mcconnell: i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. mr. mcconnell: this has been a very disappointing moment. senator collins is asking to pass an amendment that would not seem to be terribly controversial. as we've heard my colleagues state this afternoon be, the alexander-collins-nelson proposal would lower health insurance premiums dramatically in some cases for american individuals and families. this assistance would be especially helpful to the middle-income -- middle-class families whom obamacare has hit the hardest. so why do i would colleagues -- so how do my colleagues propose accomplishing this worthy goal? through another top-down, one-size-fits-all scheme cooked up here in washington? nope. their legislation is designed to encourage new thinking and creative policymaking at the state level through the expansion of section 1332 state innovation waivers and high-risk pools. it would end the practice of silver-loading, which unnecessarily costs the taxpayers tens of billions of

the mcconnell team failed that test. senator mcconnell's affect on the side has been quite profound in that regard. to invite people to call in and talk about his book and the condition of the senate that he sees. (202) 737-0001 for democrats. c-span.tweet us at peter mcconnell, what is his ?ole in this if you prevent opponents from accomplishing theirs, nobody is more powerful than senator mcconnell, he is very effective. but that is as a republican leader and is different than being a senate leader where you try to bring people together and accomplish something for the nation. if you go back to 2009 when barack obama was coming into office and we were on the verge of teetering into the second great depression. that was a moment where leaders would usually come together and say we have got to deal with this national economic emergency. that wasn't what happened. senator mcconnell led republicans in opposing the economic stimulus that was necessary to start a recovery and prevent the depression. when i said to strategy h

leader mcconnell, was his role? senator mcconnell, if you define power as the ability to accomplish your objectives and prevent your opponents from a combo thing there is, no one has been more powerful than senator mcconnell. that is as a republican leader. that is different than being a senate leader where you are trying to bring people together and accomplish something for the nation. if you go back to 2009, when coming into was office and we were on the verge of teetering into the second great depression, that was a moment where leaders would usually come together and say we have got to deal with this national economic emergency. that was not what happened. senator mcconnell read -- lead the republicans in opposing the economic stimulus of necessary to start us back toward some recovery and prevent the depression. strategy ind his doing that, he lays about in his own memoir. that is not was senate leaders are supposed to do. that was a moment you would've seen the president and the leaders in congress come togeth

case, --mcconnell's guest: i have to bring up leader mcconnell because he is a big ce heart of the senate history at this point. he is finishing his 12th year and has made a mark. the question is what kind of a mark. back to the obama years, it was implacable opposition. our system depends on a certain amount of minority club ration and it -- cooperation and it wasn't there. steamroller so that things start passing like the tax bill with 50 votes or 51 votes rather than the super majority. he has been very defective. the cost -- he has been very effective. itself,te sees host: job in maryland on the republican line. go ahead. caller: good morning. i have to disagree when all the blame at mcconnell's feet when you look at what harry reid did to the senate. he took the filibuster rule is like, he was a disaster for the country because he would not pass any budgets, he stonewalled both the democrats and the obamaicans when president was trying to get things passed. he had been a disaster. his chickens are now coming home to roost. guest: you are making the point that many republicans do make

leader mcconnell then. what is his role in this? guest: senator mcconnell, if you define power in terms of the ability to a cobbler your objectives and prevent your opponents from accounting there's, nobody has been more powerful than senator mcconnell. he has been very effective. but that is as a republican senate different from a leader, where you're trying to bring people together and a copper something as a nation. if you go back to 2009, when barack obama was coming into office, and we were on the verge of teetering into the second great depression, that was a moment when leaders would usually come together and say we have to deal with this national economic emergency. that was not what happened. senator mcconnell led the republicans in opposing the economic stimulus that was vitally necessary to start as back some kind of recovery and depressed -- and prevent the depression. inn i cite his strategy doing that, he lays it out in his own 2016 memoir. that is not what senate leaders are supposed to do. that was a moment where you

