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Confirmations. some withdrawn or failed. average day? look here. yes the president has a point at 45 days for the -- takes the confirmation. the president has a point that democrats are using their stalling tactics once he sends a name up to capitol hill. but that's only part of the problem. only part -- only part of the problem. he's, yes, democrats are using every tactic they have. why has the administration been so slow to name people to basic jobs and very important jobs in the government? >> look, i think you've got to give the president and the white house a little credit here in that ju...

Progress. a lot of talk about the administration filling top jobs. take a look as we approach the six-month mark. the president is well behind other presidents and running slow. 210 jobs requires senate confirmation. 49 senate confirm so far. how does that compare? bring this up and see. this is the obama administration. look. numbers much greater than the trump administration. see confirmations. obama here. trump, way down here. not just a democratic administration. george w. bush. nominations here. confirmations here. a little behind obama but well ahead of president trump. when you look at ...

Haven't even seen this legislation and certainly no member in the democratic caucus has. what kind of process is it that when you deal with an issue that impacts tens of millions of people in this country, republicans don't even have the guts to allow it to go to a committee where we can have an open hearing, where questions can be asked? >> republicans call the democratic stalling tactics a stunt. republican marco rubio of florida says it's okay to work on complicated stuff in private up to a point. >> that has to at least have a vote in the senate. i hope it's a vote that allows plenty of ti...

Welcome back. one more from the tweet storm. dems are taking forever to include my people. they are nothing but obstructionists. that is misleading. yes, democrats are using stalling tactics. but the biggest reason so many big government jobs are vacant is because the president and his team, some 150 days in, have been so slow to fill them. there are 442 senior government positions for which this administration has not named a candidate including a big position including terrorism and homeland security. the fbi director is a vacancy now. the ts achieve and the national counter terrorism center...

And is revenged to make revenge. >> howard: this is middle school politics. we talk about senate stalling tactics and each side will vote the minority, it's getting a little old. >> harris: no one had good hair and middle school, by the way. the republicans gain any street crowd by saying we are going to do this and now we'll do this or does it backfire on them? what your take? >> howard: given that harry reid illuminated certain filibusters, he ran the senate, i don't think they took a big hit on that. yes, it cause president trump to not put major pieces of legislation on the board. this wou...