introduced, passed into law, jointly with john cornyn and marco rubio. the emergency tax relief give over $5 billion in emergency tax relief for families impacted by hurricane harvey. it passed both houses of congress overwhelmingly and was signed into law, providing immediate relief for those impacted by harvey. only four texas democrats voted no on the legislation. one of them was congressman o' rourke, the congressman. there was a reason for that. he gave an answer now now saying that it did not provide tax relief. that is not what he said at the time. he said that the reason he voted no was that he wanted to focus on illegal immigrants instead of hurricane relief. that was his answer at the time. moderator: thank you, senator. representative, 60 seconds for a rebuttal. do you regret the vote? rep. o'rourke: i don't. i will always see what i can do to work with anyone anywhere to do better for texas. that's what i was trying to do. senator cruz mentioned listening to and working with local leaders in houston. i have listened to and worked with the may

again, i said john cornyn. you were seeing shots of cornyn on the floor.s where i thought we were going. that was bob corker of tennessee. now you're seeing shots of john cornyn on the floor. corker, a republican from tennessee not seeking re-election. there had been some talk at the very beginning of this process that his vote might be up for grabs. but corker will be voting to confirm brett stevens -- excuse me. brett kavanaugh to the supreme court. brett stevens is a reporter for "the new york times." i have "the new york times" on my mind because i have a reporter from them here. and nancy cook is a reporter for politico still with us is josh barrow. adam, let me start with you. we've seen -- it's been a long-term story going back at least 30 years. partisanship of washington intersecting with the supreme court nominations. it looks like the vote count on this in about an hour is going to be the closest we've had, even closer than clarence thomas in 1991. this nomination, if it is successful this afternoon and brett kavanaugh joins the court, talk to m

john cornyn is never going to have to worry about winning a general election.least not for a few years. he's got to worry about the republican primary. and so what these republicans have learned is they have much more interest in kind of towing the line. they have tried to go against the president in certain instances. it has come back on them badly. and so what we've seen is, they have kind of gradually adopted some of these tactics over the course of the last two years. it is not completely on the same page. we don't see the same kind of language necessarily. but a lot of times, it is very suggestive attack, which is what we saw from john cornyn this weekend. >> actually, there is always something, and i want to read something from julia iathe, how much responsibility does trump bear? i saw it while reporting on russia, where, after unexpected pro-democracy protests and the annexation of crimea, putin create and environment so vicious, so toxic, he called critics national traders, and when assassins killed the opposition leader boris, at the foot of the kreml

we begin with texas senator john cornyn. this is about one hour. >>

john cornyn, a decent person if you ever dealt with him. courtly almost. former judge in texas, right? just taking this kind of -- >> let's pause on that. a former judge tweeted bubbly for brett. >> on the whole, nothing was proven and it's right to confirm him but that's a different tone than this. >> leave that up there. this says nothing about, i, john cornyn, believe in conservative judicial philosophy so i am happy today that another conservative judge is on the supreme court in the seat of justice kennedy. that's not what that tweet says. it's a glass of alcohol, and we should have -- we could have had a serious conversation about over -- underage drinking. we could have had a serious question about, you know, how to treat serious issues but a united states senator, former judge, tweeted a picture of alcohol. >> it's bad. having said that, i was just on the phone with a pollster seeing a lot of recent democratic polls. they are a little worried. it is tightening a little bit. there's been some republican enthusiasm. that may fade over four weeks. it

we begin with john cornyn. this is about an hour. mr. cornyn: mr. president, in a few moments, we will vote to confirm judge kavanaugh to the united states supreme court. it is time. justice gorsuch and justice sotomayor were

john cornyn was great. he was great during the hearings. stand up, john. know, it was a surprise. he surprised her, right. she didn't know what the hell happened, john. you surprised her with that beautiful texas accent. always a great job. and you have an attorney general who doesn't stop. he's tough, he's smart, he collects more money for the state. he loves the state. ken paxton. thank you, ken. great job. doing a great job, ken. we are working closely with your state leaders in the recovery effort. following the devastation of harvey, we continue to work so quickly. in this case, went very fast. and we are never going to rest until that hurricane is totally out of our site, our vision. everything is fixed, and it is very close to being finalized, but we will never rest until every last bracket, every last piece of asphalt and concrete, everything is perfecto. right? and if we did rest, ted cruz and a john cornyn and can paxton and dan -- i love dan. what a great guy. they will not let me rest. they will never let me rest. we stand ready to help texas r

