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Opportunity overseer. now over the years, i've asked quite a few executive nominees, both republican and democrat to make commitments to respond to oversight. you said you would. but in my experience, nominees are usually pretty receptive to oversight requests during these type of hearings but have -- after they've been confirmed, oversight doesn't seem to be a high priority for them. as i told me when we met privately in my office, sometimes i think nominees should go ahead and be a little more straightforward during their hearings. and instead of saying yes to frg we asked about oversight, b...

Opportunity overseer. now over the years i've asked quite a few executive nominees, both republican and democrat to make commitments to respond to oversight. you said you would, but in my experience nominees are usually pretty receptive to oversight requests during these type of hearings, but after they've been confirmed, oversight doesn't seem to be a high priority for them. as i told you when we met privately in my office, sometimes i think nominees should go ahead and be a little more straightforward during their hearings. and instead of saying yes to everything we ask about oversight, be m...

[ drum roll ] >> it's the "all in victory of the year" award. >> nancy giles, victory of the year. >> i thought it was when the senate democrats changed the filibuster rules. i got tired of the minority -- well, they gave the minority a bad name, actually -- stonewalling all the president's nominees. they stonewalled over 80, i think, nominees, more than all the other presidents combined. it was ridiculous. >> we have a great graphic of that, that actually, harry reid's office put together, the pie chart of filibusters of executive nominees and you see in the history of republicans, 168. did i...

We are back with the first annual "all in all awards" special. all right, our next award is -- [ drum roll ] >> it's the "all in victory of the year" award. >> nancy giles, victory of the year. >> i thought it was when the senate democrats changed the filibuster rules. i got tired of the minority -- well, they gave the minority a bad name, actually -- stonewalling all the president's nominees. they stonewalled over 80, i think, nominees, more than all the other presidents combined. it was ridiculous. >> we have a great graphic of that, that actually, harry reid's office put together, the pie c...

Filibuster to stand up to popular presidents, to block legislation. yes, even as i've stated, to stall executive nominees. the roots of the filibuster are found in the contusion and in our own rules. >> it will change the senate forever and that's not good. >> they were all clear abo why e flip-flop senator reed said quote i have the right to change how i feel about things. dana joins us. plenty of hypocrisy to go around but with blocking nominees, it is as bad as democrats are claiming, dana. >> it's certainly different. you have to look at the facts the nonpartisan congressional research ser...