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Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) said House Republicans could clamp down on the open amendment process for bills if Democrats play politics with the return to regular order.
From over and we are about to have a really long couple of days here in the senate. >> i am glad you pointed it out in the context because i feel like we need to pump the brakes on just perspective of this whole thing. m.j., thank you so much. and phil mattingly is also up on capitol hill. and phil, just to you, i know you're in the thick of this scrum, maybe where some of these senators are coming out, or obviously voting now and we have the two "no" votes but in terms of pumping the brakes, yes, this is a super significant vote, this opens the floor for debate on this whole thing, but then o...
That has created a lot of tension and i think, brooke, we're talking about sort of this bizarre situation right now where the lack of a plan from mitch mcconnell has almost worked out better for him than a plan. remember, he has tried many times to get senators behind an actual bill, an actual proposal. the repeal and replace bill version one. that didn't have new senators. a repeal and replace bill version two, that did not have enough senators and so then he moved on to the repeal only bill ask that drew a lot of concern as well. and finally, now that he has said, look, then we're going to m...
>> reporter: well, in the short-term, the answer is yes. they're voting on, as you said, at the beginning of this show, they're voting on whether or not even to proceed with debate. and just sort of by way of context, this is usually a no-brainer, easy vote for members of whatever party it is who's generally in the majority or who are putting a piece of legislation on the floor. not about whether or not an amendment should pass, not about whether the final piece of legislation should pass. this is just about whether debate should start, and this is what they have been kind of toing and froing ...
The courage to tackle a tough issue. they didn't send us here just to do the easy stuff. they expect us to tackle the big problems. and obviously, we can't get an outcome if we don't start the debate. and that's what the motion to proceed is all about. many of us on this side of the aisle have waited for years for this opportunity and thought it would probably never come. some of us were a little surprised by the election last year. but with a surprise election comes great opportunities. to do things we thought were never possible. so all we have to do today is to have the courage to begin the...