mcconnell. he's going to enjoy the run. if arizona starts to heat up from three, they are going to be a tough out in the tournament not that they're not going to be anyway. >> spero: stanford has not led in this game. every point you score against this arizona defense you've got to earn. >> mike: number one ranked defense in the pac-12. number one ranked offense in the pac-12. that usually results in a championship. >> spero: there are two teams in the entire country that are ranked in the top 15 in both offensive and defensive efficiency. kentucky is one. arizona is the other. arizona in no hurry. up 19 with seven and change left. mcconnell high off glass, majestic finish by the fifth-year senior. >> mike: you let him get to his right hand he is awfully tough. he normally looks to pass in that situation, but the lane opened up for him. >> spero: "m.v.p." chants for mcconnell. this is nastic. exencellt footwork. a late whistle on ashley. nastic will step to the line. >> mike: the lane going away

mcconnell. he's going to enjoy the run. if arizona starts to heat up from three, they are going to be a tough out in the tournament not that they're not going to be anyway. >> spero: stanford has not led in this game. every point you score against this arizona defense you've got to earn. >> mike: number one ranked defense in the pac-12. number one ranked offense in the pac-12. that usually results in a championship. >> spero: there are two teams in the entire country that are ranked in the top 15 in both offensive and defensive efficiency. kentucky is one. arizona is the other. arizona in no hurry. up 19 with seven and change left. mcconnell high off glass, majestic finish by the fifth-year senior. >> mike: you let him get to his right hand he is awfully tough. he normally looks to pass in that situation, but the lane opened up for him. >> spero: "m.v.p." chants for mcconnell. this is nastic. excellent footwork. a late whistle on ashley. nastic will step to the line. >> mike: the lane going away

as far as mitch mcconnell, what a joke. harry reid got on the floor of the senate and acted like he is still the speaker. tom on, ladies and gentlemen. we are getting stupid, screwed and tattooed. by bunch of people saying, i went to college. i'm smarter than you. now, anybody can be elected as house speaker. you do not have to be a member of the house to be elected speaker of the house. host: thank you for the call. time magazine out with its cover story focusing on politics, and a bush cover. where jeb bush fits into the family business. he was in iowa this past weekend, and we covered him in urbandale, iowa. you can see that tonight on c-span. arthur from spring city, pennsylvania, good morning. caller: the last person that was on the phone? what is he speaking out of? is he a democrat or what? host: we are hoping to hear from republicans only in the next 20 minutes. what is your take on john boehner? should he remain as speaker? caller: of course. host: ok. where are you falling from -- calling from? you are on the air.

you know, look at the hypocrisy of the republican in mcconnell. mcconnell asked the president, and said to slow down on the appointment back in november. he put loretta up in november and in december he said why don't wait until the republicans take over and then he will handle her in regular order? and here we are, they playing politics, stretching this out, as you said not only -- she's got through the committee finally and now from the committee to getting a full hearing on the floor. the longest period of time. and the only explanation, and the american people has to see it as that the only explanation is it's politics. it's not substantive. because if you want to talk about substantively, it is most important that we put her in place and do it sooner rather than later. but it's pure politics against the agenda for the people. >> dana talking about pure politics mcconnell also said many republicans aren't supporting lynch because of president obama's actions on immigration. listen to this. >> i think the attorney general nominee is suffering f

mcconnell: now mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations -- calendar number 3 and calendar number 4, that the nominations be confirmed the motions to reconsider be made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate, that no further motions be in order that any statements related to the nominations be printed in the record, that the president be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate then resume legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. mcconnell: now mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the judiciary committee be discharged from further consideration and the senate now proceed to s. res. 85. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 85, honoring the life and legacy of georgia jones ayers. the presiding officer: is there an objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the r

the question will be court challenges and mitch mcconnell says the law is on his side. now he's not the one in the governor's seat that will have to actually make that call and be the one to push the limbs and potentially ding the state in terms of breaching what is a rule. and so he is putting himself in an unusual position of prodding the governors to go forth and basically not obey the obama administration but -- >> are they looking for a fight with the president is that part of it? >> absolutely, absolutely ray. legislation on capitol is fairly ham -- hill is fairly hamstrung. they can push back against obama administration environmental regulation but the white house is pretty much going around the legislative process because they're not seeing any victories on comowl capitol hill these days and they're going through the epa the interior department rarg regarding other regulations like fracking. mitch mcconnell won't get many legislative victories that will get the president's signature so he's going his own way. >> what legislate are republicans getting? >> some a

