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Coverage now on msnbc of the house of representatives which is about to vote on the rules of debate on the articles of impeachment, two of them after more than an hour of back and forth on the house floor so far. and after this the house will move on to debate article ii, abuse of power and obstruction of congress before a final vote some time this evening. i should point out this procedural vote is called moving the previous question and is almost always won by the majority party because you're basically giving the majority party the right to control the debate. on very rare occasions the min...

Say that until i see the proposal obviously. this is an issue in which now we have 215 members or 216 members who have signed a discharge petition to bring four alternatives to the floor, one of which would be an alternative that the speaker could present to the floor of whatever he deems to be an appropriate compromise. he can do that. but he also ought to bring this bill -- the bills to the floor and the rule to the floor which allows for the dreamers act which is essentially looked at as a democratic bill. the goodlatte bill which is essentially a republican bill, and the herd aguilar which...

After speaker boehner admonished his caucus to get their as in line, rhyming with basses. beginning at 12:30 this afternoon, the first of debates and votes, the first on a rule itself. assuming that passes, it moves on to debate of the boehner bill. what are the chances of passage? we've got a graphic you should keep in mind as you watch the debate this afternoon. there are 240 republicans, boehner needs 217. he can only afford to lose 23, and if it passes the house, it's going to pass by a squeaky, close margin if it does at all. it faces a highly uncertain future in the senate, jon. jon: jus...