our capitol hill producer craig kaplan points out the democratic senator michael bennet voted against the nomination despite introducing judge gorsuch at the confirmation hearing last month.his actions are similar to former senators brown, lautenberg and -- did so for other justices. after the vote, senate judiciary chair chuck -- spoke with reporters about the confirmation of judge neil gorsuch.he was also asked about the changing of the rules for supreme court nominees. this is 10 minutes. hi everyone. i just have 30 seconds of stuff i want to talk to i will be glad to answer questions if you have anything on the subject. thank you everybody for being here. there are a lot of events that brought us to this point adding a new member to the supreme court but i think that we just witnessed one of the most important votes that a member of the united states senate. judge gorsuch will be an independent voice on the supreme court. he proved that very much through the hearing. answer questions for 20 hours. i think he proved that he is a judges judge. and from my standpoint as a member of c

craig kaplan points out the democratic senator michael bennet voted against the nomination despite introducing judge gorsuch and his confirmation hearing last month. his actions are similar to former senator scott brown, frank wattenberg and evan by who did the same for justices elena kagan, daniel l ito and john roberts. after the vote, senate judiciary chair chuck grassley spoke with reporters about the confirmation of judge neil gorsuch. he was asked about the changing of rules for supreme court nominees and what his committee will be working on next. this is 10 minutes. >> hi everyone, i just got 30 seconds so i'll be glad to answer your questions if you have anything on this subject. thanks everybody for being here. there are a lot of significant events that brought us to this point of adding a new member to the supreme court. but i thinkthat we just witnessed one of the most important votes that a member of the united states can have . judge gorsuch will be an independent voiceon that supreme court , he proved that very much through the hearing and certain questions . he's proved he's a

west virginia is joe mnuchin, heidi heitkamp, joe donnelly and colorado's michael bennet. at least senate majority leader mitch mcconnell with the nuclear option, a proposal to change senate precedent in order to end the debate and stop the filibuster. it is something senator lindsey graham says laughing. >> this will be the last person that will be subject to a filibuster, which was in effect tonight and 48. the senate traditions are going to change over this man. reporter: the nuclear option is a procedure that would lower the threshold from 60 votes needed to end a filibuster to a simple majority 51. this is exactly what democrats did in 2013 when they controlled the senate and they change precedent to end republican filibusters on executive branch nominees. an up or down vote on judge gorsuch mostly they will come friday. back to you. nicole: adam shapiro, thank you very much. lauren: donald trump will hold it town hall meeting to discuss ways to improve america's business climate. topics to include tax reform and what it means for business investment, one of the facto

senator michael bennet of colorado -- reporter: bingo, quote.se the filibuster on, when it comes to the committee and would strongly urge my colleagues not to use "the nuclear option." he is ready to vote. it will be a no vote but he is trying to show the way. do you suspect there will be any republicans who look at the bigger pture ynow what? it's a terrible precedent to set, to do this on supreme court justice? i mean it was, i believe, lower court judiciaries that the democrats invocked it on. reporter: the simple answer to the question, there are republicans who are worried about it. i'm not going to get into the weeds how this parliamentary procedure will take place. bush, you only need a simple majority for it to take place. so mitch mcconnell, you know, he can deliver this. looks like he is going to succeed getting it. liz: we'll be watching it. thank you very much. adam shapiro, breaking news. we need to take to you st. petersburg, russia. these are live pictures. what you see to the right part of the screen is a memorial put together ve

democratic colorado senator michael bennet says he won't support the filibuster against neil gorsuch.nd cory gardner is a yes vote for gorsuch all the way. we'll see if either pays a price for that stance on gorsuch in gorsuch's home state of colorado. but, you know, even without michael bennet, democrats do have the votes to mount their filibuster against neil gorsuch, to stop him from being confirmed to the court unless he can get 60 votes that showdown is going to happen later this week. it's going to be a huge drama as the republicans decide how they're going to respond to that. today every democrat on the judiciary committee voted against neil gorsuch's nomination. but that was just a signal of the bigger fight that will come over this in the next few days. here is one thing to stick a flag in, though. in this news today. and as you're looking towards the rest of the week. while democrats on the judiciary committee were taking this unified stand against judge gorsuch today, they did something else that got lot less attention. in addition to advancing judge gorsuch's nomination to

michael bennet, chris coons, dianne feinstein, patrick leahy, robert menendez, mark warner of virginia, and independent angus king. thetor ben cardin opposes nomination but has not approved filibustering. senateverage of all the proceedings on c-span 2. you can also listen with the free c-span radio app. a four-run on populism in the u.s., europe, and latin america, it's origins and political factors. movements for global politics, business, and the media. i think we are going to start. how is that? is everyone prepared? very quickly, i want to thank everyone for coming.

we had a cryptic statement from michael bennet, democratic senator from colorado. he introduced neil gorsuch, opposed the filibuster. kept his powder dry. did not what he would do confirming gorsuch. he is from colorado and cointroduced neil gorsuch in his confirmmation hearing. that said seems pretty unlikely, regardless how the remaining four or five senators come out with statements here that they will be able to get 60 votes to avoid a filibuster. a successful filibuster has never happened in the history of the united states with a supreme court nominee. abe fortis in 1968 was already on the high court. this was issue to prohim chief justice of the united states. he was successfully filibustered. here is what we think will happen. they will formally start debate on the gorsuch nomination on the floor. at the same time mitch mcconnell, the majority leader will file cloture this is effort to end a filibuster. that has to lay over for two days. you have the procedural vote to see whether or not they get0 votes on thursday. thursday seems to be the magic day in thi

