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senator patrick lahey is leaving congress after 48 years. he was be first democrat to serve as u.s. senator of vermont.

patrick lahey reflects on his nearly 50 years in the chamber and how things have changed. >> i look backseen so much was good in the senate and that was lost. judy: remembering a legend, we

guest: democrats were going to introduce there is an patrick lahey said they will hold off which is a good sign because when democrats and republicans start releasing their own framework, they are trying to score points. it's really not focus on what they can agree on. the fact that it has not been released as a good sign for negotiations. host: if you want to ask max cohen about congress in these last weeks of december, call us on these lines -- you can text us your thoughts as well. you can always post on her facebook page and twitter feed. we talked about leadership and you said your publication covers leadership. kevin mccarthy is still in an effort to try to get people to decide to become house leader -- house speaker next year. where is that in the process? guest: he is still a couple of votes short of what he needs to be elected house speaker. we reported on the meeting he held last week with members of the house caucus and other far right house members but holding back on support for mccarthy. met gaetz is among them in another pun -- opponent is running for speaker. they are

senator patrick lahey is leaving congress after 48 years. he was be first democrat to serve as u.s. senator of vermont. he was president pro tempore of the senate, making him third in line for succession. he chaired several committees including agriculture, judiciary and most recently, appropriations. he gave a farewell speech on the senate floor with just a few days left before his retirement. sen. leahy: there are some things we experience in life that we can never prepare for, no matter how hard we try. embarking on a life with the person you love is one. having, raising and loving a child is another. and then there is this one today. i have been here 48 years. perhaps to the dismay of hundreds of distinguished presiding officers, i have delivered many floor statements. some more eloquent than others. some less. but i have never delivered a speech like this. and i so appreciate all of you indulging me. my friends and colleagues, marcelle and i have such warm and lasting memories of so many who have served in this chamber, now and through many years. including mentors from the fir

appropriators are trading, now negotiating, and shelby, senator richard shelby of alabama and patrick lahey of vermont are engaged and we'll see if they can strike a deal. okay. think about this for a moment. gop interest are being represented, nothing personal against them, but by richard shelby, an old establishment guy. he's 8 years old. and whose political career is over. that is a joke. look, mitch mcconnell prefers it obscene guard gant wan spending bills because it makes the job easier. it means in the end they won't have to deal with conservatives quite as much in the new year, certainly not in the house. more today, mccobble knows if he reaches a deal this month, then the outgoing speaker nancy pelosi can be trusted to push it through the house. can the same be said about mccarthy in january? as one gop senator told politico this week, nobody wants to hand ken mccarthy a grenade with a pin already pulled. wow. he trusts pelosi more than mccarthy. mcconnell. washington swamp really is a trough with more and more pigs feeding at it every tday. chief among them are our defense contrac

provide a year of no leverage points, and the benefit of going home and having things named after patrick lahey reservoirs named after him. that's what they want, that is literally the swamp, the cartel and there are limited ability to stop this, everyone wants, to bump this, with lower spending. dirksen senate office building 0 before kevin mccarthy hopes to be the democratic -- the republican leader of the house. how bad is that getting. >> kevin mccarthy is doing what he can't get the votes that he doesn't think he's going to get but the fact they are just having this friction is a time of how far in unity the two parties have been as it comes to these leverage points. kevin mccarthy had a white house meeting with all the other leaders in washington which he wanted to do in an omnibus bill, that has changed thankfully and you will only see more division of senate republicans don't go where the new house republicans majority needs to go because they just won the ballot but the economic policies are so out of whack. >> dirksen senate office building 0 the administration, i forget what was happ

a response from the appropriations committee chair patrick lakey of vermont who is retiring -- patrick lahey of vermont. [video] >> report issued says we are sitting on a surplus of $250 billion. in addition, they have rainy day funds approaching over $130 billion. that totals about $380 billion. this omnibus is going to spend somewhere around $1.7 trillion. it is still not enough. here is the 625 pages of earmarks. almost 10 alien dollars worth of additional money going to the states when they're sitting on close to $400 billion of surpluses. this is grotesque. earmarks are the gateway drug to the morgue in our children's future. my minute eliminates all the -- my amendment eliminates all the earmarks from this grotesque bill. >> senator johnson one sister cede the power of the purse to the public servants and exec new branch. they are unaccountable to the voters. we are asking we should be able to reflect the borders of our state. the senator from vermont, i speak with community members, business owners across my state everyday. i have done this for 48 years. i understand what they need. i

a response from the appropriations committee chair patrick lakey of vermont who is retiring -- patrick laheyf vermont. [video] >> report issued says we are sitting on a surplus of $250 billion. in addition, they have rainy day funds approaching over $130 billion. that totals about $380 billion. this omnibus is going to spend somewhere around $1.7 trillion. it is still not enough. here is the 625 pages of earmarks. almost 10 alien dollars worth of additional money going to the states when they're sitting on close to $400 billion of surpluses. this is grotesque. earmarks are the gateway drug to the morgue in our children's future. my minute eliminates all the -- my amendment eliminates all the earmarks from this grotesque bill. >> senator johnson one sister cede the power of the purse to the public servants and exec new branch. they are unaccountable to the voters. we are asking we should be able to reflect the borders of our state. the senator from vermont, i speak with community members, business owners across my state everyday. i have done this for 48 years. i understand what they need. i t

guest: democrats were going to introduce there is an patrick lahey said they will hold off which is aood sign because when democrats and republicans start releasing their own framework, they are trying to score points. it's really not focus on what they can agree on. the fact that it has not been released as a good sign for negotiations. host: if you want to ask max cohen about congress in these last weeks of december, call us on these lines -- you can text us your thoughts as well. you can always post on her facebook page and twitter feed. we talked about leadership and you said your publication covers leadership. kevin mccarthy is still in an effort to try to get people to decide to become house leader -- house speaker next year. where is that in the process? guest: he is still a couple of votes short of what he needs to be elected house speaker. we reported on the meeting he held last week with members of the house caucus and other far right house members but holding back on support for mccarthy. met gaetz is among them in another pun -- opponent is running for speaker. they are sa