that we've had roughly five trillion in stimulus and i don't call us demi less but it's a visible bill frist you know who you know if i was to about asked group of mine. who are five years ago five trillion in instead of us of better or not i think he probably would have sent us that's what we had is we are truly in a class deficits everywhere you know where to go who benefited from all that and how it went and said you know ridiculous schemes and and energy that are now bankrupt under obama it you know raised you again wages bought you know to paper those union wages. prices were not a tax on extended admitting unions are still clamoring for more money you got all these factors but what this all was balls around fractional reserve lending and the ability for banks twenty light right the people with her stack system money and the wealthy are the ones that benefit yeah those rates are the party one more point mark those rates are the party that has to last him right on credit look at the housing bust look at what happened in two thousand and six when it's finally average a lot of access to cr

thursday, november 8th at 9:00 a.m., former senators tom daschle and bill frist appear together to talk about health care improvement, where will it go from here? and on friday, november 9th, congressman chris van hollen is the keynote speaker at the world affairs council annual conference at 9:00 a.m. at the may flower hotel. you'll find us on myfoxdc.com and on twitter, hashtag capitol rundown. i'm tom fitzgerald. see you next week. >>> in the near future all about election coverage, and coming up, the impact of superstorm sandy. what effect it's having on the campaign and early voting. >> plus, gwen talbart is back with a look at the weather and a work week preview. what will election day hold? stay with us. fox5 morning news will be right back. ...i propose savings for everyone! i'm talking hundreds here... and furthermore.. newcaster: breaking news. the gecko is demanding free pudding. and political parties that are actual parties! with cake! and presents! ah, that was good. too bad nobody could hear me. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance

. >> bill frist is an establishment guy. there's nothing on establishment or in the insurgent lane of the senate caucus who would take on mcconnell. >> it seems like demint is happy kind of playing the role of irrater in chief. i would say, look, has the demint caucus within the senate republican conference grown? yeah, but it's -- if it's demint versus mitch mcconnell, mitch mcconnell wins. >> and he's going to win this thing. the question is how do they manage -- >> what do you do? >> -- republican leaders have not figured out how to manage the base. that's a fact. >> the whole campaign on the president level, they get pushed to the right. >> thatd don't know how to manage. >> because of the conservative bubble. on the down ballot level they nominate candidates who come out of that bubble and a policy or -- >> or they did mainstream candidates like george allen who feels the need to placate -- >> of course. and on policy. and on policy, there's a roadblock from moving towards stances on issues like immigration because you'

in 2005, then-republican majority leader bill frist threatened to change senate rules by simple majority after democrats blocked ten of president bush's judicial nominees. a bipartisan group of senators known as the "gang of 14" brokered a compromise that allowed a vote on some nominees without any changes to senate rules. republicans say the recent up-tick in filibusters is a justified response to reid's use of another legislative tactic known as "filling the tree." the maneuver allows the majority leader to seize control of all opportunities for offering amendments to a bill, blocking senators from the minority party from introducing any other changes. oklahoma's coburn says that has resulted in a legislative "tit for tat." >> the senate's history, go look at it, we've never had a majority leader cut off the minority's rights to offer amendments. and so the reaction is, well, if i can't get any amendments, i can't do the job i was sent here, why would i allow you to proceed?" >> holman: iowa's harkin agrees the minority should be able to offer amendments, but not if the intent is simpl

i remember when i worked for bill frist and the republican senator would ask for the amendment tree toe built. i remember the reaction in our office. we said -- no, that creates an implosion -- explosion in the senate. we did it 15 times. when senators cannot offer amendments, their constituents are disempowered. deliberation promotes justice. that is what the framers believed. alexander hamilton said this -- in the legislature, promptitude of decision more evil than a benefit. the differences of opinions though they may sometimes obstruct salutary plans yet often promote deliberation and circumspection and serve to check excesses in the majority. this was a constant and enduring fear of the framers. ball the filibuster was not in the original senate and was not in the constitution, the seat of it were. it was important to the framers that the senate half as that check. there is a perfect -- is there a perfect number for cloture? no. the drift is bad for deliberation. i want to close with these words from christopher dodd, who in his spare roh speech on the senate floor in 2006 said --

