mitch mcconnell asked. we agree with the old mitch congressional. we believe that voters have a right to know. we believe in full disclosure and all senator mcconnell and the house republicans need to do to ensure that full disclosure is vote in favor of the disclose act when they bring it up in the senate and sign discharge petition that we filed today to bring up the disclosed act in the house of representatives. we hope that they will do that. thank you. >> thank you very much, congressman van hollen. when the decision came down under chris van hollen's leadership, we did pass a disclose act in the house. it won't over to the senate which of course had only 59 democrats and we couldn't only democrats and we couldn't get one republican despite public statements of mcconnell and others they abandoned that because they knew they didn't want accountability and transparency and contributions that are made under something that is so bizarre that the court would say any and all money secret or otherwise from who knows where, should be allowed into our s

mcconnell was correct. i think that's one of the most profound things anyone has said about politics. what he understood is what makes a bill bipartisan is not the ideas in it or the spirit in which it is offered. it's whether any legislatures from the other party sign on. if they do, by definition, the bill is partisan. so by keeping his members off the democrats' major bills, he made each and every one of those pieces of legislation into a partisan bill and destroyed the president's hope for image as a bipartisan compromiser. this week on fox news, mcconnell gave another remarkably honest interview. they have been saying repeal and replace, repeal and replace, but they haven't come together behind anything that would replace the affordable care act and cover a substantial chunk of the uninsured. chris wallace asked mcconnell why. in fact, he ask him why three times. by the third time, his patience gave out and he got real. >> one of the keys to obamacare is it will extend insurance access to 30 million pe

there is no fight that mcconnell was wrong.onnell did not say that romney was wrong and you have not had romney talking about the mandate of tax versus not tax. what this is going to matter is the economy. is it important? yes, for people like you and i yes. but for voters, it is not. >> eliot: let me concede one issue to you, the economy will be more significant. but at this moment there is a trajectory to messaging when the economy is what mitt romney should be talking about and what everybody is talking about is gee, is mitt romney a taxer? did he impose a tax and is he and president obama the same on healthcare, something that he certainly doesn't want to acknowledge and mcconnell and boehner highlights that fact. i don't get why he has not been able to circumvent this and get on the same page. he's sinking into quick sand. >> there is a difference in having a law passed in massachusetts only for massachusetts and a law passed that applies to the whole federal institution. it never ruled on the massachusetts law. if there w

sure enough minority leader mitch mcconnell was listening here's what he had to say sunday on fox so-called news the chief justice said it's a tux taxes are clearly what we call reconcilable that's the economy sure that can be kind of personhood with fifty one votes in the senate and if i'm the leader of the majority next year i commit to the american people that the repeal of obamacare will be job one so as much as president obama hoped that the supreme court's ruling last week would put an end of the debate it's only just reignited multimillionaire lobbyist dick army's tea party astroturf group freedom works has already laid out a strategy to repeal obamacare it begins at a state level with step one being preventing states from setting up obamacare exchanges these exchanges are critical to obamacare as they open up free markets where people can buy health insurance plans at lower costs much like members of congress do right now and can't be denied insurance for preexisting conditions so far only two states have a health insurance exchange set set up and running all twenty nine states have

first of all i disagree with the economics behind what mitch mcconnell is saying. on the politics we could go through list after list of things the democrats have tried to do to get the economy working again that the republicans have blocked. there is clearly a difference of opinion about what it's going to take to create growth. the democrats are correct and the republicans are wrong. >> juan: okay, it doesn't matter what mitch mcconnell said the fact is republicans are obstructing jobs bill proposal. job creation coming from this democratic president. and they seem content to go home before the election because, guess what? they will say the economy is still struggling and then they will will will blame it on obama. >> they have a list of proposals that's been made in great detail. they will stimulate the economy in their view. part of the problem we have here is that we don't really know what will stimulate the economy. we do know we need a stronger defense. we face extremely big defense problems in various areas of the world. we dehave a great many very intelli

