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Congress is in session, and if i could digress for a minute, i think all of you should run up to capitol hill, check out the house and senate and see if you can find a single member of congress and then tell me on this working day for most americans whether or not congress is in session. >> reporter: so their position is congress is in recess right now, so the president can use his constitutional authority for recess appointments, but what thai leaving out is the senate has also been in what they call pro forma session where they are open even just for a few seconds. and the fact of the matter...

Position. bob corker, someone close to leadership in, a republican from tennessee said the house can stop this fight, it's not worth it. so the optics are looking very bad. saw right there, stenny-hour, on the house floor, the proper forma session, was trying to push forward the senate bill without house consent. in a pro forma session, he was trying to put forward the senate bill and literally the gop cut his mike and cut the process down. so the democrats could not have had a better video. >> taking the eagle off the stand and so forth. >> to my panel. >> could not have had better video. boe...