the texas democratic party with their star right side up and their platform which includes full support of public education raising teacher pay and force include class size limits because democrats know that teachers are just as important they're more important to our community than banks toure's and that our young people represent our nation's most important ip of infrastructure our intellectual infrastructure the democratic party of texas platform also includes the creation of a regulated and therefore sound banking system making housing health care and college affordable again for the middle class promoting public sector workers like teachers cops and firefighters strengthening medicare medicaid and social security putting an end to tax breaks for job outsourcers like mitt romney's bain capital investing in new infrastructure a living wage for all workers including health and retirement benefits a progressive income tax and assertion that health care is a right not a privilege support for a woman's right to choose support for stem cell research and the decriminalization and regulatio

texas. it is not the green party or the libertarian party. the democraticstate representative seats, 12 state senate seats, and 9 seats in the united states house of representatives. every important movement requires a first step. and now the texas democratic party has taken its first step toward fairness and justice in our drug laws. >>> don't tell me what you value, show me your budget. and i'll tell you what you value. well, romney, ryan, and the new republican party in congress, they have shown us their budget, and it's clear they don't value you very much. >> the nuns on the bus agree with what vice president joe biden had to say today in los angeles. the nuns took their bus to congressman paul ryan's office in his congressional district in janesville, wisconsin, today, led by sister simone campbell, who joined me here on the show last week, the nuns are on day two of a nine-state, 15-day nuns on the bus tour, protesting the impact of the ryan budget. 62% of the proposed cuts in the ryan budget come from programs that help poor children, the elderly, a

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in the 2010 elections a group called black democratic trust of texas warning the straight ticket vote for the democratic party would not count. the vote would count for the democratic ticket. as you pointed out, the 2010 elections of maryland where the robocalls were made by the republican candidate, but not identified that way, saying that this was a call from the democratic candidate there was no need to vote because barack obama had one. we want to make sure that in federal elections, we have the protection that these types of fraudulent deception communications will not be tolerated. we won't tolerate that type of communication in a presidential election. we thought those days were over but they are not. it simpois important for us to . he believes it is needed as a tool so that they can do their jobs on behalf of the american people. i would urge the committee to favor ab favorably consider this again. >> would you agree that the first amendment argument is not enough. protected by first ceptive amendments and somebody is selling for example prescription drugs and have been proven by being unsafe, your h

african-american neighborhoods in houston, texas, a group called black democratic trust of texas distributed flyers falsely warning that a straight ticket vote for democratic party would not count and that a vote just for a single democratic candidate would count for the entire democratic ticket. as you pointed out, the 2010 elections in maryland where the robocalls were made by the republican candidate but not identified that way, saying this was a call from the democratic candidate for governor and from barack obama. there was no need to vote because the election already had been won. senator grassley, you are correct, that person was prosecuted under state law, not under federal law, prosecuted and a conviction was had. we want to make sure that in federal elections we have the protection that these types of fraudulent, deceptive communications will not be tolerated. this legislation is carefully drafted to comply with the first amendment of the constitution. it's carefully timed as to when the communications and the type of communications and it gives the department of justice the tools they need to ensure the integrity of our election process and to make it

>> yeah, you had to have the democratic party to have the progressive wing, and right now the poor democratic party in texasder. they haven't won a state-wide race since 1994. they're 0 for 99 right now. i mean, they're just -- they're -- it's such a red state that what the old progressive tradition is still certainly exists in places like austin and houston and san antonio, but as a state it's as red as you can possibly be. >> fascinating state. >> large people. >> and large people. thank you very much, gale. good to see you. >> it's a pleasure. >> when what political story will make headlines in the next 24 hours? right here "andrea mitchell reports." me is my high school math teacher, dr. gilmore. i mean he could teach. he was there for us, even if we needed him in college. you could call him, you had his phone number. he was just focused on making sure we were gonna be successful. he would never give up on any of us. mine hurt more! mine stopped hurting faster... [ female announcer ] neosporin® plus pain relief starts relieving pain faster and kills more types of infectious bacteria. neosporin® plus pai

it's gotten so popular that texas democrats have put it part of their party platform. the governor of new york, andrew cuomo is also looking to decriminalize small amounts of pot possession. but the republicans, of course, thwarted him and they could not get it through this session. part of the reason they want him to do that is the outrageous stop and frisk policies. they did over 685,000 stop and frisks. 88% of the people were innocent. 53% plaque. 34% latino. only 9% white. i mean, look at those outrageous percentages. i wonder if they're targeting racial groups. unfortunately, they'll continue to do it until next year. now you should be against marijuana or you should be for marijuana decriminalization if you care about the stop and frisk program in new york, if you care about sense and any kind of justice in this country. and there is one other group that is in favor or should be in favor of decriminalization, that should be taco bell. how is this as a transition. ana. >> cenk, you're right. let's look at young brand foods. young brand foods is the biggest fast-fo

texas and lo and behold, what spencer oliver believes to this day is that nixon, getting this information, didn't tell former governor john conley at the time, still a democrat, who eventually, of course, switches parties, hey, you've got to guarantee that mcgovern gets some delegates at the texas state democratic convention. so quite the -- >> there was a wild, unknown part of this larger story. >> exactly. tomorrow i'm going to have a longer -- i'm going to have a longer conversation with woodstein and it's a fascinating talk that i think folks will enjoy. >> well, class will be in session tomorrow with professor chuck todd on the watergate scandal. i as a student of history really appreciate it. i know our views do too. enjoe mix mexico while you're working. >>> our political panel will be here next to kick off the week. what is romney's next step in the immigration debate, and who is on top? plus, the looming health care ruling from the supreme court. could today be decision day? >>> but first, the white house soup of the day. i've got to pronounce this right. ciappino. good italian dish. i'm a big fan. and don't forget, you can always follow the show on facebook. you're watching "the daily rundown

