he was a republican, it wouldn t be that story. given the margins are so thin, the fact that having one less democratic senator will be a challenge for the democrats and helpful to the republicans. rob: either way. if he is convicted and either expelled from the senator decides to leave the senate voluntarily before january 20, 2018, chris christie of new jersey probably a republican. rob: we will be right back. viol. for you, sir? the original call was for langoustine ravioli. a langoustine is a tiny kind of lobster. a slight shellfish allergy rules that out, plus my wife ordered the langoustine. i will have chicken tenders and tater tots. .t
times and convicted of felonies. and also enforcement actions. e-verify. bill: this is very important to nail down. is the president considering finding a path to allowing 800,000 dreamers to stay here? bill, the president took action yesterday through his administration. now it s time for congress to act. in that tweet the president is saying if congress fails to act he will revisit it. now it s up to congress. if congress will start acting let s set a great trend with congress actually acting on major pieces of legislation. hopefully they ll get moving on harvey relief, the debt ceiling, daca if they choose. certainly on tax reform. the president is going to north dakota today to talk about his tax reform, energy unleashing policies. he is going there with democratic senator heidi high camp and this is all important.
politic showdown over supreme court nominee is set to take center stage in washington beginning today as democrats look to block the confirmation of neil gorsuch. senate judiciary carlos estevg expected to meet. if that does happen, sets the stage for a final vote on gorsuch on friday. over the weekend. senator of indiana announced he will vote in favor of gorsuch. makes him the third democratic along with senators joe mansion and heidi high camp to announce support. several more announced they would vote no. richard blumenthal. that leaves the democrats just two votes shy of 41 needed to block the supreme court nominee with just a handful of democrats still undecided on how they ll vote. despite falling short of 60 votes needed to avoid a
democratic senators like senator joe manchin and heidi high camp who are urging a vote for him because they feel he s a qualified candidate. even if the administration gets those three senators on board, that still only brings them to five democratic senators and again they need eight in order to withstand a filibuster and get 60 votes to get him past, so this will be a showdown in the senate next week. implications, paul, long term if republicans actually trigger the nuclear option? by the way, there are those that say this is not the appointment to fight because you re replacing a conservative with a conservative, and let s face it, many of the decisions by the supreme court were of a moderate tone, let s say, with that particular setting, that down the road that s the one you have to really worry about. yeah, democrats have shown no real interest in that conversation. they want to go to the mattresses on this one and fight, fight, fight. they think that president trump at the mo
polluters and people who want to breathe air and drink water, scott pruitt sides with the corporate polluters. he has no business as the head of the epa. mr. pruitt represents a step backward, not a step forward. he is maybe the last person who should be the leader of the epa. pruitt is expected to sale through his confirmation vote. two red state democrats, heidi high camp and joe manchin of west virginia have said they will vote for pruitt. senator susan collins of maine is the lone republican to come out against pruitt. her vote will be offset by high camp and manchin. in pakistan a slew of revenge killings and in baghdad a car bombing at an auto dealership has left 55 people