schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: so, mr. president -- the presiding officer: we're in a quorum call. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: so, mr. president, the work of the 118th congress comes to an end. the majority in this chamber will soon change hands. tonight i'd like to take a moment to thank my colleagues for their outstanding work over the past four years. this was the most productive, ambitious, and historic four years the senate has seen in decades. i am proud that many of our biggest accomplishments were bipartisan, something i hope the incoming majority embraces as a model. and the accomplishments speak for themselves. they're enormous. i was so proud to leave the senate when we did so much for so many people. and as i said, so much of it bipartisan. it started at the beginning in 2017 when covid -- in 2020 when covid was at its worst. we passed the amer

i would like to repeat what chuck schumer said about the process. mark my words you cannot do speed dating process for a cabinet for the president of united states without ending up embarrassed and with things discovered only through a deep investigation by the federal bureau of investigation. june with the ordinary processes been in the past with previous presidents? they would float the names to the fbi, of possible people for the cabinet for a cursory investigation to see if there's anything they missed in the initial look. >> the judiciary committee with the fbi room and make sure people serving the country in the highest position of real background and provide services to the country that is not too much to ask i can tell you privy many republican senators spoke to me and to fbi check in the moment say it publicly the reasons. in the process served well under previous administrations and they have to be honored. >> no not my first time and thank you so much and thank you to this incredible team and a chalk and corey and i we are both running fo

schumer: i yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i have very good news for my colleagues and for the country. i ask unanimous consent -- the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i have very good news for my colleagues and the country. democrats and republicans have reached -- just reached an agreement that will allow us to pat c.r. tonight before the -- pass the c.r. tonight before the midnight deadline. i yield the floor. and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. mr. paul: i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. paul: i call -- the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate will resume legislative session. mr. paul: i cal

schumer: now, mr. president, as you well know, a few minutes ago the senate confirmed judge murillo to serve as a coastal district judge. she is the 235th judge confirmed by this majority. the majority has now confirmed more judges under president biden than any majority has confirmed in decades. this is historic. we have confirmed more judges than under the trump admini administration, more judges than any administration in this century, more judges than any administration going back decades. one out of every four active judges on the bench has been appointed by this majority. let me repeat that. one out of every four active judges on the bench has been appointed by this majority. together these individuals are arguably the most qualified and historic nominees confirmed in a four-year span. i want to thank all setors, democrat and republican who supported these nominees. both parties cooperating on many of these judges shows why the advice and consent is critical to this body and democracy. 235 judges

schumer, mr. jeffers, members of the house. friends one and all i'm honored to be here as we all are to celebrate the upcoming days of hanukkah. hanukkah has not yet, it's up on us when it doesn't begin there will be very few people in this building or complex the decision was made by the speaker put this together today which creates an island of togetherness and what can be a sometimes great fracture to place. hanukkah means rededication. also stems from the word which means education. and as i have shared with the speaker and leader jeffries, when we have more than one opinion and a difference of opinion we have a wider pool of knowledge. we have a descent into chaos. and i think i could speak for all of us. not just in this room but hundreds of millions of my fellow citizens across the country that watch these two leaders of the house even as they disagree i have a personal respect for each other which is huge. it spreads across our country and a warmth that melts a lot of cold leader schumer, thanks for being here. last yea

schumer shurnl i ask unanimous consent -- mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to executive session to consider calendar number 842. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. the ayes appear to have it, the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: anthony j.b wrench disi of new york to be northern district judge of new york. mr. schumer: i send's cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22, do hereby bring to a close debate on, cloture motion cloture motion, anthony j.bri dmfrn disi to be united states district judge for the northern district of new york. mr. schumer: i ask that the reading

i would like to repeat what chuck schumer said about the process. mark my words, you can't do a speed will have dating process forr the cabinet of the united states without ending up embarrassing and with things discovered only through a deep investigation by theov federal bureau of investigation. do you flow what the ordinary process lad been in the past with previous presidents, they would float the names of the fbi of possible people for the cabinet for cursory investigation to see if there's anything they missed in the initial look and then at that came up thumbs up, they would announce it publicly and deep, dark fbi investigation would ensue. the senate judiciary committee. they won't say it obviously for political reasons. the process previous generations has to be honored. >> senator klobuchar. >> not, my first time. one of four leadership leaders. >> thank you so much, chuck. to dick, corey and i were both running for president at one point. i will never do that to chuck on your leadership team. so i want to first of all, talk about what i h

