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kyrsten sinema felt that was important. interestingly all of her colleagues, i think all but maybe one or two of her colleagues several years ago -- >> 33 of them. >> 33 democrat senators several years ago when republicans had the white house, the senate, and the house of representatives, all three, the democrats realized, we could -- if we got rid of 60-vote rule we republicans can do anything and donald trump was saying i want to do all these things, i'm going get rid of all the unions inin for public sphere and 33 democrats -- >> 33 democrats. >> she has better numbers than i have. 33 democrats signed a letter to mitchte mcconnell, do not get rd of that rule. it is absolutely essential to the preservation of democracy to make suree that we compromise ad guess what? when the time came when the democrats inhe the house, senate and white house, every single person decided to vote to get rid of 60 vote rule. and who was it who took the blame for saying no. it was extraordinary to me there cry about the democratic party to sa
kyrsten sinema felt that was important. interestingly all of her colleagues, i think all but maybe one or two of her colleagues several years ago -- >> 33 of them. >> 33 democrat senators several years ago when republicans had the white house, the senate, and the house of representatives, all three, the democrats realized, we could -- if we got rid of 60-vote rule we republicans can do anything and donald trump was saying i want to do all these things, i'm going get rid of all the...
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kirsten zip ma felt that was -- kyrsten sinema felt that was important. interestingly, all but maybe one or two of her colleagues several years ago -- >> 3 3 of them. >> if 33 democrat senators several years ago when republicans had the white house, the senate and the house of representatives, all three, the democrats realized we could -- if we got rid of the 60-vote rule, we republicans couldn't do anything. and donald trump was saying i want to do all these things, i want to do -- i'm going to get rid of all the unions in the public sphere and so forth, and these 30 democrats -- 3? >> 3 3. >> these 333 democrats -- 33 democrats signed a letter to mitch mcconnell saying do not get rudd of -- rid of that rule. it is absolutely essential to the preservation of democracy to make sure that we compromise. and guess what? if when the time came when the democrats had the house, the senate and the white house, every single person who'd signed it on the democratic side decided to vote to get rid are of the 660-vote rule -- 60-vote rule. and who was it who took th
kirsten zip ma felt that was -- kyrsten sinema felt that was important. interestingly, all but maybe one or two of her colleagues several years ago -- >> 3 3 of them. >> if 33 democrat senators several years ago when republicans had the white house, the senate and the house of representatives, all three, the democrats realized we could -- if we got rid of the 60-vote rule, we republicans couldn't do anything. and donald trump was saying i want to do all these things, i want to do --...
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this was a very complex race when independent senator kyrsten sinema was talking about running for reelection as an independent. s ra that we see a three-person senate race this day and age. enhe g out and became more clear how the race was going to look. the democratic likely nominee, the republic nominee or likely republican nominee, are held -- are headed towards a clash this fall. at was ruben has some real advantages in this race. he has a tremendous financial advantage. and he has the opportunity to introduce himself to voters in a favorable way. lake has less money as unpopula2 gubernatorial run. you combine those factors and you look at the posture of national republicans who are ve about montana, ohio, and a few other states and don't want toal arizona, who aren't as convinced and may not put anyg to be money towards helping lake win the race. all of that points toture where democrats are slightly favored to hold that seat. host: to callers. michelle, independent in maryland. caller: hello, can you hear me? yes, go ahead. caller: i wanted to talk about itics. it is my pet p flynn mar
this was a very complex race when independent senator kyrsten sinema was talking about running for reelection as an independent. s ra that we see a three-person senate race this day and age. enhe g out and became more clear how the race was going to look. the democratic likely nominee, the republic nominee or likely republican nominee, are held -- are headed towards a clash this fall. at was ruben has some real advantages in this race. he has a tremendous financial advantage. and he has the...
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people that helped write the bill, lankford and kyrsten sinema voted against the bill, as well? >> looks like everyone had a good time at trump rally in the bronx. you are right, the lead negotiators voted no. they said they realize this is a political ploy and charade. you don't have to go further than listen to what schumer said a day or two after the same bill failed in february. he said, we are playing chess, they are playing checkers and we got a ukraine bill. we end up in better shape on the border than three months ago. if you negotiate in good faith, if negotiate knowios fail, you do not rub your negotiating partners nose into how he did. if you secure the border, they did not get a bill, why say democrats are in better shape on the border than three months ago, all they were looking for was political cover, all they were looking for yesterday and kyrsten sinema and james lankford recognize this is political theater, not an attempt to secure the border. the bill failed, it codified open-border plsz, it was worse than passing nothing. >> lawrence: looks like this plan bac
people that helped write the bill, lankford and kyrsten sinema voted against the bill, as well? >> looks like everyone had a good time at trump rally in the bronx. you are right, the lead negotiators voted no. they said they realize this is a political ploy and charade. you don't have to go further than listen to what schumer said a day or two after the same bill failed in february. he said, we are playing chess, they are playing checkers and we got a ukraine bill. we end up in better...
