congressman jim mcdermott made this explosive comment on my radio show today. >> the president has bent over backwards, and i mean bent over backwards in trying to work with these people. and they simply are not going to help him solve the problems of this country. and i think the time has come to call them out and go to war with them. i mean, i don't like that. i don't want to do that. that's not my style politically. but there is just no question that they have taken advantage of the president's real attempt to be conciliatory and work together and all of that. all they've done is taken advantage of him. >> mcdermott told me hundreds of other members are more than frustrated about the way republicans are sabotaging this president. mcdermott thinks the president should just quit trying to work with these jokers, the republicans, and just go into full campaign mode. let's roll. >> and i just think he ought to stop it and say come on, it's over, game's over, we're going somewhere else. and really start down the road for the next election. >> i really like that. mcdermott is clearly sick

. >> washington state congressman jim mcdermott joins me. good morning. >> good morning. >> the current plan is to get the jobs bill passed by breaking it into pieces. so from your perspective, what key elements of this bill can get through the house? >> frankly, chris, i think the lines are drawn for the entire campaign. i don't think they are going to let anything through that the president can claim a victory on. i think they are against infrastructure money. that would require raising some money some place. so i don't see anything. all we're doing over here is tearing the epa apart. if we didn't have laws of clean air and water, suddenly we'd have jobs in this country. it makes no sense whatsoever what's happening in the house. >> this is something i heard yesterday on this program from one of your democratic colleagues who was talking about this issue with me. she made a shocking allegation about the gop agenda. let me play loretta sanchez for you. >> i heard my own colleagues on the republican said say we want to make obama look bad. w

thank you, congressman jim mcdermott. thank you, congressman aaron schock. agree with you about road building. let's do it. >>> up next, obama derangement syndrome. the latest example. hank williams jr., i don't believe this guy, referred to the president as hitler. that's the way they do it these days. how far over the top will the talk about president obama get? is there anything they won't say? is there anything their sanity will not permit? that's ahead. this is "hardball," only on msnbc. >>> president obama's looking to take a bite out of some of that argument republicans may try to make against him. the president says republicans aren't better off than they were four years ago, but they say his administration has made steady progress to fix the economy. the new cbs poll finds nearly seven of ten say the president has not made real progress on the economy versus just a quarter who said he has. we'll be right back. ♪ [ male announcer ] a simple gesture can spark romance anytime. and when it does, men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in the

thank you, congressman jim mcdermott. thank you, congressman aaron schock.ith you about road building. let's do it. >>> up next, obama derangement syndrome. the latest example. hank williams jr., i don't believe this guy, referred to the president as hitler. that's the way they do it these days. how far over the top will the talk about president obama get? is there anything they won't say? is there anything their sanity will not permit? that's ahead. this is "hardball," only on msnbc. we're america's natural gas and here's what we did today: supported nearly 3 million steady jobs across our country... ... scientists, technicians, engineers, machinists... ... adding nearly 400 billion dollars to our economy... we're at work providing power to almost a quarter of our homes and businesses... ... and giving us cleaner rides to work and school... and tomorrow, we could do even more. cleaner, domestic, abundant and creating jobs now. we're america's natural gas. the smarter power, today. learn more at anga.us. >>> president obama's looking to take a bite out of so

trouble with the network is i turn it on and we have bernie sanders on every hour and a half, jim mcdermotthen barney frank on. the left loves to talk. they don't have general elections to face. they can come on time a after time and sell the left. on fox they sell the right. we know the election will be decided by the ohio suburbs, the cleveland suburbs, philly suburbs. >> and the i-4 corridor. >> it will be down the middle in florida. winter park. it will be decided in chapel hill, no, that's democrat. >> raleigh. >> we know where the election will be. if the democrats think they can win colorado and lose ohio, keep working on that one. >> all right. chris matthews -- >> michael bennet will win and sharon brown lose? come on. >> i'll tivo or watch it live or both. >> thanks, buddy. >> the special edition of "hardball," the great democratic debate is live tonight at 7:00 eastern on msnbc. everybody from michael moore to mark penn. can't get better than that. >>> up next we kick off the week with a powerhouse panel. first, the white house soup of the day. this is just a running gag. of cour

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jim. mr. mcdermott: if the gentleman would like an additional minute, go ahead. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. smith: for the first -- not the first time. actually we did it in peru. thanks to the leadership of the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin and mr. rangel and others, we have enforceable workers rights in all three of these agreement. there have been justifiable criticisms, for instance, in colombia for workers to collectively bargain. but this agreement will give us the enforceability ability to do. if colombia and any one of these countries don't live up to the standards and requirements, this agreement now gives us the ability to use trade sanctions to make sure they do. that is an incredibly important step forward to protect the workers in this country. it needs to work together. access to overseas markets through trade agreements and adequate protections for our workers so they can compete in that environment, with t.s.a., i believe that all three trade agreements and this t.a.a. bill will do this. i thank th