schumer: mr.bate, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, that the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk will report. the clerk: marine corps, brigadier general walker m. field and brigadier general jason woodworth to be major general. the presiding officer: the question occurs on the nomination. all those in favor say aye. all opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nominations are confirmed. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i have one request for a committee to meet during today's session of the senate. it has the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the appoint

what schumer is doing here.chumer is going to hold the president, hold the american people and hold our economy hostage to make a lot worse deal moving forward. keep in mind, president trump is the art of the deal maker. he understands what it is going to take to do the job. is he bored thinking because he has been there before. he knows if he doesn't get this kept limit now that this is going to be held over his head and is he going to be blamed for possibly defaulting on our debt. now, think about that happens. you will see the stock market crash be, you are going to see the currency devalue, and what president trump ran on is getting america going again for the american people. get the economy going. maga, make america great again. and these individuals that got elected because maga now is going against the very man that got them elected and it's shameful. >> but this is a fact, right? right now, they have to go back to the drawing board. >> they have to, guess what? when we go back we have to negotiate becau

chuck schumer walked away from the table. so is chuck schumer that did this, not president trump. and unfortunately we have we have individuals now that's not listening to president trump by saying we've got to get rid of the debt limit now because they're going to use it against him for him to actually hit the agenda that the american people gave us november 5th. >> well, i don't want to say keystone cops, because that kind of like the keystone cops. i don't like what i'm seeing now. okay? i don't either. trump is trump is the most popular republican in the world, okay? in washington, in the world. and he should have real influence in how this goes. and you're right. i'm very sad about it. as much as i agree with the principle of what everyone is trying to do here. senator, thank you very much. all right. the white house's cover up, biden cover up is worse than anyone imagined. the details will shock you. yeah, they even shocked me. it's coming up. beep, beep. >> they're back. >> what do you think we were doing out here? >> goofing off. murray, chase. jeff and i returned for an a

schumer and he did it get.ohnson doesn't talk to his republicans most of the time. it's almost disrespectful where members the last second have a 1500 page bill and they expect them all to vote. maria: meanwhile, fox sources revealing that trump's team was actually in secret talks with senate majority leader chuck schumer for weeks in order to get the debt limit included in the bill. speaker johnson negotiated a separate spending deal with schumer regardless, we're told. lawmakers racing for plan c ahead of the shutdown deadline of midnight tonight. joining me now is new york congresswoman claudia tenney. congresswoman, good to see you. what can you tell us this morning. >> great to see you. look, i think speaker johnson has developed hide like an elephant to deal with all these people that are sabotages everything. i have 180-degree opinion than victoria sparks does. i respect all my colleagues. i don't like to disparage anyone. this is almost an impossible job. we do not control the senate. we do not control

schumer: mr.dent, i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. okay. i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 835. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, nuclear regulatory commission, matthew james marzano, of illinois to be a member of the nuclear regulatory commission. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule

schumers -- mr. schumer proposes amendment 3321 to 3320. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that further reading of the amendment be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to calendar 6893, h.r. 62. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 82, an act to amend title 2 of the social security act and so forth. mr. schumer: i send a p cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: 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 the motion to proceed to calendar 693, h.r. 82, an act to amend title 2 of the social security act to repeal the government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions signed by 18 senators as follows. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the reading of the names be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk wil

der chuck schumer on the senate taking up a government funding bill. [indiscernible] senator schumer: ok. good evening, everybody. thank you for coming. so proud and glad to be joined by many of my judiciary committee colleagues, led by chair durbin. i know a lot is happening in the capital today and tonight, but we want to mark a historic moment here in the senate. today, we confirm the 235th judge more than any majority has confirmed in decades. this is historic and will have huge and positive implications for the american people for generations to come. now with the nation's newest 235th judge, we confirmed more judges under president biden than any administration in this century, more judges than any administration going back decades. one out of every 4 active judges on the bench has been appointed by this majority. one out of every world for. we have some of the most qualified and historic nominees ever confirmed in a 4-year span. one out of every four judges on the bench. i want to thank all the senators who work hard for these nominees. it was n

schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session.he presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 850. the presiding officer: the question's on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, serena murillo, of california, to be united states district judge for the central strict. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the determine. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 850, serena serena raquel murillo, to be united states district judge for the central district o