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and i salute so many of my colleagues led by chris murphy, kyrsten sinema who helped make this happen. yesterday, those rules on background checks were supposed to go into effect, but sadly,, maga extremists had other plans. instead, maga extremists exploited our justice system and put our background check reforms on i.c.e. how to be due? by taking the case to their favorite judge in the country in the northern district of texas to rubberstamp a nationwide injunction. the decision of texas is terrible for america for two reasons. first, the decision out of texas is another consequence of judge shopping, and deeply unfair practice which john disses the whole fairness and support a judicial system has. where radicals, right-wing maga radicals all but guarantee a favorable outcome by going to a judge of their choice, often in jurisdictions where there is only one sitting judge in that local division, guaranteeing a favorable audience and guaranteeing a favorable outcome. no one had any doubt when these right-wing anti-gun safety groups went to this one judge, the very same judge who knoc
and i salute so many of my colleagues led by chris murphy, kyrsten sinema who helped make this happen. yesterday, those rules on background checks were supposed to go into effect, but sadly,, maga extremists had other plans. instead, maga extremists exploited our justice system and put our background check reforms on i.c.e. how to be due? by taking the case to their favorite judge in the country in the northern district of texas to rubberstamp a nationwide injunction. the decision of texas is...
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i believe we have some soundbites from james lankford and kyrsten sinema now let's listen to what they said acinar schumer's just bringing this up for political reasons on it. and i've said, hey, senator schumer, if you want to actually pass something let's sit down and actually work this out. but this is not a bipartisan attempt to be able to solve something. this is a partisan attempt for fundraising. >> all talk and no action goes both ways. today, the senate will hold a show vote. whose sole purpose is to point the finger back at the other party? yet another cynical political game dave, when this first one, when the bill failed back in february, cinema was on the floor and was really, really angry at what she considered the political games around this. >> and now we're hearing from her again saying this is more politics just to kind of a different shade. do you think the american people see it that way too and lankford, who you just showed, he he called it in another interviewer, a prop. so you can expect that the republicans are going to say that especially on the campaign trail,
i believe we have some soundbites from james lankford and kyrsten sinema now let's listen to what they said acinar schumer's just bringing this up for political reasons on it. and i've said, hey, senator schumer, if you want to actually pass something let's sit down and actually work this out. but this is not a bipartisan attempt to be able to solve something. this is a partisan attempt for fundraising. >> all talk and no action goes both ways. today, the senate will hold a show vote....
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we said chris murphy of connecticut and kyrsten sinema independent democrat from arizona. the three of them went to work inob year. they worked on for weeks, months, went back and forth and many times it looked like it was we cannot reach an agreement. and lo and behold we did came up bill that massively change the weight weag border. and they brought to the white house and said to joe biden in this bip bill, thisaid we will e perfect formula bipartisan in a congress with the democratic senate and a republican house and a president of the united states it said what happened next? that is the best parts. they went w and asked the republicans, many of the republicans did not take yes for an answer because we this bipartisan bill the architect being the republican senator of eir choice. they decided to ask the one man whether they should gord you want to guess who it was question at donald trump. donald trump said n am sorry i do not want to see this issue go away. i want t b able to work on this issue as part of my presidential campaign in t year 2024. that bill.you right no
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when kyrsten sinema said she would not seek another term, but it was the impact of that on this senate race? >> it did have a significant impact. there has been some mystery around this race since she switch to independent in late 2022. it made it difficult to get a fix on with the shape of this race really was. she was an incumbent senator who used to raise a lot of money. she never really pull out of it. from a polling perspective it made it difficult to get a read on what dynamics people were going to face. that has cleared up in the past month, though there have been other newsworthy items that every shape race as well. >> before we get to those, who is running? >> u.s. representative ruben gallego is the only prominent democrat. we have two notable republicans running in a primary that former editorial candidate kari lake, it a former tv broadcaster and ran and lost the 2022 governor torres in arizona. we also have the county sheriff mark lamb, from a county that is roughly between phoenix and tucson. >> what is the primary race like between those two, and what are the polls showi
when kyrsten sinema said she would not seek another term, but it was the impact of that on this senate race? >> it did have a significant impact. there has been some mystery around this race since she switch to independent in late 2022. it made it difficult to get a fix on with the shape of this race really was. she was an incumbent senator who used to raise a lot of money. she never really pull out of it. from a polling perspective it made it difficult to get a read on what dynamics...
