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Three senate democrats so far is that they will back him. joe manchin, donnelly, heidi heitkamp. they went has praised them but blasts the point less obstruction of the rest of the party. >> when it comes to director pompeo, it's absolutely outrageous that he would not move through quickly. he is extremely qualified for the position. not only the white house but all of america should be calling on the senate to actually do their job, do what they are required and expected to do. that is to help government function and help on the safety and security of our country. i think frankly for particul...

Mike? >> well, greta, everybody seems to think there will be the votes to pass this. the timing, senator harry reid wants an agreement to get a certain number of presidential nominees through before the senate leaves for christmas recess. let's take a look at the senate floor where they're talking about whether or not they're for or against the massive bill. to buy time the congress has passed the temporary extension to funds the government through tomorrow night. the house passed a second temporary extension to fund the government through wednesday night. so nobody is talking about a governme...

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Grover norquist. you wrote this week in "the guardian," i think the tax battle is for the soul of america. and i'm wondering if you think framing the debate further deepens the divide in the parties. our government only functions through compromise, and if there's no room for that, how do you propose the government function when faith in congress is at an all-time low. >> what you have in washington, d.c. now are two political parties, two tendencies that are trying to move in very different directions. president obama said that he would veto any tax reform that didn't raise taxes by $1.5 tril...