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they want the rockefeller m&a. that is why it is in the house bill, and we are afraid that no matter what the finance committee comes up with, when it goes to the floor, this bill will go to the left, and then when it goes to conference, it would shift radically to the left, and the debate will be over at that point, and it would just be, well, we have gone this far. we have to pass this on." and then there will be no repealer of it. all you have to do is what happens to the british system. the british system was put in because of world war two, kind of an emergency think, and what happened with the emergency system? the british health-care system is the third largest employer in the world. it has millions of employees, more government bureaucrats than health care providers. that is what happens when you get government-run systems. bureaucracies grow. they add on. they protect. and then they become a constituency where they influence the political process where you can never repeal these kinds of systems. this is a
they want the rockefeller m&a. that is why it is in the house bill, and we are afraid that no matter what the finance committee comes up with, when it goes to the floor, this bill will go to the left, and then when it goes to conference, it would shift radically to the left, and the debate will be over at that point, and it would just be, well, we have gone this far. we have to pass this on." and then there will be no repealer of it. all you have to do is what happens to the british...
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fox news is in rockefeller center. glenn beck works in rockefeller center.k's office building was designed by wallace k. harrison. and who's wallace k. harrison? the personal architect to the rockefellers. oh, my gosh. the architect who designed the united nations. >> don't let any of these people ever tell you anything other than the truth. and that is, early 20th century progressives and the progressives of today -- it makes sense. >> say it ain't right. no bush whacking, cracker croaker is going to roll right to the gutter. >> now, who can argue with that? >> it all fits together. the map to the treasure chest is on the back of obama's birth certificate which is in the detention camp hidden inside glenn beck's brain kept in a mayonnaise jar on the porch next to the nbc earth station at 1211 avenue in the americas. don't get on that ship, mr. beck! "to serve man," it's a cookbook! and now to expand on all this, ladies and gentlemen, here is rachel maddow. good evening, rachel. >> wow. keith you know, those with ears will not hear. >> no, no, no. those that
fox news is in rockefeller center. glenn beck works in rockefeller center.k's office building was designed by wallace k. harrison. and who's wallace k. harrison? the personal architect to the rockefellers. oh, my gosh. the architect who designed the united nations. >> don't let any of these people ever tell you anything other than the truth. and that is, early 20th century progressives and the progressives of today -- it makes sense. >> say it ain't right. no bush whacking, cracker...
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it will not work. >> senator rockefeller? >> medicare has been a rousing success for seniors. 40 years ago, we had no coverage for seniors. they went into their later years with not any ability to pay medical bills. i can't imagine anyone, we have to get a handle on the cost. >> i support medicare and med medicaid, it has to work. >> senator rockefeller. >> so we all agree. >> good choice. i agree even more. what you have to do if you're going to bring down costs, but do it wisely, you don't let the congress the people in the congress, house and senate, having lobbyists looking all over them and lobbyists is play a big role, who gets reimbursed and how much under medicare. hospitals, doctors and the rest of this. we did this in 1989 with something called resource relative value scale. the specialists were getting too much. general practitioners who we ne need, they get paid more and that's a judgment that you don't want -- >> it's going to cost more not less. >>> another issue right now. congressman wilson the other night whe
it will not work. >> senator rockefeller? >> medicare has been a rousing success for seniors. 40 years ago, we had no coverage for seniors. they went into their later years with not any ability to pay medical bills. i can't imagine anyone, we have to get a handle on the cost. >> i support medicare and med medicaid, it has to work. >> senator rockefeller. >> so we all agree. >> good choice. i agree even more. what you have to do if you're going to bring down...
