in many ways our work picks up where he left off. >> host: paul kane of "the washington post." what was the end of result of that "gang of eight" legislation? >> guest: had a great result in the senate, got8 or 69 votes. a third of the republican congress supported it. every democrat supported it. it seemed to have real momentum. across the capitol among the house republicans there was a completely different political dynamic at work. they were not looking at national exit polling for mitt romney thinking we have to get right with hispanic voters, they were looking at their own primaries. they were scared to death getting primaried on the right. that bill, that is when chuck schumer and paul ryan first started working together, behind the scenes, schumer would go to ryan, even though he wasn't speaker yet, he knew how much respect people had for ryian. they kept getting, thinking they were getting close to having a house bill. then something bad would happen. it would get a little bit close, something bad would happen. then eric cantor lost his primary in june 2014, to a far ri

. >> host: jennifer stein hauer with the "new york times" and paul kane with the "washington post." a look ahead at democratic leadership for charles schumer. thanks to you both for joining us. >> thank you. >> live this morning on c-span2, a new year and a new congress. c-span's cameras are here at the warner theater in washington, d.c., for the swearing-in ceremony of the congressional black caucus to honor current and newly-elected members. one change, richardson will succeed kc butterfield as chair of the caucus. the swearing-in of the new 115th congress set to begin shortly. 1:00 eastern time, senator chuck schumer will give his first speech as the democratic leader, laying out his party's path. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [inaudible conversations]. ♪ [inaudible conversations]. ♪ [inaudible conversations]. ♪ >> live here at the warner theater in downtown washington, d.c., the swearing-in to hon of the new 115th congressaucus set to start shortly at the warner theater. one of the things we'll see, set brick richmond of louisiana, succeeding g.k. butterfield for leader. we'll look at s