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we said chris murphy of connecticut and kyrsten sinema, an independent frot to work in october much last year and worked on this for weeks, months, went back and forth and it looked many times like it was hopele, couldn't reach an agreement. and lo and behold, they did. they came up with bill, a bill that massively changed the way we manage border. and brought it to the white house and said to joe biden in this bipartisan bill, this bipartisan bill, will y support it and he said i will. so we had a perfect form a bipartisan bill in a congress with a democratic senate and a republican house. and a president of the united states who says i'll sign it. wpened next? that's the best part. they went and asked the republicans, many of the republicans didn't take yes for an answer because wds bipartisan bill, the architect being the republican senator of their asking one man to go forward. want to guess who it was? donald trump. donald trump said no, i'm sorry, i don't want to see t ab this issue as presidential campaign in the year 2024. i'm telling you right now, stop that bill. stop that bipa
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this is the bipartisan border deal that group of senate negotiators james lankford, kyrsten sinema and chris murphy struck back in february. it essentially would amend some asylum laws. it within the so-called program called catch and release and it would give the president authority the border if a certain number of individuals across the border if that reached a certain threshold. come together after months ofly those painstaking negotiations that initially convene republicans have demanded any aid for ukraine be alongside bordvion. that group convene, they came to an agreement unveiled this deal which was essen and immigration reform has been something that has lawmakers for years but very quickly after he became clear this bipartisan border deal finish line of republicans casting doubt on the significance of the legislations former president trump come out and urging republica tainst it. so essentially republicans have blocked this legislation from moving forward and then congress went ahead with considering foreign aid without border security. now schumer is trying to comeme back
this is the bipartisan border deal that group of senate negotiators james lankford, kyrsten sinema and chris murphy struck back in february. it essentially would amend some asylum laws. it within the so-called program called catch and release and it would give the president authority the border if a certain number of individuals across the border if that reached a certain threshold. come together after months ofly those painstaking negotiations that initially convene republicans have demanded...
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ronald hansen when kyrsten sinema said she would not seek another term, what was the impact of that on this senate race? you know, it really did have a significant impact. there's been sort of some mystery around this race since she switched to an independent in late 2022. it really made it difficult, i think, to get a fix on what the shape of this race really was. she was an incumbent senator who used to raise a lot of money. it there was no indication that she was going to jump into the race, but she never really pulled out of it either. so i think from a polling perspective, if only it really sort of made it difficult to get a read on what dynamics people were even going to face that has cleared up. in the past month, though, there have been other newsworthy items that have sort of reshaped the race as well. right before we get to those who's running right now, we have u.s. representative ruben gallego, though he is the only prominent democrat running in this race. we have two notable republic wins running in a primary that is former gubernatorial candidate carrie lake. she is a for
ronald hansen when kyrsten sinema said she would not seek another term, what was the impact of that on this senate race? you know, it really did have a significant impact. there's been sort of some mystery around this race since she switched to an independent in late 2022. it really made it difficult, i think, to get a fix on what the shape of this race really was. she was an incumbent senator who used to raise a lot of money. it there was no indication that she was going to jump into the race,...
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[applause] >> this afternoon senators kyrsten sinema of arizona, bill cassidy of louisiana, james lankford of obama and joe manchin of west virginia talk about the current state of american politics peeking at the annual institute global conference in los angeles. live coverage begins 4:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. recently u.s. energy secretary jennifer granholm testified in president biden's 2025 budget request for house energy and commerce committee u.s. liquid natural g exports, appliance efficiencytandards, clean energy cld see it tonight 8:00 eastern on c-span2. he spent now, free mobile pretty graph or online at c-span.org. >> it information from members of government in the palm of your hand. when you order your copy of c-span's 2024 congressional directory with ir contact information every house and senate member of the 118 congress. important information on congressional committee. the president's cabinet these and state governors. congressional directory has 32.95 questioning and handling of every purchase helps support nonprofit operations. scan the court on the right or to
[applause] >> this afternoon senators kyrsten sinema of arizona, bill cassidy of louisiana, james lankford of obama and joe manchin of west virginia talk about the current state of american politics peeking at the annual institute global conference in los angeles. live coverage begins 4:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. recently u.s. energy secretary jennifer granholm testified in president biden's 2025 budget request for house energy and commerce committee u.s. liquid natural g exports,...
