huge, long list of nominees. and most of these nominees are renominations of people who had already been put forward by the white house last year, but the senate didn t act on them. so maybe the length of this list is deceiving since it s a lot of renominations, but this is a very long list of people. and it is possible that a great number of these people, if not all of them, could happen now that the democrats in the senate have changed the rules so republicans can t block nominees with just a minority of votes anymore. it s a huge list that the white house put out today. so janet yellen, that happened. that list of nominees, that could happen. and tomorrow morning, at 10:30 eastern time, we will find out what else can happen because tomorrow morning the united states senate has scheduled a vote on a bipartisan proposal to extend for three months the unemployment benefits that got cut off at christmastime for 1.3 million americans. the labor department estimates that that cutoff letti
put forward by the white house today. huge, long list of nominees. and most of these nominees are renominations of people who had already been put forward by the white house last year, but the senate didn t act on them. so maybe the length of this list is deceiving since it s a lot of renominations, but this is a very long list of people. and it is possible that a great number of these people, if not all of them, could happen now that the democrats in the senate have changed the rules so republicans can t block nominees with just a minority of votes anymore. it s a huge list that the white house put out today. so janet yellen, that happened. that list of nominees, that could happen. and tomorrow morning, at 10:30 eastern time, we will find out what else can happen because tomorrow morning the united states senate has scheduled a vote on a bipartisan proposal to extend for three months the unemployment benefits that got cut off at christmastime for 1.3 million americans. the labor depar
huge, long list of nominees. and most of these nominees are renominations of people who had already been put forward by the white house last year, but the senate didn t act on them. so maybe the length of this list is deceiving since it s a lot of renominations, but this is a very long list of people. and it is possible that a great number of these people, if not all of them, could happen now that the democrats in the senate have changed the rules so republicans can t block nominees with just a minority of votes anymore. it s a huge list that the white house put out today. so janet yellen, that happened. that list of nominees, that could happen. and tomorrow morning, at 10:30 eastern time, we will find out what else can happen because tomorrow morning the united states senate has scheduled a
lot can happen in 15 months. do you think this debt debate that seems to be playing out in the polls a little bit will have any effect 15 months from now? well, it s going to have some effect. it certainly affected the images of president obama and members of congress. if i had to pick one place of the most impact it s going to be in the party primaries and especially republican primaries. why? republicans were strongly opposed to thel, deal, average republicans, it turns out, were much more opposed to the deal than average democrats. so while some democrats may get a challenge from the left in their primary, i think it s more likely that some of the republican incumbents who voted yes on the deal will get some tea party opposition, some conservative opposition to their renominations. and, look, with redistricting making more and more districts safe across the united states, that s where the real election is in many places. jenna: so as far as the