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Goes, each party is going to claim victory. >> all right, let's go to the five democrats who have confirmed that they will vote in finding the attorney general in contempt of congress. looks like this. jim mathisen we told you yesterday out of utah. nick rayhall is there from west virginia. west virginia not too happy lately with the president. john barrow of georgia. colin peterson also andike mcentire of north carolina. unconfirmed, we understand but leaning that way, joe bacca of california will vote yes as well. we believe. but we don't have it confirmed yet. >> meantime, the agent who sta...

West virginia reserve for feuds like the hatfields and the mccoys. you would have thought that the line item veto had been killing members of the byrd family for hundreds of years. it made his blood boil. you have never been lectured by anybody as nick rayhall said, unless bob byrd has lectured you, you have not been lectured. i regret that every member of congress and every following president will not be dressed down by robert byrd, and darn if he was not right on the decline of the line-item veto. the point i want to make here is a serious one. yeah, he did as good a job for you as he could...

>> reporter: thank you. to mona and marriage reand to senator byrd's entire family, including those adorable great grand daughters that i had a chance to meet, michelle and i offer our deepest sympathies. to senator byrd's friends, including the speaker of the house, the majority leader, the republican leader, president clinton, vice president biden, vickie kennedy, nick rayhall and all the previous speakers. senator rockefeller for the outstanding work that you've

That those warning signs weren't brought to the proper officials. we know now because of your research of the violations issued as late as monday, but there were violations i've just learned that were issued as late as march 30th that were perhaps of a more serious nature involving ventilation. when you have violations or citations issued because of ventilation, improper ventilation for methane and co and other hazardous gases, then that should be a warning something is wrong, but it should be made public. it should be made knowing to the members of congress. that was not made to my attention....

>> we're talking about accountability in the wake of the west virginia coal mine explosion. the mine is in nick rayhall's district. after the sago disaster, federal law about mine safety was changed. everyone said the goal so this would never happen again. does that agency, the mine safety and health administration, does it still lack teeth or resources or resolve to do the job the way it needs to be done? >> well, couple points. let me say first of all, i'm not going to dispute your well researched figures. certainly those figures present a case for closer scrutiny by agencies at all levels, ...