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the people that i represent need this. >> that was senator rockefeller, of course. from the republican side -- >> so if you support single payer health care, if you support longer waits, crowded emergency rooms, lower quality of care, in other words, the rationing or the denial of care or the delay of care that you get in single payer systems, do you want that for america? >> rationing, denial of care? that's what actually being proposed? surely democrats are not going to let that litany of negative descriptions fly, are they? >> the main knock you've made on senator rockefeller's amendment, i presume on mine, is that it's government run. >> yeah. >> medicare is government run and most people like it very much. >> okay. but if it -- and it will come to a single payer, and that denies the american people choice. what's good now about medicare advantages. people in my state have 44 choices to go to, and -- and what you would be leading us to would be a system where there isn't choice. now, i want to give senior citizens choice. >> would the senator yield? would senato
the people that i represent need this. >> that was senator rockefeller, of course. from the republican side -- >> so if you support single payer health care, if you support longer waits, crowded emergency rooms, lower quality of care, in other words, the rationing or the denial of care or the delay of care that you get in single payer systems, do you want that for america? >> rationing, denial of care? that's what actually being proposed? surely democrats are not going to let...
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rockefeller's version was first out of the gate.licans, led by ranking member chuck grassley, raised a number of options. one, of course, their objection in principle to any program run by the government. which mr. grassley tried to explain does not mean they oppose popular government health care programs like medicare. >> i just would like to know what you think of medicare, a government-run program that's far more government-run than what senator rockefeller has proposed. do you think medicare is a good program? because most of the amendments on the other side have been aimed at preserving medicare, a government-run program? >> i think that medicare is part of the social fabric of america. after 40 years, just like social security is, and i don't say that because it's perfect. there are a lot of things that need to be changed and a lot of the things in this legislation are changing a lot of things that's wrong with medicare, and -- and to say that i support it is not to say that it's the best system that it can be. >> but it is a
rockefeller's version was first out of the gate.licans, led by ranking member chuck grassley, raised a number of options. one, of course, their objection in principle to any program run by the government. which mr. grassley tried to explain does not mean they oppose popular government health care programs like medicare. >> i just would like to know what you think of medicare, a government-run program that's far more government-run than what senator rockefeller has proposed. do you think...
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to his commit committee and is able to get it out of the committee without the support of the rockefellers of the world, and then we have a bill and are able to see the outlines of what obama and the democrats are going to stand for. i think this is the point where you are going to see intense power play negotiations and bargaining take place. bret: you may have pushback calling rock feller a moderate democrat. charles. >> baucus is a man that people have been seeking for a few thousand years. this is a honest bill. the reason that the program has been in trouble at the begin since obama had said expanded coverage and cut in costs. everyone understands that is a fantasy so he amended expand coverage but keep costs neutral. you can't do that. baw baucus has tried to do it. he has two choices -- huge amounts of taxes on huge subsidies on people who have to buy insurance now, which would make it extremely revenue non-niewtd tral. it would cause a huge deficit, or you do what he did, which is individual mandates, so people in the middle class, millions of them, are going to have to purchase in
to his commit committee and is able to get it out of the committee without the support of the rockefellers of the world, and then we have a bill and are able to see the outlines of what obama and the democrats are going to stand for. i think this is the point where you are going to see intense power play negotiations and bargaining take place. bret: you may have pushback calling rock feller a moderate democrat. charles. >> baucus is a man that people have been seeking for a few thousand...
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you heard senator rockefeller on the public option. enthusiast enthusiastic, optimistic or hopeful. revoking the medpac 15-3 vote today. is he going to get what he wants? >> i'm not sure he is, keith. the senate leaders are looking at the big vote on the floor of the senate. they want to try to get 60 votes to shut off debate if they can. so they could pass a real bill, not at swiss cheese bill through reconciliation. they've got their new senator, paul kirk, that's going to fill in. but if the public option is in there, the possibility exists they could lose two or three conservative democrats in the senate and wouldn't then get the 60 votes to have the real bill. i'm not sure it's going to work. i think there's a lot of sentiment for it, and it's good for the democrats on the house side, for senator rockefeller to be touting this and to be talking about it and to be passionate about it because there is more passion on the house side for the public option. you want to keep the house democrats in the ball game, you want to keep them enthusiastic. all of this is pointing to the confe
you heard senator rockefeller on the public option. enthusiast enthusiastic, optimistic or hopeful. revoking the medpac 15-3 vote today. is he going to get what he wants? >> i'm not sure he is, keith. the senate leaders are looking at the big vote on the floor of the senate. they want to try to get 60 votes to shut off debate if they can. so they could pass a real bill, not at swiss cheese bill through reconciliation. they've got their new senator, paul kirk, that's going to fill in. but...
