congressman keith ellison, what is your reaction to this? what is your reaction to the president's approach to talking about this today? >> well, the president's reaction was appropriate. but i think the irs has apologized. now i think the thing to do is to take the right lesson, which is that we need congress to act to say we're going to scrutinize all groups that have -- that are electioneering when they should be doing social welfare. i fear that the irs will be backed off. >> yes. >> and that's the thing i don't want. i think the irs should get more engaged, not less. >> we have new reports that they had planned subcommittee hearings in the senate, they're now saying they're not -- they're going to delay those. and this is -- this is what the fallout's going to be. things like the disclose act, a piece of legislation that would've regulated these groups to make sure they disclose their donors. don't you think that's not going to be harder to pass on capitol hill? >> it may be harder to pass, but it would be the wrong reaction. i think we

joining me now, congressman keith ellison. and congressman, first, i want to first get your reaction to the speech today. >> well, you know, that's the obama that i voted for and worked so hard to get elected. was, i mean, repealing and revising the aumf, the authorization for use of military force is something that me and people like barbara lee and others in the progressive caucus really believe is important. and we're joined by a lot of others including some conservatives. you know, closing guantanamo, absolutely. i mean, this is what we believe is so important, but the real question is what's next? because the president has articulated, i think, a lot of great points, and i agree with you. his treatment of medea benjamin i think is a credit to him and i think her passion is a credit to her. but i like the fact he didn't just try to diss her. i was proud to see he didn't do that. at the end of the day it's about execution because the president has articulated some good views. there are people who are going to try to stop hi

who it was so the real interesting thing here about all this and i sat down with congressman keith ellison today to talk about this is the deal is going after whistleblowers going after leaks like it's like it's their number one job but they haven't gone after the banks in the same way that is what your congressman is clear is that the o'jays very enthusiastic about pursuing this in this case you sit on the house financial services committee you have insight into the way banks have behaved been behaving for the last few years how do you explain this difference in the d.o.j. being so enthusiastic about pursuing whistleblowers or journalists and really not being enthusiastic at all when it comes to prosecuting certain white collar financial crimes well it's certainly disappointing isn't it i mean we used to talk about too big to fail now we have to talk about too big to jail. you have some people who literally wreaked havoc on the american economy and not only have they. not only did they get bailed out for their own irresponsibility nobody's paying the price for it and we haven't seen a ras

i'm joined by someone who does care, congressman keith ellison, democrat from minnesota. good to be here, martin. thank you for having me. >> it's a pleasure. 37% of americans are feeling negatively affected by sequester cuts with 18% feeling a major impact, and yet the only thing congress will act on are flight delays? will congress only act to remedy those things which effect wealthy, powerful individual, is that it? >> well, you know, those flight delays, we voted to restore those cuts about 20 minutes before we actually closed for the week and went to the airport, ourselves. so the optics of that were ugly, but it looks quite self-serving. i mean, your point is is very well taketaken. just this week we had furlough notices go out to civilian employees of the defense department. these are people who do important jobs but who are civilian workers. 800,000 affected across the country. a lot here in my home state of minnesota. they got furlough notices and they're extremely upset. i also met with a federal judge yesterday who i called and asked him how are sequestration a

the target of similar attacks before the total of one hundred thirty people killed in violence keith ellison is a u.s. congressman who believes that america's involvement has contributed to its. up think we have an obligation to stay engaged with iraq. diplomatically and developmentally militarily quite honestly i don't i i am not convinced that we can add a meaningful improvement to the situation with some point our role in iraq militarily needs to come to in and even if there is horrible military or or violence going on there i mean the question has to be raised is our reengagement going to help i doubt that seriously but what i think we do need to do is to remember that we helped create these conditions and we haven't are going obligation and you know we've got to make sure that i mean if we can play a diplomatic role to help cease the violence we should if we can certainly help rebuild this country i think we have a moral obligation to do so because we are part. national has been arrested on federal terrorism charges in the u.s. state of idaho the man is alleged links to an overseas mili

