senator number two john cornen said they re in a good place, they re trying to finish issues and they re going to get that eventually. perhaps by tonight, likely by tomorrow, right now, that looks at least somewhat in doubt. or at least, wolf, they need to figure some things out before they actually finish this vote that again, was not supposed to be a problem for republican lead percent. yeah, sent it back to committee, that would be a very, very big deal. major setback for republicans. we ll stay in close touch with you, phil, you ll update us on the latest. let s get back to senator ben cardon of maryland, he s a democrat. give me your reaction to what we re seeing right now, senator. this deals with the deficit. the motion says that the committee should return the bill without creating any addition to our deficit. it should be one that we all agree on. we shouldn t be deficit financing a tax cut. it s no wonder there are republicans who are really concerned about it. the bill a
and then, it eliminates one of the provisions in the affordable care act that will mean 3 million people will lose their health insurance. this is not a bill that should be passed. but the democrats, there s not much if anything you can do. it all depends on finding three republicans who will oppose it, right? the democrats are united against the bill. they re using what s known as reconciliation, which is a partisan process. they can jam it if they can get 50 republicans who will support the bill. and you will not even know the final version of the bill because it ll come out at the 11th hour and be voted on without really understanding the consequences. this is not the way we should be doing tax reform. we should do it bipartisan, working together for the american people. senator cardon, thanks for joining us. thank you. we re going to continue the follow the drama on the senate floor right now. we ll update you on the very latest. there s other important news we re followi
person that the government, governor appoints temporarily might not be allowed then to be on that ballot. that s still in question, so we ll wait and see. one more thing, wolf, we re going to see the debate now over what this administration looks like. who the replacements are going to be, but we re also going to see reaction coming from all sides as to how this was handled. and i just heard from a former senior long time diplomat who told me these guys have no honor and no shame. wolf. strong words indeed, michelle, thank you very much. michelle kaczynski over on the state department. democratic senator ben cardon the maryland is joining us. he s the ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee, what s your reaction, senator, to this expected shake-up over at the state department, and possibly the cia? well, wolf, it s good to be with you. we are already troubled by what s happening at the state department. and we know that career people are leaving. we know that s dif
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dialogue they re having about dominations. now part what have they tried to do today was to put up a stop bill on the president s executive order because democrats can t control the floor. that was doomed to failure, but it was something they wanted to do as a measure of what they are standing up for. now, republicans had to be there to object to it, and tom cotton of arkansas was the man chosen for that. he put a stop to it when which any senator on the republican side could do, and he had words about democrats and how they re reacting today versus some of the issues from the obama years. here s the minority shedding crocodile tears over president trump s immigration and refugee policy, but where were those tears the last eight years when president obama s foreign policy created all of these refugees? reporter: now peter, another way that democrats are able to use the executive order and to kind of wrap that in the confirmation process, we learned today that democrats objected to