>> that is not the issue. >> howard fineman on the fallout from mcconnell's epic gaffe. the romney campaign destroys a weekend's worth of talking points in 20 seconds. >> what you just said is that governor romney agrees it's not a tax. >> he agreed with the dissent from justice scalia that said that the mandate was not a tax. >> the death of a republican lie. rick scott tells floridians without health insurance to suck it up. >> we're not going to implement obamacare in florida because we're going to do the right thing. >> e.j.dionne has the latest. and they're burning obama in effigy. the growing resistance movement on the far right. >> look out. look out progressives. this is what america is at her best, and you'll never see us coming because you don't understand us. >> good to have you with us. thanks for watching. top republican leaders are finally revealing what the health care debate in the country is all about. for republicans, health care is a privilege. and if you can't afford it, well, you're just out of luck. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell was asked

mcconnell: mr. president? first of all, let me welcome the vice president here today, our good friend who served for so many years in the senate. it reminds me of the negotiatio that he and i conducted in december of 2010. i got a call from the vice president one day and he said the president thought we ought to talk over the possibility of extending the current tack rates for everyone because the economy is not doing very well and the worst thing we could do would be to raise taxes on anyone in the middle of this economic situation. i said mr. vice president, i think that's something we would be interested in. and so the vice president and i negotiated for a period of time and agreed that because the economy was not doing well in december, 2010, we ought to extend the current tax rates for everyone. i can remember the signing ceremony. i was there. the majority leader was not. the speaker of the house was not. the president made a speech in signing an extension of the current tax rates for everyone that i co

mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask further proceedings on the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection, and the leader is recognized. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, we know with some certainty that on january 20, 2013, regardless of who the president is, he will swear to the best of his ability to protect and defend the constitution of the united states, that more than 60,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines will remain deployed in afghanistan, and that our all-volunteer force will stand ready to defend american interests in the strait of hormuz, in the republic of korea, as well as defend our allies across the globe. our forces will remain committed on that day to denying the taliban a return to afghanistan, to denying al qaeda a safe haven, to training the afghan national security forces, and of fulfilling the operational plans of our regional commanders. as important the troops and the training pipeline a

with the senate's top republican, mitch mcconnell. >>> plus, obamacare and the 2012 elections. we'll ask our sunday panel how the core's big ruling will play on the campaign trail. all, right now, on fox news sunday. ♪ and hello again from fox news in washington. >> chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. the supreme court issued its historic ruling in obamacare this week. but, that didn't end, the intense debate. joining us from new york, to discuss the ruling and how the law will be implemented is white house chief of staff, jack lew. welcome back to fox news sunday. >> good to be with you, chris, good morning. >> chris: now that the court has upheld obamacare, does the president feel that the law is safe or does he believe it must clear another hurdle in the november election to take full effect. >> one thing that is great about our system is when the supreme court rules we have a final answer, the law is constitutional. it spans -- we will proceed as we were proceeding to implement the law and, that is what the american people want is for the divisive debate on

i want to ask you the same question i asked mitch mcconnell.e still debating the long-term effects of the robert's ruling. on the one hand he safes obama care. that's the big deal that's the bottom line. on the other hand he appeared to new limits on what congress can regulate under the guys of the commerce laws. he set new limits on what the federal government can mandate the state has to do. in terms of the long-term constitutional implications how do you read the roberts rule? >> i think it will be so tough for any one who wants to pass a similar program under the similar argument. it will be a tough time. this is not going to be an easy opinion for anybody who sites you. a lot of people see it as a 1-44 decision. >> 144 meaning the chief justice was here then the four liberalings and four conservatives. >> right. it will be tough to look to it as a top precedent. a not a license to regulate an individual from cradle to grave. he real that had in. he talked about the fact this is a tax and sdoontsly turned it back through the regulalegislat