and bill frist, it was frankly the house republicans who said we are wiped out, we're going to pass acontinuing resolution and then go home. and he said wait a minute, we've got to do this. know, go home. so there was nothing would do about it. so the question is what is the psychology of this election going to do to the best laid plans of harry reid, and speaker boehner and the president? i don't think any of them expected what you just described, which is no change. the great surprise is that there was no surprise. and i don't expect the lame-duck to do very much for a while. i think they're going to pass a continuing resolution. they do have a fiscal cliff that they have to deal with, and it will be a calibration of who gets hurt the most if we allow the economy to go over the cliff. and i think if nothing is done the economy will go over a cliff. who gets blamed lex they blame the republicans now. the democrats won the election. the voters are not always rational. the way they hand out blame. there's a lot of speculation going on right now at leadership levels in both houses and b

has no bearing when lyndon johnson was president or george mitchell was president or even when bill frist was the majority leader. they have made this almost an impossible task to get things done. the motion to proceed, which they have abused, which they have abuse. do you realize that the farm bill, the postal bill and many other things the cost of the tax bill we passed over here. we can't go to congress. why? because it takes three filibusters. we had to over country filibusters to go to congress. i think that is something we should change. so we are going to make an attempt to change the rules and we are working to make sure we have the votes to do that. >> senator brown of massachusetts yesterday lamented -- [inaudible] >> i'm glad to have a chance to respond to that. i've wanted to do that. i saw during the campaign his plea for bipartisanship. that is a big joke. it's a travesty. he was on of the most partisan people that never served here. he could have saved citizens united katie could've been the 60th but i'm not in many other things. so i don't need a lecture from him on bipart

bill frist, we are wiped out, we will pass a resolution and go home.there is nothing he could do about it. so the question is, what is the psychology of this election going to do to the best laid plans of harry reid and speaker boehner and the president? i don't think any of whom expected what you just described. the great surprise is that there was no surprise. i don't expect this lame-duck to do very much worthwhile. i think they are going to pass a continuing resolution. they do have the fiscal cliffs that they have to deal with, and there will be a calibration of who gets hurt the most if we allow the economy to go over the cliff. where do we blame? there is a lot of calculation going on right now at leadership levels in both houses, in both parties, with the white house heaving a huge sigh of relief that the poles were all right, but now we are stuck with this for four more years, and how do we deal with this? i don't think anybody knows how the lame-duck is really going to work, either then there will be a continuing resolution. will it be a kick

senator bill frist. head of the joint chiefs. we have a lot of people from different backgrounds to try to work these problems out. >> secretary glickman representing the fourth congressional district for 18 years. he served from 19 a to 20001. he was the director at harvard's university j.f.k. school of government. he also served as chairman of the motion picture of america. >> hard to keep a job when you read my resume. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] on the other hand, the fact it was binders of women was pointed out by a number of people, that was a women's group handing him candidates. there is nothing wrong with that. we push people reject i do that all the time where i said, here are five people to consider. that says to me, you have to push candidates in people's faces or you will hear there are not enough candidates. there was nothing wrong with that particular point. we still have a long way to go. examples where there is a woman ceo in som

going back to bill frist, speakers did something -- i know this is arcane -- called feeling the tree. they make it impossible for the other side to raise the amendments. increasingly the amendments made the only way to the issue at hand. senators would have to take tough of votes. there were sometimes set up deliberately to make it difficult. harry reid for the past two cycles has gone out of his way to keep any vote on the floor that could embarrass or hurt his members to preserve his majority. that includes not allowing a vote on a budget in three years. the question for him is going to be, does he allow real debate on the floor? as to allow amendments? the republicans pull off a little bit and make amendments relative to the bill. that is what we will tell you if there is real compromise or whether it is just words. host: and you write about that and "the christian science monitor." here is "the washington times." how can he get that done? guest: i think that will be very difficult. if there is one thing members of congress is aware of, they want today's -- today's majority could b

going back to bill frist, speakers did something -- i know this is arcane -- called feeling the tree.hey make it impossible for the other side to raise the amendments. increasingly the amendments made the only way to the issue at hand. senators would have to take tough of votes. there were sometimes set up deliberately to make it difficult. harry reid for the past two cycles has gone out of his way to keep any vote on the floor that could embarrass or hurt his members to preserve his majority. that includes not allowing a vote on a budget in three years. the question for him is going to be, does he allow real debate on the floor? as to allow amendments? the republicans pull off a little bit and make amendments relative to the bill. that is what we will tell you if there is real compromise or whether it is just words. host: and you write about that and "the christian science monitor." here is "the washington times." how can he get that done? guest: i think that will be very difficult. if there is one thing members of congress is aware of, they want today's -- today's majority could be

