However, headline in the wall street journal today, conservative House Republicans say they have the votes to block health care. How about that . Well, the salesman in chief, that would be President Trump, is trying to turn that around as of right now. You are going to see a grit deal of political nastiness today. Democrats get their chance to question Supreme Court nominee neil gorsuch. Yes, it will be nasty and youll see it. It seems investors not distracted. Stocks will open just a little this morning. If the tax cut is still on track the trump rally is still on track. Watch it unfold with us. Varney company is about to begin. Due to unprecedented treatment, judge garland was denied a hearing and this vacancy has been in place well over a year. I just want to say im deeply disappoint that its under these circumstances that we begin our hearings. I do not know of any other Supreme Court nominee who was selected by Interest Groups rather than by a president in consultation witthe sena
Today i am nominating chief join the supreme court. Reporter with that announcement, a political showdown begins. President obamas nominee, 63 yearold Merrick Garland is chief judge known as a moderate drawing bipartisan support over the years. Hes earned a track record of earning consensus as a thoughtful, fairminded judge following the law. Reporter garland called the nomination an honor. For me, there could be no Higher Public Service than serving as a member of the United States supreme court. Reporter president obama said garland is eminently qualified but republicans have repeatedly vowed to block the nomination regardless. This vacancy will not be filled this year. We will look forward to the American People deciding who they want to make this appointment through their own votes. Reporter a promise that Mitch Mcconnell first made within less than an hour after justice coo is leahs chuck grassily announced he would not hold a hearing to consider the nominee. Today, Senate Democra
Taiwan, as they were both as they were both called. So there have been many times in our history when president s have had to do the hard work. Esident george h. W. Bush made a budget agreent for which he may have caused him to lose the election in 1992 because it angered a number of republicans, but it also helped balance the budget and gave us a period of time in the 1990s when that agreement plus a good economy gave us an actual surplus of funding. Sense that there is at the white house a feeling, two things that i would like to disabuse the white house of. Thfirst is tt the budget problem isnt a real problem. I cant believe that people at the white house think that. I mean, Everybody Knows it is. Senator mcconnell gave a very good explanation of what was going what was going on there, but let me say it this way in 2025, according to the Congressional Budget Office, every dollar of taxes we collect will go to pay for medicare, medicaid, Social Security and interest on the debt, and
And your personal views about the precedent have absolutely nothing to do with the good job of a judge. Let me ask you about citizens united. In this case, the Supreme Court held the government cant restrict independent political expentdature by a nonprofit organization. Do you agree with that decision . Senator, id give you the same response. I know people have their views, personally, about lots of Supreme Court decisions. And about a lot of other things. Were all human beings. I get that. Im not an algorithm. Theyve hasnt yet replaced judges with algorithms, but maybe ebay is trying. And maybe successfully. Were all human beings but the judges job is to put that stuff aside and approach the law as you find it. And thats part of the precedent of the United States Supreme Court that im sworn as a sitting judge to give the full weight and respect to due precedent. Those two cases were 54 decisions so let me ask you about something that was unanimous. Hosanna tabor. The Supreme Court ru