under john boehner's speakership they have stopped every piece of legislation that would have helped the middle class create jobs, raise their standard of living. let me give you an example of john kasich. we have a plant in ohio that has got a thousand people that are employed there. and an additional -- rotating vote that the additional resolving jobs, i mean. and then all they want is a decent power deal. and they want this governor to stand up for them, to get a decent power deal from the power company and they wouldn't help them. so we're going to lose a thousand jobs while he sits on the sidelines, not counting the additional jobs servicing the plant. the people get it. the people know the frustration. and they understand this this frustration has been created by the republican party. and you got to come to the conclusion that it is ideologically driven by the already rich and powerful that they don't want working class folks to have a standard of living. they want to depress the standard of living so they can find cheap labor and make us compete with china and korea and other p

and you have to wonder what john boehner thinks is normal procedure. hner being a poor speaker of the house. he's obviously not even managing the decorum. darrell issa today said elijah cummings should apologize to him. >> that's darrell issa. joy reid gets tonight's last word. chris hayes is up next. >>> jamboree of the wild. let's play "hardball." good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. do you remember the bar scene in "star wars" with all the wild-eyed creatures from every part of the solar system? today in washington the whole tapestry of weirdness was reenacted at the annual convention of cpac. conservative doesn't quite capture this out of this world jamboree. at cpac, it's the far-out sharing space with the further out, coming up with the usual

and you have to wonder what john boehner thinks is normal procedu procedure. r of the house. he's obviously not even managing the decorum. darrell issa today said elijah cummings should apologize to him. >> that's darrell issa. joy reid gets tonight's last word. chris hayes is up next. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. news tonight that president obama spent an hour on the phone this afternoon with the russian president vladimir putin. during which obama told putin that russia's actions are a violation of ukraine sovereignty. this phone call comes as the crisis in ukraine today significantly intensified when the crimean parliament voted to hold a referendum on joining russia and leaving ukraine this morning. that decision now creates a new looming deadline just a little more than a week away and prompted strong condemnation from president obama and european leaders. while the interim ukrainian government for its part began the process to dissolve the same crimean parliament that voted

what's john boehner's problem?torically has been something that's passed be bipartisan support. it's not typically run into this level of opposition since the great recession, if you will. and as you say, there are provisions in this that would pay for it. boehner is also citing this letter from state groups that say that this extension is unworkable. there is to a certain extent the gridlock we've already seen has delayed this by so much that simply figuring out how to implement it, how do you find out who's still unemployed, how do you make sure people are getting the right amount of money they're owed from the time of december 28th up until now, that's causing a lot of bureaucratic headaches. because this extension is only five months long, a lot of the states are concerned that by the time they figure out how to fix it the bill will have expired and we'll be back having the same fight all over again. that's not to say that house speaker john boehner's argument in the view of democrats is valid, but the gridlock

john boehner was accusing governors of cheating and fraud.n behalf of the poor and hungry. >> since the passage of the farm bill, states have found ways to cheat, once again, on signing up people for food stamps. and so i would hope that the house would act to try to stop this cheating and this fraud from continuing. >> now, keep in mind, among the governors, that john boehner is targeting here is republican and tea party favorite tom corbett of pennsylvania, my dark horse candidate for worst governor in the country. corbett is one of at least six governors who are finding a way to avoid new food stamp cuts. here's how. the gop worked very hard to make major cuts to the federal food stamp program which is formerly known as s.n.a.p. first they tried to cut $40 billion from the food stamp program over ten years. when that proved unsuccessful, the house passed a bill approved by the senate and signed by the president that's projected to cut more than $8.5 billion over ten years. and the way they did it was to change a small wrinkle in the way th

host: what you think about speaker john boehner? like john boehner. he took a break last year, but he did what was right with the shutdown because obamacare is hurting a lot of people whether harry reid wants to admit it or not. host: what is your question? caller: we were talking about republicans being divided, and i have an office that allows me to watch c-span all day long, so i get to watch the house and the senate at the same time, and there are a lot of laws that passed in the house that never see the senate floor. if anybody would go look at harry reid's desk, i am sure it is pretty full of laws that the publicans have stood united and pass that harry reid will not take a look at. my question is why is it republicans are getting such a bad rap about feeding the wealthy when obama is the one who has thought this feeding gs feeding thehu stock market? guest: republican tell most habitually struggled with the rapid they are the party of wealth and wall street. ryan grew up as an understudy to jack kemp, and you have seen him go out to urban cente