the question senators, joe manchin, heidi heitkamp, joe donnelly and michael bennet's.the wall street journal" with their list. arthur is up next. good morning. caller: you are one of the best ones. you let the speakers get their point across. this is my first call since november. my first want to congratulate president trump for keeping this atheist queen of the status quo, a.k.a., hillary clinton. the precedent is established by gorsuch, it comes time for ginsburg or kennedy to hang up, and that is very likely, the republicans need to announce that this is our nominee, there is nothing you can do about it. [indiscernible] sicknk many americans are of the same political posturing on the grounds of protocol. the trump era will be defined by ask of presidents -- act of precedence. this always dishonest media into a frenzy. if those things happen -- if it is here is the nominee and that nominee is going to be confirmed, does that moved the supreme court toward a partisan branch of government? democrats are giving the republicans the opportunity to sack the courts, whether

our capitol hill producer craig kaplan points out the democratic senator michael bennet voted against the nomination despite introducing judge gorsuch at the confirmation hearing last month.his actions are similar to former senators brown, lautenberg and -- did so for other justices. after the vote, senate judiciary chair chuck -- spoke with reporters about the confirmation of judge neil gorsuch.he was also asked about the changing of the rules for supreme court nominees. this is 10 minutes. hi everyone.

. >> democratic senator michael bennet came out of a short time ago and reported that he would oppose the filibuster, but also called on his colleagues tend not to use the nuclear option. he was in a very tricky spot being a home state senator of judge gorsuch who introduced him at the confirmation hearing. but also under intense pressure from democratic outside groups to oppose the nomination. >> well, we will watch it all along with your help. thank you very much, good to see you. we bring it back out to the couch now. so richard, you and i were just talking as mike was reporting that there are several -- couple surprises. >> i think the two surprises are bennett's, and esther, he is from a red state where donald trump one, saying that he will join the filibuster. this is a very interesting. because we have a special election happening in montana and the next of weeks for the seat that was once donald trump's interior secretary. that is a statewide race. if they are trying to pick up the congressional seat. this is an interesting move. >> chuck schumer does not seem to be doing what

virginia's joe manchin, north dakota's heidi heitkamp, indiana's joe donnelly and colorado's michael benneteaves senator mitch mcconnell with what is called a nuclear option, a proposal to change senate precedent to end the debate and stop the filibuster. senator ted cruz says it will force republicans to act. >> this will be the last person that will be subject to a filibuster, which was in effect in 1948. because the sinatra decisions are going to change over this man. reporter: that of course was lindsey graham, not ted cruz. "the nuclear option" is a procedure that will lower the threshold from 60 votes needed to end the filibuster to a simple majority, 51. this is exactly what democrats did in 2013 when they controlled the senate and changed precedent and to end republican filibusters on executive branch nominees. let's take a listen to what ted cruz had to say to what is about to happen. >> if the democrats persist in this foolish filibuster, the senate majority will have no choice but return to the standard that has prevailed over two centuries in the senate, which is confirming supr

craig kaplan points out the democratic senator michael bennet voted against the nomination despite introducingjudge gorsuch and his confirmation hearing last month. his actions are similar to former senator scott brown, frank wattenberg and evan by who did the same for justices elena kagan, daniel l ito and john roberts. after the vote, senate judiciary chair chuck grassley spoke wit

>> i think if you had a leahy or ben cardon or michael bennet from his home state of colorado is thoughtoderate. there's not many moderate democrats but he's more moderate than others that would stand with his home state judge and allow him at least to have the opportunity for an up and down vote. and a handful of others including people who may be up in red states in 2018. i think it's getting pretty tough to chart that path and why you had mitch mcconnell say what he said looking resolute. >> shannon: so the committee vote will happen and chuck grassley is now speaking and we want to see what he has to say. >> he made the announcement. the minority leader of the senate declared any nominee must prove himself in his words, mainstream, to be confirmed. well, that test ran into trouble the minute the president selected the nominee. he was confirmed to the 10th circuit, 2006 by unanimous vote. in the ten years since his record on the bench has proved the judge falls well within the mainstream. he's participated in 2700 cases. he's voted with the majority 99% of the time and roughly 97% of

and colorado democrat michael bennet. >> what do you think is a reasonable expectation? mr. mnuchin: i am looking at some of my notes. the short answer is i believe that we should be able to get 3% to 4% sustained gdp. i think that is absolutely important. the most important issue we have is economic growth. whatever issues we have as republicans or democrats, i think we can agree that with more growth, it is a lot easier to solve these issues. we should all be focused on things to help grow the economy. in 1984 we had 7%. in 1998, we had 5%. in 2005 we had 3%. that was the last time we had appropriate growth rate. i share the president-elect's concern. i will work tirelessly if i am confirmed to create growth in the economy and create progrowth programs. i commit to work with all of you on all of that. tax reform will be out first part of that. >> there are two areas where i think we can unleash the economy and achieve a higher level of growth. to what degree do you think regulations of volume coming out of this administration, even up to right now. as of yesterday, there w

they said michael bennet should buck democrats and speak up for neil gorsuch. the "billings gazette" in montana had this to say -- democrats refuse to rise above petty partisan politics. "the" richmond times dispatch"r" said his opposition to judge gorsuch suggests he can't come up with a reasonable defense to oppose the nomination, close quote. and finally in new hampshire, "the new hampshire union leader," in an editorial last week was entitled confirm gorsuch, dems plan pointless filibuster. pointless about sums it up. there is no doubt that judge gorsuch is qualified. he's received the highest rating from the american bar association that reportedly interviewed 500 leading lawyers and practitioners in the country, many of which senate democrats, and their grading system, the american bar association, has been called by many of our senate democrat colleagues as the gold standard when it comes to confirmation. and among the legal and local communities, judge gorsuch enjoys broad bipartisan support. but that seems to make no difference to our friends across th