requested, everything, all of the money that harlan crow spent on clarence thomas. we ll get the senator s latest attempt to get that information, when he joins us tonight. lawrence, he has been leading the charge on that in a way that i think is so critical, given the other silence from his colleagues on the other side of the aisle. i am eager to hear what he says. he has really stepped up. alex, there is a tweet that i want to read to you. this is from feisty granny, which is a handout that i think will probably available to you for years from now, she says, i never had doubts. this was not his first time dealing with the negotiations. he knows what he is doing. i ignored all the breathless reporting knowing that it would be okay. she is of course talking about president biden s handling at the debt ceiling negotiations. feisty granny is just much cooler than i am about this. i was worried for months and weeks. but it turns out that the guesswork thing that i offered
Vote the presiding officer on this vote the yeas are 52. The nays are 48. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the bill. The clerk calendar number 266 h. R. 1 an act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles 2 and 5 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask unanimous consent the senate that senator wyden or his designee be recognized to offer a motion to commit the bill, text of which is at the desk. I further ask that the time until 8 00 p. M. Be equally divided between the leaders or their designees and that at 8 00 p. M. The senate vote in relation to the motion to commit with no intervening action or debate and that following the disposition of the wyden motion, the majority leader be recognized. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. Mr. Wyden mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from oregon. Mr. Wyden i ask unanimous c
Illinois senator named barack obama. Bigger one than she has over sanders today. In a moment were going to look at the developing fight between the two leading candidates, donald trump and Hillary Clinton over bill clintons sexual past. And were going to talk to two of the republican candidates who will be making their do or die stand in New Hampshire. But first, lets go to the centers of the political universe for the next 37 days, New Hampshire and iowa. And Kristen Welker and Hallie Jackson are standing by. Let me start with hallee in iowa. We know that its cruz or bust when it comes to iowa. But who else is in the game there . Trump . Rubio . What else is going on . Well, look at whos here this week, chuck. Youve got ted cruz doing his 28 county sixday bus tour. Hes coming out hard, trying to show his campaign is framing it that hes not taking any votes here in iowa for granted. Mike huckabee is doing 150 stops here over the next month. Hes got four in the can already. So he is a p
Was way out in front. Remember how his presidency turned out . He was doubling the showing of the eventual nominee john mccain. And Hillary Clinton, she had an even bigger lead over that illinois senator named barack obama. Bigger one than she has over sanders today. In a moment were going to look at the developing fight between the two leading candidates, donald trump and Hillary Clinton over bill clintons sexual past. And were going to talk to two of the republican candidates who will be making their do or die stand in New Hampshire. But first, lets go to the centers of the political universe for the next 37 days, New Hampshire and iowa. And Kristen Welker and Hallie Jackson are standing by. Let me start with hallee in iowa. We know that its cruz or bust when it comes to iowa. But who else is in the game there . Trump . Rubio . What else is going on . Well, look at whos here this week, chuck. Youve got ted cruz doing his 28 county sixday bus tour. Hes coming out hard, trying to show
Some surprising results from our news square survey. Guess what . Might men . Theyre not the angriest. And jerry sign held in a car getting coffee with the president of the United States. Do you ever think about every person you talk to is putting on an act . A total show . Its a problem. And joining me for insight and analysis this sunday morning are, host of msnbcs hardball chris matthews. The Washington Post right turn columnist in jennifer rubin. White house political director under george w. Bush and a cnbc contributor sara paying then and the Washington Post columnist in eugene robinson. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Happy new year, 2016 is finally here. We can really focus now on the president ial race. Teasing, of course, but it does in iowa and New Hampshire begins and we hope to learn the answers to these three questions will trump voters show up . Who will be the antitrump and anticruz establishment candidates . Can democrats truly get excited about Hillary Clinton