mitch mcconnell needs to get fired. in the streets care about. we care about safety. i care about gun laws. i don't like illegal immigrants. i have a moral standing, i believe, in god. these people don't believe in anything but the top 1%. >> here is the problem. here is the problem, tony is that they have taken over the republican party. right? >> i know. i know. i have been a conservative since, you know, i was able to vote, and i have watched and, you know i am an african-american and my whole family is democrat. and i am the only person who argues, you know, my morals and what i believe. they keep telling me this isn't the party that you are used to. i am watching and looking and learning, and i am doing my research. it's not. it's bad. >> i know. hey, tony, a couple of books ago, i wrote a book called train wreck about this tea party taking over the republican party. no. it is sad, and maybe tony, you ought to find another party. >> this is the bill press show. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> this is the bill press show liv

what exactly is mich mcconnell talking about? the united states has the highest cost of health care in a study of seven industrialized nations by the commonwealth fund. the united states was also dead last in quality and access to care. as you can see, three of those countries are from western europe. and one of them is what i call the denial to the north. good old canada. republicans hate to talk about what the canadians do when it comes to health care. all they want to talk about is long lines and nobody gets to see a doctor up there. in fact, you have to wait years to see a doctor in canada. it's all bs. it's clear the gop was absolutely blindsided by this supreme court ruling. speaker john boehner is still planning on holding a repeal vote in the house, but he cannot answer questions on what he would replace the law with. >> when you repael -- repeal this, what are you going to replace it with? >> we're going to take a common sense step by step approach. >> why not then if you like some of the provisions in the affordable car

compassionless conservative delivered by one mitch mcconnell. thanks so much for watching." picks things up right now. >>> when is a tax not a tax? let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm michael smerconish. what we have here is a failure to communicate. from the moment the supreme court upheld the individual mandate kauing it a tax, republicans saying aha, see, president obama raised taxes. but today, r mitt romney's chief spokesman told chuck todd no the mandate is not a tax after all. why would he say that? if it is, it means romney raised taxes with his plan in massachusetts. this is why santorum said romney would be the worst to carry the antireform message into the fall. also, we're hearing that chief justice roberts planned to strike down the mandate, but switched his vote. plus, count on seeing the obama campaign keep up their attacks on bain capital. both campaigns admitted the attacks on mitt romney's business experience, they're working and

mcconnell for writing an op-ed that riddled with lies. >> he is absolutely lying. clever mission politician! and he ain't going to fight you. >> he isn't going to fight me. which you know, that's too bad because my constituents and his constituents deserve that kind of conversation. >> given the falsehoods in his editorial and his complete disregard for americans without health insurance, i think the possibility of him ever debating with him has gone the way of all flesh, isn't it? >> i think that's right and first of all, let me say it would be a great honor for me to serve with tammy duckworth when she's elected in november. she'll be a great congresswoman. but going back to health care, mitch, he'll state now, he's traveling around among hospitals trying to talk about the affordable care act and he's getting quite a lot of pushback because when you talk at repealing the affordable care act and for instance, the pblty that a state might opt out of expanded medicaid, you're talking about revenue that's lost for hospitals. the hospitals can't be deceived. they know

what was mitch mcconnell -- and then he came -- peter we have that clip. the vote saying basically it doesn't matter. >> this is a uniquely bad idea for the economy. the good news i can say to the american people it ain't going to happen. >> that's because john boehner will never go along with it. >> the entire thing was a political exercise. it was a really interesting thing to watch, because people felt very, very serious about it. i think the democrats are a bit thrown, but in a statement of how big of a show vote it actually was, joe biden was there, and proceeding over the chamber. the only way he can cast a vote is if there is a tie. problem with that there are 99 senator right now, because one is recovering in chicago, so unless joe biden would divide himself in half there was no point. senator hagan was in north carolina for a funeral, and he basically called her and said you have to come back for this. i think the democrats are trying to draw a line in the sand on this and make this is an issue. >> yeah, but they did succeed. this is what obama sa