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sinema senate majority leader chuck schumer was questioned about it, watch. >> what you make of the fact that two of the three negotiators that sinema said it was political. >> i look at what they said about the bill, we voted on the bill not on rhetoric, both of them put to their credit heart, souls and minds and came up with a damn good product they should've pass until donald trump did his thing advancing a bill to repeal the noncitizen to vote in local elections, 52 democrats joining republicans to approve this measure, 143 democrats voted against it, joining the wisconsin congressman scott fitzgerald the house judiciary and financial services committee, let's go back to check chuck schumer, donald trump did his thing, what would that thing be, everyone knows chuck schumer knows how to count votes, what we ended up with was a situation with a lot of people in d.c. wondering what he was up to, at the end of the day what we saw there were a number of members that he thought would be there in the end that just didn't show up on the senate vote. >> president biden lehman republicans
sinema senate majority leader chuck schumer was questioned about it, watch. >> what you make of the fact that two of the three negotiators that sinema said it was political. >> i look at what they said about the bill, we voted on the bill not on rhetoric, both of them put to their credit heart, souls and minds and came up with a damn good product they should've pass until donald trump did his thing advancing a bill to repeal the noncitizen to vote in local elections, 52 democrats...
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sinema. >> -- what two -- three negotiators went. >> political theatre what do you make of it. >> i look what they said about the bill we voted on bill not rhetoric, both of them put their to their credit put their harvest souls minds into this came up with a damn good product that should have passed until donald trump did his thing. >> you are reaction donald trump did this is things senator your reaction. >> it wasn't donald trump he rightfully was against it we need a border security bill an immigration bill we didn't need a bill -- donald trump with existing law secured the border joe biden opened the border that means drugs, criminals, terrorists coming across every day the border is wide-open, wide-open, in venezuela all criminals to united states criminal gangs, from venezuela other places in our country today, joe biden made this decision, we didn't need this bill. right? this was immigration bill we wanted whoa we wand biden to secure border what we want to do is say joe biden you want to do ukraine aid we give you aid on condition you secure the border he -- of course, tha
sinema. >> -- what two -- three negotiators went. >> political theatre what do you make of it. >> i look what they said about the bill we voted on bill not rhetoric, both of them put their to their credit put their harvest souls minds into this came up with a damn good product that should have passed until donald trump did his thing. >> you are reaction donald trump did this is things senator your reaction. >> it wasn't donald trump he rightfully was against it we...
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sinema and chris murphy. republicans rejected the bill in february. it allows 4,000 people to come in before biden would do anything about the open border and they say it would not solve the crisis, would have you allowed biden to abuse the parole system. they claim the bill will give biden new authorities to close the border. we know he doesn't need new authorities. he walked into the oval office and overturned all of trump's security. now he said he wants more authority from congress. your reaction? >> this is nothing more than political cover for democrats in tough districts. that's all this is going to do. as you said, this bill, if passed, would g biden cover and allow him to create another class and abuse the parole system. the problem is, adding a category to the illegals, you can't deport them at a time when we need mass deportations. i think it will fail. this is protecting democrats in tough races so they can say look, we're for closing the border the. maria: all politics all the time apparently. co
sinema and chris murphy. republicans rejected the bill in february. it allows 4,000 people to come in before biden would do anything about the open border and they say it would not solve the crisis, would have you allowed biden to abuse the parole system. they claim the bill will give biden new authorities to close the border. we know he doesn't need new authorities. he walked into the oval office and overturned all of trump's security. now he said he wants more authority from congress. your...
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sinema then we are finally going to have a path to abolishing the filibuster, which is the greatest stumbling block to police reform. >> and i might add we got the george floyd justice and policing act you referred to in the house, couldn't get it in the senate because of the donald trump republicans and trump was the president. never came out, in fact he defended qualified immunity in a speech last week. but before we lose you, congressman, we are now waiting on the senate to take up legislation cracking down on safety standards for lithium batteries, a bill you introduced which passed in the house this week after these batteries caused a number of fatal fires in new york city. what more can you tell us about the danger and how this legislation combats it? >> for me the issue of fire safety is an issue of racial justice. like communities of color in places like the bronx are the hardest hit by catastrophic fires. the four deadliest fires in new york city in the past 30 years have all been in the bronx, which is overwhelmingly african american and latino, and the fastest growing cau
sinema then we are finally going to have a path to abolishing the filibuster, which is the greatest stumbling block to police reform. >> and i might add we got the george floyd justice and policing act you referred to in the house, couldn't get it in the senate because of the donald trump republicans and trump was the president. never came out, in fact he defended qualified immunity in a speech last week. but before we lose you, congressman, we are now waiting on the senate to take up...