mcconnell: i ask the reading of the names be dispense with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask the mandatory quorum calls with respect to these motions be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask the first-degree filing deadline be at 5:30 p.m. finally, i ask the senate be in around a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mrs. capito: i rise today to discuss the justice for victims of trafficking act. i'm proud to join with my colleagues to cosponsor this important legislation and i applaud senator cornyn and senator klobuchar for putting forward this bipartisan bill. the justice for victims of trafficking act is a call to action. we've heard a lot of discussion about it on the floor here over the last several days. the horrible crime of human trafficking impacts thousands of americans, mostly women and children ea

he said in terms of lobbying against the deal mcconnell says if there is a deal, mcconnell says he would not put forward sanction. we are not sure of john boehner's schedule boehner and netanyahu have a strong relationship and this is the continuation of the relationship. john, what we know right now john boehner will meet with the defense minister here tomorrow. >> it is interesting. a lot of criticism about the visit to the united states and boehner's visit to israel. politicians visit all the time. >> reporter: absolutely. that is a sign of the strong relationship. we know the personal relationship between obama and netanyahu is not good. we have heard both leaders say the strategic ties between the countries remains strong. the american republican presence here this week with the nuclear deal deadline here is a sign of that strength. house speaker boehner doing all he can to keep a personal and professional relationship with benjamin netanyahu. >> oren liebermann thank you. >>> we are learning details about the events leading up to the crash of germanwings flight 9525. the prosecutor

but senator mcconnell can make up laws. what's going on here?u're making the mistake of looking for consistency, reverend. i mean you know i think there's always been this inconsistency among conservatives on states' rights which is they say they're all for states' rights except when states say they want to regulate on the environment harder than the federal government or regulate on consumer stuff, then they say no no no they can't do that that's the federal government's power. but when the federal government is standing on the side of the environment or consumers, they want to tell states ignore this. so it's a consistent form of inconsistency that we've seen on a whole lot of issues from a lot of conservatives. >> and that's a great point. the hypocrisy they show with states' rights and they seem to be about states' rights in many areas, but even republicans are slamming this latest move. christy todd whitman, the former republican governor and head of the epa wrote an op-ed entitled mcconnell can't pick choose which laws to follow. quote, i

. >> we have already seen tension between mcconnell and speaker ma john boehner. we have seen fingers be pointed at senate republicans. are you satisfied with the leadership, or are you is appointed that we already see these tensions? >> i think the staff of our leadership and the staff of senator mcconnell's communicate on a daily basis on dili ♪ issues. but the senate have very different rules than the house. and those have always been a source of frustration to the house members. we have our opinions about what rules are able to function well in the 21st century when republicans are trying to restrain the power of the federal government. those rules can be used to inhibit the ability to do that. that is exactly what we are seeing in the department of homeland security debate. they have measures that have allowed for the passage of legislation by majority vote. we have already come together on this. the senate price their own rules, and we have to figure out how to work within that. we have also had some success in passing the keystone pipeline bills. giving tha

mcconnell met with netanyahu.said if there is a deal, he will push for required approval of the deal. mcconnell says if there is not a deal he will push for tougher sanctions on iran. we have not learned much about the visit with boehner. they are releasing few details about the visit. he will meet with netanyahu. we learned boehner will meet with the defense minister in israel. this could be a quick visit. it will be important certainly for boehner and prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >> the timing also interesting just on the heels of the deadline for the framework of the deal between iran and perhaps the five powers. oren liebermann thanks. >>> this morning, we are learning details about the events that led up to the crash of germanwings flight 9525. the german prosecutor says the copilot andreas lubitz suffered from suicidal tendency prior to the aviation career. an official says lubitz visited an eye doctor who determined the problem was psychosomatic and deemed him unfit to fly. for latest on the investiga

so majority leader mcconnell has not filled the amendment tree. we have substantive amendments pending as we speak. nevertheless the minority leadership has been objecting to even setting aside the pending amendment or proceeding to vote on pending amendments just like when the -- when they used the procedure of filling the amendment tree. after reporting the bill before the senate the human trafficking bill, out of the senate judiciary committee unanimously, they have decided that there is one provision that they don't like, so the bill does not move forward after days of consideration last week. looks like the same trick going on right now. since there is an open amendment process, and that's the way senator mcconnell runs the senate we have naturally suggested that they offer an amendment if they don't like something in this bill. they have refused to do so and instead of holding up the entire bill from being amended and finally passed. so after opening the bill up to amendments and having considered the bill for a week, the majority leader has

