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Pritzker Commerce nomination in 'pretty good shape': Republican senator

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Republican senator on Thursday said that Commerce Secretary nominee Penny Pritzker had satisfactorily answered most of his questions about her role in the failure of an Illinois bank and her family's use of offshore tax havens. Full story

Can't trust Republicans? If you say so, Senator Cruz

   Martin Bashir takes on the ‘wacko-bird’ battle between Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. and John McCain, R-Ariz., over whether Republicans can trust their own party.

Sen. Coburn calls for budget offsets to pay for federal aid

   Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn joins Morning Joe to discuss the debate over federal funding in the wake of natural disasters.

Scarborough: Cruz's self-righteousness will blow up in his face

   Politico Playbook: Senator Ted Cruz, R-Ariz., stated on Wednesday on the Senate floor that he doesn't trust his own party to hold fast on a compromise over the debt ceiling and why he objects to sending the Senate budget over to the House. Politico's Mike Allen joins Morning Joe to discuss.

Sen. Gillibrand: Alleged assaults undermine military

   Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democratic senator from New York who serves on the Armed Services Committee, comments on the recent reports of sexual assaults in the military.

Senate to debate immigration

   Voto Latino’s Maria Teresa Kumar, Politico’s Rachel Smolkin and RSLC President Chris Jankowski join The Daily Rundown  to discuss the next steps for immigration reform, President Barack Obama’s speech on counter terrorism, and give their shameless plugs.

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  Senators seek justice for military sexual assault victims

In an exclusive special report, NBC’s Maria Shriver speaks with three senators who are working to create legislation that will allow outside prosecutors to decide whether or not to take military sexual assault cases to trial rather than relying on military commanders to play that role.

  Did Senators cave or compromise on immigration bill?

The Senate's immigration bill passed a major hurdle on Tuesday night but did not include an amendment that allowed LGBT citizens to sponsor their foreign-born spouses. Chris Hayes talks about the compromise that made it possible with Marielena Incapie and Felipe Sousa-Rodriguez.

  Senate dumps LGBT protections in immigration bill

Chris Hayes looks at the difficult choices some senators made to get a comprehensive immigration bill out of the Senate's Judiciary Committee.

  Tallying up the cost to recover from deadly tornado

Oklahoma State Rep. Mark McBride and former Oklahahoma Gov. Frank Keating discuss how much FEMA aid will be available to help the storm survivors and how long the recovery process might take.

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