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you had kyrsten sinema from arizona who became independent before dropping out of the race . what you think of those who blame joe manchin for this reality? is that the reality or is it just politically convenient? >> well, this is the truth. you have to count and we couldn't do it because we were short the vote. i say, i hope we all listen to what tara said. she went through everything that is at stake in the selection and i want to give you some hope, because of my age. my mother was born in 1911. it wasn't until 1920 that women have the right to vote so she used to take me to the voting booth with her and she would let me, there were at that time, little levers in new york that you pull down, and she would string democratic and she would say, don't tell daddy. that's a lot. my dad was kind of an eisenhower republican, if you will. i think there is something in that. women know it's not about abortion, per se, right? it's about making our decisions for ourselves, it's about respect, forcing pregnancies, putting young girls in danger, and they may not say anything to pollste
you had kyrsten sinema from arizona who became independent before dropping out of the race . what you think of those who blame joe manchin for this reality? is that the reality or is it just politically convenient? >> well, this is the truth. you have to count and we couldn't do it because we were short the vote. i say, i hope we all listen to what tara said. she went through everything that is at stake in the selection and i want to give you some hope, because of my age. my mother was...
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this was that border legislation negotiated by james langford, kyrsten sinema and a chris murphy, republicans he rejected the bill in february saying it would not solve the crisis that would have allowed biden to abuse the parole system. you remember. he said he wanted to have four or 5,000 people coming in before the government would of shut down the border at all so you had 4 or 5,000 people every day. schumer sent a letter to senators last night claiming the bill will give biden, quote, new authorities to close the border, congressman. your reaction? >> well, my reaction to that is why doesn't president biden use the same authority that president trump used that president biden got rid of within his literally his first day in office and the preceding days or the following days coming to office. why doesn't he use those authorities to seal the border? he doesn't need new legislation. we don't need anything negotiated by secretary mayorkas, impeached by the house for dereliction of duty on the border. the president has all the authority he needs right now. what they're trying to do, as usual
this was that border legislation negotiated by james langford, kyrsten sinema and a chris murphy, republicans he rejected the bill in february saying it would not solve the crisis that would have allowed biden to abuse the parole system. you remember. he said he wanted to have four or 5,000 people coming in before the government would of shut down the border at all so you had 4 or 5,000 people every day. schumer sent a letter to senators last night claiming the bill will give biden, quote, new...
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okay, this bill was negotiated in a bipartisan nature by senators chris murphy, kyrsten sinema and james langford. sinema and langford voted against it and sinema denounced political theater on both sides of the aisle. who are they kidding? this is playing politics at its worst. we have a crisis on the border. we have a presidential election around the corner and we've got mass deportation that is a hot button issue on this presidential campaign. why doesn't the senate see that? >> they do see it. senator schumer knows better. it is a pure political stunt thinking the american people are stupid and not paying attention. the reason the border is broken is because joe biden and kamala harris broke it. democrats issued out of the white house 100 executive orders changing the trump policies. they didn't seem so keen on doing legislation. they did it through executive order. remember, the democrats had the house and senate and the presidency the first two years of the biden administration. so don't tell me and cry me a tear that we have to fix something that is broken. you broke it and you co
okay, this bill was negotiated in a bipartisan nature by senators chris murphy, kyrsten sinema and james langford. sinema and langford voted against it and sinema denounced political theater on both sides of the aisle. who are they kidding? this is playing politics at its worst. we have a crisis on the border. we have a presidential election around the corner and we've got mass deportation that is a hot button issue on this presidential campaign. why doesn't the senate see that? >> they...
