tax deduction for high tax states that you might recall was a big deal in the tax bill a couple years ago. we don t know what this recess is about, and some people were even wondering if there might be an effort to try to put on the house for that resolution that deals with the impeachment managers and send it over to the senate. the house passes the usmca later this afternoon, that will pass with well over 30 300 votes ande ball will then be in the senate court to move to the usmca whether that s before or after a senate trial in february we don t know. that will be pressure that house democrats will apply on the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. the other thing that s happening in the last couple hours, the senate has approved one of the two tranches of spending bills. there are two, 12 total spending bills that fund the federal government and the eight bill wedge has been approved to come at 71-23. we expect a procedural vote on the other wedge later this afternoon.
leader mcconnell and democratic leader chuck schumer will sit down at some point to negotiate terms for a senate trial. for now they are trying to sway public opinion. dana: let s bring in senator john brothel of wyoming, that will be some meeting between senator schumer and senator mcconnell, if and when they sit down. what is your view of things so far today? mitch mcconnell will be foreman of that jury. we were actually joking about it at lunch. they rush to have the impeachment vote, because the articles of impeachment say it s dangerous to have the president even in office but they want to hold this, hold it for a year. that s fine with me, the democrats have been trying to overturn the last election and now they are trying to undermine the 2020 election.
dana: and check out this video, the u.s. coast guard seizing cocaine from a drug running vessel. this have been off the west coast in the pacific. the coast guard dropped off about 18,000 pounds of cocaine in san diego today and officials say it s worth more than $312 million on the street. a wisconsin teenager now facing life in prison after she confessed to killing a man she says not only her but also sold her to others for sacks. sacks. she s only 19 years old and looking at life in prison. she admitted to shooting a kenosha man in the head twice and setting his body on fire inside of the house and what compromiscomplicates the story a reason why. kaiser was tired of the man sexually assaulting her and selling her to others. when it goes to trial, kaiser s case could prove to be a testing ground for affirmative defense
precedent that will echo well into the future. dana: speaker pelosi answered with this. our founders when they re with the constitution they suspected there would be a rogue president. i don t think they suspected we would have a rogue president and a rogue leader in the senate at the same time. dana: we have john brothel who is standing by with his thoughts but let s begin with chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel to catch us up on the news. good afternoon. and they are where the minority in the senate, speaker nancy pelosi. they are meeting to try to see if they can get some of what they want in a senate trial. pelosi and schumer met today to talk about their strategy and he also made this appeal on the senate floor.
process. he wasn t able to call witnesses or have his own attorneys they are so nothing that we have seen has been, in the house at least, has been fair. what they ve come up with is, no crimes, not even really impeaching on the evidence of a crime so the evidence is very flimsy and at the support for the house has done is falling dramatically and specifically in the battleground states. so the democrats will be debating tonight in los angeles and what we will be learnt hearing from them of course are very leftist views. i think dangerous democrats socialist views and they will be condemning the president, but the only way they could possibly beat him in terms of reelection is by trying to undermine him by impeachment because none of those candidates on the stage in my opinion could hold a candle to what donald trump has been able to accomplish in this country. dana: can i just jump in and ask you, do you have a particular opinion on the trial if it comes over to the senate,