mcconnell: now mr. president, i ask unanimous consent notwithstanding the adjournment of the senate, that on friday, march 20, between 12:00 noon and 2:00 p.m. it be in order for the budget committee to report out a concurrent resolution and that it be in order for the senate to proceed to that resolution on monday march 23. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. mcconnell: now mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 12:00 p.m. monday, march 23. following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day. following leader remarks, the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: on monday at 12:00 noon, the senate will proceed to consider the budget resolution. senators sho

and at that time we saw senator mcconnell himself say that ms. lynch, a, will receive fair consideration. i think he'd be hard pressed to make the case he lived up to that promise. but b, he also said that her nomination should be considered in the course of -- i'm sorry, should be considered in the new congress through regular order. so essentially huh senator mcconnell in the position back in november telling the president that he should delay submitting her up to congress until republicans were in the majority. now, i've gotten asked a number of times since november about whether or not the president trusts senator mcconnell, about whether or not senator mcconnell and other members of the republican leadership, whether their word is good with the president. senator mcconnell back in november was saying her nomination should be considered in the new congress. but yesterday when senator mcconnell was asked on cnn about whether or not he was going to act quickly to confirm her and to explain the delay he said the nomination hasn't taken that long

mitch mcconnell he wants congress to pass judgment on the deal. president obama does not want that debate. nancy pelosi openly insulting israel's leader. she turned her back on him several times. it is a very big day. hillary clinton in trouble. apple has an apple pay problem. pop goes the weasel. wait for it. we will explain. varney and company is about to begin. ♪ stuart: what was that heard up to? chet the big board. well above 18,000. normally we would try to come up for a reason for a selloff like this. we are down 13,618,000. i've got the news out of mcdonald's this morning. it will phase out human antibiotics from its chicken suppliers. mcdonald's at 99. look at smith & wesson. higher profits. better sales. update goes. 10%. look at the price of oil. it has been flat for some time now. the gas keeps on climbing. up another penny overnight. spiking $0.34 just in the last month. let's get to it. the fallout from benjamin netanyahu. a stern warning about iran getting a nuclear weapon. mitch mcconnell wants congress to patch judgment on any dea

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i believe mitch mcconnell would like to make apoint. point. >> the language that they now profess to find offensive was in there from the beginning. they all voted for the very same language in a bill in december. (jon screaming) i need a moment. >> up next we train our cameras on an empty podium long before anyone approaches it to speak. >> jon: i'm all right. unless senator mcconnell is about to in the immediate aftermath of complaining that the democrats are using an unrelated issue to hold up important senate business -- hold up important senate business with an unrelated issue. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says he'll put off a vote on nominee loretta lynch until the senate passes a human trafficking bill. >> jon: help! help! >> we rejoin live a reenactment of a civil war reenact meantime book panel. >> blah, blah blah gettysburg. north freedom, blah, blah, blah, look at my hair i'm so old i wear a bow tie! >> fascinating... >> jon: appears the failure of the sex trafficking bill to pass the senate would seal the victor

we just heard mitch mcconnell from 2007.t almost sounds like he could be speaking about loretta lynch. >> i hope somebody goes on the floor and reads those words exactly. if you kay the mukasey case what the democrat were upset about, and they didn't hold him up nearly as long but they didn't like hi answers on torture. he couldn't call waterboarding a form of torture, so with mukasey, you are dealing with a substantive difference off the gnome near himself. still a democratic senate confirmed him, and he wouldn't have been confirmed if some democrats hadn't voted for him. in this case you have republicans saying they have no substantive problem with loretta lynch, she doesn't have views of her own that they object to. you know some of them hold against her president obama's decision on immigration. his attorney general is not going to contradict him on that or they are, you know as the reverend said or they are hold ago debate over completely irrelevant bill against her. so it just doesn't make any sense. i think they are h

mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk for the bill. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion we the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on s. 178 a bill to provide justice for the victims of trafficking, signed by 17 senators as follows --. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the reading of the names be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask the mandatory quorum calls with respect to these cloture motions be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. mr. schatz: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from hawaii. mr. schatz: thank you mada

