the answer to that question is yes. we certainly shouldn t change the way the senate floor procedures have been misused by the minority in order to prevent legislation from getting to the floor of the senate or passing the floor of the senate. so, it s absolutely time to change the senate filibuster rules. and this is just one example. we can give you many, many more of legislation that is passed the house of representatives that was never considered in the senate and now we want to bring it up on the senate floor and we run the risk of having to have a 60% vote in order to move it forward. that s ridiculous. majority should control. and you re a senior member of the senate foreign relations committee and i want to ask you about israel because a number of your democratic colleagues want president biden to speak out more forcefully in a support of palestinians and their rights and what is happening to the palestinians over there. president biden says there s been no shift in his commi
move through the house of representatives. i want to get straight to capitol hill where manu raju is as he s always joining us from his perch there. manu, you ve been watching this. this is something capitol hill nerds like us get to watch on cspan, but this is not your run of the mill rules committee. this is inside baseball how congress actually works ask deali and dealing with the floor procedures. the significance here enormous considering a historic vote will take place tomorrow. we expect the president to be impeached on two counts of abuse of power and obstruction of congress. what we witnessed here this morning was a very lengthy procedure, because this committee does not have time limits for the amount of time that members can question each other. and so that allows the members, as you saw republic kwans pushi back against the democratic
bid for the speakership. georgia s westmoreland is considering a bid. jason chaffetz says if paul ryan is in, he is out. stoking the crisis is the house freedom caucus because the speaker would have less power and giving the rank and file more sway over floor procedures. we are hours before cnn s democratic candidate debate. we are live breaking down the rules and what you can expect next.