my 2005 legislation, co-sponsored with henry hyde, bill frist, harry reid, saved lives and made friends for america. this congress we have another bipartisan bill, water for the world, which is co-sponsored with my friend, ted poe, which would build upon that foundation and accelerate progress. it's all teed up and ready to go and could be easily passed next week. 86% of americans think getting full information about their situation as a loved one faces the end of life should be a top priority for health care. before the 2009 political lie of the year about death panels, this provision in the health care reform enjoyed broad bipartisan support. there's new legislation to personalize people's health care so that they get the information they need to make these difficult, sometimes painful, decisions and make sure their decisions, whatever they are, are respected by doctors and hospitals. this refine legislation could easily be achieved now that we're implementing health care reform. these are all bipartisan, cost-effective initiatives that are overwhelmingly embraced by the public. is it

when george mitchell was president or even when bill frist was leader. they have made this an almost impossible task to get this done. the motion to proceed, which they've abused -- do you realize we have the farm bill, the postal bill and many other things that we need to go to conference on like also the tax bill we passed over here? we can't go to conference. why? because it takes three filibusters. we have to overcome three filibusters to go to conference. i think that's something we should change. so the rules are going -- we're going to make an attempt to change the rules and we're working -- we are working to make sure we have the votes to do that. >> the senator of massachusetts lamented banishing [inaudible] >> i'm glad to have the chance to respond to that. i wanted to do that. i saw during the campaign his plea for bipartisanship. that is a big joke. it's a traffic vessey -- travesty. he was one of the most partisan people that's ever served here. he could have saved citizens united. he could have been the 60th vote on that and many other thing

done to make the senate an institution that has no bearing on when johnson was president or even bill frist was majority leader. they have made it almost an impossible task to get things done. the motion to proceed, which they have abused, which they have abused -- do you realize we have the farm bill, a postal bill, and many other things we need to do, like the tax bill we passed over here? we cannot go to conference. why? it takes three filibusters. we have to do three filibusters to go to conference. that is something we should change. we are going to make an attempt to change the rules. we are working, we are working to make sure we have the votes to do that. >> senator brown of massachusetts lamented that -- [inaudible] >> i am glad to have the chance to respond to that. i saw during the campaign his plea for bipartisanship -- that is a big joke. it is a travesty. he was one of the most partisan people to ever serve here. he could have saved citizens united. he could have been the 60th vote on that and many things. i do not need a lecture from him on bipartisanship. he should go look i

going back to bill frist, speakers did something -- i know this is arcane -- called feeling the tree. they make it impossible for the other side to raise the amendments. increasingly the amendments made the only way to the issue at hand. senators would have to take tough of votes. there were sometimes set up deliberately to make it difficult. harry reid for the past two cycles has gone out of his way to keep any vote on the floor that could embarrass or hurt his members to preserve his majority. that includes not allowing a vote on a budget in three years. the question for him is going to be, does he allow real debate on the floor? as to allow amendments? the republicans pull off a little bit and make amendments relative to the bill. that is what we will tell you if there is real compromise or whether it is just words. host: and you write about that and "the christian science monitor." here is "the washington times." how can he get that done? guest: i think that will be very difficult. if there is one thing members of congress is aware of, they want today's -- today's majority could b

last in the majority under senator frist, we used that rule half as often, only 30 times to be specific, which is a much lower rate proportionally speaking. when a billhat has bypassed committee, goes straight to the floor, under the current democratic leadership, there often isn't the opportunity to participate there either. in fact, according to the congressional research service, the current democratic leadership continues to break records there as well. it has blocked senators from both sides of the aisle from offering amendments on the floor 68 times. 68 times. that's a conservative figure in which the majority has simply made it impossible for any senators to offer any amendments on the floor. for if the democratic leadership indicates that it won't let us offer any amendments to a bill and in response we don't allow the majority to get on the bill, then there is no tree to fill that shows up in the statistics, but there is a filibuster. of course the filibuster statistic doesn't indicate the reason for the filibuster in the first place. let me say that again. the filibuster statistic doesn't indicate the reason for the filibuster in the first