senator mcconnell: the majority of the senate does not want mcconnell: the majority of the senate doesot want to take dealing which out. the democrats voted for the same language three months ago. if they want to have time to turn to the attorney general, we need to finish the human trafficking bill. it is important. moderator: sounds like you are threatening to hold up loretta lynch, who has been in limbo for months and months -- senator mcconnell: it is not a threat, we need to finish the human trafficking bill that came out of the judiciary committee unanimously. we need to finish that so that we have time to turn to the attorney general. the next week we will be doing the budget and the next two weeks after that congress is not in session. moderator: unless democrats give in, loretta lynch's nominations will not be on the floor. senator mcconnell: we have to finish the human trafficking bill. as soon as we finish the built we will turn to the attorney general. host: via twitter "it is not leadership but a lack of better ways to handle issues." looking for more of your comment s on

mcconnell: i enter a motion to reconsider the vote. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby bring to a close the debate on s. 178 a bill to provide justice for the victims of trafficking. signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is: is it the sense of the senate that dep debate on s. 178, a bill to provide justice for the victims of trafficking shall be brought to a close? the yeas and the nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: does any senator wish to vote or change their vote? if not on this vote the yeas are 55, the nays are 43, three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative the motion is not agreed to. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senate majority leader.

as far as mitch mcconnell, what a joke. he got on the floor of the senate and acted like he is still the speaker. ok, ladies and gentlemen, wake up during we are getting screwed and tattooed by a bunch of people. and ladies and gentlemen, one thing you have to think about -- anybody can be elected as a speaker of the house of representatives, you do not have to be a member of the house to be elected speaker of the house of a presented this. host: thank you for the call. "time" magazine out with cover story focusing on politics. a bush cover -- "the bush identity." jeb bush was in iowa this past weekend and hillary clinton is tonight at 6:30 on c-span. good morning. caller: yeah, the last person who was on the phone was a democrat or what? host: we are hoping to hear from republicans only in the next 20 minutes, so what is your take on john boehner estimate should he remain as speaker? guest: caller: of course. host: ok, next. you are on there. caller: i am calling from fort lauderdale, florida. this is not what we voted for

so there doesn't seem to be a clear consensus and mitch mcconnell indicated after the speech today that he's going to attempt to push legislation to the senate floor to have congress weigh in on this deal. so this is a bit of a moving target. democratic senator bob menendez who was the chairman of the foreign relations committee, now is the ranking member has been pushing sanctions legislation last year. they held off on pushing that through the senate. mitch mcconnell is going to try to do something as soon as he can arrange it that might impact the negotiations in switzerland. >> let's move to the department of homeland security legislation. the house did pass it. so what's next john? >> reporter: what's next is john boehner, the house speaker, breathes a very major sigh of relief because he and mitch mcconnell vowed were not going to have shutdowns, were not going to have crisis management and john boehner was undercut by more than 50 members of his own caucus last friday who took the interim deal that he had made with democrats and the members of the senate and they submarined that

mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: the senate is not in a quorum call. mr. mcconnell: that's good to hear. mr. president, you i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 94 introduced earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 94 supporting the goals and ideals of career and technical education month. the presiding officer: without objection the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. mcconnell: i further ask the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: mr. president i ask unanimous consent the senate immediately proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations on today's executive calenda

mitch mcconnell let it happened.oward baker and bob doyle would not have let that letter occur. >> never. >> the white house still has a lot of respect for mitch mcconnell. you talk to them off the record they will say, listen he's tough but he gets things done. when he gives you his word he keeps his word, unlike john boehner. i think the white house has to be surprised mcconnell got involved in a freshman letter. that's what freshmen do. i speak for myself. i did some really stupid letters my freshman year. it's one thing for me to do it. it's another thing if the majority leader signed it. >> if it was just done by tom cotton and a handful of senators you would have had a different reaction. the fact you had 47 senators people like mitch mcconnell signing on to this. the frustration you heard in john kerry's voice if you talk to administration officials privately, that is not just frustration that is intense anger. frustrated that mcconnell who says he wants to govern as majority leader would sign on to something