john cornyn was great during the hearings. >> [cheers and applause]. >> stand up, john. >> [cheers and applause]. >> you know it was a surprise. you surprised her, right? she didn't know what the hell happened, john. you surprised her with that beautiful texas accent. thank you, john. great job. always a great job. not just there. always a great job. you have an attorney general who doesn't stop. he is tough. he is smart. he collects more money for this state. he loves the state. ken paxton. thank you, ken. >> [cheers and applause]. >> a great job. doing a great job, 10. -- ken. we are working closely with your state leaders in the recovery effort. following the devastation of harvey. we continue to work. it doesn't go so quickly, but in this case this went very fast. we will never rest until that hurricane is totally out of our sight and our vision and everything is fixed. it's very close to being finalize. we will never rest until every last brick and every piece of concrete is perfecto. >> [cheers and applause]. >> right? if we did rest, ted cruz and john cornyn and ken paxton and d

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senators lindsey graham, john cornyn, orrin hatch, mike lee, ,ed cruz, ben says, jeff flake mike crapo, tom tillis, and john kennedy. [applause] pres. trump: thank you also to rob portman, sitting right here. [applause] pres. trump: and finally, we are indebted to senator susan collins, for her brave and eloquent speech, and her declaration that when passions are most inflamed, fairness is most in jeopardy. how true, how true. how true. [applause] kavanaugh isbrett a man of outstanding intellect, a brilliant scholar, and his credentials are unsurpassed. a graduate of both heal college and yield law school -- yale college and law school, he has taught at yale and georgetown. he spent 26 years of public service, and just like justice gorsuch, he clerked for justice kennedy. for the last 12 years, he was a judge on the d.c. circuit court of appeals, widely regarded as our nations second-highest court. during his tenure, he authored over 300 opinions, distinguished by their masterful and impartial reasoning. judge, he is aes fair-minded, unbiased, and evenhanded person. that justice must b

senator grassley, lindsey, john cornyn, all of them, senator grassley, lindsay, john cornyn, all of them, every up with of them, i said let them decide -- congress is very much involved. i will in this case make certain recommendations. we have 450 approximately dollars worth of things ordered from a very rich country. saudi arabia. and 600,000 jobs, maybe more than that. and, it would be very hurtful to this country, if we said oh, we're not going to sell it to you. i would certainly make that recommendation to congress but, i will very much listen to what congress has to say. they feel very strongly about it also. so i will be doing this with congress. i do hope that they will be able to see the way clear to take, to make these products. we're talking about almost every state in the union is affected because it is the largest order ever given. i went to saudi arabia first. a large part of the weekend they agreed to do it, they agreed to spend $450 billion, on buying and investing in united states. so i hope we can keep that. i hope we don't lose track of that. there are plenty of other

i talked to john cornyn, the republican whip. he said the leaders said we would be voting this week. i would take him at his word. i said wait a minute. what if people haven't read the report, what if people haven't had time to digest it. he said we want to do first things first. he said we need to take our time. neil? >> neil: part of taking their time is, they'll have no choice because apparently there will be this one copy. they don't make copies for all 100 senators? >> that's right, this is kept in a safe in the judiciary committee. all 100 senators can read it. it will be taken to their office. only nine aides will be able to look at this. when i spoke with john cornyn, he said he hoped it was publicized in some fashion. the issue is out there and he believes the country deserves to know what is in the report so they understand the votes of their senators, neil. >> neil: i'd imagine this will run into the many pages. >> that's a completely valid question. nobody knows. that's why people are saying, can they start this proce

her a little off base, john cornyn of texas, and a lindsey graham, who did such a great job.right? did a great job. how good was lindsey graham? and you know what? he was speaking from the heart. by the way, it took a week, but that extra week was a great thing because it showed no corroboration, no nothing. by the way, no nothing. how good was senator susan collins yesterday, really? great. and chuck grassley? i will tell you what, chuck was great. he has got to be very happy with what we did on trade, right? chuck from iowa, a great state. and mitch mcconnell. how good? he was tough and smart. he was great and worked hard and we got ourselves the finest legal mind, one of the finest human beings. again, what his family took, the horror that they had to endure by these people like blumenthal and cory booker who was a disaster as a mayor of newark, new jersey. [crowd booing] what they had to take was a disgrace. the only reason to vote democrat is if you are tired of winning. we want to win, win, win. we will never get tired of it. after years of rebuilding other nations we a

