A lot coming up this our and interesting stuff happening on the floor of the senate. We will look at the floor and Senate Majority leader harry reid introduced the Nuclear Option which would allow, Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell responding to senator reid, all of certain motions in the senate to pass by majority vote, 51 votes rather than 60 votes. Republicans are not happy about it to say the least, think that getting ugly. We will talk more about it has the power goes on. The thick argument from the republicans is democrats are trying to say a change the subject from obamacare with which mcconnell said majority leader promised he wouldnt break the rules to change the man he may as well have said if you like the rules in the senate you can keep them. You get the reference. That is interesting. Rich edson will come up and we will have Dan Henninger on. Mack breaking news, anything you can talk about. Lets go. Changing the filibuster rules in the senate. We are going to do it. Talk abo
We wish that we werent once again watching this brinksmanship and this fiscal cliff resurface again. Be rated movie when we saw it the first time it doesnt look any better as a rerun it doesnt look any better as a rerun. Democrats believe we should be focusing as elected representatives of the people on strengthening the middle class. Helping our economy grow more jobs. Because if we dont have a strong middle class, we may as well turn off the lights. Were not going to create those jobs. Were not going to continue to be a leader in the world if we dont focus like a laser beam on creating middleclass jobs and helping grow the middle class so that they can buy that home, they can send their kids to college. For the life of me, i dont think any of us understand how shutting down our government and stopping services to the middle class, to that soldiers family, to that veteran who has come home, to that senior who relies on that meals on wheels lunch, how shutting the doors of government w
Next one ranking, i got letters from 21 state lieutenant governors and from 20 secretaries of ate that i want to put in the record at this point. Before i question i have a few points to make. Yesterday any democrat colleagues talked about their concerns that you wouldnt uphold certain laws including the Affordable Care act and you would strip americans of their Health Care Rights and those protections that come with it. These opponents said that republicans just want to confirm you so that you, quote, will carry their policies forward. Meaning republican policies forward on the Supreme Court, but this only shows democrats fundamentally misunderstand what judges are supposed to do. A judge is supposed to interpret laws in an impartial manner, consistent with the constitution. Republicans arent interested in seeing judges, quote, unquote, carry their policies forward. Republicans want judges to interpret the law and the constitution, not make law. We want judges that wont impose their p
Justice antonin scalia, in prepared remarks. It was the content of Justice Scalias reasoning that shaped me. His judicial philosophy was straightforward. A judge must apply the law as it is written, not as she wishes it were. If we can get this wonderfullyqualified, conservative woman on the court, well be making a statement to all young conservative women theres a place at the table for you. Your health care is on the lewin. A justice who on the line. A justice who has been critical of upholding the Affordable Care act. Doesnt matter who judge barrett is, doesnt matter what shes done, doesnt matter her record, doesnt matter. Sandra here we go on to day two. Weve got todays hearing covered, bret baier, as mentioned, Chris Wallace, that maccallum, but we begin with chief Legal Correspondent shannon bream. Shannon, good morning. Here we go, day two. They want it in the books. 30 minutes of questioning from each of the senators today, thats about 31 hours, take us 11 hours, take us well i
In a row. But again in bismarck, the State Capitol where theres one icu bed left for the whole city theyve also now got 52 covid cases in the bismarck public schools. And then thats just like a smattering of local headlines right now. But local headlines look like that all around the country right now. As dozens of states are hitting record numbers, new record numbers for covid cases and in some cases for hospitalizations. Meanwhile a white house official has just admitted to reporters on background, meaning the person wont use his name that person has now admitted to reporters that the trump policy for the country right now and coronavirus is whats known colloquially as herd immunity, letting the virus run its course through the American Population without doing much of anything to try to stop it, under some vague idea that somehow you will simultaneously protect old people and otherwise vulnerable people, while you maximize the number of americans who are infected. This is i think th