Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20190116:02:30:00
Resolution, a vote to not allow us to proceed is a vote to go easy on president putin and his oligarchs. >> we knew that senator chuck schumer of new york had a plan to try to block the trump administration from dropping sanctions against companies connected with this putin ally russian oligarch, oleg deripaska. we also knew that schumer could force a vote on this matter using a tiny provision that allows the minority leader, in this case the democratic leader to put something like this up for a vote even if the republican majority doesn't want to vote on it. what we didn't know today is how t...