trying to figure out how they will go after trump and chuck schumer, you know, who hasn't been saying a lot in the last couple of weeks said this to "politico." i don't know exactly what trump will do but i can tell you this, the judiciary will be one of our strongest, if not strongest barrier against what he does. i thought this was so strange because he starts off saying i don't even know what he is going to do but we are going to block him and prevent him from doing it. this is all they have? >> there is a couple of problems here. one is the electorate. a fascinating paragraph in a "wall street journal" story yesterday that mentioned an anonymous blue state governor, democratic blue state governor who took a poll in his state of whether people in his state wanted the state government to work with trump or oppose trump. came back 2-one work with trump. that's what democrats are facing now. as far as schumer and the judiciary is concerned, remember biden has confirmed a record number of judges in his four-year term and remember that out of the last 16 years, democrats have controlled

that's what hakeem jefferies and chuck schumer agreed to. and that bipartisan compromise is exactly what elon musk submarined because he did not want his own conflicts of interest to be affected, his own interests in the government with his own government contracts, and i got to tell you lawrence, it's scary that you have the world's wealthiest man who supported donald trump with nearly $300 million, is rumored to be ready to give donald trump a financial windfall by using his x company to purchase truth social, having so much influence, this is an unelected oligarch who appears to be running our government. >> so just to clarify, this is kind of a breaking news item, for me, anyway, i don't think it's been out there, that it's your understanding that the republicans put the congressional pay raise into this bill. >> yes, my understanding is that the republicans are the ones who want to pay themselves more. now, there's a good argument to be made for this, which is that there should be -- there could be a raise for members of congress becaus

grateful for this opportunity. >> not senator elect. >> i like the shorter title and thank you leader schumer, i just wanted to think quickly, and the last 24 hours have been some of the most extraordinary powerful about life to be is the timber to be able to look and see my seven -year-old my nine -year-old matthew little boys who is to see running right here on the side of the capitol more more. and i would say it's one of the first moments i've ever got to express with my kids really a genuine pride with the father does. reset because i am here because of them in the work that i do here is because of them and i worry about what kind of america into little boys are growing up and use this job my opportunity here to try to ship that is best i can give them kind of stability for future that he deserved it my parents 50 years ago, came to america to try to provide for me and my sisters very emotional conversation with my mother yesterday and so proud that her son 50th anniversary of our family coming to america by now get sworn in as the first reunion american ever the united states senate whe

. >> mcconnell and schumer. it's a historic moment fallen apart.s a result somebody's going to have to lose their job. i don't think the speaker is going to remain in power. >> we need bold new leadership outside leadership and it needs to be a doge speaker either vivek ramaswamy or elon musk. have never seen so much attention with so much respect for two people in the senate ad the house. >> you officially nominating. maria: that is pretty rema remarkable. how would you like to see a speaker elon musk or a speaker vivek ramaswamy, that's what you heard from mike lee. >> the system is broken as is status quo must end this is the death of it. i hope to god we do not get back to normal status quo the american people will not have it we need differences and i love the bold proposals i'm not saying is constitutional but i love the suggestion. maria: is definitely not traditional and were looking all ideas on the table right now. we'll see what mike johnson comes up with. a lot of support from mike johnson will see with what he comes up with. were just

two, the united states senate is controlled by democrats and democratic majority leader chuck schumer. anyone who understands that knows why the budget extension bill y negotiated by the republican speaker of the republican house includes compromises with democrats and chuck schumer. elon musk objected to those compromises in the bill, saying that any republican who votes for it should be voted out of office, that's how he began his day. and only hours after that, after elon musk led the way, only then did donald trump catch up with his apparent boss, elon musk, and join in objecting to the bill. republican speaker mike johnson was with donald trump and elon musk while he was negotiating the bill, he was with them constantly while he was negotiating that bill. mike johnson has stayed as close to them as possible to try to make sure that what m happened today would not happen, but you cannot stop chaos in the republican party. and would not have happened if donald trump were a rational person, but he is not, and so donald trump decided at the very last minute, after weeks of negotiatio