and the sense where you don't try and -- >> i know john cornyn, and lindsey graham has been a friendr years and years and years. i'm worried -- and i know them to be better than this. i know them to be people who have some level of empathy for victims. and so i worry about what i see as the trumpification of the republican party, even leaders who were not that before. and, you know, i just think they've got to reflect on the message they are sending the millions of people who are hurt by this, who are shattered and crushed by this. whether they think it's fair or not, it is a reality. a large percent of america is crushed. >> we're going to continue to talk, ana, and ryan and susan as well. stick around. >>> when we come back, we've got a new poll out today that senators on both sides of the aisle should be worried about. ♪ all the tools you need for every step of the way. make it, squarespace not long ago, ronda started here. and then, more jobs began to appear. these techs in a lab. this builder in a hardhat... ...the welders and electricians who do all of that. the diner staffed u

john cornyn being enthused. nothing about that surprises or shocks me. >> let me ask you, i know you're big taylor swift fans. she weighing in about the big race in tennessee. she put a post on instagram saying she is not supporting marsha blackburn. she fundamentally disagrees with some of the decisions she's been making as a representative. she's endorsed former governor retison. what do you make of celebrates, a, taylor swift weighing in? she's been criticized in the past for being apolitical, not weighing in. is there a role for celebrity-like stars like swift? >> reasonable people can disagree about this and one never knows how informed a particular celebratety might be. if you are concerned about young people turning out to vote and you get the taylor swifts of the world who has followers on social media platforms, that becomes important and possibly a motivating factor. >> i never thought swift and blackburn were never, ever getting back together. you know what it does, it raises i think redirect conversa

senator grassley, lindsey, john cornyn, all of them, senator grassley, lindsay, john cornyn, all of them with of them, i said let them decide -- congress is very much involved. i will in this case make certain recommendations. we have 450 approximately dollars worth of things ordered from a very rich country. saudi arabia. and 600,000 jobs, maybe more than that. and, it would be very hurtful to this country, if we said oh, we're not going to sell it to

and the last point, senator john cornyn, the senior republican senator from the state of texas and i wrote legislation that would make us even more secure by ensuring that we have the staffing at our ports of entry that inspects everyone and everything that comes into this country while facilitating legitimate trade and travel connected to millions of jobs in texas and throughout the country. thank you for your question. >> and congressman, as a follow-up, you are opposed to pretty much every major immigration policy proposal coming from the trump white house. so, what is your plan to deter immigrants from coming across the border illegally? >> first, let's make sure that our laws reflect our values and that we follow the laws that we have on the books right now. i would argue that the trump administration has broken this country's very own asylum laws. people who are fleeing the deadliest countries on the planet today, honduras, guatemala, el salvador, who are doing what any human being, what amy and i would do in the same situation if it were the only way to save ulysses and henry

we've gotten is just about an hour ago, she finished up lunch with mitch mcconnell, senator john corn cornynther, senator john thune. but this was behind closed doors. the senator came out and said he was optimistic. i just ran into chuck grassley, chairman of the senate jacket, he was in -- judiciary committee. none of them know exactly what senator collins is going to do. just to set the stakes here, wolf, you named senator jeff flake. that's 49. if he stays where he is, that's 49 senators, republicans need 50 and the tie breaking vote from vice president pence. if susan collins says she will vote yes on the nomination, that is the vote that they need. obviously we're still waiting to hear from senator joe manchin, whether he plans to maintain his vote as well. a senator who has been undecided for the last couple of weeks, who has been going through a very, very difficult and complex process, a senator who on some of her crucial issues, most notably health

senator john cornyn speaking on the senate floor right now about the kavanaugh investigation.omen who have known and interacted with judge kavanaugh since. it seems simply out of character for the brett kavanaugh that we have come to know as a result of these hearings and these investigations. and finally, the timing of these allegations seem awfully calculated and unusual, even politically motivated. and you compound that with the fact that our democratic colleagues chose not to act on the opportunity to investigate them -- david: coming up, and our midterm update. district.est swing we will hear from eddie edwards. that is coming up next. check out tv . you can watch us whenever you want on your terminal. live from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ "talents of power our." --alance of "balance of power." mitch mcconnell says the fbi did not uncover information from any witnesses to corroborate claims against kavanaugh, including from people his accusers named as eyewitnesses. the judge denies the allegations. chuck schumer said he had some problems with the report. that this