as you just heard from john boehner, how did they do it? they just had to check a blue box.ystem, no documentation required. steve, how big a deal? >> this is no way to run a government. i don't think anybody really thought that the ashrnlss we got from kathleen sebelius, from jay carney, other senior members of the administration over the past six weeks, that there would not be such an extension. nobody took those seriously, did they? i don't think anybody in washington thought, well, they said it, so that means there will be no extension. i think this has the potential to do damage to the law, to erode support among democrats here in washington, but it also has, i think, political ramifications across the country. if you think back to the months before the 2010 election, voters were upset, including independent voters, about not only the substance of what they thought obamacare was, but also the process. they didn't like the arm twisting, the back scratching, the louisiana -- what was it, cornhusker kick back. they didn't like the process. i think we're seeing some of the

house speaker john boehner expects to retain the speakership in a cake walk. "cincinnati inquirer," he will be re-elected. >>> congressman steve king is disappointed. arizona did not adopt the recently anti-gay. >> when you're in the private sector and you're an individual entrepreneur with got given rights that our founding fathers declined in the declaration you should be able to make your own decisions on what you do in that private business. >> the congressman was also torn on whether people choose to be gay. in the end, he said he believes it's a mixture of nature and nurture. >>> the former irs official at the center of the controversy over tax-exempt groups is expected on capitol hill today. lois lerner took the fifth when initial called last summer and she was thought to be planning the same thing this time around but e-mails from her lawyer relieved by the house oversight committee suggests she might talk behind closed doors. >>> texas congressman ralph hall is by no means a spring chicken at 90 years old. he is the oldest member of congress and he, m

, al presidente john boehner. yo sÉ que usted ha luchado de manera entregada en esta posibilidad de sacar adelante la reforma migratoria, pero el panorama para la gente sigue siendo muy, pero muy confuso. porque la gente no entiende la lucha interna en el congreso que estÉ perjudicando a millones de personas en los estados unidos. eh, le tengo que cambiar el tema, porque nos quedan pocos minutos, y obviamente al tema migratorio volveremos en prÓximas entrevistas. le quiero preguntar por obama care. el peso que ha tenido obama care en la popularidad del presidente de los estados unido. han aumentado las afiliaciones, pero sin emnargo, siguen muchas dudas. para usted ¿cuÁl es el balance de obama care? >> la respuesta que, felix, que te doy, es, pregÚntale a los mÁs de once millones de americanos que ahora tienen seguridad con cuidado mÉdico, que no lo tenÍan antes. que ahora tienen acceso a un doctor, acceso a un hospital, sin creer que que van a llegar a la banca rota porque levaron al hijo al hosptital. esos mÁs d

great reporter. >>> up next, speaker of the house john boehner doesn't have the easiest last name to ce. it's german, i guess. and when one reporter actually called him by the wrong name, boehner actually went there to that other pronunciation. that's next in the side show. it's kind of fun. this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> back to "hardball." and time for the side show. it's the fourth anniversary of first lady michelle obama's let's move campaign. and to celebrate, you could say president obama and vice president biden both took a victory lap, literally. ♪ >> mr. president, you ready to move? >> absolutely. lets do this thing. let's move. ♪ >> man, you're hard to keep up with. >> you did great out there. after a good workout, you got drink up. >> all right. >> otherwise we're going to be in trouble with jill and michelle. >> just let michelle know i did drink this. >> same time next week? >> same time next week. >> finally some boys room humor made its way into a congressional briefing yesterday. john boehner is certainly used to people mispronouncing his name. but ta

