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Through her unique approach to storytelling, Rachel Maddow provides in-depth reporting to illuminate the current state of political affairs and reveals the...

Through her unique approach to storytelling, Rachel Maddow provides in-depth reporting to illuminate the current state of political affairs and reveals the...

Price of prescription drugs. these are all things that we were able to get done under democratic control. so, when i was on your show three months ago and i said, you know, people like to say that democrats are in disarray, but guess what? we are in a ray. array. republicans are in ruin. but, the chaos is not just limited to the house floor. really, it will extend to the american people. there is a lot of work that needs to be done, so they need their act together, and we need to get to a functioning congress. >> as we go forward, we had a notion of what a republican house of representatives w...

How does that make sense? >> here's how it makes sense. he's the masthead of the lobby core. i resent to which kevin mccarthy utilizes the lobbyists and the special interests to be able to dictate how political decisions are made. how policy decisions are made, how leadership decisions are made. kevin mccarthy has been in the leadership for 14 years. he's sold shares of himself to special interests, to political action committees, and that's why i don't think he's right. >> laura:: why is trump -- >> why is that? >> laura:: you're close to president trump? why is trump for him? how many posts ...

What we're trying to achieve. ite not the end of the world we take a few extra days or weeks to sort it out. there are some days in congress where the only thing we vote on is the changing of the name of one post office. we're deciding who's second in line to the presidency. and the construct of the rules concessions functionally term the speakership to a ceremonial position. if my colleagues get what they want from mccarthy, the freedom caucus will be more important, amendments were process and why spending is going forward. >> laura:: i get the -- you know on the establishment issues, i'm to...