troops topple saddam hussein keith ellison is a u.s. congressman who believes america must clean up the mess they created. i think we have an obligation to string gauge with the work. diplomatically and developmentally. militarily. i don't i i am not convinced that we can as meaningful improvement to the situation with some point our role in iraq militarily needs to come to him and even if there is horrible military violence going on there i mean the question has to be raised is our reengagement going to help i doubt that seriously but what i think we do need to do is to remember that we helped create these conditions and we haven't are going obligation and you know we've got to make sure that i mean if we can play a diplomatic role to help cease the violence we can certainly help rebuild this country i think we have a moral obligation to do so because we opted to par. one expert on pace war in iraq a told us how he believes some nations are trying to use iraq's sectarian groups to break up the entire region you know. at the orphanage t

congressman keith ellison believes america needs to clean up the mess it created in iraq. i think we have an obligation to stay engaged with iraq. diplomatically and developmentally. militarily quite honestly i don't i am i am not convinced that we can add meaningful improvement to the situation with some point our role in iraq militarily needs to come to an inn and even if there is horrible military via hour of violence going on there i mean the question is be raised is our reengagement going to help i don't i doubt that seriously but what i think we do need to do is to remember that we helped create these conditions and we haven't are going obligation and you know we've got to make sure that i mean if we can play a diplomatic role to help. the violence we should and if we can certainly help rebuild this country i think we have a moral obligation to do so because we are part and one expert on the post-war iraq told r.t. that some nations are trying to use the sectarian divisions there to destabilize the entire region you know you ask the arsonist. the fire i mean. it's yo

iraqi sunnis say they've been persecuted in marginalized ever since the fall of saddam hussein keith ellison is a u.s. congressman who believes that america must clean up the mess it created in iraq i think we have an obligation to stay engaged with iraq. diplomatically and developmentally. militarily quite honestly i don't i am i am not convinced that we can meaningful improvement to the situation with some point our role in iraq militarily needs to come to an inn and even if there is horrible military or of violence going on there i mean the question needs to be raised is our reengagement going to help i don't i doubt that seriously but what i think we do need to do is to remember that we helped create these conditions and we haven't are going obligation and you know we've got to make sure that i mean if we can play a diplomatic role to help seize the violence we should and if we can certainly help rebuild this country i think we have a moral obligation to do so because we are part one expert on post-war iraq told our t. that some nations are trying to use the sectarian divisions there to

eligible to vote can vote as we congressman mark poke out of one of wisconsin and congressman keith ellison of minnesota introduced a bill that would amend the constitution and guarantee the right to vote for all americans earlier today i sat down with congressman polk in and ask him about the fight to ensure that all americans have the right to vote. congressman mark polk as well as representing the great state of wisconsin thank you thank you for sitting down with me oh absolutely tom thank you very pleased to have this conversation you are right at the leading edge of what is one of the most important issues in the country right now and that is the the affirmative right to vote why why do you feel that there is a need for us to amend the constitution or to pass legislation or to do anything to assert that there is a right to vote is and isn't it isn't it obvious everybody has a right to vote i think everyone assumes that it's inherent in the constitution is a right to vote yet there isn't there's protections against discrimination but there's no affirmative right to vote so what happens

congressman keith ellison on the i.r.s. and a.p. scandals and joy ann reed.w with alex wagner" is coming up. >> hey, thomas, the white house is playing a game of fierce defense in the wake of the a.p. leak story, but some of the administration's harsh zest critics are actually the same ones that wanted a crackdown in the first place. we will talk transparency with frayed rudy. catty kay and heather mcgee. >>> plus secrets and wikileaks with alux gib any, and carol rosenberg joins us with the latest on the hungers strike and forecast on its future. all of that is coming up next. es available out there. i knew devry university would give me the skills that i needed to make one of those tech jobs mine. we teach cutting-edge engineering technology, computer information systems, networking and communications management -- the things that our students need to know in the world today. our country needs more college grads to help fill all the open technology jobs. to help meet that need, here at devry university, we're offering $4 million dollars in tech scholarships