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great reporter. >>> up next, speaker of the house john boehner doesn't have the easiest last name to ounce. it's german, i guess. and when one reporter actually called him by the wrong name, boehner actually went there to that other pronunciation. that's next in the side show. it's kind of fun. this is "hardball," the place for politics. i have low testosterone. there, i said it. see, i knew testosterone could affect sex drive, but not energy or even my mood. that's when i talked with my doctor. he gave me some blood tests... showed it was low t. that's it. it was a number. [ male announcer ] today, men with low t have androgel 1.62% testosterone gel. the #1 prescribed topical testosterone replacement therapy increases testosterone when used daily. women and children should avoid contact with application sites. discontinue androgel and call your doctor if you see unexpected signs of early puberty in a child, or signs in a woman, which may include changes in body hair or a large increase in acne, possibly due to accidental exposure. men with breast cancer or who have or might have pros

some top members of congress who have been very critical of vladimir putin, john, harry reid, and john boehner -- john mccain, harry reid, and john boehner among them. mccain says his spring break to siberia is officially over, laughing himself at being targeted by the russians. the russians -- the spokesman for vladimir putin says russia will retaliate further based on the latest round of sanctions. the tit-for-tat has begun. >> john boehner saying he is proud to be on that list. peter cook in washington, thank you so much. in brussels, european officials are meeting to decide if they will -- to decide if they will impose more sanctions against russia. what theested to see response has been to president obama's earlier sanctions. >> there is no question that the eu leaders want to punish president putin for fast tracking the annexation of crimea. david cameron, the british prime minister, angela merkel, the german prime minister, said they would like to see the sanctions -- the german chancellor, said they would like to see the sanctions strengthened. the first option is to expand their black

there is john boehner applauding. he doesn't stand up like joe biden. everyone seems to agree. it's a crime that women earn less than men and government must do something. amy holmes is a student of s economics. you must agree that government needs to fix this wage gap.gap. >> indeed, john. i d don't. and as a matter of fact, that 70 cents number is in and of itself misleading. if you look at the number and you control for an apples to apples comparison, harvard economist claudia and othersha found that wage gap shrinks tremendously. >> and what upset me is the president knows this and even his own department of labor says after controlling for occupation, experience, other choices, women earn 95% as muchh as men do. >> correct. so the reason why 70 cents is incorrect, that it's false, is it's comparing all full-timere women to all full-time men,e regardless of occupation, and even the term, full time, is m misleading. to a 35-hourers workweek and as it turns out, men work longer hours than women and so they tend to chalk up aa. higher wage. >> my understanding is that we n men

we have seen attacks from john mccain, from mitch mcconnell, from john boehner.ll saying that vladimir puttip has duped the united states and the united states has missed the signs of what putin is up to. the reset that the administration set out with vladimir putin and his predecessor has turned out to be a sham and that the united states basically, their feckless foreign policy as john mccain put it in syria and elsewhere has led vladimir putin to think he could push the united states around. the politics on the other side, fascinating, john boehner saying the congress, republicans were going to stand four square but not behind what the president wanted to do in terms of legislation, in terms of aid to ukraine, in terms of sanctions against ukraine ineffect annual they may be for reasons you described. to that end, an incredibly bi-partisan vote in the house of representatives, 23 of the 435 members of the house voted against this bill, a billion dollars freeing up a billion dollars to administer to ukraine for economic aid. it's a basket case. i know you know

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today house speaker john boehner, surprise, agreed. our own luke russert speaker boehner signalled the house will likely vote to hold lerner in contempt of congress. just don't ask him to reveal the legal basis on which the house is constitutionally allowed to take this vote anytime soon. >> i am the -- i and a the house counsel reject the premise of the letter. i've made clear ms. lerner should testify or be held in contempt. >> will the house counsel be made available to express his or her opinion? >> you'll have to ask the appropriate people. >> you're the appropriate person, though. they work for you. >> i am sure that we this see an opinion at some point. >> joining me is nbc capitol hill correspondent luke russert and editorial director at "the huffington post" media group hi howard fineman. luke, you are the boehner whisperer. i found the facial expression at the end of that exchange to say it all. sort of like, oh, you're asking for the legal basis for counsel's opinion? ha, ha, ha. you know, don't hold your breath. effectively

house speaker john boehner did say this agreement is not workable in its current form.s your sense out there in washington? >> it faces a very, very steep uphill climb in the house of representatives. there's little doubt that because it was able to achieve cloture and there were five republicans working on this unemployment insurance deal that it will move forward in the senate next week. after that what happens in the house is anyone's gs. john boehner has called it unworkable and pointed to a study by state workforce agencies that says the changes made by the senate bill would not be able to be implemented because states haaging computer systems. it's an entirely separate issue and something you can do a whole show on. what's interesting about that, the argument comes up, if they can't implement the new changes that republicans want in the senate bill, why not go to the old system which is routinely voted on in a bipartisan day under republican presidents and democratic presidents. le real issue has to do with what folks in the house see as this adds to the deficit.

