it was our luck that heidi heitkamp was the petitioner in the 1992 supreme court case which made the marketplace fairness act necessary. we were an unexpected group of senators;wo two republicans, two democrats literally from all over the united states. we disagreed on some things, sure, but we agreed that main street business needed a break and deserved fair treatment. we kept working on it with mike enzi's leadership, and in 2013 the marketplace fairness act passed the is senate overwhelmingly,ov 69 votes. unfortunately, the house of representatives once againen bre our heart and didn't act on it. we kept introducing the bill. main street businesses were still struggling existence the unfair advantage that -- against the unfair advantage. visitors to my office might have noticed a little something that's in my office, i brought it to the floor today, and wondered what this was all about. this was a gift from mike enzi after we were successful in the united states. it would w be a violation of the senate rules to blow the us whenning, but it was a gift from mike for our work togethe

chris christie, former governor of new jersey, heidi heitkamp, former senator from north dakota, republicanz and leigh wright rigueur professor of history at brandice university. governor christie, the next vice president to count the votes is vice president mike pence. does donald trump understand it's a purely ceremonial job and pence has no choice but to announce that donald trump lost? >> it doesn't sound like it, jon, from some of the tweets and other comments the president has made. i'm hopeful that the vice president understands that and will execute his constitutional duties on january 6th and announce the votes as they've been cast by the electors based upon the votes cast by the american people in each one of the 50 states. so i'm confident that will happen and, while there may be some histrionics that go along with it, in the end i'm confident the congress will confirm what the american people did on election day, which was to elect joe biden the next president of the united states. >> senator heitkamp, you're from a state with a lot of republicans who believe these allegations t

the stimulus package and loni chen stanford university, and, and former north dakota senator heidi heitkampshe's also a cnbc contributor and i saw you, heidi, i could watch you in my monitor, i saw you laughing when they asked you that question why is it funny when i want to know where you're coming from with us today? why is that funny? >> well, why do you want to know i just want to see -- >> because i want to know. because i want to know i want to know i want to know, you are in mandan, which is like 200 miles pe west of fargo. in the 200 mile stretch, is there anything, at all, between fargo and mandan >> there are millions of acres of land that feeds the world how is that? >> that's beautiful. i'm fascinated -- look, there's a reason why they make the recurring episodes of "fargo." it's a beautiful but austere look and it's a balmy 9 degrees and snow is expected i don't know if you expect it. lan yi, i don't know where you are at all i don't really care. i'm fascinated, you know that, heidi, whenever you come on i'm fascinated now that's out of the way, heidi, schumer is ready to go 2,

for a look at what is on the table, let's welcome in former senator heidi heitkamp who is a foundingber of one country project. and also former congresswoman nan heyworth, she is also a doctor and served on president trump's advisory board thank you both for joining us. i think the big question the market is awaiting, will the bill actually make it over the finish line. and doctor, i'll ask you first >> i certainly hope it does. you know, when you have josh hawley and bernie sanders on the same page, i'm with steny hoyer who said that we need to get a relief bill out there even if it is a stream lined simplified package, president trump is saying the same thing, but that is the problem having been in congress, i know conflicting priorities, you've got the blue state representatives and senators who want to get federal aid to profit the blue states, the republicans who want to protect businesses from liability. and this is how it ends up being excessively complicated. so i think that they are under a lot of pressure to provide relief given that another round of shutdowns unfortunately

and then senator heidi heitkamp who both made great contributions to our work.it was our luck that heidi heitkamp was the petitioner in the 1992 supreme court case which made the marketplace fairness act necessary. we were an unexpected group of senators, two republican, two democrats, literally from all over the united states. we disagreed on some things, sure. but we agreed that main street business needed a break and deserved fair treatment. we kempt working on it with -- kept working on it with mike's leadership. in 2013 the marketplace fairness act passed the senate overwhelmingly, 69 votes. unfortunately, the house of representatives once again broke our heart and didn't act on it. we kept introducing the bill, main street businesses were still struggling against the unfair advantage that internet-only retailers had. visitors to my office might have noticed a little something that was in my office. i brought it to the floor today. and wondered what this was all about. this was a gift from mike enzi after we were successful in the united states senate. it's