investigation could be totally completed. kevin mccarthy refused to take that offer. and instead, we have the select committee that s getting dramatically more and more information than it would have come out if he accepted the offer that pelosi and made. that said, it would be consistent with his career and worries that on this for him to totally step down the committee and their them to take even more aggressive steps. yeah, it s a great point. in fact, he had deputized a member of republican leadership. the ranking member on the security committee to work out a deal with benny thompson. which they did work out for a bipartisan commission. which he then pulled the rug out from under. they passed it in the house, mcconnell filibustered in the sudden. it would ve been a 50/50 split. it would ve been done. i think under statutes in a year. so this is all sort of produced by those choices. you know, the other question i have here is just going through the facts there as laid out in
this select committee that is getting dramatically more information than would have come out if he accepted the offer that pelosi made. that said, it would be consistent with his career and where he s at on this for him to totally stiff arm the committee and dare them to take more aggressive steps. yeah. it s a great point. in fact, he deputized a member of republican leadership, the ranking member on the homeland security committee to work out a deal with betty thompson which they did work out for a bipartisan commission. which he then pulled the rug out from under. they pass it in the house. mcconnell filibustered in in the senate. it would have been like the 9/11 commission, a 50/50 split. it would have been done under statute in a year. has all produced by the choices. you know, the other question i have here, i mean, just going through that facts there is so much of this is already in the public record. i mean, he s him being a
get on the same page to pass some of this critical legislation? the democratic party needs to be in lock step. well part of what joe was saying in that tape was that he was disillusioned about the vote on the january 6th commission. a couple of those votes, for example, on his billings say, and joe might say, you know what, they aren t bipartisan, we are not going to do it that way and it might move joe and might move crisp cinema toward the kind of modification that will make them invest, have skin in the game when they filibuster. there will be a lot fewer filibuster. mcconnell filibustered nor executive nominees during obama than in the previous history of the united states.
be more proactive. part of what joe is saying in that tape was that he was very dissolution about the vote on the january 6th commission. a couple of those votes, for example, on his bills say it and joe might say you know what, they aren t bipartisan, we re not going to do it that way. that might move joe and it might move kristen cinema towards the kind of modification that will make them invest there will be a lot fewer filibusters. mcconnell filibustered more executive nominees during obama that had been filibustered in the previous history of the united states. that is really interesting. i think we re gonna leave it
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