out stickers against john boehner, with an x over his face.here's criticism on how the house is being run right now, and following the true party, what is the real conservative value? politics be dammed and what happens next be dammed, and follow what is really your strong belief. we're seeing that play out here, and yesterday mitch mcconnell talked and he has gotten a lot of criticism as a beltway insider. he had a rally onstage, and that got the crowd excited for him. you do see that tension played out here. as every speaker gets up, they're pealing to a strong conservative base, but talking about the realities of running a government. >> libby casey, thank you very much. >>> a welcoming surprise on the jobs front. hiring picking up in february, the u.s. economy adding 175,000 jobs last month, despite the tough, winter weather. services are adding most of the jobs, lawyers and accountants, and they saw 79,000 positions, and those actively looking for work. 63%. and the number of long-term employed, 3.8 million. and it's the sign that the eco

ranking politicians, and those within the political structure, includes names like harry reid, and john boehner, and of course john mccain as well, who has been quite outspoken and we heard mike talking about his response. so they have responded but what they have not done, and what many expected they would do, is try to put sangs on industry coming from the west. in particular, the european union. they haven't taken that step so far. but this is their first reaction to what the e.u. and the u.s. has been doing, we also got a statement from the foreign minister, sergei lavrov saying those are illegitimate. >> some high profile visitors to kiev today? >> yes. indeed, we had a very high profile visit from secretary of state wendy sherman. she walked along in the independent square. she said she had to fight back tears. but she also took a moment to say her impressions from the square didn't exactly jell with what is coming from the kremlin. >> let's take a listen. you know it is very interesting if i listen to the rhetoric, i would expect to be attacked by dangerous elements. i was approached by

cokie roberts, tea party turns five, you heard the call for john boehner to go. they have not been successful in that. >> john boehner is stronger than he's been in some ways because congress -- we were talking about this, the government shutdown did affect the tea party. they understood that this was not working for them. and they had a five-year anniversary they liked. and i would rook closely at what happens in the primaries coming up to see what their strength is. >> it does appear there are a lot of republican primaries. the next one coming up is texas on tuesday. it does appear, rich lowry, that establishment republicans are learning their lessons. showing great strength against tea party challengers this time. >> yeah. i think probably the incumbent who has the most to fear is cochran down in mississippi, a long-time big-spending republican. has a smooth-talking tea party candidate who's a state senator to worry about. but a lot of these tea party challengers had rough weeks or two. you know, down there in mississippi, chris mcdaniel, the challenger, got w

house speaker john boehner, senate majority leader harry reed and senator john mccain are nine prominent officials banned from entering the country. senator mccain got a kick out of making the list. he actually tweeted, i guess my spring break in siberia is off and my secret bank account in moscow is frozen. >>> let's talk bracket busting games. >> a lot out there, betty. thanks for being with us this morning. everyone, it was an exciting first full day for the men's ncaa tournament. north dakota state was headed for an early exit before hitting this three-pointer. the 12th seed upset 5th seed oklahoma. >>> san diego state, oregon and wisconsin secured spots in the third round out west. down south, dayton followed its 60-59 upset over sixth seed ohio state. the one-point win gave the flyers bragging rights in ohio. florida, pittsburgh and syracuse also took care of business to advance. >>> last year was no fluke. harvard secured back-to-back trips to the round of 32 by defeating cincinnati, 61-57. next, harvard plays president obama's pick to win it all, michigan state. ville nova and co

i think john boehner had a capability of being a decent speaker.s clearly intimidated by the tea party. he actually appeared to believe what he said this time at the expense of children. i think he's probably run his course as the speaker. there is a reason that as congressman king was talking about not paying attention to congress. of course we don't pay attention to congress. not only are they useless, but they're mean spirited. they're hardly americans. i don't know why we should listen to a thing they do. >> i guess so -- okay, governor. my question to you, as a former governor, i know there were times you didn't necessarily agree with washington and did different things. are governors within their legal rights to do what they're doing? >> yeah, for the most part. well, i'm not a lawyer. but i think they are. i'm sure that will be litigated if steve king, god forbid, has the key to a courtroom. although, it's hard to find anybody as nutty as he is on the bench. who knows what'll happen. but in general, governors do have leeway to do these kinds