we begin with texas senator john cornyn. this is about one hour. >> in a few moments, we will vote to confirm judge kavanaugh to the u.s. supreme court. it is time. justice gorsuch and justice sotomayor were confirmed 66 days after they were nominated. today marks the 90th day since president trump nominated judge kavanaugh. this is in line with the timeframe for previous justices. what is different about this nomination is the manifest on -- unfairness in the way it was conducted, and the tone and behavior of some senators, as well as special interest groups that support them. this institution used to be known as the world's greatest deliberative body, but you would not know it now on this nomination. the senator from maine said yesterday that we have hit rock bottom when it comes to the judicial confirmation process. sadly, i agree. the heroic efforts of senator grassley, who along with his staff has been magnificent as chairman of the judiciary committee. what precipitated this embarrassing time for the senate was the int

what did john cornyn run as, big john. this is beautiful ted, because he's been nice to me.he hidden note here is that donald trump is under water in texas. he only has a 49% approval rating. ted cruz should not be in this big fight for his senate seat. trump is being deployed there. he's being asked not to campaign in florida. he's really energizing the base. trump has taken over the republican party. people who thought it was a party of ideas, guess what, not so much. but he's not an asset in national or state wide races necessarily. >> he was asked about whether or not democrats can take the house. >> if the election were held today, the democrats would handily win the house. >> do you agree? >> no, i have been saying for weeks i will not be surprised if republicans keep the house and win the senate. >> why? >> because every time i say there was a silent majority we didn't see in 2016, and i think it still exists, kavanagh wakened it a bit. someone says the polls aren't saying that, that's why it's silent because there's still a lot of who i don't think feel comfortable t

john cornyn has said he will not vote on this until the fbi investigation is complete in spite of mitchcconnell weighing there will be about this week. where do we stand? boththink it could happen ways. there could be a vote this week and the investigation could be completed. senator jeff flake and chris way areo by the appearing together multiple public forums including one today across town in washington have said that they had agreed withone-week commitment each other to have the fbi investigated. the fbi will when the investigation. democrats are raising the issue that this might take longer than one week. are saying this has to be limited in scope. we saw that at the white house from president trump and self. the bottom line, we are in a holding period. senate majority leader has consistently said that likely as soon as the fbi investigation is completed there's going to be a vote. vonnie: is anybody in d.c. talking about potential substitute names? >> president trump has said he doesn't want to discuss the potential backups. democrats are skeptical there would be a less conservati

he has helped donald trump and the white house and worked with hitches and john cornyn to get thingsdone, and if you learn politics is a team sport, a lot of good things will happen for you. >> and it's weird to hear scott say he thinks immigration is good for republicans, and he has not built the wall and border crossings are going up, and so do you think that that this is a winning issue for him? >> well, it is with his base. i think scott's analysis is exactly right, it's the racist demagoguery is what president trump the nomination, and he lost the popular vote but became president, and i am not sure it works in the mid-term if the democrats will answer. scott was wisely complaining the republicans are not running on the economy and democrats should be running on medicare and interest an interview last week he said we are going to go after medicare and social security, and those poor children in central america are no threat to the united states, but mitch mcconnell and ted cruz and the republican playbook of cutting medicare and social security is. >> rachel, in ten seconds or l

senators lindsay graham, john cornyn, orrin hatch, mike lee, ted cruz, ben sasse, jeff flake, mike crapo, thom tillis and john kennedy. [applause] >> thank you also to rob portman, sitting right here. thank you, rob portman. [applause] >> and finally we are indebted to senator susan collins, for her brave and eloquent speech and her declaration that when passions are most inflamed, fairness is most in jeopardy. how true, how true. [applause] >> brett kavanaugh is a man of outstanding intellect, a brilliant scholar, and his credentials are unsurpassed. a graduate of both yale college and yale law school, he has taught at harvard, yale, and georgetown. when he's not working or with his family, he's giving back to his community. he spent 26 years in public service, and just like justice gorsuch, he clerked for justice kennedy. for the past 12 years, brett was a judge on the d.c. circuit court of appeals, widely regarded as our nation's second highest court. during his tenure, he authored over 300 opinions, distinguished by their masterful and impartial reasoning. known as a judge's judge, h