nobody enjoyed that joke more than keith ellison did. it was a good night.resident obama outshining conan o'brien. i will be back and wrap things up with today's parting shot. other night? is this personal or is it political? a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i am given >> connect with the bill press show on twitter. follow us on bill press show. the tweet is watchingbp. this is "the bill press show." [ music ] monday to thursday at 6 eastern alright, in 15 minutes we're criticizing, and holding policy to the fire. are you encouraged by what you heard the president say the other night? is this personal or is it political? a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i am given to doing anyway. staying in tough with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them, right? vo: the war room monday to thursday at 6 eastern alright, in 15 minutes we're goin

and they know about a year ago a lot of people can get fired on monday congressman keith ellison and congressman mark polk introduced a bill into the house of representatives to create a constitutional amendment affirming a national right to vote the text of that amendment would read every citizen of the united states who is of legal voting age should have the fundamental right to vote in any public election held in the judicial in the jurisdiction in which that citizen resides congress will have the power to enforce and what this article by appropriate legislation as the pro forma stuff. we have no national right to vote is the supreme court affirmed this in bush v gore they said there is no right to vote for the president the united states and basically we have no right to vote in united states afghanistan and iraq countries that we created both have in their constitutions chris an affirmative right to vote isn't it time for us to put one into law well i don't know i think the wording of that document is very loose it says nothing about felons that says you know nothing about that

also congressman keith ellison and singer amy grant joins us.nd later, from the hit show "nurse jackie," bobby canavale. have i got that? up next, the top stories in the politico playbook, but first, bill karins with a check on the forecast. >>> another beautiful march morning inner the northeast. windchills this morning down into the 30s and some cases the 20s. this is bitterly cold air we're dealing with despite the sun coming up. 25 is the windchill in binghamton, new york. one of the coldest i've been able to find. you need the hat and gloves for the kids this morning in the middle of may. good news this time of year, of course, the sun is up there for a long time. it will warm us up. it'll be a nice afternoon, but just, this cold this early in the morning is ridiculous. yesterday, the middle of the country, 93 in fargo, record temperatures through a lot of the portions of the inner mountain west. and chicago, you're 18 degrees warmer right now at this hour than at this time yesterday. in chicago, you're going to get the benefit of that. you

today," -- on the other side of the page they have the opposing view that has been written by rep keith ellison. he writes -- you can find both of those fears in this morning's "usa today." body is calling from texas -- bonnie is calling from texas. trying to say -to officials and people in the united states that we aren't in a war, we are in a dispute. we are using the poor to get killed because we want things in ntries that don'th belong to us. for 16e been in this war i years. cticallyback to pra stealing oil from iran. while those people did not enumeration, they still aren't. host: in this morning's --olumbus dispatch," you can read more about that in this morning pause "columbus dispatch." we have a coall from sawyer. caller: i like the way the speaker is talking about the house cutting costs. from what i have been seeing most firefighters are volunteers paid by the local county or state. teachers are paid for by the state but their budget is not federal funding. host: that is sawyer in manassas, virginia. two more items from facebook -- jennifer is calling us from minnesota on our line f

keith ellison, for instance. great progressive.> too many skeletons in that closet. >> clackity, clackity, clackity. right back on "the stephanie miller show." ç] >> stephanie: all right. hour number two. jacki schechner, would you like some ramen noodles and pretend you're back in college at the university of pennsylvania? >> no but i wanted to talk about behind the candelabra. >> stephanie: behind the congressional candelabra. >> i dvred it and i thought the cameos alone were worth it. rob lowe, kind of awesome. >> stephanie: someone has to tell me how they made his eyes look like that. it was hilarious. and then i did not even know it was scott bakula. >> no way. >> you didn't recognize that nose. >> seriously, that was pretty obvious i thought. >> yeah. >> stephanie: i interviewed him on my ill-fated late night show. i didn't recognize him with all the whatever -- >> the chest hair and the chains. >> the handlebar mustache? >> stephanie: we'll watch it again and again and have a film festival at my house this weekend. >> sounds