and at least one panelist at cpac suggests that john boehner was part of the benghazi cover-up. >> yeah. >> this reminds me, you know, of what was it called? the john birch society when they accused the eisenhower brothers of being commies. >> right. >> when you start calling boehner part of this, the benghazi cover-up. grover norquist of the hard right some sort of secret brotherhood guy, you're a full mooner. >> i think they left out the obvious situation going on here, that president obama is controlling the country with flower ride in our water. >> what is the latest variant of that? >> i don't know. maybe it's from using our cell phone taos much. you see what is going on here, as we were saying, the establishment has been coopted by the tea party. so what do the guys who were the tea party, the ted cruzes, the louie gohmerts, what do they do? well, you have to stay one step ahead of this parade now and i think that's what is causing that. saying cpac isn't conservative enough. we've got to go further. we've got to go in the direction of the magnetic pulse. >> you guys take sides a

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obama puede tomar medidas ejecutivas para frenar deportaciones >> la solución definitiva la tiene john boehnergreso de no actuar los activistas colgaron consignas para inspirar a los congresistas que hagan algo. jboa ha dicho que ve difícil una reforma migratoria en 2014 por falta de confianza en el presidente obama. >> esta semana la administración obama habrá deportado a dos millones de personas suman diferencias en tr >> a esto se suman diferencias entre las autodefensas >> en el salvador continua el conteo de la segunda vuelta electoral >> representantes del fmln y arena se suman a observadores internacionales y de otras instituciones para contar y revisar las actas >>e stán validando y viendo si hay alguna inconsistencia. todo lo que pasó en el escrutinio preliminar se está validadno >> el candidato del fmln salvador sánchez al parecer ganó solo por unos 6 mil votos pero el candidato de arena acusó fraude y llamó a salir a las calles >> tenemos las pruebas, saldremos a las calles >> el fmln dice que solo deben esperar que su candidato sea declarado presidente electo >> los votos dan de ac

a very close race. >> so often we speak of looking at john boehner as the person to watch in the housesat down with eric cantor he's someone we should watch. he's trying to pass cancer research bills. he's gone down mississippi to speak with john lewis and support civil rights. without changing the republican party's ideology, present a more moderate muzzled front and a more appealing image as they try to keep the house majority and win the senate. >> the presidential race is moving out to my home turf out west this week with the republican jewish coalition coming together bringing in three major governors who are governor christie, walker, and kasich. it will be interesting to see them speaking before a power donor. but thursday night is jeb bush speaking in sheldon's airplane hangar to an elite group of donors. it shows his status as the favored candidate going into 2016. >> of the establishment. >> a very busy 2016 week in new hampshire. ready for hilary p.a.c. made a big splash. on the republican side, bobby jindal is reaching out of trying to put together a new hampshire campaign

but is there more to do and john boehner is standing behind issa. they're obviously not going to take away his chairmanship. >> yeah, they're not. as you said, issa called cummings after the whole incident at that hearing and apologized to him. and democrats last week, they ride to push a similar measure forward to force issa to come to the house floor and formally apologize. this is part of a long standing streak that democrats feel like issa has used his role as chairman of the house oversight committee to wage partisan fights. in 2012 withholding eric holder the attorney general in contempt over fast and furious. but various styles to holding chairmanship. and as josh mentioned, there are chair men who behave this way and run their committee this way. >> good to see both you of. thank you. >>> coming up, we'll talk to a freshman member of the house whose district sits on the border of mexico and who just isn't going for give up on immigration. and this comes as the president is renewing his focus on doing what he can with or without congress. >>>

