. >> he has all of these henry clay pictures in his office.wants the job back, you see john boehner, as well, the pushback to get back to winning. >> we've seen an interesting turning of the screws after the shutdown, particularly in this area, boehner and mcconnell, the heritage action, the sort of outside groups that have been calling the shots but don't seem to be calling the shots after the shutdown as much. >> no, that is right, partly because they don't have options left. they can't take boehner out, think can't go for that. mcconnell is not going to lose his majority spot in between now and then. the republican's strategy seems to be just shut up. don't get in our own way, don't throw up on ourselves. >> you know, i think i understand the wisdom of this, he is -- make a television show every day and you sit there you know, and you think some plutocrat who is exploiting the tax loophole, you want to do a segment about them, they don't go around talking to cameras for a good reason. the todd akins, the christine o'donnells, they can't hel

henry clay was a whig. they were opposing parties. benton was a large bullying type of man who was remembered for pulling a -- pulling a -- for moving down the senate aisle in 1850 against a senator from mississippi. named foot, henry foot. foot was so intimidated by the presence of thomas hart benton that he pulled a silver plated pistol out of his inner coat pocket and pointed it at benton. 1850. >> where? >> in the floor of the senate. in the old senate chamber. it was benton at that point who theatrically opened his jacket and told other senators who were trying to put this to an end -- stand out of the way, stand out of the way. let the assassin fire. fortunately the assassin did not become an assassin and cooler heads prevailed. that was in the 1850s. members carried pistols. >> were they fired at either chamber? >> not in the senate. i don't think in the house. i mean, everything short of that. >> do you have any idea how many senators and congress people and they were all men at that time, carried pistols? >> in that particula

maybe henry clay and john callahan. it's all i can really -- all i really have to say. in the next file, there is a long, long memo from harry truman in which she gives -- he nominates 42 senators for this position. and there were many sketches about books they have written to me know, travel interest. german took this as this major project and wrote a term paper on a press herbert hoover spent probably a lot to three minutes and read just a very cursory note. kennedy jumped into this project . he loved it, and he presided over a group of very distinguished senators who were part of the kennedy committee. mike mansfield became a legendary senate majority leader on the committee. richard russell, in legendary senator, a german by the name of styles bridges from new hampshire who was one of these quiet forces in the senate and 1950's to be no one really knew very much about him, but he was a real powerhouse. then his son ahmad and ahmad john brinker. five of them got together and negotiated fee. as the talks unfolded, they quickly came to agreement on three of the five. t

maybe henry clay and john callahan. it's all i can really -- all i really have to say. in the next file, there is a long, long memo from harry truman in which she gives -- he nominates 42 senators for this position. and there were many sketches about books they have written to me know, travel interest. german took this as this major project and wrote a term paper on a press herbert hoover spent probably a lot to three minutes and read just a very cursory note. kennedy jumped into this project . he loved it, and he presided over a group of very distinguished senators who were part of the kennedy committee. mike mansfield became a legendary senate majority leader on the committee. richard russell, in legendary senator, a german by the name of styles bridges from new hampshire who was one of these quiet forces in the senate and 1950's to be no one really knew very much about him, but he was a real powerhouse. then his son ahmad and ahmad john brinker. five of them got together and negotiated fee. as the talks unfolded, they quickly came to agreement on three of the five. t

but the big ones were john calhoun, daniel webster, henry clay, the great triumvirate of the pre-civil or war era. so kennedy's committee quickly decided on the top three, webster, clay, calhoun. they had a longer debate on the next two, and even back at that point kennedy would prefer a gentleman by the fame of george norris -- by the name of george norris, but there were some hint that is the nebraska senators might filibuster, so he had to back off. even back then there were some subtle hints of filibusters in the senate. >> what would you say was one of president ken pity's most substantive pieces of legislation in the senate. >> well, he was very activity on labor issues, and that was the one domestic issue that he really, really dug into. it was a huge issue back at the time. it was the one maybe domestic issue he mastered, and even his contemporaries said he understood the nuances of labor law better than anyone. it just seems he got caught in a complex kind of political battle, and the final bill didn't really resemble what he wanted. so i would say labor law but also on foreig

but the big ones were john calhoun, daniel webster, henry clay.the great triumvirate of the pre-civil war era. so kennedy's committee quickly decided on the top three, webster, clay, calhoun. they had a longer debate on the next two, and even back at that point kennedy would prefer a gentleman by the name of george -- [inaudible] to be the leading progressive, but there was some hint that the nebraska senators might filibuster, so kennedy had to back off. so even back then there were some subtle hints of filibusters and delays in the senate. >> what would you say was one of president kennedy's most substantive pieces of legislation in the senate? >> well, i would say two things. first of all, he was very active on labor issues. he was the chairman of a labor subcommittee, and that was the one domestic issue that he really, really dug into. it was a huge issue back at the time. he mastered it. it was the one maybe domestic issue he mastered, and even his contemporaries said that he understood the nuances of labor law better than anyone. interesting

when sir john calhoun, danny webster, henry clay, the pre-civil war era. kennedy's committee quickly decided on the top three. they had a longer debate on the next two. even back at that point, kennedy would prefer a gentleman by the name of churchgoers to be abating progressive. they resent him for nebraska's senators may filibuster that joy. the kennedy hatch back off. there were some subtle hints of filibusters in the senate. >> what would you say was one of president kennedy's most substantive pieces of legislation in the senate? >> first of all, he was asked about labor issues. he was chairman of the labor subcommittee and i was the one domestic issue that he really dug into. is a huge issue in that time. he mastered it. it was the one domestic issue he mastered. he understood the nuances of labor a lot better than anyone. interestingly, he caught in a complex political battle and the final bill didn't really resemble what he wanted. so i was a vapor lock, but also foreign policy. he gave some really marvelous beaches on the french involvement in chin

taft and robert for the to 20th century ones, but the big ones were john calhoun, daniel webster, henry clay in the pre-civil war era. so kennedy's committee quickly decided on the top three webster, clay calhoun. they had a longer debate on the next two and even back at that point, kennedy would prefer george forest to be the leader but there were senators that might filibuster that choice, so kennedy had to back off and go with robert. so even back then there were some hints of filibuster in the senate. >> why would you say was one of president kennedy's most substantive pieces of legislation in the senate? >> well i would say two things. first of all he was active in the leader issues. he was the chairman of the labor subcommittee, and about was the one domestic issue that he really dug into. it was a huge issue back at the time. he mastered it. was maybe the one domestic issue he mastered. and it's contemporary that he understood the nuances of the labor law more than anyone. interestingly, he got caught in a political battle and the final bill didn't really resemble what he wanted. so t