[indiscernible] >> alex bolton senior staff writer of the hill joining us. what has kept the debate from moving forward on tuesday? >> republicans and democrats cannot agree on what the first folks are going to be. more specifically, democrats do not want to vote on a proposal sponsored by pat toomey. ,'swould penalize cities sanctuary cities, that do not cooperate with federal law enforcement on immigration law. that is a vote that the democrats do not want to have. it is a vote that republicans have insisted on a couple times already to come to the floor. mitch mcconnell tried to bring it up midday on tuesday and again at the end of the day. democrats objected both times. instead, the democrats want to vote on a bipartisan plan backed by chris coons and john mccain. it would provide a path to citizenship for the dreamers, the illegal immigrants who came to the country at a young age, in exchange for border security. that would be parceled out over time. the other proposal that the democrats have stressed voting sponsoredlegislation by tom cotton that refle

. >> alex bolton, senior staff writer with "the hill." you can read his reporter at thehill.com. as always, we appreciate the update. thanks. >> thanks for having me. >>> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday morning, georgia republican congressman rob woodall discusses the trump administration's 2019 budget and infrastructure plan. then california democratic congressman john garamendi will also weigh in on president trump's budget. and wellesley college professor katherine moon will discuss the u.s. goal of using the olympics to highlight issues with north korea. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern, wednesday morning. join the discussion. >>> coming up, treasury secretary steven mnuchin testifies before the senate finance committee on the president's 2019 budget proposal. we'll join his testimony live starting at 10:30 a.m. eastern here on c-span3. >>> veterans affairs secretary dr. david shulkin testify testifies about his agent's 2019 budget proposal thursday. secretary

now looking for its fifth leader in 18 months, as our political correspondent alex forsyth reports. therefore henry boltonmoved by the democratic decision of the membership... and with that, ukip bid farewell to another short—lived leader. henry bolton had put his fate in the hands of the party members and five months after they elected him they voted him out. you don't embark on something like this, obviously, hoping to win through. and then find that you don't win through, without feeling, you know, some disappointment, of course. but hey, you know, take it on the chin and move on. it was his relationship withjo marney that led to questions over his future. she sent a series of offensive messages leading ukip's ruling body to demand he quit. today, party members voted and they endorsed that decision. so the mep, gerard batten, has ta ken over temporarily. before the fourth leadership contest in 18 months. costly for a cash—strapped party. ukip has to continue because we are the only opposition. this party was riding high after the brexit referendum, but since then it's been in turmoil, struggling for di

henry bolton. 63% of party members supported the motion of no confidence, following the controversy over racist messages sent by his then partner. racist messages sent our political correspondent alex leave ukip? well, in the short term there is an interim leader, the mep gerard batten but beyond that another leadership contest. this will be the party's fourth in just over 18 contest. this will be the party's fourth injust over 18 months, since nigel farage stepped down. there are some here who fear ukip simply won't survive another divisive contest. there are others though, in fact the majority, who thought it was the right decision for henry bolton to because they said his personal life had become too much of a distraction from thejob. so he has now stepped aside. either way you look at this ukip wasa aside. either way you look at this ukip was a party that was riding high after the brexit referendum, but since then it has struggled with internal infighting, to find direction, search for leadership and there's a danger now that while today has passed with no high drama there is broad acceptance of this result, in the long term this will only deepen, not heal, the party's division

. >> alex bolton, senior staff writer with "the hill." you can read his reporter at thehill.com. as always, we appreciate the update. thanks. >> thanks for having me. >>> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday morning, georgia republican congressman rob woodall discusses the trump administration's 2019 budget and infrastructure plan. then california democratic congressman john garamendi will also weigh in on president trump's budget. and wellesley college professor katherine moon will discuss the u.s. goal of using the olympics to highlight issues with north korea. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern, wednesday morning. join the discussion. >>> coming up, treasury secretary steven mnuchin testifies before the senate finance committee on the president's 2019 budget proposal. we'll join his testimony live starting at 10:30 a.m. eastern here on c-span3. >>> veterans affairs secretary dr. david shulkin testify testifies about his agent's 2019 budget proposal thursday. secretary