and john boehner's response is mr. president do it you. have the power to do it without congress.sident is willing to do things the congress doesn't think he has the power to do. congress says you have the power to do it go ahead but he won't do it. >> our allies are begging for this. our side note, too, as part of the e.u.-u.s. trade packet that's being negotiated they're asking for unlimited gas exports. because they realize how important this is in terms of their position vis-a-vis putin. but you're right. it's not getting anywhere in washington. the president, for instance, he has the ability to just instantly lift what is currently an export embargo on crude oil exports. and presidents in the past have done this. it takes an executive order. we happen to know that this president likes executive orders. but he won't do it. >> that's right. >> we have members of the senate who right now as part of a process for ukraine to push these energy exports to and being blocked by democrats. >> all right. thank you, kim. let's hope he does it. we have to take one more break. when we come

house speaker john boehner ridiculed the obama administration for softening its deadline for americans to comply with obamacare. on tuesday the administration announced individuals may obtain health insurance after march 31st as long as they claim to have attempted to enroll before the deadline. >> you know, he hasn't put enough loopholes into the law already, the administration is now resorting to an honor system to enforce it. what the hell is this? a joke? >> the joke i say to my dear friend, john boehner, is him having more than 60 votes over there to terminate obamacare. >> reid defended the administration saying there's no hiccup or delay but that hundreds of thousands of people have tried to sign up, and they just couldn't get through, and they just need a little extra time. >>> all right, new this morning, one possible reason so many people have apparently been slipping past security at new york's new world trade center. caught on camera by "the new york post," check it out. 65-year-old security guard abdul basher half blind sleeping on the job and the only security guard stati

already we have seen the backing of house speaker john boehner and key organizations. today we are reaching out to the president and to all americans. each of us has a stake in solving this problem. all the things we say about owing our veterans a debt of gratitude, all the promises we make to take care of them, to support them, the v.a. exists to turn those words into actions. america is a grateful nation. we cannot allow anyone or anything to get in the way of that. the federal backlog should never have appeared in the same sentence. let's make that our mission and work. god bless those that serve and god bless the united states of america. >> tomorrow on c-span, a republican study committee chair is our guest on "newsmakers." he will talk about the efforts to promote conservative ideas in congress ahead of the 2014 elections. you can watch the interview at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. on the next "washington journal," fred kempe reviews president obama's trip abroad. tony carrk discusses monday's deadline to sign up for insurance under the affordable care act.

obamacare, let's face it, if you are a republican in john boehner's house, repealing obamacare is just reality of daily life. now, jolly ran these ads in florida saying he would replace obamacare, and he did it with some celebrity help. >> let's replace obamacare. it's a mess of broken promises. >> now, that price isn't right. >> david jolly, a conservative in the tradition of bill young. >> i'm david jolly, and i approve this message. >> oh, no, that price is very wrong, i'd say. like every republican, jolly were most important to the people in florida 13. and that's the economy and jobs. the american people really are still asking, where are the jobs? and i would argue the president's policies are making the economy worse. top of those policies making the economy worse, obamacare. so they've held the district for 43 years, but it's a big win. it's just a big win. well, we were able to hang on, you know? we're so bad we're still hanging onto the longtime districts. there will be another obamacare repeal vote, you can count on it. so boehner can get jolly on the record. now, this morni

comes to there it floor, we are saying to john boehner, give us a vote. if there is a go, it will pass. we are going to really work together, i hope with republicans, and really make it clear this is a matter of the lifeline for people looking for work. i have talked to people losing their houses. they are being foreclosed. they do not have gas to go to look for work. these are people desperately wanting work. and the notion is they are sitting around on couches. i say talk to the people involved here. once you hear their stories, the house will have no option but to act. >> a little more optimistic that it will make it to the floor and pass. i want to end on a light note, are you a fan of candy crush? again? >> i am not very good at that. >> i just downloaded it yesterday, maybe if you join now, you can beat me. sandy levin of michigan, thank you. >> thank you for having me. moving and shaking this hour, oculus ceo just got a little bit richer after facebook announced it would buy their virtual reality device company for $2 billion, oculus makes a ski go