where has mcconnell been? this economy was soaring ever president trump was elected.g market're market and 7 trillion more and consumer confidence and a 18 week high and jobless claims in the lowest level in a half century and mcconnell said it appears that the economy might be taking off. where he's been in the last 13 months. the economy took off in the first week trump was elected. something that mcconnell and ryan didn't think was possible and they didn't want to dream of that possibility. and now they frustrate him in every way and sound like his pal. joining me fox business analyst ed rollins. >> thank you, sir. >> lou: can you believe the so called leaders of republican parties. i don't understand why they are there? they don't understand politics either, but they certainly don't understand economics unless it is taught them by the chamber of commerce and the business roundtable. >> that's what is happening. they have the tools of that group as opposed to the president's party. the president has to get it done and he's on the verge of getting it done and the co

mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that at 1:45 p.m. today, senator wyden be recognized for up to 60 minutes to offer and debate concurrently his amendments number 2213 and 2212. that those be the only amendments in order and that following the use foraying back of that time -- or yielding back of that time, the senate vote in relation to the amendments in the order listed with a 60-vote affirmative threshold required for adoption of each amendment. finally, that following disposition of these amendments, the bill be read a third time and the senate vote on passage of the bill as amended, if amended, without debate. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. mcconnell: so, madam president, i'm pleased to report that the appropriations package is currently being finalized. i will have more to say once the bill has been filed, but i'm proud to announce it will meet a number of vitally important objectives. this includes the largest year on-year increase in funding for our service members in 15 years. alo

mcconnell.ic growth of 3% since he was elected, strong markets, $7 trillion more, consumer confidence at an 18-year high, weekly job else claims for crying out loud at the lowest level in nearly half a century and mcconnell says it appears the economy might be taking off. where has he been for the last 13 months the economy took off the first week president trump was elected. something neither mcconnell nor ryan thought possible and they sure didn't want to dream of that possibility. and now they want to frustrate him in every way and sound like his pal. joining me, senior presidential fellow, fox business political analyst, ed rollins. >> thank you, sir. lou: can you believe these so-called leaders of the republican party on capitol hill? i don't understand why they're there. they don't understand. >> first of all, i don't think they understand politics either but they certainly don't understand economics untiles it's taught to them by the chamber of commerce and the business round table. >> th

so is mcconnell's leadership putting the gop on shaky ground?is, you went in hard, my man, on mcconnell. >> it's a real problem. right now donald trump has 139 outstanding nominees. people he's re-lying on to do the job he asked them to do. personnel is policy in washington. while those people wait, a lot of those spots are filled with folks obama put in, people opposed to the president's agenda. mitch mcconnell is holding the senate in session 2 and a half days a week. they clock in late tuesday and by thursday lunch they are gone. and they are spending those four days at home campaigning. with democrats having so many seats up, mitch mcconnell is letting them run the government and handing them a free election pass. charles: not want to go go to simple majority on key issues. i had one guest, deroy murdock, call them lazy. >> this column hit my inbox and my first thought was this is a good point and we should be talking about this. what it comes down to is the combination of the resistance and politics of an election year. when you have this l

mcconnell: mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the help committee be tkr-fpd from further consideration of s. res. 434 and the senate proceed to immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 434, recognizing the contributions of americorps members and alumni to the lives of the people of the united states. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed. mr. mcconnell: i further ask the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the committee on veterans' affairs be discharged from further consideration of s. 899 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: without objection, the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 899,

mcconnell: mr. president, yesterday evening the house filed a landmark appropriations bill for the remainder of fiscal year 2018. months of in-depth, bicameral, bipartisan negotiations and committee work have led us to this point. the result is legislation that neither sides sees as perfect, but which contains a host of significant victories and important achievements on behalf of the american people. first and foremost, in my view, this bill will market the end of disproportionate and harmful cuts to the department of defense. it delivers the largest year-on-year increase in defense spending in 15 years. these new funding levels will ensure that the training and tools available to our service members remain on the cutting edge, and at long last veterans will receive more transparent and more accessible care. this has been a top priority on our side of the aisle especially. to deliver for our men and women in uniform, to deliver for the future of national security, this bill will get it done. of cou

