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Conversations with joe manchin. i like joe manchin. we have been friends for a long time. we used to do a lot of these kinds of chores together, just like i did with joe biden. so both of us have developed a great deal of patience with each other. and so i think that joe has made me a little bit sensitive to the filibuster. i wanted to get rid of the whole thing, but he convinced me that there is a place for extended debate on legislative issues. i am hopeful that i can convince him that we ought to treat constitutional issues the same way we treat budget issues. we move the budget forward wit...

Not moving the budget forward. but what that continuing resolution did was it got a pay raise of 3.1% to our veterans. it fully funded the census. so we have to do both. we have to continue to do substantive work and we have to continue the process of impeachment. so don't be alarmed if someone won't say yes, i will vote for impeachment now. >> sandra: not alarmed. >> it's just a question: we certainly appreciate your time tonight. we will certainly be following up. >> thanks for having me on. >> sandra: we will see more from the judiciary committee in the days and weeks to come. thank you. we...

Play out? >> first of all, some news that nancy pelosi made, essentially pouring cold water of the idea to move the budget forward, this big budget deal because it doesn't actually include something for the dreamers, the daca deal. that is something dick durbin who i spoke with this morning trying to push his democratic colleagues to get on board. she says she cannot do it without it. you'll see a flurry of activity on the senate side when they gavel to order. there will be a vote on a stand alone military spending bill and then onto the house proposed short term spending, cr resolution to kee...

And move the budget forward. yes we have a debt ceiling issue that will be part -- >> and threats. >> and i think they're real and legitimate threats and should not be, you know -- >> they're real. i don't know if they're legitimate. >> krystal, who won the year? >> i would say senator elizabeth warren. i think she has single handedly shifted the conversation in this country in a more populist and more pro-worker direction. she's been courageous since she's been in the senate. and she raised the issue of let's stop talking about cutting social security. we need an expansion of social security....

Bow on it. a compromised two-year budget deal is advancing in the senate, and headed for a final vote. if approved, a deal would fund the government through late 2015, ending the shutdown politics that have haunted washington since the president's re-election. the bill easily cleared a procedural hurdle earlier today. with 67, count 'em up, 67 senators voting to end debate. that tally actually included a dozen republicans. so a final vote is expected tomorrow with only a bear majority needed there to pass the bill and send it to the president. as senators pushed the budget forward, the preside...