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if olympia snow gets her way, jay rockefeller will vote against the bill. if jay rockefeller gets his way, olympia snow will vote against the bill over the public option whether it will be real and in place or triggered. the other one that's been ignored is blanch lincoln. she's from arkansas. she's in a tough re-election situation there next year. she has not been forced to comment and take hard positions on any of these things. she has come out against the cap and trade bill passed by the house of representatives. she is definitely the one to watch in terms of the ability to be peeled off by republicans for some of their amendments and possibly vote against this bill on its way to final passage. if chairman baucus loses jay rockefeller for final passage of the bill in the committee, he needs every democrat. he can't lose one. blanch lincoln is very iffy. >> senator link on wicoln with ratio of health sector donations compared to overall election donations. thanks, lawrence. >> thanks. >> for more on the 564 amendments been introduced, let's turn to chris
if olympia snow gets her way, jay rockefeller will vote against the bill. if jay rockefeller gets his way, olympia snow will vote against the bill over the public option whether it will be real and in place or triggered. the other one that's been ignored is blanch lincoln. she's from arkansas. she's in a tough re-election situation there next year. she has not been forced to comment and take hard positions on any of these things. she has come out against the cap and trade bill passed by the...
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coverage of the critical debate taking place in the congress on health care reform with senator jay rockefeller, democrat of west virginia who signatures on the senate finance committee. >> you can't put another insurance company out there one that doesn't have to make profit or pay attention to wall street just pay attention to consumers, their needs and have lower costs. >> charlie: we continue with conversations about movies with charlize theron and guillermo arriaga. >> whether you do 20 films every time is a new experience and you'll either fail or not but you can't -- it's like a relationship. you can't enter that relationship not have 100% trust. you just can't. >> we're very optimistic because in the end people who go they always have a hope and they always have a chances to redeem themselves. >> charlie: the health care debate in washington and all about movies when we condition. >> charlie: additional funding for "charlie rose" was also profided by these funders. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> charlie: we begin t
coverage of the critical debate taking place in the congress on health care reform with senator jay rockefeller, democrat of west virginia who signatures on the senate finance committee. >> you can't put another insurance company out there one that doesn't have to make profit or pay attention to wall street just pay attention to consumers, their needs and have lower costs. >> charlie: we continue with conversations about movies with charlize theron and guillermo arriaga. >>...
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rockefeller center caf >> jimmy: okay, rockefeller center cafe. >> she gave me change. >> jimmy: okaye her? $100 bill? [ laughter ] >> i gave her a $20. >> jimmy: what's your problem? >> there's $19. >> jimmy: and again you have this gum. everyone's having this gum. i'm so sorry, how much time is left on the clock? queen elizabeth, bob seger. [ pop ] [ laughter ] what is -- i've got five seconds left. ♪ [ laughter ] i've got it. [ laughter ] your favorite sport is football! [ laughter ] >> that was my second favorite. >> jimmy: what is your favorite? basketball! yes. so i do win. and you do win a prize! come over here. thank you very much, you win a hot pocket, defrosted or flavored this is ham and cheese. only the freshest ingredients. >> thank you. i'll put it in my purse. >> jimmy: yeah, absolutely. thank you so much. here's your singles back. >> thank you. >> jimmy: here's your illegal cameras, they're not allowed in the studio i just want to remind. >> you took the picture, by the way. >> jimmy: yeah, no problem. so did you, we're both in trouble. take care. come on over, buddy,
rockefeller center caf >> jimmy: okay, rockefeller center cafe. >> she gave me change. >> jimmy: okaye her? $100 bill? [ laughter ] >> i gave her a $20. >> jimmy: what's your problem? >> there's $19. >> jimmy: and again you have this gum. everyone's having this gum. i'm so sorry, how much time is left on the clock? queen elizabeth, bob seger. [ pop ] [ laughter ] what is -- i've got five seconds left. ♪ [ laughter ] i've got it. [ laughter ] your...
