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maria cantwell, senator from washington. we can reach across and find the pieces.and i'm very willing to do that. but the bottom line is we've got to fight for what we believe in. it's got to be about principles that we fight for. so there we are. >> all right. [applause] >> good question. >> would you support a constitutional amendment to overturn the citizens united supreme court decision to help get money out of politics? [cheers and applause] >> you know, we've just got to understand, i'm a law professor, and for a very long time the idea of anybody talking about constitutional amendment just, you know, kind of makes your eyelashes start to get frizzy. [laughter] because it's, look, it's a kind of scary place to go. and you say to a lot of people, hey, it's okay to get out there and amend the constitution. never quite sure, you know, whether this theater house movie will end. but citizens united is just killing us. and with the supreme court we've got right now, saying that those who've got more money can pour more and more money into the electoral process, int

. >> thank you, senator maria cantwell gets tonight's last word, i am ari melber with "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." next. >>> boomerang, let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. could the weapons the gop forces use to pummel democrats this year blow back in their faces come 2016? could the battle cries, obama care, benghazi and the outright rejection of immigration reform and a minimum wage hike be the very weapons that can be fired away at the republicans two years from now when the battlefield is wide and the american voters are looking, not for issues that ignite and anger, but for a leard in a cause that can truly unite the country. put more sharply, even as they try to hide the tea party extremist, could the party of ted cruz and sarah palin who tries to win with hatred this november portray themselves as the nation's savior when it has to take on hillary clinton? michael steele is was the chairman of the republican party and joan walsh. both are msnbc political analysts. the campaigns may yield dividends in the midterms, but those ba

senate ofgavelling in momentarily for a preproforma session honorable maria cantwell a senator from the state of washington to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 2:00 p.m. on tuesday, -- on friday, -- on friday, posted by the progressive policy institute looking at the fcc's open internet policy. earlier in they, the fcc voted along party lines to move forward on a proposed rule that would allow content providers like netflix to pay for what's called fast lane service. this discussion in washington set to get underway in a couple of minutes. we will stay here live with one quick note from one programming note about the white house. president obama reportedly today will announce you seeking to keep 9800 troops can use troops in afghanistan after the war formally ends later this year and then will withdraw most of those forces by 2016. according to senior administration officials reported by "the associated press." we'll have the presidents statement this after

. >> thank you, senator maria cantwell gets >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. it's now been 17 days since we first aired our special all in america report on the smart gun and potential life saving technology and the nra's efforts to kill it. it's been 17 days since new jersey democratic state senator who sponsored the legislation in new jersey that mandates use of smart guns when it comes to market, that legislation is what nra points to this technology that could save lives and it's been 17 days since the senator was here offering a truce to the nra, offering to help repeal the law if they would stop opposing smart gun technology. it's been 17 days since we've heard nothing from the national rifle association. in that time the story has exploded across the national media. >> it uses computer technology to prevent anyone from the gun's owner from shooting. >> it requires users to wear a radio controlled watch to fire it. >> the smart gun only shoots if it's near a chip inside this watch. it's like something out of james bond. >> it's called a smart gun. it req

my cosponsors john came in maria cantwell from washington, angus king and ann appended from maine. we propose instituting a 21st century class to go bill. [applause] it would have two effects. one would simply one of size, breaking up the largest as those are the only ones who will be effect by this. it makes sense moller by breaking them apart in the second is that it makes certain that the depository part of thinking, your savings account, checking account, the person must protect at all costs are very though risk operations. sawyers invidious question why. why was there no accountability for the largest financial institutions? why can we not the classical right now? why is that we have heard one after another of the largest financial is due to shifts in this country had made to breaking the law. and that is what we have to call it. difficulties in a regulatory apparatus. breaking the law. laundering drug money, violating sanctions against foreign countries like iran. the latest hoping people cheat on their taxes by hiding money in foreign countries. and jack, not only does one g

and with angus king, who is an independent from maine with maria cantwell, another democrat from washingtons-steagall bill. so we've got republicans, independents, and democrats on that bill. they want it. they want a tough bill. america supports a good strong glass-steagall make banking boring and yet very, very difficult to move. why? because the largest financial institutions in the country don't want it. community banks are good with it. credit unions are good with it. but a handful of huge banks wield a lot of power on capitol hill, and that's what we've got to break. it's about leveling the playing field again. it's about giving a fair shot to our families, to small financial institutions, to small businesses, and not have everything just run for the big guys. >> yeah. and, you know, i mean we're talking here about sort of the partisan gridlock that everybody's familiar with. when you talk about the power of wall street, the power of the financial sector, we're talking about something that cuts across party lines. 's one thing i want to ask you about. i know in some ways it's a tired

senate ofgavelling in momentarily for a preproforma session honorable maria cantwell a senator from the state of washington to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 2:00 p.m. on tuesday, -- on friday, may 30, 2014.

and, see here, some of the gnatories, mears maria cantwell, signed on. all the democrats signed it except for five, the two virginia matter? s where the redskins are kind of a home team, the two maryland senators, the two democratic maryland senators both signed it, joe donnelly, joe mansion and mark prior of arkansas did not sign the letter as well. bill is calling in from cleveland. bill, what do you think about congressional involvement in this issue? host: yes, i personally believe that there are just so many other person issues in this country. i'm not for the name of the redskins but i really think that our economy, quite frankly, is number one and rarely -- really, the congress should be focused more on that more so than the name of the football team. that's really it. you know, i'm not really for the name myself but i think that there are more pressing issues. host: bill, you're calling from cleveland and you've clot the cleveland indians baseball team. should that name be changed? host: yeah, i'm opened it to if the time comes for them to change