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sinema, two nominal democrats, sinema became an independent. you're in favor of pausing the filibuster and what would that mean and how would that change things? >> we need to have a true representative democracy and that requires 50 plus one vote. that's how democracy works. particularly in protecting fundamental civil rights, particularly protecting voting rights, protecting democracy. i've said this before, as we see attacks against our democracy, see them attacking and eroding every democratic institution, they're strategically attacking women's rights. and it's central to democracy because women's rights and democracy go hand in hand. when we organize, when we mobilize, when we create a movement, we win. but we also strengthen democracy here in this country. and so, this is a strategy. it's a well-coordinated effort. and i truly believe that if i'm in the senate, we need to put a pause in the filibuster to pass the voting rights act. we're in this mess right now with all the issues we're facing in this country because that didn't happen wh
sinema, two nominal democrats, sinema became an independent. you're in favor of pausing the filibuster and what would that mean and how would that change things? >> we need to have a true representative democracy and that requires 50 plus one vote. that's how democracy works. particularly in protecting fundamental civil rights, particularly protecting voting rights, protecting democracy. i've said this before, as we see attacks against our democracy, see them attacking and eroding every...
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with west virginia's joe whan chin and maryland's ben cardin retiring and arizona's kyrsten sinema exiting stage rate. democrats are facing a steep battle to hang on the the slim majority. democracy at stake, every seat matters. the senate determines who gets to be in trump's cabinet and this time there is no mark milli or jim, stephen miller and steve bannon. the senate would vote to confirm judges including any potential supreme court nominations which means just a handful of senators would decide if we get a supreme court justice aileen cannon or robert herr. beyond that, republican senate would act as nothing more than a rubber stamp on trump's project 2025 maga policies. you could look forward to a national abortion ban, something republican senators like lindsey graham have been pushing for years. and that could have a ripple effect on other aspects of women's health. like potentially endangering access to ivf or the abortion pill. and what would stop a republican-controlled senate from slashing or privatizing social safety nets like social security and medicare, something republican
with west virginia's joe whan chin and maryland's ben cardin retiring and arizona's kyrsten sinema exiting stage rate. democrats are facing a steep battle to hang on the the slim majority. democracy at stake, every seat matters. the senate determines who gets to be in trump's cabinet and this time there is no mark milli or jim, stephen miller and steve bannon. the senate would vote to confirm judges including any potential supreme court nominations which means just a handful of senators would...
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[applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> centers kyrsten sinema of arizona and bill cassidy of louisiana, , james lankford of obama and joe manchin of west virginia talk about the current state of american politics at the annual milk institute global conference in los angeles. live coverage begins at 4 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> friday nights watch c-span's to 124 campaign trail, a weekly round up of c-span's campaign coverage providing a one-stop shop to discover what the candidates across the country are saying to voters, along with first-hand accounts from political reporters, update a poll fundraising data and campaign ads. watch c-span's 201224 campaign trail friday nights at 7:30 p.m. eastern on on c-span, onlinet c-span.org or download as a podcast on c-span now, our free mobile app review future podcast. c-span's are unfiltered view of politics. >> c-span now is a free mobile app featuring your unfiltered view of what's happening in washington live and on-demand. keep up with today's biggest events with live streams or floor proceedings in hearing
[applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> centers kyrsten sinema of arizona and bill cassidy of louisiana, , james lankford of obama and joe manchin of west virginia talk about the current state of american politics at the annual milk institute global conference in los angeles. live coverage begins at 4 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> friday nights watch c-span's to 124 campaign trail, a weekly round up of c-span's campaign coverage providing a one-stop shop...
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that's including arizona's kyrsten sinema, who is an independent, but caucuses with the democrats republicans have just two seats on the board that are considered at risk. and the red states of texas and florida tossing the typically bloom maryland into the mix as a battleground is pretty new territory at recent years for democrats my great friends and reporters are back here. you were just talking about when we were on the break about two things about the money spent to get to this point by democrats but also the money that democrats are going to have to spend now in maryland, whereas they have a pretty large map for sure. i mean, david trone spent what, some $60 million? yes. so a lot of it on ads, probably even more than that once the numbers come in and just like a rough back of the envelope, math it's one of the $300 per vote which was until the reason this matters is now the dsc. see democrats are likely going to have to invest pretty heavily in maryland which at the end of erase, it creates an opportunity for choices. is that money that they won't have to help save sherrod brown in ohi
that's including arizona's kyrsten sinema, who is an independent, but caucuses with the democrats republicans have just two seats on the board that are considered at risk. and the red states of texas and florida tossing the typically bloom maryland into the mix as a battleground is pretty new territory at recent years for democrats my great friends and reporters are back here. you were just talking about when we were on the break about two things about the money spent to get to this point by...