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[ cheers and applause ] >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center, the national broadcasting company presents -- tonight's guests are -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you, guys. thank you very, very much. welcome to the show. welcome, welcome to "late night with jimmy fallon," everybody. happy tuesday. big health care news. this just happened. the public option backed by president obama was just voted down by the senate finance committee. or as supporters of universal health care call them, "the death panel."
[ cheers and applause ] >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center, the national broadcasting company presents -- tonight's guests are -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you, guys. thank you very, very much. welcome to the show. welcome, welcome to "late night with jimmy fallon,"...
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to do that, you've got to have jay rockefeller aboard, which suggests that jay rockefeller, when he says, i'm not for it, that he is bluffing, or he's going to cave in. do you believe that? >> well, i've been on a steep learning curve here my first eight months, but learning what makes the senate tick is certainly not one of the things i've solved yet. but i do think that, generally speaking up here, 50 votes, 51 votes is what it's supposed to be to pass a bill. and in extreme cases a filibuster could be used. i'm going to leave that to the senate to figure out. i think, they're very serious about trying to get this thing done. that's a promise we made to the american people. >> congressman, there have been heightened emotions on both sides of this debate on a number of levels. what do you think of nancy pelosi's recent comments about the concern that this could bring us back to another time where things were very violent and that this could go in a bad direction, the discourse. >> well, you know, making the comment or not making the comment doesn't change the reality. clearly, this is p
to do that, you've got to have jay rockefeller aboard, which suggests that jay rockefeller, when he says, i'm not for it, that he is bluffing, or he's going to cave in. do you believe that? >> well, i've been on a steep learning curve here my first eight months, but learning what makes the senate tick is certainly not one of the things i've solved yet. but i do think that, generally speaking up here, 50 votes, 51 votes is what it's supposed to be to pass a bill. and in extreme cases a...
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it's olympia snowe, it's rockefeller, could he be brought aboard? will caucus be appointed.eeply inside game and i think that the president of the united states is working these senators almost daily. and i think that's how it's going to come about. they've got the horses to do it, but they've got to bring virtually every single one aboard. >> well, here's what senator rockefeller had to say about this last night. >> there was some -- quite a good deal of consensus that came out pretty good. but the point was we have to be together. we have to be together. you can't get everything you want but you can't -- you also can't bring to the floor, our bring on to the committee, something that is not a good bill. >> so he's saying, steve, he's clearly willing to compromise. nancy pelosi, after she saw the president, was already beginning to hint at compromise on the public option. yes, she has to say certain things placate the house caucus. he has now talked to the president. one by one he's going to be able to twist arms and make them all believe that they've got enough political c
it's olympia snowe, it's rockefeller, could he be brought aboard? will caucus be appointed.eeply inside game and i think that the president of the united states is working these senators almost daily. and i think that's how it's going to come about. they've got the horses to do it, but they've got to bring virtually every single one aboard. >> well, here's what senator rockefeller had to say about this last night. >> there was some -- quite a good deal of consensus that came out...