you heard john cornyn saying this is an attempt to search and destroy, it's been a fishing expedition and the republicans want to bring it to a close. they're speaking to an audience of three, jeff flake, lisa murkowski and susan collins. if they agree this has been a full investigation, then that could be enough to get him confirmed as soon as this weekend. you're getting the republican pushback but not a direct answer as to why not all of them were interviewed. >> stand by for heidi heitkamp. >> this isn't a political decision for me. there's a saying history will judge you and most importantly you'll judge yourself. i can't get up in the morning and look at the life experience that i've had and say yes to judge kavanaugh. >> gloria borger, i want to get your reaction. we know the latest polling shows this move may not be good for her politically. >> right. heidi heitkamp is behind a dozen points in the polls. she's been sinking during the whole nomination process, and, you know, red state democrats, this has really hurt them. you were speaking earlier last hour about how this has m

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you can get the kids back in the room. ( laughter ) and john cornyn tore the protesters a new cornyn'e. >> now is the time to quit all of these antics, these hijinks. >> stephen: (as cornyn) "that's quite enough of your antics, your hijinks, jacka-napery, flim-faddle, fiddle-flam, tom-fool-itude, and credible accusations of sexual assault!" after the press conference, senator hatch was approached by protestors, and he gave them a dismissive wave before the elevator doors closed. (as hatch) "see ya, ladies! me and the other old men are off to party! i'm gonna crack open a bottle of ensure and shove it up the old boof tube!" ( laughter ) "mmm! vanilla! oh! oh!" that's a little sweet!" >> jon: oh! >> stephen: obviously, we're joking. earlier in the day, cornyn had an interesting literary comparison for the republicans standing up for brett kavanaugh. >> some commentators have called this our atticus finch moment, recalling the famous novel 'to kill a mockingbird' by harper lee." >> stephen: yes, he's saying that brett kavanaugh is the same as a black man accused of sexual assault by a wh

john cornyn praising her, proud of senator collins for resisting the intimidation. let's bring in the cohost of the five on fox news, juan williams, former special assistant to donald trump mark slaughter and director of the georgetown center for the constitution randy barnett, great to have you with us. i know you want to jump all over each other. i want to play a little something that senator hirono who will be a no vote, here's what she says. >> i don't think this will be helpful to the institution of the supreme court and how people view the supreme court because of there's one thing that is really clear brett kavanaugh made clear what a partisan operative he is and that is what he will take to the supreme court. >> partisan operative. >> it shows once again democrats continue to move the goalposts at every opportunity. they accuse brett kavanaugh of being a rapist and then get upset because he was angered by that and defended himself. it is outrageous. i think this has done more to bring republicans together. former president george w. bush, ted cruz, lindsey g

confronted about possible leaks last week and had this kind of interesting exchange with senator john cornyn. >> can you tell us that your staff to not leak it? >> i don't believe my staff would like it. i have not asked that question directly but i do not believe they would. >> do you know that, as you asked your staff? >> i just did. jennifer reminds me that i've asked her before about it, and that's true. >> laura: well. the jennifer she referenced there is a woman named jennifer duck. her longtime chief of staff who now works on the judiciary committee for the democrats. and it seems to be the authority on the question of weeks. we take the post at their word that their involvement in this story came totally through the tip line, but what we are less clear on tonight is, how the other reporters found themselves in possession of ford's identity? it's strange. we reached out to feinstein's office for clarity and as of 5 minutes ago they had not gotten back to us. here to react, howie kurtz, a host of "media buzz" and match lap. how, let's start with you. assuming the post is being honest h

it had absolutely nothing to do with violence, but john cornyn sent out that tweet this morning to suggestat democrats were doing the same thing nancy pelosi specifically was doing the same thing as donald trump. that is not true. sitting around. cheering and picking. by the way, alex. cesar, the guy who sent out the bombs to various people. >> 12, yes. >> he bathed in those conservative websites, like the one that said that people would be expendable if they disagree with socialist policies and could be collateral damage. who know. there are a lot of people who consume this garbage. and who knows what will make anyone react in a certain way, but that's the reason why people are raising these questions. >> it's so important to put thi things in proper context. to your point, it wouldn't have made any sense to put that out there. do you think he understands how it might appear ten years so to speak when he talks about his hair just hours after one of the worst violence attacks in country ever. >> in addition to talking about his hair, he also mentioned the fact he probably won't ever get th

