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Congresswoman jerry nadler. quote, it has been brought to my attention you have been proactively seeking meetings with caucus colleagues to discuss the top house position on the judiciary committee. and that you're asserting i would not be a candidate for this slot if it were vacant. i request you refrain from characterizing my intentions. politico.com obtained that letter and the way they understand it, that the congresswoman was basically arguing the top democratic seat on that committee shouldn't be handed out on the basis of seniority even though she was only the third most senior member o...

Judiciary committee. she's the third ranking democrat on that committee and wrote this to the number two democrat on the same committee, congresswoman jerry nadler. quote, it has been brought to my attention you have been proactively seeking meetings with caucus colleagues to discuss the top house position on the judiciary committee. and that you're asserting i would not be a candidate for this slot if it were vacant. i request you refrain from characterizing my intentions. politico.com obtained that letter and the way they understand it, that the congresswoman was basically arguing the top de...

Department. and these constant meetings that we hear reported about. we heard from jeff sessions. as far as getting response from the d.o.j., byron. what is the house position on this? >> well, the house position is turn over the documents. just last week the speaker ryan said that the justice department should turn over the documents. there is talk among members now of trying to pass some sort of sense of the house resolution to get the entire house on board for the position that the justice department should turn over the documents. in that sense, it is just a very, very simple matter. the h...

This is the deal ryan thinks he can have. if he can get to 219 votes and push it through, it's going to be hard for democrats in the senate to say no, shutdown the government now. we don't want a month to negotiate. the house position, ryan hopes, and he hopes the freedom caucus doesn't take away the votes he needs to get it through. that his hope, that he can leverage on democrats and say we need another month to work on daca. give us the time typist doing reporting that mark meadows of the freedom caucus suggesting they have the votes to block it. i want to play little bit of what senator to...

Of poor kids. this is the deal ryan thinks he can have. if he can get to 219 votes and push it through, it's going to be hard for democrats in the senate to say no, shutdown the government now. we don't want a month to negotiate. the house position, ryan hopes, and he hopes the freedom caucus doesn't take away the votes he needs to get it through. that his hope, that he can leverage on democrats and say we need another month to work on daca. give us the time typist doing reporting that mark meadows of the freedom caucus suggesting they have the votes to block it. i want to play little bit of w...