schumer: mr.ons for the 119th congress. i am grateful, i am honored, i am hum bloods that my colleagues -- humbled that my colleagues again unanimously elected me to serve as their democratic leader. to my democratic colleagues, thank you for this opportunity. thank you for extending to me your trust. se serving as democratic leader has been one of the greatest honors of my time in public office, as has been representing the people of new york. it's allowed me to learn more from my colleagues than i could have possibly dreamed of when i first took this job. and, after four years of the most productive and consequential years the senate has had in decades, it's galvanized my faith in this chamber's ability to get big things done for the country. wow, we got a lot done. even in times of division. especially when bipartisanship prevails. and it did as it did with so many of our bills. most of the major bills we passed were done in a bipartisan way. anyone who thinks, in this chamber, we should abando

chuck schumer is telling "politico" he is ready to fight. he says this.w exactly what trump will do, but i can tell you this, the judiciary will be one of our strongest, if not our strongest barrier against what he does. can chuck schumer in the minority, democrats, anybody, stand up and really affect stopping what is coming? >> i think they will try. but i don't think they will have much success and why it was so important that the house remain in republican control and the senate now be flipped to republican control. there is a large majority in the senate which will hinder schumer's ability to block anything from trump. they may get up on television and use the legacy media as their mouthpiece to espouse the law. >> he hasn't even set foot into the oval office yes and talking about blocking him as if he is the enemy of the people. >> i'm not worried about schumer and trump. they were laughing and have a great relationship. president trump is so wise to negotiate strongly with schumer and put him in his place like he did with nancy pelosi. >> griff: you

schumer: mr.our requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the committee on homeland security and government affairs be discharged from further consideration of h.r. 86 # 3 and -- 86623 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 8663, an act to require the director yacht to develop to identify and disrupt substances. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding? mr. schumer: i ask that the cornyn-ossoff amendment be agreed to, the bill, as amended be considered read a third time and passed, the cornyn-ossoff title amendment at the desk be agreed, to the title as amended 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. schume

, in order to get debt limit included speaker youngs negotiated separate deal with many schumer stilljoining me bill hagerty member senate banking affairs foreign relationss proposes rules committee senator, great to see you where are we on all of this? >> we're waiting to see tremendous amount of motion in the house waiting here in senate certainly, chuck schumer controls senate better are the republicans in house a great deal of noise i understood j.d. vance,neath with freedom caucus as we speak, i hope those conversations are going well at a moment waiting to see. maria: well, i mean trump posted on truth social last night, the united states will cut hundreds of billions of dollars in spending next year through reconciliation. house freedom caucus chairman harris and florida senator rick scott send a letter to mike johnson incoming senate majority leader john thune intensifying two-step reconciliations process with more than 20 lawmakers would focus on border policy first, right after new congress begins, trump takes office then a second policy bill considered later in the year, bu

schumer: finally, mr.siness today it recess until 10:00 a.m. on wednesday, december 18. all postcloture time with respect toed the house message be considered expired at 11:35 a.m.. further, upon dispo disposition, the senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed, and the cloture motion with respect to the motion to proceed ripen at 2:00 p.m. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: that is house message with respect to h.r. 5009. the presiding officer: without objection. sham if there is no further -- mr. schumer: if there is no further business to come before the senate, ski that it stand in -- i ask that it stand in recess under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands in recess until senate stands in recess until earlier in the criminal justice services at capitol hill the division is part of the fbi manages the crime reporting program. the national criminal background check system, and the national crime information center. watch the full hearing tonight at 8:

schumer democrats are diabolical and entity don't know what happens if you leave them in charge even for a couple more weeks. it would allegedly cut $2.5 trillion in federal spending over the course of reconciliation bills yet to be determined next year. this exercise of extending funding and unpredictable, and i believe it's a leagued indicator of the potential problems the gop may encounter next year if they continue to casually believe that they can pass numerous reconciliation bills in 2025. resent polling and that polling shows nearly half of all voters think we're in a recession. more than four fifths worry about inflation and 35% of voters say it's most important for tram top secure the boarder and right behind 26% say continuing growth by making trump tax cuts permanent. trump tax cut 2.0 wildly popular. ending taxes on times for service workers and 64% favor ending taxes on overtime pay for workers, and 70% favor making the 2017 trump tax cuts permanent. right now, mr. trump and his transition team are very popular. his approval rating well above 50%. he is enjoying nearly u

schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. 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 the nomination of executive calendar 783, lauren mcgarry mcferran, of the district of columbia, to be a member of the national labor relations board. signed by 19 senators as follows. mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i monday to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. oh, i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar 784. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. t