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and there were three additional democratic novo's glue cory booker, the fonts are butler and also kyrsten sinema, who is an independent who caucuses with democrats who else will cut this bipartisan border security deal after months of painstaking negotiations and it failed initially in february because donald trump before it was even released, came out and gets it urge republicans to kill it. republicans on the hill said it did not go far enough this time. cinema and others will rejected it because they believe democrats were using it for political reasons to try to deflect blame for what's happening on the border onto republicans now, undoubtedly, this is going to be a top tier issue for some of those democrats in key senate races. and that is a question i put today to the top, and chairman of the senate democratic campaign committee asked him how this will play in november with those key vulnerable democrats thank you. >> have to look at a republicans as basically being very hypocritical and are hypocrites. they, they just want to use this as a campaign issue, but they're not willing to
and there were three additional democratic novo's glue cory booker, the fonts are butler and also kyrsten sinema, who is an independent who caucuses with democrats who else will cut this bipartisan border security deal after months of painstaking negotiations and it failed initially in february because donald trump before it was even released, came out and gets it urge republicans to kill it. republicans on the hill said it did not go far enough this time. cinema and others will rejected it...
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sinema about their views on bipartisanship and the election process. this is part of a conference hosted by the milken institute in los angeles and is just over one hour. >> i guess i am supposed to follow that but i do not know what it is. thank you and welcome. we are going to have a wonderful conversation today. i know all the panelists are so well-known that they need no introduction and therefore they will not receive one. we are going to jump right in. but i want to tell you something about these people and why we are having them here. they all have a lot of things in common, even though they have different perspectives on a number of policy issues, they have all been in government service for a long time, 14 years to 40 years. three of the four have been elected at the state level, three of the four have served in the house prior to being in the senate. someone he just somebody already asked the question, if all the senators were like them, the place would work great. so i think it is great to have people with different points of view that find
sinema about their views on bipartisanship and the election process. this is part of a conference hosted by the milken institute in los angeles and is just over one hour. >> i guess i am supposed to follow that but i do not know what it is. thank you and welcome. we are going to have a wonderful conversation today. i know all the panelists are so well-known that they need no introduction and therefore they will not receive one. we are going to jump right in. but i want to tell you...
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democrat senator netiquette money deposit senator kyrsten sinema arizona and conservative center. we voice of the problem a serious in reference to national security, economy spiraling out of control. the highest mother in the history of our country in december chris the highest number with the largest date of illegal crossings in the history of our country. we sat down with a serious conversation is that we have differences on how to resolve is what we want to fix this so we spent months trying to them out a resolution. we hope to get to a conclusion but we failed to do that. it didn't have everything i wanted and it but it did have essentials to change the way you do asylum in the processing and bitterly took it from the very first person across the border each day would be detained, quickly streamed and deported. the very first person. a lot of caravan of up to 5000 a day, we can't control so in that situation instead of detaining, quickly screaming and deporting, we would just detain it deport. we were going to turn people around. it changed the structure dramatically from wha
democrat senator netiquette money deposit senator kyrsten sinema arizona and conservative center. we voice of the problem a serious in reference to national security, economy spiraling out of control. the highest mother in the history of our country in december chris the highest number with the largest date of illegal crossings in the history of our country. we sat down with a serious conversation is that we have differences on how to resolve is what we want to fix this so we spent months...
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we had an independent senator kyrsten sinema from arizona arizona. we all understood the problem is serious and it's a he very real threat to our economy. it is spiraling out of control on the border. october is the highest month ever in the history of our country. november was the highest number in the history of our country. december was the highest number ever in the history of our country with the largest day of illegal crossings in the history of our country in december of 12,000 people in a single day. things were spiraling out of control at the border and they continue. so we sat down in a serious conversation and said we had differences of how to be able to resolve this but we all want to be able to fix this. so we spent months trying to be able to hammer out a resolution. this is serious dialogue that we hope to be able to get to conclusion. but we failed to do that. we created a bill that i felt like was a great bill with common ground in it. it didn't have everything that i wanted in it. but it did have the essentials in it to be able to c
we had an independent senator kyrsten sinema from arizona arizona. we all understood the problem is serious and it's a he very real threat to our economy. it is spiraling out of control on the border. october is the highest month ever in the history of our country. november was the highest number in the history of our country. december was the highest number ever in the history of our country with the largest day of illegal crossings in the history of our country in december of 12,000 people in...
