Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20111210:02:24:00
Cordray. >> the senate voted down both republican and democratic compromise proposals to exten t the payroll tax break. >> the headline, senate rejects cloture on d.c. circuit nominee caitlin halligan. t the cloture word is important. all these things, that judge nomination, the consumer protection nominations, payroll tax cut extension, they all got majority yes votes in the senate. they still did not pass. because republicans did something that's called a filibuster. so a majority vote doesn't count. it's not enough to pass something. republicans do this on everything. everything over the pa...