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Chambers as their number one priority over investigating a tragic event that unfolded in the nation's capital. that is really what this is about, that is what it boils down to. this is going to amplify the pressure to make the filibuster, but manchin is holding strong. >> donna, what is galling here's the process by which this came out, sometimes, if one party controls one house in the other party controls the other house there will be message bills. they will on-street party lines pass something with no real intentions that the house is going to take it up. it is a party line vote, you want t...

Going to happen. democrats are saying they think they have six votes, that's not the ten they need. and senate republicans, house republicans this is all about power. they're putting the idea of winning in the mid-terms and winning back control of both chambers as their number one priority over investigating the tragic event that unfolded in the nation's capitol. and so that's really what this all about, what it boils down to. and this is going to amplify the pressure to nix the filibuster. >> what's particularly galling here is the process by which this came out. sometimes if one party contro...

Makes total sense. >> it does. >> of course it does because the idea, look, they've already passed 60 bills that are message bills. some of them are great. some of them are okay. they have not resonated with the american public. the bottom line is, there is nothing left for them to do. they need to maintain their oversight. just from the strictly a political standpoint. you need the civics part to justify this. but from a political standpoint, something needs to fill the vacuum that exists between now and the election. we saw some indication what the republicans are willing to do. donald trump...

That they need to be the face of normality in this country. so they've been passing all of these message bills, some of which are perfectly good pieces of legislation, and then they seem surprised that these bills that have no chance of ever becoming law don't kind of dominate the agenda or don't change the conversation. and i think that because nancy pelosi has tried so hard to tamp down the anger of the democratic caucus and the democratic base that should be directed at donald trump, instead it's been directed internally. and so you have these outbreaks of really, really counterproductive f...

What she wants to do? >> well, i think that, you know, you see this split in the democratic caucus because -- between those who want to really take on this president directly, make his unfitness, his corruption, his disloyalty to this country, make that kind of the centerpiece of democratic politics right now and put him on trial every day in the house of representatives. then you have nancy pelosi and other people in democratic house leadership who believe that they need to be the, quote, unquote, adults in the room. that they need to be the face of normality in this country. so they've been ...