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Democrats, so 59 members of the senate voted to basically disapprove of this declaration of the emergency, not enough for a filibuster proof of majority, which needs 60 votes, however, very close. the question is whether any republican senators were hanging back, expecting the courts to basically smack down the president's declaration, now that we have seen what's happening in the courts, whether there might be some additional votes in the senate to go forward with the filibuster proof majority disapproving this national declaration of an emergency. >> i'm realizing filibuster proof majority, ...

Truce right now in trade war, this as many of the supply chains and the places we actually get goods manufactured begin to cofrom other countries, china is feeling the pain of this and i think even with sort of the subtle concessions that we got from the president today that doesn't really change. >> the markets might breathe sigh of relief but the president is taking from senators of his own, marco rubio, it would be not -- the president wouldn't be able to beat it because it would be filibuster proof. >> i did see that marco rubio seemed confusion that he would pass legislation like that. ke...

Decided he was going to change the rules. well, the democrats decided first we'll change the rules so we don't need a filibuster proof 60 to vote on federal judges. then republicans switched it to 50. did the same thing for the supreme court first time ever. then mitch mcconnell decided we won't even have a hearing. we won't even let him come to capitol hill and talk to us so ben wittes and miguel estrada, a man treated horrifically by senate democrats because he's a hispanic, that simple, a conservative hispanic, was treated horrific alally, they we a column for the "washington post" say iing...

President obama was able to do much was the first couple of years for a period of time, he had a vetoproof excuse me, a filibuster proof majority and that was how obamacare got past. people who are completing about the filibuster ought to remember that for the remainder basically of his term, his agenda was legislatively frozen because he could not get the 60 votes necessary to pass anything major, so he couldn't. republicans allowed it and some republican supporters like the filibuster just fine, they don't like it so much now. she was on the other foot. that's the case in washington with a l...

Perhaps add more to the debt, or are they going to have to find cuts elsewhere? >> jay, what's the incentive for democrats to work with the president heading into 2018? they feel like they're on a high note. big polling suggests they're in a good place. you've got the seat they just picked up in alabama. can they be a party that just campaigns in the 2018 midterms on saying no to the president, or do they have to stand for something? >> you have to remember that mitch mcconnell going into barack obama's first midterm elections basically said look, it's our job to block the president to make su...