five of its men, ted cruz, rand paul, mike lee, marco rubio and jim inhofe just married wayne lapierre. in sickness and in health, until death do us part. not even that. these five buckaroos won't let the senate vote on a gun safety measures, not even one dealing with better background checks. the hardliners calls it surveillance and want none of it. this is one area where they believe in the right of privacy, darn it, believe in the government's right to know what's going on inside a woman's body, of course, but don't ask if some gun buyer is a nut, a criminal or wife beater. that's his affair and don't forget it. ron reagan, radio talk show host. nia malika henderson for the "washington post." the president made clear many reasons gun control legislation deserved a vote, a vote, not even a vote, just a vote. >> deserves a vote. >> gabby giffords deserves a vote. the family of newtown deserve a vote. the families of aurora deserve a vote. the families of oak creek and tucson and blacksburg and the countless other communities ripped open by gun violence, they deserve a simple vote. >>

finally, oklahoma senator jim inhofe in 2006 had this to say during a debate on gay marriage again. >ee here, and i think this is the most important prop we'll have during the entire debate, my wife and i have been married 47 years. we have 20 kids and grandkids. i'm really proud to say that in the recorded history of our family we've never had a divorce or any kind of a homosexual relationship. >> so mr. inhofe lives in a world of straight marital perfection. ladida. what does this statement of self-celebration and a little picture he brought on have to do with the debate on same sex marriage? it's anyone's guess. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. up next "your business" with j.j. ramberg. begins with arthritis pain... and a choice. take up to 6 tylenol in a day or just 2 aleve for all day relief. all aboard. ♪ [ slap! ] [ slap! slap! slap! slap! ] ow! ow! [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium-rich tums starts working so fast you'll forget you had heartburn. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums

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but even that even this week this week measure ted cruz rand paul and jim inhofe say they're going to filibuster this thing this doesn't make any sense to me it's you know we have the right to have roads in fact article one section eight of the sun seven of the constitution stipulates that we have roads. but we say if you're going to drive a car on the other register the car you have to have insurance yep of a driver's license what's wrong with registering guns and think there's anything wrong with this with registering guns it's how many times we're going to redo it there's a university of cincinnati study that came out just recently more than half of the gun violence in this country happens in the inner city black kids getting shot up by the dozens every week we don't see the president in dianne feinstein and chuck schumer making a big thing calling for all this legislation it just doesn't make any sense to me when you know why we just. how many black kids have to be killed. but when there's a columbine when there's a aurora shooting so we shouldn't you know all of the sudden then a

republican senator jim inhofe of oklahoma says in a statement about her record, as head of the air officeost costly and controversial rules. which is funny because this is how he described her during the 2009 confirmation to head the epa's clean air division. >> let me do this. i want to make sure that it's real clear because i hold you in a very high regard. i think we're very fortunate to have someone like you willing to take on a very difficult task. >> joining us now is bill nye, the science guy, and sabrina schaefer, the executive director of the independent women's forum. welcome to both of you. bill, if i can start with you, from everything you've so far heard about gina mccarthy, does her record make you think that the president is, indeed, serious in his second term to focus on the issue of climate change? >> oh, yeah, absolutely. she was in charge of air and radiation. i remind everybody that no matter what your point of view, everybody on earth breathes the same atmosphere. so you can have a libertarian point of view or a modern conservative point of view, but you can't get aro

. >>> finally, oklahoma senator jim inhofe in 2006 had this to say during a debate on gay marriage againe here, and i think this maybe is the most important prop that we'll have during the entire debate. >> my wife and i have been married 47 years. we have 20 kids and grandkids. i'm really proud to say that in the recorded history of our family we've never had a divorce or any kind of a homosexual relationship. >> so, mr. inhofe lives in a world of straight, marital perfection. la dee da. but in this statement of self-celebration had to do with debate on same-sex marriage? it's anyone's guess. >>> up next, we learned today that newt gingrich and rick santorum secretly wanted to form a ticket last year, never happened because they couldn't figure out who should be at the top of the ticket and who should be vice president and president. we broke it tonight. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. gins with yo. venus embrace. every five-bladed stroke gives you 360 degrees of smooth revealing goddess skin you can feel and feel. only from venus embrace. also in disposables. when h

in oklahoma, home of a plus rated senator jim inhofe and tom coburn, 87% of oklahoma residents want universalarly important part of oklahoma, because one of the senators from oklahoma, the nra's "a" rated tom coburn was being aggressively courted to co-sponsor a bipartisan bill in the senate for universal background checks. today we learned that that effort has failed. tom coburn will not be signing on to the universal background check measure that is set to be introduced in the senate tomorrow. the one that 87% of his constituents support. he is going to give the one-finger salute to 87% of his constituents in order to do what the nra wants him to do instead. "the washington post" reporting tonight that negotiations for a broad, bipartisan background check bill, including tom coburn, have stalled. now it will be left to democrats chuck schumer and joe manchin and lone republican mark kirk of illinois to try to find republican support elsewhere. and yes, senator mark kirk is himself a republican, but his "f" rating from the nra may not make him the best pitchman for recruiting more republican

five of its men, ted cruz, rand paul, mike lee, marco rubio and jim inhofe just married wayne lapierre. in sickness and in health, until death do us part. not even that. these five buckaroos won't let the senate vote on a gun safety measures, not even one dealing with better background checks. the hardliners calls it surveillance and want none of it. this is one area where they believe in the right of privacy, darn it, believe in the government's right to fknow what's going on inside a woman's body, of course, but don't ask if some gun buyer is a nut, a criminal or wife beater. that's his affair and don't forget it. ron reagan, radio talk show host. kn nia malika henderson for the woe "washington post." the president made clear many reasons gun control legislation deserved a vote, a vote, not even a vote, just a vote. >> deserves a vote. the families of newtown deserve a vote. the families of aurora deserve a vote. the families of oak creek and tucson and blacksburg and the countless other communities ripped open by gun violence, they deserve a simple vote. >> well, in a letter to sena