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Congress to pass a bill to protect mueller. the republicans showed no sign of having any interest in that even after the democrats assumed power in the house, they're still going to control the senate. >> mitch mcconnell has shown no sign of having interest, but bipartisan republicans like chuck grassly and others in the senate passed legislation to protect mueller. mcconnell is subverting the will of the majority. democrats are telling republicans in the house if you want us to give you votes because you've never been able to get the votes on your own, you're going to need to put protect muel...

Be enforced in order to protect the integrity of this investigation. because really what's at stake here is whether the president is above the law, basically going to be allowed to act like a king or we're going to enforce the rule of law. and the senate holds in its power the power to affect that. >> and he also said today he'd be ready to vote for the bill on the senate floor because he voted for it in committee. but grassly said an interesting thing in the middle of that quote where he said i don't think it'll do any good or any harm. and one reason why it might not do any good is the bill ...

Flake saying he's going to vote against judicial nominees? >> since that bill came out of committee i think it's legitimate that the bill be brought up. i don't think it's going to do any good or any harm. and if it satisfies me if it became law because i voted for it. >> lisa graves, it sounds like chuck grassly would just as soon get the jeff flake problem solved by having a vote in the senate on this protect mueller bill. >> that's right. that's interesting given how much protection grassley gave to trump over the kavanaugh nomination. here you him singing a different tune and saying that b...

Shouldn't feel that every word he speaks is being monitored and recorded. and that should inhibit him. but people forget about that. i mean in the same way that nixon forgot he was taping himself and that he should be careful what he was saying in the oval office, he went right ahead and said things like go ahead and pay a million dollars, i know where we could get it. so you do think people forget these things and they just go ahead and say what they want. >> criminals surprise you. jeff flake has now blocked possible confirmations in the senate judiciary committee because mitch mcconnell is ...

Investigation. because really what's at stake here is whether the president is above the law, basically going to be allowed to act like a king or we're going to enforce the rule of law. and the senate holds in its power the power to affect that. >> and he also said today he'd be ready to vote for the bill on the senate floor because he voted for it in committee. but grassly said an interesting thing in the middle of that quote where he said i don't think it'll do any good or any harm. and one reason why it might not do any good is the bill still allows for the firing of robert mueller. it just...