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.
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.
A senator says repeated sexual assaults in the military allow a culture to continue. Full story
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.
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.
Chris Hayes looks at the difficult choices some senators made to get a comprehensive immigration bill out of the Senate's Judiciary Committee.
As former IRS commissioner Douglas Shulman answered questions under oath from senators, he refused to apologize to conservative and tea party groups the inspector general says were targeted by the IRS saying, “I am not personally responsible.” NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell reports.
The Daily Rundown’s Chuck Todd reports on the latest about the immigration bill.
Pittsburgh Penguins' Douglas Murray and Ottawa Senators' Erik Karlsson scarmble for the puck during the second period in Game 3 of their NHL Eastern Conference semi-final playoff hockey game in Ottawa May 19, 2013. Both were given minor penalties on the play. REUTERS/Chris Wattie (CANADA - Tags: S
Members of the Ottawa Senators and Pittsburgh Penguins battle after the whistle during the second period in Game 3 of their NHL Eastern Conference semi-final playoff hockey game in Ottawa May 19, 2013. REUTERS/Chris Wattie (CANADA - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY)
Ottawa Senators' Cory Conacher and Pittsburgh Penguins' Kris Letang knock down Pittsburgh Penguins' goalie Tomas Vokoun during the second period of Game 2 of their NHL Eastern Conference semi-final hockey game in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania May 17, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Cohn (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPO
Montreal Canadiens' Mike Blunden and Ottawa Senators' Sergei Gonchar