every supreme court nominee, since the eisenhower administration, with the exception of clarence thomas, was able to receive a threshold of more than 60 votes. i don t think anybody could get that. if gorsuch, who is considered to be someone that both sides could find quite palatable can t pass, i just don t see an environment where you will ever get to 60 votes or you will never have anyone fill the spot or you will go nuclear. marc, that look like where we are. unless president trump had renominated to merrick garland, they would filibuster any form that donald trump brought. we would love merrick garland. i m sorry, this judge [laughs] judge gorsuch is such a boy scout. there is no ethical problems. the only time there has been a filibuster was back in 1968, an associate justice and was nominated by lyndon johnson to
every supreme court nominee, since the eisenhower administration, with the exception of clarence thomas, was able to receive a threshold of more than 60 votes. i don t think anybody could get that. if gorsuch, who is considered to be someone that both sides could find quite palatable can t pass, i just don t see an environment where you will ever get to 60 votes or you will never have anyone fill the spot or you will go nuclear. marc, that look like where we are. unless president trump had renominated to merrick garland, they would filibuster any form that donald trump brought. we would love merrick garland. i m sorry, this judge [laughs] judge gorsuch is such a boy scout. there is no ethical problems. the only time there has been a filibuster was back in 1968, an associate justice and was
afford to lose to republican votes in the senate, will remind you, and this is being called a make or break moment for paul ryan. do you see it that way? ari: if it doesn t pass in the house floor, it s a make or break moment for paul ryan. the fact that senators oppose it. this entity surpass its bill, and then he went to a conference to decide if you can compromise the two bills. i m old school. i served on the hill in 1980s. congressman didn t comment on what was going on in the senate. i would love to return to those days, because with the senators pass a bill that they think should pass in the senate. if they don t have to reflect on the house bill. sandra: how would you describe the process now? ari: still get it done, this is the point. on the house bill, think about how much coverage there s been about how difficult this is, questions raised, can t pass.
legal. if we re going to debate it, we ll debate it on those terms. instead, they felt their jobs would be put at risk if they didn t confront this head-on or it will would be worth it to fold that sector of their electorate back in. they didn t stop it. if they were willing to negotiate a full budget with democrats where they could horse trade at the margins over issues that include funding for women s health care. they might be even able to provide a minor victory for anti-abortion causes. instead what they re doing is demanding everything and saying we re going to fund the government at current levels and we want to do it with a rider that says no more funding for planned parenthood and that can t pass. if that s the only thing they re willing to offer, the only way this ends is with a government shutdown. haven t we heard that refrain
this country. as it is legal, fetal tissue donation is something we think should be legal or shouldn t be legal. if we re going to debate it, we ll debate it on those terms. instead, they flt their jobs would be put at risk if they didn t confront this head-on or it will would be worth it to fold that sector of their electorate back in. they didn t stop it. if they were willing to negotiate a full budget with democrats where they could horse trade at the margins over issues that include funding for women s health care. they might be even able to provide a minor victory for anti-abortion causes. instead what they re doing is demanding everything and saying we re going to fund the government at current levels and we want to do it with a rider that says no more funding for planned parenthood and that can t pass. if that s the only thing they re