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jay rockefeller who chairs the subcommittee on health care. great, thanks for your time tonight, senator. >> thanks, pete. i was there. i didn't realize it was that bad. >> it was that bad. politico reporting tonight that the blue dog democrats in the house want to delay their floor vote until after the senate has its bill completed. that that shed any light on what you call the substantial slow walk in your own committee? >> no, because we don't have any blue dogs on our committee. we have republicans, and that more than makes up for it. it is absolutely extraordinary. i think the average amendment that the republicans offered, or ones that they were trying to beat down that we offered took up one hour in which people talked endlessly, endlessly, endlessly. and i've never seen anything like it, but i love the way you put that together into a montage that just showed how really pathetic it was. under the guise of doing something that the nation desperately needs, which is to lower the cost of health care and raise the quality of health care. a
jay rockefeller who chairs the subcommittee on health care. great, thanks for your time tonight, senator. >> thanks, pete. i was there. i didn't realize it was that bad. >> it was that bad. politico reporting tonight that the blue dog democrats in the house want to delay their floor vote until after the senate has its bill completed. that that shed any light on what you call the substantial slow walk in your own committee? >> no, because we don't have any blue dogs on our...
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. >> new york senator charles schumer and jay rockefeller of west virginia each demanded a government insurance option with their amendments. republicans unanimously voted no. >> i oppose the amendment because i think it is a slow walk towards government-controlled single-payer healthcare. >> even democrats found it hard to get some questions answered. >> how do you set the cost of the insurance in your amendment? >> i will not answer that question. >> the answer is rockefeller's public insurance option would set costs and rates based on medicare, which could break smaller states, according to the democratic chairman of the powerful senate budget committee, kent conrad, who crossed over to join the g.o.p. opposition. >> the devil is in the details in the details of his amendment, he does tie the public option to medicare levels of reimbursement. >> five democrats opposed rockefeller's government insurance program as unworkable, including blanche lincoln of arkansas, bill nelson of florida, tom carper of delaware, and the powerful chairman of the finance committee itself, max baucus, w
. >> new york senator charles schumer and jay rockefeller of west virginia each demanded a government insurance option with their amendments. republicans unanimously voted no. >> i oppose the amendment because i think it is a slow walk towards government-controlled single-payer healthcare. >> even democrats found it hard to get some questions answered. >> how do you set the cost of the insurance in your amendment? >> i will not answer that question. >> the...
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thank you. >> charlie: jay rockefeller ll be involve intimately in this process. we'll be back in a momen stay with us. >> charlie: charlize theron and guillermo arriaga are he. he's the oscarosr-nominated screenwriter and ty've teamed up for his debut, "th burning plains" here's a look at the film. >> i guess so. >>hat a you talking about? [ inscernable ] >> i don't undersnd. >> yesr no >> charlie: i'm pleased to have charlize theron and guillerm arriaga at this table. >> thank you vy much >> charlie: how is t shift from screenwriting to directing? >> one of the most enjoyab thgs i've don in my life. part of the eoyment is working with the team and having the woerful people behind an in front of cama make myjob ry joyful. >> charlie: sting is a big partf t, isn't it? >> casting is a big part of it and i enjoy. i like itecauseit's like having your wife pregnant and you don't know what your kid's gog to look like. >> charlie: te us about the film. how you saw it and wha is it about that wehould anticite? >> i tnk this is a movie aut love. >> charlieyou got me alrea
thank you. >> charlie: jay rockefeller ll be involve intimately in this process. we'll be back in a momen stay with us. >> charlie: charlize theron and guillermo arriaga are he. he's the oscarosr-nominated screenwriter and ty've teamed up for his debut, "th burning plains" here's a look at the film. >> i guess so. >>hat a you talking about? [ inscernable ] >> i don't undersnd. >> yesr no >> charlie: i'm pleased to have charlize theron and...