have ryan and mcconnell lost their minds?schumer has got to be over there popping the corks on the champagne and dancing. he got everything he wanted. republicans gave up reconciliation -- remember the one tool that we actually had to get to the 50-vote threrk hold as opposed to the 60, we gave that up with the budget cap resolution. i understand the positive things for the military and there are some other good parts of it but $1.3 trillion that members are not having enough time to read and funding things that we promised as republicans we would not do if they gave the levers of power to the republicans. and to their credit, house republicans, they passed the appropriations bill, they did it the way they were supposed to but there was no action in the senate and that's why, putting it squarely on mitch mcconnell in the senate. they never went through the proper process and that's why he gets this garbage bill at the end, right at the finish line. lou: do you think there's going to be a huge operate price for e republicans t

mcconnell: now, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 4:00 p.m. monday, march 12. further, that 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 and morning business be closed. i further ask that following leader remarks the senate resume consideration of s. 2155 and notwithstanding the provisions of rule 22, the filing deadlines with respect to the cloture motions filed during today's sessions be monday at 4:30 p.m. for first-degree amendments and 5:30 p.m. for second-degree amendments. notwithstanding the provisions of rule 22, the clorms -- the clrms filed during -- cloture motions filed during today's session ripen add 5:30 monday. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. mcconnell: if there's no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand adjourned u

judge jeanine: what frustrates me is it's mccabe and mcconnell and ryan.ho in the white house talks to them so they can go back to the president and say you can't read 2,232 pages. they need to be called to task. do you agree? >> i do. judge jeanine: okay, david bossie, thanks so much. joe concha will be here live. but next, the panel is on deck. chris hahn and sarah carter about to go at it. robert gray,o "justice with judge jeanine." judge jeanine: welcome back to "justice" live from our nation's capital. an undercover informant is blowing the lid off the real russian collusion story involving the use rain yum one scan damage clintons. william douglas campbell's face was obscured as he responded to democrats attack his credibility. joining me, sara carter and chris hahn. are we going to listen to this sound? >> they interviewed me about the clintons several hours, a good part of the day. that was the indication as good agents they didn't say exactly specifically what they were doing as far as the investigation. but they were looking into the clintons and

lou: they want everyone to do with ryan and mcconnell do, just roll over.ight. the question is, do you believe the continued desperate expansion of the mueller investigation after 10 months and producing no evidence of collusion proves the special counsel's principle aim is too under cut and obstruct the president? the dow surging 337 pints. the s & p up 27. volume on the big board $3.6 billion shares. so much for investor concerns said the business press of the country. it's over now. call calm down 4%. the government asked the shareholders meeting be delayed. the united states will be the united states' largest oil producer by 2023. what's interesting about that is we have been reporting the united states will soon be the larger producer -- somebody paid attention today and crude only went up 2%. listen to my reports three times a day coast to coast on the salem radio network. the mueller endless witch hunt expanding without a single shred of evidence of russian collusion. we take up this massive waste of everybody's time and taxpayer dollars. hello. - hi

judge jeanine: what frustrates me is it's mccabe and mcconnell and ryan.ho in the white house talks to them so they can go back to the president and say you can't read 2,232 pages. they need to be called to task. do you agree? >> i do. judge jeanine: okay, david bossie, thanks so much. joe concha will be here live. but next, the panel is on deck. chris hahn and sarah carter about to go at it. just one free hearing test at his local miracle ear helped andrew hear more of the joy in her voice. just one hearing test is all it took for him to hear more of her laugh... and less of the background noise around him. for helen, just one visit to her local miracle-ear is all it took to learn how she can share more moments with her daughter. just one free hearing test could help you hear more... laughter... music... life. call now! for a limited time, you can get $500 off miracle-ear hearing aids! [♪] robert: live from "america's news headquarters." i'm robert gray. incoming national security advisor john bolton is reportedly planning a major staff shake-up once he t

