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And members of congress, something they are calling for. they want there to be this more cohesive strategy. not here in town to get that. they are on easter recess. and that means drama, quite frankly. listen to this moment. tense moment at town hall held by congressman of oklahoma. >> i pay enough taxes. before i ever got there and for my company to pay my own salary. this is my own service. no one pays me go. i do tz it as an honor. i'm just saying -- this is a service for me. an career. i thank god this isn't how i make a living. >> you won't take the $1,000 then? >> i have about. i paid it...

I think the president has made that exceedingly clear. but what has changed as in all dealing between the administration and congress, it's been frustratingly slow. they have been very, very slow on completing the hearings and voting on our new u.s. trade representative. that's not helpful. second in terms of nafta, we need congress' permission to enter into the formal 90-day letter into the record so we can begin the formal negotiations. we were trying to get that done before the easter recess. when were not able to do it. we hope to get it done as soon as possible after. bad trade deals shou...

Is the white house insisting on their extraneous demands that would meet bipartisan opposition. he says he thinks the democrats will like the infrastructure plan. but we don't know where it fits into the calendar. kelly: pushing us ever so closer to the cliff. julie: let's bring in republican congressman charlie dent from pennsylvania. a lot of people criticizing congress for taking this break. that was agenda number one and it wasn't done. should they be taking this break and getting this done? paul ryan says they are really close, but not close enough to get it done before the break. >> than...

Administration relied on the authorization of use of military force passed in 2001 to fight al qaeda in the wake of 9/11. now, tim kane's argument is that there's no way that authorization should cover striking a sovereign nation. that authorization said the u.s. could make strikes against stateless groups, terrorist groups, individuals basically at will and it has been used since then to authorize military force of the executive branch. but according to senator kane, the trump administration has not gone so far as to identify a legal authority that would cover the strikes in syria. now most m...

Acquired before. republicans eight democrats forced them into this move. democratic minority leader chuck schumer says they were just innocent bystanders in this whole thing. >> these past few weeks, we democrats have given judge gorsuch a fair process. something merrick garland was denied. my colleague came into this debate with an open mind. i think many of them wanted to vote for judge gorsuch, at the outset. >> martha: what do you think? for more on that, mike emanuel joins us. a pussycat chuck schumer on the whole thing. good evening to you. >> good evening. we just learned that the final...