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Never never land if he thinks what just happened with comey doesn't have an impact. we were talking about all last week, i'm talking about comey all this week. >> mercedes: the democrats are obstructing a lot of these committees when it comes to nominees for the president. they don't show up to these committee hearings when it comes to the health care mark up. they're able to slow down the process, but when it comes to the voting things, they put tax reform through that process, they need republicans tonight. the problem we've had with republicans from the beginning of a trump administration w...

Bill which has been a perfect storm of threats and promises. the latest promise it will be every bit as good on preexisting conditions as obamacare. today, two major hold outs got on board after the president said he would provide $8 billion to reduce the cost for some with preexisting conditions. so, will there finally be a vote? that, we don't know yet. in 104 days, this president has made countless threats and promises from shutting down the government to overhauling health care. it's been a lot of talk, but still, waiting for action. i'm joined now by republican congressman michael burgess...

Texas, ted cruz said that the democrats of the committee were afraid of being primary. and i said, at the mark up. that that kind of statement doesn't even deserve any kind of response, it's so ridiculous. you know, we ask serious questions of judge gorsuch. and he did not provide us with the kind of responses that would enable us to conclude that he would be a justice for all of us and not just some of us. >> all right, senator. >> all right. >> i could go on. >> finish your thought. well, what's going to be interesting, we may get a chance to talk more about depending on how this shakes out....

They didn't find anything. and judge gorsuch is going to be a great justice on the u.s. supreme court. >> judge gorsuch is a great man and a great judge. i was proud to support him in the committee and look forward to supporting him on the floor of the senate. >> it's unfortunate that we had a partisan vote today. we had a long process here. three days of testimony by judge gorsuch, took over 30 witnesses and 20 hours and now this mark up. it truly is unfortunate that it has resulted in a partisan vote. a lot of members brought forward reasons why they were going to vote no. as some of my coll...

Targeted to specific senators in missouri, montana, indiana, and colorado. so, this nomination is not the usual nomination. it comes in a different way, and it has proceeded in a way of excessive spending of dark money that in the time i have been on this committee i have never seen before. so, this is deeply troubling, and i don't believe it's the way a serious process of evaluating a supreme court nominee should be conducted. i want to be clear, though, although my vote will not be based on these factors, i strongly believe that the expenditure of millions of dollars of unknown dollars shoul...