two from maine, olympia snowe and susan cohen... >> although not on health care. >> no, but there were legitimate reasons on that one. but generally speaking if you look at who are the republicans who they can go to, it will be olympia snowe and susan collins, maybe scott brown now from massachusetts. >> rose: >> let me pick up on george's point because i spent a fair amount of time, i interviewed senator corker and george describes it very aptly. bob corker got savaged by his own caucus. i'm not sure he fully appreciates that today. i like him a lot and admire him and they want hepted to do the right thing. but they hammered him. they had exrepublican senators telling him... his future would be dead if he went along with this. richard shelby's aide savaged him every chance they got. i don't think bob corker knew what hit him. and i think that... i think there's always been pressure in caucuses but this was the type that if you go this way on this, give up, you're dead. and i think he got rolled by his own people and let me give you the contrast. another great tennessee republican, how

senators susan collins and olympia snow cast key votes to break a republican filibuster.aker nancy pelosi said she'd call members back so the house can vote next week. >> california paroles facing a new set of rules and restrictions. the changes reduce the number of paroles assigned to an agent from 70-48. also including closer monitoring of high profile paroles. >> also enabling us to impose zones which enables an agent to be alerted when one is getting into an area prohibited from entering. >> there is officials say the parole accused of kidnapping jaycee dugard and holding her captive but say many changes were in works long before this case gathered so much public attention. >> president obama declared the crisis near the gulf is finally nearing an end following word that bp's static kill procedure as it's called is working. and that is in april the government's point man does not expect anymore oil now to, leak into the gulf. >> we've equalized the pressure inside of the capping stack and reached a static condition in the wells and allows us to have high confidence th

one of the huge problems with that right now is senator olympia snowe, who had been a huge ally of harry reid. she was going to vote for elena kagan on wednesday, but she is one of the chief architects of this legislation. there was a $30 billion fund added to the amendment of the bill that she does not support. at the end of last week she had this dramatic speech on the senate floor, saying that she could not vote for open debate on the legislation, even though she is demanding that the white house leader bring it to the floor in january. harry reid says that he has been in negotiations with the minority leader since last week and he believes that there have been some positive talks within the republican conference and the democratic caucus, but it is unclear exactly what those negotiations are and if you will be able to pull it off. host: anything else on the docket this week? caller: the state aid boat will happen today. -- vote will happen today. it is on the calendar. dick durbin basically said that there was a shot at passing the procedural hurdle, but it is only a shot. right now

that is bipartisan legislation with senator olympia snowe. i appreciate your thoughts. we are very consistent on that. starting with ms. sabitz, all of you are experienced scientists. you have heard the testimony that the bio-accumulation risk is low from the dispersants, low from oil, and from the dispersant/will combination. is that 31 on the panel is comfortable with as an assessment next >> yes, senator. first of all, thank you very much for your legislation for the national endowment for the ocean. to get back to your last question quickly, in terms of whether the epa studies are enough to draw conclusions, i certainly agree with the docrs they are not. they are so short term. there is a 48 or 96-hour study. even if all the dpersant goes away and the animal does not die, it does not mean it will survive, grow, flourish, and escape predators. it does not answer the question as to whether the animal would even have hatched in the first place if exposed. it does not address the entire ecosystem question. even a sho-term exposure could still have the feds. your last qu

just before it was passed, it was olympia snowe, in ain liberal republican from maine, who asked the cbo about the average cost for the four government obamacare for a middle-class family making $90,000 having to buy. the average plan in 2016 will cost $15,000. according to the congressional budget office. six years down the road, if you are a family making $90,000 a year and you have two kids, and your employer is not going to buy insurance because they don't have to and it is cheaper not to, you will be required by the federal government to get on health care plans to the cost $15,000 per year. -- to get on a health care plan that costs $15,000 per year. it is unbelievable, but it is true. there is going to be a lot of political activity when that comes down. i suspect that the left would like to see when that happens is that people will say that we cannot afford this and they will want to bring everybody into the system and everybody what government-subsidized health care we will have a medicare for everybody until you die. host: george w. bush tried to reform social security duri

guest: susan collins and olympia snowe, they were able to adjust the provisions in the bill back. had been amenable to pass in legislation like state aid package. this is something right up their alley. host: how are they paying for this legislation? guest: they are paying for it with several tax increases. that house republicans railed against in their statement. that will be a contentious issue when it comes before the house next week, especially whether and not to extend the bush tax cuts. it host: how will this work? they are providing aid to the states for medicaid payments to fill some budget gaps, so the states can then take the money they had for medicaid and put it other places. what is the formula like for states? guest: the reason why the coming back next week is the $10 billion education fund that is included. if this was not passed before the end of august, democrats said it would deprive thousands of teachers in local jurisdictions. that is why they are coming back that is the urgent part of it. basically a lot of the school systems around the country are facing larg

guest: susan collins and olympia snowe, they were able to adjust the provisions in the bill back. had been amenable to pass in legislation like state aid package. this is something right up their alley. host: how are they paying for this legislation? guest: they are paying for it with several tax increases. that house republicans railed against in their statement. that will be a contentious issue when it comes before the house next week, especially whether and not to extend the bush tax cuts. it host: how will this work? they are providing aid to the states for medicaid payments to fill some budget gaps, so the states can then take the money they had for medicaid and put it other places. what is the formula like for states? guest: the reason why the coming back next week is the $10 billion education fund that is included. if this was not passed before the end of august, democrats said it would deprive thousands of teachers in local jurisdictions. that is why they are coming back that is the urgent part of it. basically a lot of the school systems around the country are facing larg

that is bipartisan legislation with senator olympia snowe. i appreciate your thoughts. we are very consistent on that. starting with ms. sabitz, all of you are experienced scientists. you have heard the testimony that the bio-accumulation risk is low from the dispersants, low from oil, and from the dispersant/will combination. is that 31 on the panel is comfortable with as an assessment next >> yes, senator. first of all, thank you very much for your legislation for the national endowment for the ocean. to get back to your last question quickly, in terms of whether the epa studies are enough to draw conclusions, i certainly agree with the doctors they are not. they are so short term. there is a 48 or 96-hour study. even if all the dispersant goes away and the animal does not die, it does not mean it will survive, grow, flourish, and escape predators. it does not answer the question as to whether the animal would even have hatched in the first place if exposed. it does not address the entire ecosystem question. even a short-term exposure could still have the feds. your l