i mean, it had chuck schumer i have been fighting chuck schumer on this censorship enterprise.obal engagement center that's funded in here. we thought we had killed it. chuck schumer got it back in here. this is essentially. >> laura: that's why he is smiling tonight. funded to censor conservatives. we should not be doing any of this stuff. we need real reform president trump is going it usher it in. this thing is a disaster. my hope is for the house start from square one and actually have fiscal responsibility. >> laura: a clean bill could be about 30 pages, maybe it. could be pretty easy. >> you don't need democrats for it. >> you don't need democrats. >> we don't need democrats. congress isn't used to doing this but we should be. again, we have been advocating for there so-to-be single subject spending bills. i was one of the 20 to help reset the house rules because of the reasoning. the fact is you have a lot of people. some members are getting threatened with committee assignment ifs they don't vote a kind of way that can't be tolerated especially now. >> can i make one po

that is what chuck schumer has said publicly and people said he wants to do.sident trump is right but the question is how do we get there? the first bill negotiated was a nonstarter and once the people saw everything ends 1,550 pages. we moved the needle forward to a better billing you asked why did i oppose the bill last night? 38 opposed it because it came with two year extension of debt ceiling which would be $5 trillion lift and the credit card without structural spinning reforms. so our position is, mr. president we want to deliver for you on a debt ceiling increase to get it out of the way and chuck schumer can't abuse it, but we need spending restraints. what we have been doing for 48 hours is meeting with the vice president and meeting with a lot of folks incoming administration. i think we have the outlines of something that would work, that we are discussing as we speak. i think we can get something on that can make everybody happy and we are working hard to do it. >> john: talk about the outlines and a second that this debt ceiling and voting agains

you interviewed chuck schumer about how he is preparing for a second trump administration. they see the judiciary as the strongest check against him. joe biden has confirmed or appointed more judges than anybody in recent memory. so certainly leaving his imprint and his legacy on the judiciary as well. what is chuck schumer worried about the most, how confident is he that his judiciary or the judiciary that will be in place once biden leaves office will be able to be a bull work to trump's second term? >> the thing he is worried the most about with what donald trump is going to do, he listed basically everything. he listed everything that you could possibly think of that democrats would want to defend and protect. he is worried about any rollbacks to the legislation that they pass over the last four years. really in the first two years. and he really does believe that the judiciary, they kind of help to mold and create. he talked about a fourth of the judges on the bench will be joe biden judges which is quite a few people. that will be the tip of the spear of the resistanc

anticipating that senator schumer files on it. fiercely negotiating. obviously there is a huge difference of opinion as you know. anytime we do an authorization bill or an appropriation bill on some of the pro-life positions, hard site has fought vigorously to make sure that the pro-life provisions in the bill are strong and that the democrats do not weaken those. >> senator. >> talking about border security and defense in the first reconciliation package. what about some of the doj recommendations where spending reforms, deficit reduction? is that the first packager the second package? what is your vision on how to move that? >> i am a big fan of doj. this is long overdue. but i do believe that it will take us a bit of time for them, as they stand up that operation, take a hard look, scrutinize operations and see where we can achieve efficiencies. moving quickly on things that we know we can do better. with another package that would address some of the savings that would be achieved through productions of costs in various agencies and bureaucracies a

in fact, schumer is up right now. he might yield to some others. then they'll have the vote, and then this will be wrapped up probably by 1:00 eastern time. >> kevin, let me ask you about that. >> so if i'm understanding one more second here. yeah. go ahead. this might be the okay. they might be starting the vote right now here tammy baldwin. if i can hear the floor. >> no he's right. it does look like that might be it. >> yeah i think this is going to be the roll call. vote here as soon as. yes. so this is the roll call vote. all right kevin this is the vote itself on funding the government. they started about 24 minutes late. but they'll wrap this up here and we'll have a conclusion very soon. this is the vote on funding the government. >> yeah. you figure look it's going to be 80 to 20. it may be even more than that. everybody like you said, chad wants to get home. chad pergram always a pleasure, my friend. you're the best. thank you so much for spending time with us tonight. and thank you also to our panel. we appreciate all of you on a friday.