. >>> meanwhile, john boehner tries to shake off a group of dreamer at his local diner again. >>> who is winning the congressman debate? we're joined ahead. >>> and round two of the clinton papers. the national archives released another 4,000 pages from 42's stint in the oval office. the highlights ahead. (music) defiance is in our bones. defiance never grows old. citracal maximum. calcium citrate plus d. highly soluble, easily absorbed. predibut, manufacturings a prettin the united states do. means advanced technology. we learned that technology allows us to be craft oriented. no one's losing their job. there's no beer robot that has suddenly chased them out. the technology is actually creating new jobs. siemens designed and built the right tools and resources to get the job done. if yand you're talking toevere rheuyour rheumatologistike me, about a biologic... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain. this is humira helping me lay the groundwork. this is humira helping to protect my joints from further damage. doctors have been prescribing humira for ten years. humi

that waiver drew scorn from house speaker john boehner and other republicans. the law says that a moment stops at the end of march. that's what the law says. i've got to live by the law, you've got to live by the law, other people have to live by the law and the president needs to live by the >> ifill: democrats dismissed boehner's criticism. senate majority leader harry reid said house republicans don't care about fixing health care, only about voting again and again to repeal the law. >> the joke i say to my dear friend, john boehner, is him for having more than sixty votes over there to terminate obamacare. i just think we are at a point now where it really does appear to be extremely disingenuous. that they oppose anything that's good about obamacare. >> ifill: the administration is hoping for six million people to enroll through the federal exchange. officials on both sides of the country were caught up in public corruption cases today. the mayor of charlotte, north carolina, patrick cannon, was arrested on charges of taking nearly $50,000 in bribes. and i

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does john boehner care more about keeping power or helping people? text a for keeping power. b for helping people. to 67622. you can always go to our blog and bring the results. again, just to be clear, this is the result of gerrymandering. there is no political calculation. they know that they're going to have the power in the house and i say that one man shouldn't have that much power, but those are the cards that are on the table and that's the deck we got to play with. for me, let me bring in debbie wasserman schultz of florida. good to have you with us tonight. appreciate your time. what are house democrats, what are the plans, if this is going to go to november for five million people, what can be done? >> you're absolutely right, ed. the republicans callously cut off unemployment insurance benefits for two million people at the end of last year, right in the midst of the holidays and beyond how callous and inhumane that was, it was penny wise and pound foolish. think about the group of people that lost those benefits. beyond that, we're leaving them in much more signif

hard to believe john boehner made fun of his name. its the way 13-year-old boys would enjoy it. >>> finally, let me finish tonight with how president obama is better on fiscal responsibility than the cheap shot folks who attack him. wait physical you hear this stuff. it's factual. this is "hardball," the place for politics. ...return on investment wall isn't a street... isn't the only return i'm looking forward to... for some, every dollar is earned with sweat, sacrifice, courage. which is why usaa is honored to help our members with everything from investing for retirement to saving for college. our commitment to current and former military members and their families is without equal. >>> well. >> now that debbie dingell has announced she'll run for the house seat that her husband john dingell held for 30 terms, she has one overwhelming advantage, that last name. consider this. congressman john dingell, the current congressman, who announced his retirement earlier this week first won election to the house of representatives back in 1

host: what you think about speaker john boehner? like john boehner. he took a break last year, but he did what was right with the shutdown because obamacare is hurting a lot of people whether harry reid wants to admit it or not. host: what is your question? caller: we were talking about republicans being divided, and i have an office that allows me to watch c-span all day long, so i get to watch the house and the senate at the same time, and there are a lot of laws that passed in the house that never see the senate floor. if anybody would go look at harry reid's desk, i am sure it is pretty full of laws that the publicans have stood united and pass that harry reid will not take a look at. my question is why is it republicans are getting such a bad rap about feeding the wealthy when obama is the one who has thought this feeding gs feeding thehu stock market? guest: republican tell most habitually struggled with the rapid they are the party of wealth and wall street. ryan grew up as an understudy to jack kemp, and you have seen him go out to urban cente

mitch mcconnell, john boehner, john mccain taking shots at the president yet saying they're going to stand behind the president on sanction bills that come to the floor, sanctions against russia as well as a $1 billion aid package that will be taken up late this week most likely next week by congress. so a lot of moving parts here, but i got to tell you everything on hold with all high eyes on ukraine. >> and it under scores the gravity of the situation with washington calling for the rhetoric to be toned down. but it's the portrayal of the feeling that politics stop at the water's edge, and in 20 seconds will that change? >> reporter: there is no question that the administration is focused on trying to de-escalate this and lower the temperature. the spokes woman didn't want to come anywhere near the situation with the detained u.n. officials. they don't want to talk about any of that. >> we continue to follow all the developments from crimea, kiev, and of course from washington, d.c. where all eyes right now are on ukraine. i'm del walters from new york. thanks for watching. >> al j

