harry reid tweeted about the minimum wage. he said when the senate returns, elook forward to a debate on raising the minimum wage. what's the status on that? are we likely to see a debate on it? >> you'll see debate. democratic leaders have been promising for months they'll bring this to the floor. but wednesday's procedural vote is still not expected to win the 60 vote needed to advance the bill. i guess in terms of the election year politics for both sides, the republicans it's a aim at driving democratic voting to the poll. >> billy house is congressional leader correspondent for national journal. follow his -- thanks for being with us. >> thank you. >> israel has suspended negotiations with the palestinians after an agreement reached bethe palestinian authority what what -- hamas. we'll have live coverage 8:30 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. >> for over 35 years, c-span brings public affairs events from washington, directly to you. putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings and conferences a

. >> so senator harry reid tweeted, quote, many republican senators might as well wear koch insigniasheir sponsorship. why are democrats hitting the gop so hard on thissish now? >> i think the real question is why have they waited until now to do it? harry reid has been out there delivering this message for weeks. and i think others are just realizing the power of it. everybody knows in politics you need demons. and the k ooh ch brothers are uniquely qualified to play that role. they couldn't be any better for it if they were wearing out pitch forks and had horns. it's two of the wealthiest people in the world. number five and six of the world's top billionaires. and they got their money from oil. it's the sort of thing that can really motivate the democratic base. now look, this is not looking to be a great year for democrats, but it's always better to be on the offensive than it is playing defense. and i think this gives democrats something to be talking about other than defending themselves. >> now, you know, a new poll shows that 52% of americans have never heard of the koch broth

during the past week the majority leader harry reid tweeted about the minimum wage. he said he looks forward to a debate for raising the minimum wage. i hope my republican colleagues will join us to act on it. >> you will see a debate. democratic leaders have promised they will bring this to the floor. wednesday's vote is not expected to receive 60 votes. of the good in terms election year politics for both sides. isublicans have decreed this a measure aimed at driving democrats to the polls. >> billy house is a congressional reporter. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> the house and senate are back at 2:00 eastern. live coverage of the house on c-span, and the senate is on c-span2. you, mr. speaker. [indiscernible] an american tragedy. act that this violent resulted in the murder of has receded in the streets of our nation. i applaud the young people all land who are making a statement about hoodies, about the real hoodlums in this nation, particularly those who , wearingour laws quasi-official -- racial profiling has to stop, mr. speaker. just because so

majority leader harry reid tweeted about the minimum wage.said when the senate return to my look forward to a debate on raising the minimum wage. i hope my public and colleagues will join us to act on it. what is the status on that? are we likely to see any sort of debate on it? >> yeah, you will see debate. democratic leaders have been promising for months that they will bring this to the floor and have. but wednesday's procedural vote is still excited to win 60 votes to expand the bill, and that is good i guess in terms of the election year politics for both as thethe republicans creed that this is merely a measure aimed at driving democrats voting base to the polls. >> billy house is the correspondent for "national journal," thank you for being with us. >> i enjoyed it. thank you. host: and for our last segment of the "washington journal" today, we're opening our phones to the viewers. we would like to get your thoughts on what you would like commerce to address when members return next week, but we would be happy to hear your take on any

harry reid tweets a lot about the influence of the koch brothers.oday, in the wall street fighting tom restore a free society. rather than try to understand my vision for a free society or report the facts about coke industries,- koch they would have you believe we are trying to rig the system, that we are against environmental detection. employee a lot of americans. -- in theees in the 143,000 additional jobs they support generating nearly 11 $.7 million in compensation and benefits. about one third of our employees are union members. far from trying to rig the system, i have spent decades opposing cronyism and all political favors. i believe that cronyism is nothing more than well for for the rich and powerful and should be abolished. industries was the only major producer in the ethanol industry that was arguing for the demise of the ethanol tax credit in 2011. harold, illinois, democratic caller. usler: thank you for giving a say-so in the matter. it seems like ordinary people get to:. they do not always agree with their beliefs, but we apprecia

thank you for harry reid's involvement in the nevada rancher standoff. i don't believe in coincidences. ruth tweetedarry reid represents greed. he has forgotten he represents the people and not the agenda. great instincts and coverage on the bundy ranch and harry reid issue. exposing the truth promotes sanity across the country. and certainly we all acknowledge we need more of both truth and sanity. keep your comments coming, e-mail me at lou@loudobbs.com. follow us on twitter at lou dobbs news and go to our facebook page. links to everything found at loudobbs.com. the authors of the comments we read each evening receives a free copy of my new book, "upheaval." that's it for us tonight, tomorrow, dr. ben carson joins us, four-star general jack keen and filmmaker laurie silverbush, among our guests. we'll see you then. good night from new york. ameripe a simple question: can you keep your lifestyle in retirement? i don't want to think about the alternative. i don't even know how to answer that. i mean, no one knows how long their money is going to last. i try not to worry, but you worry. what happens