that's why you're seeing this rush from schumer. if i may, john, i will of course congratulate you on your final week hosting and i want to thank you for having me on and all the guests you've had over the years. it's been a pleasure and we wish you the best. i wish also that the red sox and patriots give me a reason to stay up that extra hour. >> they will not be threatening my sleep at all with how they've played of late. i deeply appreciate that, josh. we always appreciate you on the show. you're a good friend. thanks to you and your colleagues. thank you. we'll talk to you again soon and we appreciate it. >>> meanwhile, as josh just mentioned, there is continued battles now about trump's cabinet picks. one of them, robert f. kennedy jr., his selection to head the department of health and human services was back on capitol hill yesterday for a second straight day of meetings with gop senators. the controversial cabinet pick expressed confidence when asked about how those talks were going. >> how are the meeting going? any comment

let's have the debate now, and we should patreained spending bill that does not giv chuck schumer and the democrats everything they would like. republicans would like to support farmers and set our y up for success at 2025. th way to do that is with the temporary funding bill without democrat giveaways. combined with an increase in the debt ceiling, anything else is a betrayal of our country. susan, tennessee, democrat. caller: a lot of people said what i wanted to say, actually. i don't know if anybody remembers trump shut the government down for the longest in history last time, and i swear, i heard them say they wanted to give themselves a raise. is that real? host: yes. as part of the deal that has died, that was a cost-of-living increase for lawmakers. th

i called chuck schumer who i knew, hillary clinton who i knew.huck was the first one to respond to my call. i said i need liability legislation. can you help me? he said larry, you are entitled to it, i have known you for years, you are a good guy, i will get this for you. i said i appreciate it. next thing i know hillary clinton calls back, i told her the conversation i just had with chuck. she said larry, if he tells you he is to get it for you, he will get it. but if you need my help in any way, call, because i am therefore you. the two of them were terrific. so the first move was to find a group of political advisors who can represent our interests and pave the way for meetings with meters of the house, the senate, and the white house. host: lobbyists. larry: lobbyists. and so everybody we went to already had contacts that were representing people, therefore it was a conflict of interest for them. we finly found oneroup, quinn and gillespie. jack quinn, who was former counsel for bill clinton when he was president, and ed gillespie. host: for

i have been fighting chuck schumer on enterprise.obal in the engagement center, chuck schumer got up at> me and here. >> laura: that is why he is smiling. >> planted to censor conservatives and we should not be doing any of this stuff. president trump, this is ahe disaster so my hope is in and theyactu start from square one actually have physical responsibility. >> laura: ca cleaou bn bill coe be about 30 pages maybe? it could be pretty easy. you don't need democrats. >> we don't need democrats and congress isn't used to doingng this but we should be. s we have been advocating no single subject spending bills a you know, lord to reset the house rules because of this is reason. at the fact is you have a lot of people andme m we know some mems are gettinsig threatened with community assignments if they don't vote a certain type of way and that cannot be tolerated, especially nowt?. >> and i make a point? we have a process on the floor to debate things. c >> laura: there is never a debate. >> chuck schumer spent zero time on the senate

as alumni of chuck schumer, chuck schumer, as he will be the minority leader still in a leadership rolesaid he's looking to become the resistance 2.0, using judicial appointments to stand in the way of the trump agenda. how do you see this unfolding? >> this is an example of a politician -- chuck schumer -- who knows how to wield power and has the caucus united behind h him. the judicial system, republicans have appointed a lot of justices. i don't know how successful that's going to be, but in this game, the leaders really need to have their caucuses behind them as they do battle. i think that's happening in the senate for republicans and democrats -- the house for democrats, but not the house for republicans. that's a divided house right now. you have a weak speaker, weaker than any i've ever seen at this point. it's not mike johnson's fault. brad hand. >> we have a fight coming. >> i think what we've got is the reality that conservatives put republicans in office in the house, senate, and white house, and this is a huge opportunity to lead and get to the business of the american peop

chuck schumer has control of the gavel there. arthel: correct. but, i mean, isn't -- we have to to go now, but isn't that name of the game, compromise? republicans have to work with well democrats, democrats have to to work with republicans to get legislation done on behalf of the people. >> well, and and that's what we hope to. we hope hope to to put forward ideas that the can get across the party spectrums. hopefully, the partisanship goes away when we're doing the right thing for the american people which is lowering the debt limit and the levels of taxation, bringing our costs and interest rates down. those are things we're working towards doing. hose are the proposals that are going to come forward in the new year and, hopefully, we have a lot more mag ninety in the years ahead across washington and people will be working together more. arthel: lowering the debt limit or the amount of spending, i should say, without cutting too many programs that many americans depend on. >> we need to, we need if to put common sense forward. there's a lot o