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texas. congressman, you said earlier that the democratic party has a secret weapon in getting latino votes andt romney and the republicans would say we have a secret weapon. he is mario rubio -- marco rubio from florida. is he going to save the day for the republican party? >> i don't see that he can. first of all i've said -- my prediction is that he will not be the vice presidential nominee or candidate for the reason that the most interesting debate if that were to happen between romney and rubio on immigration. because they're worlds apart. there's no way. it is too early for marco rubio to be honest with you to making that kind of a difference. and he has said some of the right things. i commend him for at least being open to a dream act. the problem is he can't convince anybody on his side of the aisle. so you may have one individual who sounds reasonable but then he has no influence within his own party. something's gotta give. and who prevails? i'm not real sure if romney and the others that are backing romney just stick to the positions that they obviously have taken and simply ignore

texas air national guard. >>> 40 years ago tomorrow, the u.s. presidency began to unravel. four decades since the break-in at the democratic party in washington. the burglars would be traced to the nixon administration and the president would resign from office in august of 1974. but what were the burglars really after? no one really knows for sure. but lamar walldren says he's found new evidence that explains the why behind watergate. >> it all went back to 1960 when nixon wins the vice president and had been running a close election against senator kennedy. to get an edge in the lek sthun, richard nixon pressured the cia to work with the mafia to assassinate the new leader of cuba, castro. >> there has been speculation that then vice president nixon was trying to lay the ground work for that, but you uncovered new information about it. >> right. it was nixon who pressed for that. he was eisenhower's action officer for cuba. nixon thought if castro died before the election, the public would stick with the vice president. but the mafia was not able to assassinate fidel. some of the same mafia members also contributed to a $500,0

party folks. they, you know, vociferously dislike democrats but they really dislike republicans. >> that's true. we're seeing this down in texasce. they are not going to vote differently in the united states senate. it's just this idea, once holding office and the others -- you know, there is this -- and pent up and it's this idea of your' not going to tell us who our nominees are going to be. we're going to tell you. i know you want to jump in, jamal. >> we really -- democrats who are involved in the 2000 election, the feeling about nader is way worse than it is about george bush. >> cruz's argument is if i vote the right way i'm not doing enough. he has to be a leader in the party -- >> not making enough of that case. >> that is the philosophy. >> shameless plugs? jamal? >> it's father's day friday and, you know, happy father's day to my dad and my brothers who are good dads in their own. >> very nice. >> my dad ends his reign as president of the hilton head republican club in south carolina. he gets one more year to actually be on the board. otherwise he is washing his hands it have. he is happy. a successful year surprisin

voters now, and you have a one-party republican state in texas and you have texas about to become majority latino. how do those three things coexist? >> if you talk to democrats texas, they're like, oh, yes, next year, it's coming. the fact is texas has, a, a terrible voter participation rate among everybody. and among latinos even worse. now they have a new voter i.d. law that makes it even more difficult for poorer people to get in and vote. it's a law in which your gun license counts as a voter i.d. but not your university i.d. card. it's just the way they're going there. what can i say? >> it's one thing to try to not be outnumbered. if you are, make sure the people who outnumber you can't say anything about it. gail collins, author of the new book "as texas goes." i should note, ohio native. >> yes. nobody says don't mess with ohio though. >> thank you, gail. it's the funniest political book of the year. really smart. >> thank you so much. >> thanks. we have a correction to make coming up on the show. it's a more exciting correction than the one i'm giving you right now. for misspelling my own name in our brand new graphics package at the top of the show

host: representative silvestre reyes, democrat of texas, who is a co-chair of the southwest border caucus and the house party caucus. he served with u.s. border patrol started off in 1969, was promoted to sector chief, and prior to that served in the u.s. army. memphis, tennessee. caller: i have a comment. i am against illegal immigration. i do not know too much about the ruling of the immigration law, but i know there is a lot of race-pandering going on, giving latino's writes that the citizens have because of their race. i believe that. i think it is about crime. it is not about racial profiling. they're breaking the law. they're coming over here, shortening our resources, and you do not know who was coming over our border. they might be from a game, killers commit anything. they come here, the over- populate the country. we already have over three again million people here. -- 300 million people here. i think it is a waste of money to detained and deported these people. the best way is self- deportation. take the rights said they have that they give to regular citizens, and take their rights away from the

texas, a state with a large hispanic population. one of the things of interest to note is when we ask hispanics about which party is more concerned for the community, it is the democratsho are seen as the party was more concerned. that is in the case for the last 10 years. while i cannot offer advice as to what the republican party might be able to do, there have been moments when republicans have won a large share of the hispanic vote. host: okay. back to numbers. this one is "nativity in 2010." guest: we have been talking about data from the national estimates. now, we will talk about the american community surveys. at the top, that is the u.s. population. that is mostly made . 87.1%. native is anyone who was born in the u.s. or born abroad to an american parent. they comprise about 12%. 12% of the total u.s. population is foreign-born. the foreign-born population is not native. when you look at the hispanic origin population, you 60% or native. 37% are foreign-born. hispanics are more likely to be naturalized citizens feared 11% compared to 6%. they are more likely to be non- citizens. host: one reason to follow us on twitter even if you are not on twitter, haiti i