We want to begin with the senates special Saturday Session. The bipartisan group tasked with creating the Infrastructure Bill is still working to finalize the text of the deal right now as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is expressing his eagerness to get the legislation on the floor for amendment votes. Ali vitali is on Capitol Hill and has been following it for us. Great to see you this afternoon. Everyone is on the edge of their Seat Waiting for the text to be released. It easily could be about 2,500 pages of text laying out this bill. Any indication were closer to that moment . Reporter yeah, look, it is probably going to be lengthy. They have been working ot for weeks now as this bipartisan group has been negotiating. Theyve been drafting the text along with it. It doesnt mean it is a quick process. Certainly quite the opposite here. Throughout the week weve heard from senators who tried to say the bill is coming in the next hour, the bill is coming tomorrow. That deadline ju
2025, and 2026 for the national Science Foundation and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. Members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the united States House of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from indiana seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, as the member designated by mr. Baird of indiana, pursuant to House Resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. Baird will vote yea on h. R. 2225. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from New York seek recognition . As the member designated by Chairwoman Eddie Bernice johnson, pursuant to House Resolution 8, i inform the house that Ch
The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition . Mr. Beyer mr. Speaker, as the member designated by mr. Lowenthal, pursuant to h. R. 8, i inform the house that mr. Lowenthal will vote yes on h. R. 1374. As the member designated by mr. Lieu, pursuant to h. R. 8, i inform the house that mr. Lieu will vote yes on h. R. 1374. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from New York seek recognition . Mr. Jeffries as the member designated by Chairwoman Eddie Bernice johnson, pursuant to h. R. 8, i inform the house that Chairwoman Johnson will vote yea on h. R. 1374. As the member designated by Chairwoman Velazquez, pursuant to h. R. 8, i inform the house that Chairwoman Velazquez will vote yea on h. R. 1374. As the member designated by Congresswoman Clarke, pursuant to h. R. 8, i inform the house that Congresswoman Clarke will vote yea on h. R. 1374. As the member designated by congresswoman kelly, pursuant to h. R. 8, i inform th
good evening and welcome to politicsnation. tonight s lead, here we go again. later this evening millions of americans will sit down to watch a socially distanced super bowl. and in less than 48 hours, they ll be treated to another made for television spectacle. the impeachment of donald j. trump part two. if we re lucky, it will be the final chapter in the trump political saga, and true to form the preparations have been con contentious and chaotic. we still don t know how long the trial will last or if there will be any witnesses. we can reasonably be sure we will not hear from trump, himself, which is just as well because there s nothing he could say to justify his actions. this is a man who took an oath to preserve and protect the constitution, who for months spread lies about a stolen election, ignoring evidence to the contrary. a commander in chief who tried to bully state and local officials to throw out thousands if not millions of legal votes even after the officia
officially voting to impeach state attorney general, ken paxton. under state law, he s now temporarily suspended from his duties as he now awaits a senate trial. some of the counts included bribery, obstruction of justice, dereliction of duty, and fitness for office, abuse of public trust. this follows years of legal and ethical struggles and most controversial a.g.. texans called the most of the top texas republicans have been now mont the tub lick. with us now, nbc news correspondent priscilla thompson. priscilla, this is historic. what more can you tell us? alicia, it is historic. there have been supporters of ken paxton who flooded to the gallery today to listen as this hearing took place, and as they were letting out we were able to grab mr. here. you re a supporter of ken paxton, your reaction here is that the house is willing to impeach him. i was surprised about having to i think this proceeding is illegal. we ll get a statute in 1993 that is essential