harry reid. i want to make him the senate minority leader. >> then this tweet for a g.o.p. candidate in colorado, quoting: elect corey gardner to the senate and make harry reid a footnote in history. and this, from the tea party express, also targeting direct harry reid. 2014 when we rip the gavel from harry reid's hands. but this is good strategy? is that a good tactic? >> they're trying to learn from what republicans did to -- what democrats did to newt gingrich and what pup pups did to nancy pelosi. if you can personalize it to an individual it can work and harry reid has said some awful things, very divisive things about republicans in states where mitt romney won and democrats are up for re-election. it has the potential they have to show specific language and specific times when harry reid goes off the deep end and becomes so partisan and personal. >> he called victims of obamacare that-outliers. should be an easy task. >> for the six million people who lost coverage, absolutely that works. you just hit it directly. you have to focus on the specifics. >> do enough vote

hittings for prosperity back at harry reid on twitter. they tweet -- senator reid calls the liars, but we call them americans who were lied to by barack obama. that is from americans for prosperity. that is attacking democratic candidates. next, let's go to an article from national review online where andrew johnson reports that the rnc chairman says harry reid is so dirty and unethical that some of these things have to happen. you have to put a marker down. inspired by a similar letter put forward by the louisiana gop, the complaint states that reid has violated city rolled over two which state senators cannot use taxpayer-funded resources and services for political and partisan purposes. is the rnc alleges that reid use exhibit official website said his office twitter account. going after republicans, the koch brothers, and others. first call is from san martin, california. us your thoughts on senate majority leader harry reid. i love harry reid, i do. i think he has been correct on everything. i love the way he handled the shutdown. i far as the

last night's poll question getting a hefty response cerra tweeted us to say thank you for having the courage to note harry reid'sin this standoff. i don't believe in coincidence. and harry reid has forgotten that he worked for the people in on his own agenda and exposing the truth around the country. and certainly we all it knowledge that we need this through saturday. keep your comments coming at loudobbs.com and follow us and go to our facebook page and the authors of the comments that we read each evening received a comment of my new book, upheaval. coming up, doctor anne carson joins us tomorrow and lori silver bush are among our guests. good night from new york ♪ ♪ the conditions in new york state are great for business. new york is ranked #2 in the nation for new private sector job creation. and now it's even better because they've introduced startup new york - dozens of tax-free zones where businesses pay no taxes for ten years. you'll get a warm welcome in the new new york. see if your business qualifies at startupny.com a short word that's a tall order. up your game. up the ante. and if you stumble, you

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tweet us. >>> coming up, while fox news and conservative pundits champion a renegade rancher, harry reid is callingtic terrorism. that's next. >>> these are folks that live in nevada. these are hard working americans so they disagree and the government goes out and pulls guns and harry reid are calling them terrorists. >> the fact he's broken laws and not paying taxes. put him aside, the people showing up are there to support him. they are not breaking laws as far as we know. this is mike. his long race day starts with back pain... ...and a choice. take 4 advil in a day which is 2 aleve... ...for all day relief. "start your engines" >>> 600 people came in armed. they had practice, they had maneuvered, they knew what they were doing. they set up snipers in strategic locations with sniper rifles. they had assault weapons. if there were ever an example of people who were terrorist wannab wannabes, these are the guys. >> that was harry reid's assessment of the showdown earlier this week between armed antigovernment extremists, armed militia and clive and bundy, a rancher who hasn't paid grazing fees in

these made for facebook pieces that they've been pushing out and tweeting out yes that basically make it look like the whole thing is harry reid trying to do a land grab and you know some fairly professionally produced stuff and you look at this you go why is americans for prosperity doing this i want to a coke industries website and they've got three ranches the koch industries has almost a half a million acres about half of that is apparently federal land in three different states and i thought you know on the surface maybe that has something to do with it you know they would like to not have to pay their grazing fees too but you're suggesting that this is really much deeper than that oh it's much deeper listen these boneheads that showed up with their a k forty seven is in their nine millimeters there to kill somebody if they could they don't have the money or the sophistication to put together the kind of ad campaign you're talking about this this originates with people like the koch it's look it's not with the coast it's not about cattle. with the coax it is deregulate everything because we own everything now and we like