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we said chris murphy of connecticut and kyrsten sinema, an independent democrat from arizona. the three of them went to work in october of last year and they worked on this for weeks, months. went back and forth and it looked many times like it was hopeless. couldn't reach an agreement. but lo and behold they did. they came up with a bill, a bill that massively changed the way we manage the border. and they brought it to the white house and they said to joe biden in this bipartisan bill, this bipartisan bill, will you support it and he said i will. so we had a perfect formula, a bipartisan bill in a -- and a congress with a democrat senate and a republican house and a president of the united states who says i'll sign it. so what happened next? that's the best part. they went and asked the reaction, many republicans didn't take yes for an answer because we had this bipartisan bill. the architect being the republican senator of their choice. they decided to ask one man whether they should go forward. want to guess who it was? donald trump. donald trump said no, i'm sorry, i don'
we said chris murphy of connecticut and kyrsten sinema, an independent democrat from arizona. the three of them went to work in october of last year and they worked on this for weeks, months. went back and forth and it looked many times like it was hopeless. couldn't reach an agreement. but lo and behold they did. they came up with a bill, a bill that massively changed the way we manage the border. and they brought it to the white house and they said to joe biden in this bipartisan bill, this...
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this was a very complex race when independent senator kyrsten sinema was talking about running for reelection as an independent. it is rare that we see a three-person senate race this day and age. when she got out and became more clear how the race was going to look. the democratic likely nominee, the republican nominee or likely republican nominee, are held -- are headed towards a clash this fall. what we looked at was ruben has some real advantages in this race. he has a tremendous financial advantage. and he has the opportunity to introduce himself to voters in a favorable way. lake has less money and is deeply unpopular after her 2022 gubernatorial run. you combine those factors and you look at the posture of national republicans who are very excited about montana, ohio, and a few other states and don't want to talk about arizona, who aren't as convinced that arizona is going to be competitive and may not put any money towards helping lake win the race. all of that points to a picture where democrats are slightly favored to hold that seat. host: let's talk to callers. michelle, independen
this was a very complex race when independent senator kyrsten sinema was talking about running for reelection as an independent. it is rare that we see a three-person senate race this day and age. when she got out and became more clear how the race was going to look. the democratic likely nominee, the republican nominee or likely republican nominee, are held -- are headed towards a clash this fall. what we looked at was ruben has some real advantages in this race. he has a tremendous financial...
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meanwhile, independent senator kyrsten sinema, one of the lead negotiators of the bill, had this to say about why she voted yesterday against her own legislation. >> my colleagues blamed political theater for blocks action. so did i. they were right. i spoke on the floor twice in defense of our legislation. it turns out my republican colleagues were all talk and no action. today, though, my democratic colleagues have chosen more political theater instead of real efforts to solve this crisis. all talk and no action goes both ways. >> not sure about that. that brings us, though, to this. >>> during a house oversight commit see hearing on thursday, jared moskowitz mocked his gop colleagues for their, quote, accomplishments since taking control of the house. >> it's a little awkward when you want to disagree with someone on your side of the aisle, but i have to dramatically disagree with my colleague, ms. crockett, who used data and statistics and facts to claim that this is the least productive congress in modern history. first of all, this congress removed a speaker, okay, which has never
meanwhile, independent senator kyrsten sinema, one of the lead negotiators of the bill, had this to say about why she voted yesterday against her own legislation. >> my colleagues blamed political theater for blocks action. so did i. they were right. i spoke on the floor twice in defense of our legislation. it turns out my republican colleagues were all talk and no action. today, though, my democratic colleagues have chosen more political theater instead of real efforts to solve this...
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doug ducey won his race by 14 points at the same time that kyrsten sinema won her race by two points here. there are republican voters willing to go from one candidate over to the other. i don't know if it's quite this spread between donald trump and kari lake though. >> vaughn, thanks. we're going to sneak in one more break as we continue to follow what's going on inside the court. we'll bring you the latest on the deadly helicopter crash in iran which killed the country's president and foreign minister. we'll be right back. we'll be right back. [coughing] copd isn't pretty. i'm out of breath, and often out of the picture. but this is my story. ( ♪♪ ) and with once-daily trelegy, it can still be beautiful. because with 3 medicines in 1 inhaler, trelegy keeps my airways open for a full 24 hours and prevents future flare-ups. trelegy also improves lung function, so i can breathe more freely all day and night. trelegy won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. do not take trel
doug ducey won his race by 14 points at the same time that kyrsten sinema won her race by two points here. there are republican voters willing to go from one candidate over to the other. i don't know if it's quite this spread between donald trump and kari lake though. >> vaughn, thanks. we're going to sneak in one more break as we continue to follow what's going on inside the court. we'll bring you the latest on the deadly helicopter crash in iran which killed the country's president and...