w it was impossible for donald trump and elon musk to make a deal without negotiating with chuck schumer, the democratic leader in the senate, and president biden. there is no deal in washington now. without president biden's signature. something elon musk apparently doesn't know. but still, donald trump said, quote, speaker mike johnson and the house have come to a very good deal for the american people. that's what he said earlier today. republican speaker of the house mike johnson obviously rolesed that both elon musk and donald trump are legislatively insane. decided to let the insane and impossible musk-trump bill come to a vote in the house tonight. >> this is washington. this is how the -- lawmaking is done. it's a long process. sometimes it takes a while to reach consensus. but we're going to do the right thing here tonight. >> no, no, no. that o,was not how lawmaking wa done. mike johnson knew when he was saying that that the legislatively insane musk-trump bill was going to fail spectacularly. when the house voted a few minutes later. after a relentless 24 hours of pressure fro

stuff is supposed to come from the senate, if the house can't get it together, schumer will put together his own package, probably a clean cr. i'm hearing from sources that is already in the works and that could be coming later tonight, which is not early when you think about the deadline. if they don't see anything happen, if there is not a successful vote on the floor, yeah, we'll see something fcome from the senate. >> lawrence: we know the huddle is going on between speaker, incoming omb and j.d. vance, who is part of this -- >> vance has not been seen. >> ainsley: we're just hearing he's arriving. >> brian: as senator from ohio. >> lawrence: exactly. freedom caucus members right there. we saw this during the speaker race, as soon as they got more right-leaning members onboard, they lost some moderates. are they afraid this may happen? will they lose moderates as they moterate their position on this? >> with a clean cr, i don't think so. i think a clean cr will pass with bipartisan votes. it is what we're living in right now. we don't have a budget, you guys. this is a little laughab

he has to, had to navigate, try to get through chuck schumer and joe biden. that this next year, while it's going to be very difficult, i think he at least has one year of experience under his belt and, look, if donald trump is going to support mike johnson, then he is going to be the speaker. i think that he has -- this last week the promising change that turned is when he started engaging members, bringing us into the fold, bringing us into some of the discussions and negotiations. look, you've got to get early buy-in from the people who were elected, not pass bills that are a basically written by your staff. mike: congressman eric burleson from missouri, thank you for waiting around to chat. have a wonderful day, sir. >> merry christmas. mike: merry christmas. and we'll be right back. ♪ for more than a decade farxiga has been trusted again and again, and again. ♪far-xi-ga♪ ♪far-xi-ga♪ ask your doctor about farxiga. big news for mahomes! i'm switching to iphone 16 pro at t-mobile! it's built for apple intelligence. that's like peanut butter on jelly... on g

and there is always a chance chuck schumer puts together his observe clean funding billing to try roll the senate republicans. senate works slow and could still see a mini shutdown. we have no idea what is going to happen the next few hours here. >> brian: aishah, in your estimates, when that vote went to the floor, was there a sense -- >> -- no. >> surprised by the outcome or knew it was dead. >> people knew it wasn't going to pass when leader jeffries came out and said democrats would not be voting for it. we knew there would be people like chip roy, thomas massi and some others that weren't going to vote for it. you know the house republicans have a slim majority. what we did not expect, no one saw coming, i'm not sure if speaker johnson even knew that it was going to be such a high amount of house republicans. once it started shooting up toward the 20 and 30 nos that's when you knew this was not good. >> steve: aishah, the 38 republicans who voted no. they had a good reason. they went to congress to try to control spending. and what they said squishy bill didn't have a lifting of t

i know you said he talked with schumer and jeffries today, what's the strategy? is there a sense having him involved at this moment would do more harm than good? karine: i got some form of that question moments ago. the president knows how to deal with congress. he's been around some time as you all know. it's not the first time we've had this strategy where this is congress' number one job is to keep the government open. in this particular instance, you saw what republicans did with speaker johnson obviously leading us to this mess where we are right now and they need to fix it, period. it's their mess to fix. it is. there was a deal, a bipartisan deal. there was just days ago. and they created this mess. speaker johnson needs to fix this. republicans in congress need to fix this. it's their mess to fix. they allowed this to be scuttled by the president-elect. reporter: if the government is shut down would president biden remain in washington and not go through his holiday plans? karine: i can't get into hypotheticals and don't have anything to share. we believe