at the same time, he has to work with mcconnell. not easy. >> on immigration you asked specifically about the four pieces of legislation that they are hoping will address their concerns. what is the strategy? >> republicans, one of the other bills were they had problems earlier this year was a border security bill. it was border security only, and they had to pull it from the floor back in january because they didn't have enough votes. the conservatives rebelled against it saying they do not , like the bill, and they said it is not the border, but interior enforcement that is the problem. this is a chance in some ways to -- rehabilitate that border bill. i think they will combine and move all these bills along with that border bill. this is the republican chance to not just push back is the president's executive action but to say here is exactly how we think the enforcement should happen. this really is the post-shutdown fight. >> we are talking on thursday, and by the time you see this on sunday, they will no more than we. but with

why senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says the ball is now in the democrats' court. >>> plus dozens of american veterans marking 70 years since the battle of iwo jima, one of the bloodiest and most celebrated of world war ii. >> but we begin with the deadline for the nuclear talks regarding iran at this hour. secretary of state john kerry arriving in london for meetings with our european allies. this follows a week of continued intense negotiations in switzerland on this. with a deadline now just ten days away, the secretary of state says the u.s. will not rush into a deal but that quote, substantial progress he claims has been made. meanwhile, iran's president sounds much more optimistic, saying a deal is within reach despite what iran's supreme leader supposedly said about the good old usa during a speech. peter doocy live in washington with that and the latest on the talks. >> reporter: this afternoon, the highest ranking official in iran, the ayatollah khomeini, blasted the united states and accused americans of trying to destabilize the middle east, saying quote, they insist on

again, mitch mcconnell promised we're going to show you how things are governed.is one of 16 nominees that they have not acted on and no vote schedules so far and mcconnell seems to think that the senate can only do one thing at a time right? they do keystone pipeline. >> right. >> and then they do department of homeland security. i mean they can't do two bills in one day or one week? that's crazy. >> and you know joe, i had to put this in. they had a very contentious relationship with attorney general eric holder. he had this to say about the delay on the vote on loretta lurch. >> given the senate's scheduling and delays and considering loretta lynch's nomination for a vote, it's almost as if a republicans in congress have a new fondness -- i'm feeling love that i haven't felt for some time and where was all of this affection over the last six years, you know? >> i mean are we missing the point, joe? maybe they have a secret they want to keep eric holder? i can't figure it out. >> that's how mixed up they are. you know your show like my show, probably a day doesn

how good of a job is s mitch mcconnell doing? senator cardin: i'm not going to judge the senator. i was extremely disappointed that he started with keystone. i think everyone will agree that it is not the major issue of our time. why was he not star with immigration reform, for example? we know we have issues on the border, we know our immigration reform system is broken. it could be a very healthy debate in the u.s. senate on immigration reform. to me, that would have been the way to get started on a real serious debate that the american people understand we have to resolve, and we have differences. he chose keystone. at its best, has a very minimal impact on the energy policy in this country, and at worst, it's very damaging to the country. my point is that he did not set the right priority. we have to get a budget done. there has been a lot of discussion back-and-forth on a bipod -- bipartisan budget. it's not just about today it's bipartisan decision making on issues. what americans want is more predictability from washington. set up the atmosphere where we can really understa

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how good of a job do think mitch mcconnell is doing right now? senator cardin: i am not going to judge the majority leader in the senate at this stage. we are only two months into the session. i was extremely disappointed that he started with keystone is the first debate. there are different views on it, but everyone would agree that it's not the major issue of our time. why did he start with immigration reform, for example? we know we have problems on the borders. we know we have serious issues. we know that our immigration reform system is broken, and there could be a healthy debate in the united states senate on immigration reform. to me, that would have been the way to get started on a real serious debate that the american people understand that we have to resolve and we have differences on. but we chose keystone, which has a minimal impact on energy policy. and worse, it's damaging to our environment. my point is that i don't think he set the right priorities. we have to get a budget done. we have to develop i bipartisan budget. it's having

mcconnell: so, mr. president, senators should expect a roll call vote at 5:30 p.m. on monday on the confirmation of assistant secretary of transportation. i filed cloture on the trafficking bill earlier today and that vote will occur on tuesday morning under the regular order. if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand in adjournment under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until courtesy. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to engage in a colloquy with my >> mr. president, asking animist intent to engage in a colloquy with my colleagues, senator from illinois, senator from ohio and i think we will be joined by the senator from south dakota and perhaps others. >> without objection. >> mr. president, before i turn to senator portman, i just want to put up a quote from one of the leaders of the anti-trafficking movement, the coalition against trafficking in women who expressed my sentiments exactly, my frustrat

