. as of this hour, it's not clear what any possible deal to reopen the government might look like or when, but we know both the house and senate plan to reconvene at noon eastern time tomorrow. so the american people can take heart at that. 75% of the government including the pentagon ...

Follow. i'm sure mitch mcconnell will call for a vote assume assuming that all 51 republicans are there. even if 50 are there, he will be confirmed because the vice president as president of the senate will cast the tie breaking vote. where is the vote count right now? >> it's not so much where the vote count is, but this is a bad mark against the u.s. senate. rushing something through saying if she is not there. she wants a real investigation done. everybody talks about anita hill. a republican administration said okay, put everything on pause. we will have the fbi do a real background. they ...

Chief political correspondent. it is awful that she has to move out of her home because of death threats. what's the risk that the republican chairman and other republicans are taking now by effectively giving her this ultimatum? appear on monday or the vote is going forward? >> look, it is risky every way you slice this. for republicans mostly, but for a lesser extend for democrats. on the republican side, i talked to some members of the committee and republicans more broadly in elected office who make the argument that the absolute political killer here would have been if they blew her off f...

Correct and i totally agree with her. >> the republicans are clearly interested in getting judge kavanaugh confirmed before the mid-term elections with the chance the democrats could be the majority and that would derail this nomination presumab presumably. that's why they want this done in the next few days if not before the mid-term elections. >> that say bogus and stupid argument. it turns its back on the american people. they are going to be in charge no matter what happens to this election. they are in charge until noon on january 3rd. they have plenty of time to get it right. these are t...

Through in really an unseenly fashion like anything we have seen before, this is the same republican leadership that stalled pop's nominee for over a year to the supreme court so they wouldn't have to have a hearing and now they say they have to go immediately within two or three or five days, it doesn't pass the giggle test. why the hurry? take the time to do it right. a witness deserved real professionals and are used to dealing with sexual abuse cases. say she doesn't appear on monday and the chairman said there will be a vote on wednesday in the committee and in the days that