. >> bill: congressman, when you're not usually in that seat, it is usually keith ellison who is fromi know the two of you have introduced special legislation on a new amendment to the constitution, guaranteeing what? >> a right to vote. most people, i think have always thought that somehow the constitution has a right to vote in it but it doesn't. we have protections against discrimination. we don't have an affirmative right to vote. a guarantee that every person who is of voting age has that ability. >> bill: everybody assumes that's in the constitution. >> exactly. because there are different amendments that specifically build discrimination in the area but no affirmative rights. so what happens with is we've had 80 laws this year alone introduced in states to take away people's right to vote. whether it be through i.d. situations, early voting, et cetera. across the country. and in wisconsin what's interesting is we actually have a right to vote in our constitution. so when we passed a very restrictive photo i.d. law, the reason that it was held up by the courts was because of our

tomorrow, former senator olympia snow and also keith ellison.morning joe." my mantra? always go the extra mile. to treat my low testosterone, i did my research. my doctor and i went with axiron, axiron can restore t levels to normal in about 2 weeks in most men. axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than 18 or men with prostate or breast cancer. women, especially those who are or who may become pregnant and children should avoid contact where axiron is applied as unexpected signs of puberty in children or changes in body hair or increased acne in women may occur. report these symptoms to your doctor. tell your doctor about all medical conditions and medications. serious side effects could include increased risk of prostate cancer; worsening prostate symptoms; decreased sperm count; ankle, feet or body swelling; enlarged or painful breasts; problems breathing while sleeping; and blood clots in the legs. common side effects include skin redness or irritation where applied, increased red blood cell count, headache, diarrhea, vomiting, an

guarantee a right to vote for everyone, so this week, along with my friend and colleague, congressman keith ellison from minnesota, i introduced a right to vote amendment to the constitution that will explicitly guarantee without a doubt the right of the american people to vote. the amendment is a simple as it is necessary -- is as simple as it is necessary. every american citizen has the right to vote in every public election where they reside and congress has the right and power to protect it. no more will americans have to prove their right to vote has been infringed, instead, the burden of proof will be left to states to demonstrate any efforts they take will not deny or abridge the fundamental right to vote. now, i know there are some out there who will say the amendment to the constitution is unrealistic. it's too hard to achieve. but those critics are shortsighted. this is about engaging my colleagues in congress on both sides of the aisle and the american public to ensure a right to vote is -- the right to vote is not a democratic right nor is it a republican right. it is an american right,

for instance representative keith ellison the co-chair of the progressive and the n.c.p. teacup this boxing legend muhammad that he. is jazz pianist on the gitmo even to meet in deep shit bell. among politicians and the reaction in media like fox probably a the a form of schoolwork racism given that america today is less receptive to more all good graces. what's your to. my take is that there is a subset of america that is becoming more receptive to more over racism we're seeing this more and more on the so-called hard right and this is now with we're just i was sam battered about how massage and sexism are being facilitated in some ways by by social media i think i think racism as well racism is alive and well in the states and it's something that we need to be calling out and hopefully doing something about our next video question comes from carson in ontario canada. i'm curious to know what you think the answer is reaction to these three hundred guns since they're going to profit off the minute actually very very serious thanks . thank you that's it's an interesting qu

keith ellison from minnesota. mr. ellison: i would like to say this is extremely important topic and i just want to say, mr. speaker, that, you know, you should look at legislation like a sailboat on a still pond. it takes the american people, the wind, to move that sailboat along and on this student loan issue and access to education in this country, we need the american people, mr. speaker, to rise up and lift their voices and say we demand affordable secondary college education. you know, there are great ideas, congressman cartwright has a brilliant idea, the truth in tuition act, superior to h.r. 1911 which is worsening the problem of college affordability. at the end of the day, the best ideas will sail when the students and the parents across the united states, mr. speaker, come together and say, we insist on quality affordable education. do you know there are at least 20 million borrowers across the united states for higher ed every year? 20 million people borrow money every year to go to some form of higher ed