now mitch mcconnell signs this stuff until the last second. it is more than just drunken slavery. i think it is treasonous. i think you should be out of there and i think -- the senate has not been responsible to the states they are supposed to represent four years. they have placed themselves in forever and they won't leave. they do not answer to anybody want they are elected. we need to come to the convention of states and set the rules that the budget goes down 5% every year and the budget has to be ready six months in advance, not at the last second. guest: thank you for your call. small good things coming out of the bipartisan budget act is this committee to figure out budget reforms. since the budget process was established in 1974, the spending bills that fund government have been done on time precisely four times various the last time was 1997. clearly we have a budget process that is broken. we need to see reforms to certain things like by annual ,udgeting, sunset conditions things that can actually have some teeth, maybe making the budget instead of a resolution where a

mcconnell and ryan have joined the resistance and the deep state.only ryan and mcconnell to blame, and of course themselves. our quotation of the evening, we thought tennessee williams ought to be trotted out for this evening. "we have to distrust each other. it i is our only defense against betrayal ." >>> up next, president trump fortified his legal team as he fights back against the mueller witch hunt. witch hunt. greg jarrett joins me here next. ♪livin in this crazy world ♪so caught up in the confusion♪ ♪nothin' is makin' sense ♪for me and you ♪we've got to give a little love♪ ♪have a little hope ♪make this world a little better♪ lou: john dodd resigned as president trump's lead counsel in the russia investigation. dodd's exit follows the president's decision to hire veteran washington attorney. and i did it again. da general va. i'm going to say it right, joe. no matter what it takes. his wife and law partner victoria joining trump's legal team today. i have butchered both of their names for a long time. the president also addressing the questi

leader mcconnell then. what is his role in this?uest: senator mcconnell, if you define power in terms of the ability to a cobbler your objectives and prevent your opponents from accounting there's, nobody has been more powerful than senator mcconnell. he has been very effective. but that is as a republican senate different from a leader, where you're trying to bring people together and a copper something as a nation. if you go back to 2009, when barack obama was coming into office, and we were on the verge of teetering into the second great depression, that was a moment when leaders would usually come together and say we have to deal with this national economic emergency. that was not what happened. senator mcconnell led the republicans in opposing the economic stimulus that was vitally necessary to start as back some kind of recovery and depressed -- and prevent the depression. inn i cite his strategy doing that, he lays it out in his own 2016 memoir. that is not what senate leaders are supposed to do. that was a moment where you w

mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: in less than three months since historic tax reform became law, less than three months since we cut taxes significantly for middle-class families by lowering rates and increasing the standard decades. since we created deductions to help small businesses keep more of what they earn and purchase equipment more easily, by leveling the playing field by making corporate tax rates moree competitive, which will boost future wages for workers, it's a common theme here. each part of this bill was built on the simple idea that american workers, job creators and middle-class tphaepls -- families know best what to do the with their own hard-earned money. our democratic friends don't seem to share that notion. the democratic leader in the house called these historic tax cuts, quote, probably one of the worst bills in the history of the united states of america. here in the senate, my democratic colleagues' predictions were equally dire. my friend, the democratic leader, offered this ass

. >> have you spoken with leader mcconnell? >> not yet. i sat on the floor we ought to have votes on this. we haven't heard much from our republican friends. right now they can't get the small things on the floor because they have oppositions from their own caucus. if the president works in leading the senate we can get this done because democrats will supply most of the votes. not all because they can't do it on their own. >> the president wants to allow teachers to be armed. how do you react to that? >> your rooming majority of experts that i have talked and the overwhelming majority of teachers that have talked who are strongly against it and they don't think it brings safety. we think, our caucus the vast majority for caucus thinks these are the most important things to do. if the president were to say i must have that we have to talk about it. to get these things done i'm not drawing any lines in the sand. >> what procedure would you like to see? a comprehensive right to the floor quite. >> leader mcconnell hopefully with the presiden

and mcconnell and i have on these types of issues able to reach a agreement in immigration. okay thank you very much everybody. >> at a weekly briefing house majority leetdzer nancy pelosi discussed her party es agenda and proposed gun legislation. this is a half hour. >> good morning everyone. good morning.

