so he s in a tough spot here. mcconnell, after knowing mcconnell for a long time, he is never going to rush. he s not going to give into pressure. he is going to have a strategy. he will speck to it as much as he can. i would like an example of mcconnell feeling pressure on the timeline. i do find it fascinating that there are some things not laid out in the constitution but simply in senate rules of how a senate trial could look and could feel. what are you learning? well, kate, there are senate rules. they were updated in 1986. of course we have the clinton trial in the 1990s as an example of how this can work. and i will caution any of this can change if you have a majority of senators who want to change the rules. and of course schumer and mcconnell could come to an
issue of prioritization away, you re looking at a pretty narrow, as it relates to the scope of immigration, you re looking at something pretty narrow. i know five years ago, eyou wer able to see this revolt on the right that kept comprehensive immigration reform from coming to a vote in the house. i m not sure in an election year where control of the house is at stake and republicans know it, i m not sure that can hold again this time. isn t it also true, steve, that it looks like mcconnell knowing mcconnell, and he s a republican down to his core, he s going to have to put something into that bill besides just the dreamers act. i think he ll have to put something on border protection just to give cover. in fact, balance to the bill. you think he ll get a clean bill? i suspect that s right because again, you heard chuck schumer there talking about the 60 votes, the idea of hey, this is probably whatever we come up with is going to need 60 votes. that means you can t just do it wi