house republicans really distance themselves from it including john boehner. nothing about the policy proposals is they come out and can inform the discussion for years ahead. it will be a benchmark for which people talk about other tax ideas. >> florida, on the line for republicans. you are on. are you with us? we will put you on hold and try to come back to you. next is michael in new york on our democrat line. caller: two points. there was a gentleman speaking about companies and jobs because of high taxes. -- bushhe books administration, they got a tax break extension for 10 years and created no jobs. this was before 2008. , articles written about these billionaires stashing their money from swiss banks, and i was wondering how that is coming along. release thee to being sassy?people i will take my answer off the air. >> thank you. a lot of good questions. write aboutically tax dodgers overseas. there is a great reporter who has written a lot of great things about the tax system. i would check out his work. the tax system is something a lot of people are c

. >> reporter: and critics of the president's budget is john boehner calling it perhaps the most irresponsible budget yet. after the remarks, president obama went to visit a kindergarten can class in washington, d.c. >>> and there is something to look forward to, folks, despite the awful weather to endure. to night the national park service promises that it is not going to be long now before the cherry blossoms are in bloom. before they are blossoming if you will. and right now the tidal basin is covered in snow and ice and not too many people are walking around down there, but kristin wright is because she is one tough mama, and she is going to tell us when it is going to change. >> hey, thank you, vance. yes, that is right. and tonight, snow as far as the eye can see. but, the announcement today by the park service kind of reminds you of groundhog day, and their prediction, five more weeks and then full bloom. the national cherry blossom starts in two weeks, and that can only mean that spring is almost here. >> i have been through nashville, and memphis and new orleans and all of the way to

. -- johnwhy john weiner boehner has no committee investigating abuse. it they were serious about the irs, which should impact every god, thatbecause, my is a slippery slope. imagine what will happen in the future. the country does not think there should be there. they gave money to obama. they let the stuff going on. their allies in the establishment wanted to go on. that putinother day had taken his measure barack obama. and on political insiders the week before he did it, we predicted that he would invade. nobody else is doing that. we don't have time for history say on but i want to national security, there is nothing more important than mine ghazi. -- benghazi. i think john boehner cares about his country. it is about fourth or fifth on his list. when you have 180 members of the thislican caucus -- look, is not about politics. it is about truth. it it is a central truth that is not been addressed. where was the president that night? [applause] and who invented the talking points. heavend not descend from by a fairy godmother. let me say this, you kn

. >> we need speaker john boehner to put this to a vote on the floor. we have the votes. we have the law. in my years of working around the hill, i have never seen a bill that had such cross support from the chamber of commerce to unions across the spectrum. >> i'm joined from washington by congressman krayat from texas. why go for the discharge petition. house republicans are facing primaries and in those primaries a vote in favour of a democratic immigration bill could hurt their careers. why not wait until later? >> it won't hurt their careers, ones wanting to vote no can vote no. it's a simply proposition. they can vote yes or no. every two years i run, like others, where people say yes or no on us. but the people have a right to vote. this is not a republican congress, it's the u.s. the u.s. house of representatives, we put it for a vote, ones that want to support can vote yes. the ones that want to walk away and not vote can do that. at least put it up for a vote. that's what we are asking. they can ask no because of primary or skews. >> how much of this is politics

john boehner's best friend's pac?bor with's political league, 100k, international league of operating ennears, 2 -- engineers, 200k. i could not find a single conservative or republican donor that gives to steve latourette's pac. so here we are, we're having this family squabble. there's an honest debate going on about what is good policy and what is good politics and how do we retake the majority. i can speak, i think, for a lot of activists to suggest that we're tired of one night stands. we're tired of waking up the next day and realizing that just, we just got had again, that they made these promises during the election cycle, but then they govern in a completely opposite way. and there's a paradigm shift, i think, going on in this country that the gop is very slow to figure out. there's a huge opportunity here. imagine what we could do if the tea party and constitutional conservatives and liberty groups and ron paul millennials and the gop faithful could come together on a set of common principles. we'd be unstop