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Not doing. we are focused on getting the agenda passed. the best way to support the administration is move this forward. that's what the focus is. we are not focused on micromanaging d.o.j. [ inaudible question ] >> the majority of ours is for the amendment. as you saw, it didn't have a majority on the floor. so, the typical tension of an issue like that is occurring, with respect to the four bills. we have consensus for the four bills. we do not have full consensus on the other eight bills. that's what we are working toward. we have made substantial progress. appropriators are working to get ...

Guys? >> manu, wednesday, being tomorrow, and in public is when the republican chair is subpoenaing manafort. there are so many things about this that are big and just reading the statement from grassley, they say they were unable to reach an agreement for a voluntary transcribed interview. was that for their record or an unwillingness to have that released to the public. do you know? >> reporter: it appears to be not necessarily release to the public, release to the committee, according to the statement from the senate judiciary committee. they wanted their own interview, get access to this s...

Bring these bills to the floor today. thank you. >> there you have it. house speaker paul ryan, not directly at all addressing the questions on attorney general jeff sessions. it's the president's per ogtive to hire and fire. >> that's an answer. i'm not touching this. if the president wants to fire the attorney general, he can do what he wants. we are joined for more analysis on this. it's one of paul ryan's worst things, what do you make about the president's decision on x, y or z. sometimes he takes issue, other times, he bunts. >> more often than not he's bunting. he wants to go out and ta...

An appropriations with the caps in place require a law change. so, a budget in and of itself does not do that. where consensus has been reached in the budget committee that came out with a unanimous republican vote is on these numbers. we have reached consensus with with respect to the appropriations numbers in the committee. armed services in the ndaa. we found on the house side consensus on the appropriation numbers. that is out of budget committee. the question of whether or not one comes before the other is kind of an academic exercise because you don't need a budget to pass appropriations...