mcconnell: in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule 14, i would object to further proceedings. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. mcconnell: yesterday we welcomed the president, the vice president and the family of the late reverend billy graham as he laid in the capitol. this is a rare tribute, even rarer for an american without government or military service. but it perfectly suits the remarkable man whose preaching inspired millions worldwide who counseled presidents and world leaders across generations and whom an entire nation came know as america's pastor. his historical revivals brought so many closer to god because his work was not ultimately about him. the secret of my work, he explained, is god. i would be nothing without him. his personal strengths and talents were mighty, but it was his kindness, his humility and his faith to his family that defined his faith and his ministry. i'm glad that congress could honor the great reverend graham in this way. yesterday thousands -- thousands

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who is advising mcconnell and schumer and pelosi? >> there is not a single member in the house and senate that had any clue what was in that bill. that's irresponsible. lou: "60 minutes" is going to break this wide open. i understand they have a whole segment on it it's called "storm field." high journalists. lawmakers zeroing in on the zuck. demanding answers from facebook over its absolute breach of public trust. deirdre bolton and morgan wright join us next. soon silicon valley and big tech. stay with us. earth hour is more than just switching off the lights, it's a commitment to unite and protect earth, our only home. ♪ ♪ oh hi sweetie, i just want to show you something. xfinity mobile: find my phone. [ phone rings ] look at you. this tech stuff is easy. [ whirring sound ] you want a cookie? it's a drone! i know. find your phone easily with the xfinity voice remote. one more way comcast is working to fit into your life, not the other way around. lou: justice department charged iranian hackers. the indictment charges they were ste

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mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: majority leader. mr. mcconnell: first this morning, i'd like to recognize a remarkable senate career that is drawing to a close. gary endicoch has served for 37 years. since his appointment as legislative counsel of the senate in 2015, he's directed that office and has done so with distinction. now he's embarking on a well earned retirement after nearly four decades of service to this body. tomorrow is gary's last day. much has changed during the time gary has been with us. over the years senators and staff have asked for more and more of the legislative counsel's office. but thanks in large part to gary's hard work and then to his leadership, we could always rely on his team for meticulous professionalism and expertise. i understand gary is headed back to his native midwest. he departs with our gratitude and our best wishes for him and for his family. now on another matter, mr. president, the dodd-frank law became effective in 2010. it ostensibly targeted banks too big to fail but seven and a half years

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mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: majority leader. mr. mcconnell: when i learned that our distinguished colleague from mississippi would be retiring this month, i found it difficult to imagine the senate without him. that's for good reason. thad cochran arrived here in 1978. 254 senators have since followed in his footsteps. of those currently serving, 97 of us are newer at this than thad is. and every single one of us has been treated to a first-rate example of honorable service. a master class in the art of legislation and living proof that unwavering principle and unflappable collegiality can and should coexist. we all know thad had a knack for making things look easy. so many graces and talents seem second nature to him. but appearances can be deceiving. take the start of his political career. when you think about it, it's only natural that senator cochran liked to work on conservation issues. i expect his adventures as a mississippi republican in the early 1970's helped him understand just what it feels like to be an endangered speci

olding up the nomination why doesn't senate majority leader mitch mcconnell [inaudible] why isn't mcconnell force a vote on the nominee? marc: mary elizabeth is one of the stars on our team that's been with us since day one and helped staff justice gorsuch and is in charge of the nominations. i will phone a friend on that one. he got out of committee so basically he's waiting for final vote on the senate floor. and so that -- i believe he got out of committee several months back so he's another one that should be on our list of those that should be waiting. the challenge leader mcconnell faces, when you are not allowed to bring up for voice vote he has to go through cloture and has to prioritize these and that's one that's been obstructed. reporter: toxic nature that's been going on for several years, i mean, the democrats are pushing back because republicans. what are you doing to ease or water down that toxicity? what can you do? and secondly, explain to those who don't understand how it is a minority party when you control both the congress -- you know, both the how and senate how you're