mitch mcconnell after a quick break. place. place. ♪ you want to save money on car insurance?o problem. you want to save money on rv insurance? no problem. you want to save money on motorcycle insurance? no problem. you want to find a place to park all these things? fuggedaboud it. this is new york. hey little guy, wake up! aw, come off it mate! geico. saving people money on more than just car insurance. >> chris: we want to get the gop view of this week's big >> chris: we want the g.o.p. view of this week's big decision on obamacare, joining us from his home state of kentucky, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell and senator, welcome back. >> good morning. >> chris: you just heard white house chief of staff jack lew say the court has spoken and it is time to move on. are you persuaded? >> he's doing the best he can with a really tough situation. the president said it was not a tax. the premium court which has the final say, says it is a tax. the tax is going to be levied, 77% of it, on americans making less than $120,000 a year. so it is a middle class tax cut. a tax incr

there's mcconnell to remind you it was all just posturing. thank you, mitch mcconnell. meanwhile, what was happening in the house today? >> i would ask the gentleman from virginia if he would be willing -- or let me rephrase that -- he would not object to a unanimous consent in the house to correct what was clearly a typographical error made by non-partisan professional staff at the office. >> madam chairman, this member will reserve the right to object at the appropriate time. >> reclaiming my time -- >> gentleman from california. >> nothing could be more insincere than to pick on professional staff on a typographical error. >> well, you just saw house democrats and house republicans fighting over whether a typo, a typo in a bill could be fixed or not. i wish i was kidding. i am not kidding. so that was congress today. the senate voted on a pair of totally meaningless bills. the house fought about a typo. if any of this comes as a surprise to you, you probably have not been paying close attention. baup this is not just a bad congress, or eve an pretty bad congress. i t

we'll discuss the gop plan for repeal and replace with the senate's top opinion mitch mcconnell. obama care and the 2012 election . how will court's ruling will play on the campaign trail all right now on "fox news sunday". and hello again from fox news in washington. the supreme court issued a historic ruling in obama care this week but that didn't end the intense debate. joining us in new york to discuss the ruling is white house chiefev staff jack lew. welcome back to "fox news sunday". >> guest: thank you, kris. >> chris: now the court upheld the ruling does the president feels it is safe or does he have to have a hurdle in the election . >> guest: the supreme court rules and it isitutional. we were proceeding to implement the law. and the thing that american people want is for the desissiveness. when kids graduate from college and before they get a job they have health insurance. people who had $600 bills to pay on prescription drugs are cored. families don't have to worry if they will hit lifetime limits. we need to get on with the implementation and that's what we will do.

. >> mitch mcconnell says 13 million people in this country without health insurance is not the issue. but i thought that this was precisely the issue. because unless these people are brought into the system, they're not only miss out on all kind of preventive care, they'll also continue to use a system they do not contribute towards, so it's exactly that and yet mitch mcconnell says it's not the issue. >> again, misinformation. demonizing legislation and i think many have in the even read. if they did, they would also understand that 98% of americans would not be paying a penalty, but more importantly, 30, 40 million, the number keeps going up and down, it's the exact issue of individuals who lay on sick beds an hospitals without opportunity for insurance coverage and when i say they lay on sick beds, they're in emergency rooms because they can't get into hospitals because they have to go right out the door or maybe some of them fall sick right at the door of the emergency room because they're checkinging cards and coverage and i understand hospitals. they've got to survive and those

mcconnell is the master of obstruction. nobody has done it better, nobody has done it more. but the third time was the charm for the question about the uninsured. >> billions and billions of dollars are lost every year by hospitals and doctors in defensive medicine. >> but we're going to run out of time and i want to ask, what specifically are you going to do to provide universal coverage to the 30 million people who are uninsured? >> thais not the issue. >> it is not the issue. 30 million americans cannot afford the cost of health care insurance in the country and they receive no government assistance an entire political party does not believe these americans have done enough to earn the right to get insuranc chris wallace gave mitch mcconnell a chance to clarify what he meant. >> it is already the finest health care system in the world. >> but you don't think that -- >> what our friends -- >> 30 million people uninsured isn't an issue? >> let me tell you what we're not going to do? we're not going to turn the american health care system into a western european system. >> t