honorary mitch mcconnell. [applause] >> barry goldwater was one of the most influential figures in modern american history. he was also one of the most fascinating. for a short time, i served alongside him in the senate. probably to his own surprise barry had become an elder statesman. free market thinking had led to defeat during the years of war. it became an engine of landslide wins. you'd think very would've taken a few victory laps, but he usually seemed more interested in studying the constitution. barry had another passion, too. that was soaring above the clouds. goldwater rose to become a major general in the air force reserve. he would wait before dawn and sail over arizona. perhaps it was the splendid of being in the air or the perspective from looking down on every part of the world. that says a lot about this man of the west. born in the arizona territory, barry was the son of pioneers. a woman who had come to arizona with tuberculosis with three weeks to leave -- to live and the power to endure ma

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what are mcconnell and boehner going to do going forward? this will come up. it will -- the public does not seem to mind in the media lets them get away with it. it will be difficult for them to have a repeat of this exact thing and to go to the floor and bail on a vote. >> and he can't deliver. that is the whole reason he got that job. their relationship started off strong. mcconnell can do what he has to and john boehner cannot. >> there is no way out on this one. president obama has to navigate the politics of russia. john kerry threatened russia with the s-word sanctions. things get rough. is who lost russia going to be an issue going forward? >> i did not know we had it to start with. if things get worse, or their allies occupied ukraine it will be a problem for the democrats in 2016. there is a possibility of sanctions. this country is a basket based back -- case. >> what do you think the administration can possibly do? president obama cannot intimidate vladimir putin and there's not much he can offer him. there's nothing they seem to be able to do to im

josh earnest was asked today about that at the briefing are reporters. >> senator mcconnell laid out a timeline yesterday that suggests it could be mid-april at the earliest before her nomination goes to the floor. is that a timeline the white house would be willing to accept and, if not, what is the alternative or how do you get her nomination voted on earlier? >> well, this is the responsibility of the united states senate to vote on the president's nominees. as i mentioned before, there's not been a legitimate question that's been asked about her aptitude for the office. so the delay is unconscienceable and unexplained and the thing that i will -- that i think that warrants mentioning here is you'll recall that as i pointed out, miss lynch has been waiting 128 days to get a vote in the senate. the reason that time period has been so long is because the president nominated her back in november for this job. and at that time, we saw senator mcconnell himself say that miss limp lynch, achl, will receive consideration and, b, he also said that her nomination should be considered in th

mcconnell: mr. president i ask unanimous consent the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the appointments at the desk appear separately in the record as if made by the chair. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: mr. president could we have order in the senate? the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent that the filing deadline for second-degree amendments to s. 178 be set for 10:30 a.m. tomorrow, march 17. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it adjourn until 10:00 a.m., tuesday, march 17. following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in

mcconnell is a waffler.e are looking for people who can lead this country, not people who fall into the traps set for them every week by the democrats. one other thing. as far as scott walker not having a college education, i think obama has had all kinds of degree from harvard and everything and he has totally screwed up this country. all those guys in washington have all these fancy degrees and they cannot go to shanghai and find a chinese man. that's my feelings on that. host: your last point? scott walker is what? caller: a good man and a good leader. he should get the nomination of the republican party. host: thank you very much for the call. we will go next the chuck from florida. independent line. good morning. caller: good morning, steve. how are you? host: fine, you? caller: wonderful. good morning, america. a couple points. cap upload -- can the republican party lead? of course they can lead. what we have is a president who absolutely refuses to deal with the majority. he has the tools, and harry r

mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: can we have order in the senate. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: mr. president i ask consent the senate proceed to the consideration of the veto message on s. 1 the cloture motion be withdrawn and at 2:30 p.m. today, the senate vote on the question of overriding the president's veto of s. 1 the keystone bill with the time equally divided in the usual form. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. inhofe: reserving the right to object. that's me over here. the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: nay way you inhofe: any way you could change that to 2:20 from 2:30. there are four people who can make planes, otherwise. the presiding officer: will the majority leader so modify his request? mr. mcconnell: the request is that the vote occur when? the presiding officer: 2:20 instead of 2:30. without objection. mr. mcconnell: okay, so for the