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The senate? >> any house member says yes. i would like to see them do majority votes. we've talked about it a lot. they don't have the votes there. that's the flat, simple answer. >> sean: what do you do to get the votes? isn't he in charge of the rules? >> i don't think there is enough republicans to vote for that. they worry when liberals take over government liberals will ram through liberal things. >> sean: you know what congress's approval rating? yours is double what congress is. it's 15%. i think -- in fairness to you, you will talk to me. mitch mcconnell won't even take my call. i thin...

Pointing fingers at one another. republican members criticized their democratic counterparts over their planned filibuster over neil gorsuch, including senator ted cruz. take a listen. >> what we saw today was the position of the modern democratic party as they are opposed to donald trump appointing anyone to the supreme court. if they will filibuster neil gorsuch, they will filibuster any nominee from a republican president. that obviously is not a tenable standard for advice and consent, and that is the reason why if democrats persist in this foolish filibuster, the senate majority will have...

Direction it's headed, given that the court has never upheld the restriction except for disclosure, can the ftc do anything functional in that constitutional environment? >> i think that it could. i think that the commission has -- if you look back a few years the commission did a much better job working together across party lines to try and find consensus, tray and find areas where we could come up with majority votes and write meaningful regulations. i think that disclosure as you pointed out is an important area the court has endorsed wholeheart wholeheartedly and we could do more to bolst...

$51,000. >> but, commissioner, you're making my point for me. can you convince me the ftc can even be a functioning body in the citizens united era? that's my question. given the jurisprudence, the direction it's headed, given that the court has never upheld the restriction except for disclosure, can the ftc do anything functional in that constitutional environment? >> i think that it could. i think that the commission has -- if you look back a few years the commission did a much better job working together across party lines to try and find consensus, tray and find areas where we could come u...

Making my point for me. can you convince me the ftc can even be a functioning body in the citizens united era? that's my question. given the jurisprudence, the direction it's headed, given that the court has never upheld the restriction except for disclosure, can the ftc do anything functional in that constitutional environment? >> i think that it could. i think that the commission has -- if you look back a few years the commission did a much better job working together across party lines to try and find consensus, tray and find areas where we could come up with majority votes and write meanin...