this is john cornyn, talking about bubbly for brett.ither of those two can compete with sarah huckabee sanders who talked about the supreme court being under president donald trump. submitting a tremendous legacy for the president. of course, talking about liberals and conservatives. because at the end of the day everything, bob costa, of surs is about donald trump in the eyes of sarah huckabee sanders and donald trump. it's not about the court or about the country. with that said, you know, we have spent probably five or ten times where we talked about the president's worst week ever. i would argue last week was probably the president's best week since being in the oval office. winning a very tough supreme court fight. unemployment at 3.7%. renaming nafta. getting anti-china provisions inside there was. launching sort of a holistic attempt to counter the rising influence of china over the past decade or so. what's the attitude inside the white house? are they jubilant right now? do they feel they have the wind at their backs no into th

senator john cornyn, he's a republican and i'm a democrat. we worked on policy to invest in our ports of entry. >>> also during the debate o'rourke said the window to address climate change is closing fast crews criticized o'rourke for supporting the proposal that explored him -- that explored taxes. >>> both sides are spending millions of dollars on proposition eight. it would cap the revenues earned by dialysis clinics at 115%. if they go over that they have to issue refunds to insurance companies and patients who pay out-of-pocket pick the union that represents healthcare workers is the sponsor of proposition eight and they say california's two biggest dialysis companies are making huge profits and there needs to be more oversight. critics say prop eight could force many dialysis clinics to close especially those that serve low-income patients. >> dialysis companies, and our view are the worst abusers of healthcare price explosion and price gouging of patients. >> it would impact the emergency room and flood the emergency room with patient

republican senior senator john cornyn and i worked on a bill to improve border security by investingimate trade and travel, and having a better idea of who and what is coming in to our country. we don't need walls. we can have smart security solutions. and, we can free dreamers from the fear of deportation by making them u.s. citizens today, so they can contribute to their maximum capacity, to their full potential. ( cheers and applause ) and we can move forward in that manner of making sure that we're secure, and making sure that we live up to our values and our ideals. and texas, the defining border state and immigration experience, we should lead on that. democrats, republicans, independents alike, coming together. and as we've traveled the 254 counties of texas, we have heard that. we should be able to lead on that. >> stephen: well, now that-- ( applause ) now that the-- three polls in a row now have found you guys, you and cruz, are essentially within the margin of error. it's very close right now. trump says he will campaign for cruz, despite the fact that they just despise ea

senator john cornyn and i, though he's a republican and i'm a senate, he's the senate, time the housest in our ports of entry. that's where 90% of everyone and everything that ever comes into the united states first crosses. having a better idea of who and what comes into our country demonstrably makes us safer. >> everyone should notice his answer that he wanted to talk about trade and customs and everything except border security. >> is the abolish i.c.e. debate part of the campaign conversation in texas? >> not as much as you might think. certainly as you're alluding to, a lot of democrats around the country are saying that i.c.e., immigration customs enforcement agency should be abolished. beto o'rourke doesn't go there but he does say there should be reforms to the agency. you also hit on something interesting that goes beyond the issue of immigration which is the tone and tenor of this debate. one of the reasons beto o'rourke has become a national figure and has gotten record-setting fund-raising hauls especially last quarter, $38 million from all over the country is because he

allegations have not been corroborated" "no corroboration " john cornyn/(r) texas > "no corroboration " "nothing, absolutely nothing " "enough already. let's vote."the republican leadership scheduled a procecural vote on the kavanaugh for tomorrow, followed by a final vote saturday.among the three swing vote republicans, both jeff flake and susan collins indicated the report satisfied questions they had about kavanaugh's character.lisa murkowski hasn't commented.two red=state democrats are also considered swing votes.today north dakota's heidi heitkamp said she'll vote no.joe manchin of west virginia hasn't made a commitment. democrats who shuttled in and out of the secret room gave the report a thumbs down. "the most notable part of this report is what's not in it." "the whole thing is a sham!" "wholly unacceptable, ." "it did nothing to alleviate my concerns about his honesty and truthfulnessp