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mcconnell: i say --. mr. mcconnell: , i know the parliamentarian disagrees with his few but let's assume we do have a budget and by judge ask the majority leader why we haven't passed a single appropriation bill. mr. reid: that also is an easy question to answer. the republicans in the house, this is a bicameral legislature, why have reneged on the law passed last august that set numbers. their appropriation bills have artificially lowered the numbers and in effect violated the law that's in effect here in this congress. as a result of that, senator inouye has marked up his subcommittee bills and we can't -- and i would also say, madam president, the house was not serious about what they do. energy and water which used to be one of the most important subcommittees, most popular, i should say in addition to being important, subcommittees in this body, i was fortunate to serve on that subcommittee for more than a quarter of a century under a great -- under great leaders, domenici, bennett johnson, domenici and

mitch mcconnell taking a hard line.budge where do we move and how does the economy react between now and november? >> well, i think we're going to see ordinary citizens just start to pressure the republican side. the fact that they are still under this situation where under sequestration, so many working family programs would be affected. certainly the payroll tax break would be affected. unemployment insurance would be affected. so are they really going to take the knives to the programs that affect working families across this nation to get these outrageous bonus benefits for the top 2%? i don't think so. so i think it is bluff and bluster. it is unacceptable. and it is going to take them right down the tube on the election front if they persist. >> eliot: it sounds to me as though look, i obviously agree with you both analytically as to the impact on the economy the programs that are at stake through sequestration but it sounds to me like this game of bluff or potential bluff on both sides probably will take us towar

where mitch mcconnell is. to say we should make access easier but not guaranteed. that's the position the republican party has pretty much had throughout its history and they don't seem to pay much of a price for it. i'm not sure given the current law's unpopular, this is the election where they'll feel on this defensive to take that position. they have some policies that mitt romney supports that are some of which are in paul ryan's budget that would extend health care in theory to more people. >> but nothing comprehensive. >> and not very easy to explain. >> understood. thank you so much. >>> coming up, you can bet the obama campaign will keep up their attacks on mitt romney's record at bain capital. both sides now admit they're working. this is high pressure, the place for politics. idide? you're not my dad ahh!! hey honey, back feels better, little dancing tonight, you and me? dr. scholl's pro inserts relieve different types of lower body pain by treating at the source so you're a whole new you. go pro with dr. scholl's. has a facebook page these days. but wher

look at your interview with mcconnell.s clear they could make that argument. >> chris: thank you, panel. check our panel plus where we pick up on the discussion. we will post the video before noon eastern time. and follow us on twitter @ "fox news sunday." up next, we hear from you. >>. >> chris: time for comments you posted to our blog an many of you responded to our interview last week with the executive. i always enjoy t. boone pickens. >> chris: please keep your comments coming. find us at foxnewssunday.com. have a great week. we'll see you next fox news sunday.

mcconnell -- "any deranged person can get a weapon and do something like that." person is to arrange to has a knife -- is deranged and has a knife, how many people would they be able to kill? the weapon makes a difference. >> come to me in west virginia and talk to some of these guys, women out there pinetree the -- women out there. they hunt to eat. >> but not with assault weapons. >> and they don't need 100-round clips or tear gas. >> they say it is a slippery slope. you take away that assault weapon and the next step is my -- >> the day comes when a bunch of tourists come over here having what it much of this -- terrorists come over here having much of this stuff and no doubt everybody in a shopping center, what we say that? >> every time in our rich like this happens, the first thing is to talk about guns, then nothing happens on guns. but there is another aspect of this, which is, why somebody like him is out on the street. we don't know this guy's history, but we knew it jared ghner's's -- jared lou history. should there is not the gun -- the issue there is