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to discuss borlaug and his legacy, we are joined by gary toennissen of the rockefeller foundation, a longtime backer of borlaug's work. . thank you very much for being here. you were just telling me you knew him for almost 40 decades. you saw him as recently as a month ago. tell us a little bit more about who he was and how he got interested in plants. >> well, norm was a farm boy, always was interested in scientific aspects of plants and of agriculture, was lucky enough to get into the university of minnesota and worked his way through a ph.d program there as a plant pathologist. and they worked for a couple years before he joined the rockefeller foundation program in mexico in 1944. that was a coop rative program with the mexican ministry of agriculture aimed at trying to improve agriculture. and what was then a country which had significant food shortages an a fair degree of political unrest due to those food shortages. >> what got him interested in hunger, in issues of hunger and food production. >> well, i think he had a natural interest in trying to help poor people. throughout
to discuss borlaug and his legacy, we are joined by gary toennissen of the rockefeller foundation, a longtime backer of borlaug's work. . thank you very much for being here. you were just telling me you knew him for almost 40 decades. you saw him as recently as a month ago. tell us a little bit more about who he was and how he got interested in plants. >> well, norm was a farm boy, always was interested in scientific aspects of plants and of agriculture, was lucky enough to get into the...
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. >> the horrors of a government-run plan that you elicited in senator rockefeller's amendment, you're supportive of medicare. i just don't understand the difference. >> it will come to a single payer. that denies the american people choice. >> m r nbc's kelly o'donnell joins us live. what were the expectations for this vote? >> reporter: the expectations from democrats who've been counting votes privately, they expect that the rockefeller amendment and one coming from senator schumer will both likely fail in committee. the vote wasn't so much the goal. of course they'd like to pass it. but the real goal, they tell me, is to force a debate all over again. we haven't heard public option lately. today that's what we're talking about. and that's what they want. to try to outline what they believe should be in an ultimate bill. democrats who believe in a public option think that there's been too much expectation of it failing and kind of falling by the wayside. today they wanted to really put this to a vote so they can hold the members of the senate on this committee accountable, force the
. >> the horrors of a government-run plan that you elicited in senator rockefeller's amendment, you're supportive of medicare. i just don't understand the difference. >> it will come to a single payer. that denies the american people choice. >> m r nbc's kelly o'donnell joins us live. what were the expectations for this vote? >> reporter: the expectations from democrats who've been counting votes privately, they expect that the rockefeller amendment and one coming from...
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it just has symbolism, and if rockefeller plaza, you know who rockefeller was. you know his link to the progressive movement, et cetera, so you know what these things are. the reason why i brought it up, and of course the media tore me apart for it, but they missed the message, as usual. the idea was that things are right in front of you, but those with ears will not hear. those with eyes will not see. it is amazing how close this is to the surface. is there something that we're missing here, michelle? i mean, how do you reach the people who just aren't getting it from any other media source? >> well, i think by constant repetition, which is why your show has been so incredibly helpful and the use of your platform at fox news and the synergy between the internet, and twitter to spread the message. facebook. it takes people with ears an eyes open in washington do to do something about it and the holdren case points out the deficiencies of the republican party. glenn: you bet it does. >> he, unlike many of these czars, the majority of them are appointed and in joh
it just has symbolism, and if rockefeller plaza, you know who rockefeller was. you know his link to the progressive movement, et cetera, so you know what these things are. the reason why i brought it up, and of course the media tore me apart for it, but they missed the message, as usual. the idea was that things are right in front of you, but those with ears will not hear. those with eyes will not see. it is amazing how close this is to the surface. is there something that we're missing here,...
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that is why i asked senator rockefeller the question. >> it is a constitutional requirement. these are executive branch decisions. there has to be a presidential appointment. >> that is only true if one situation pertains. the power of the purse is in the united states congress. it is the house of representatives that starts. the would pass the bill on to the present. he can sign it or veto it. we appropriated the money. if you cut it, it is not an executive decision. the congress decides how much money to spend on things. you do not need to have the president appointing with unlimited executive power. >> is the press and making appointments said it to the fis and consent of the senate. >> you can do that. >> we are doing it. >> there is a vote on the floor. >> this needs to be cleared up. we have all kinds of commissions where -- he is saying we have the power of the purse. >> the majority of this congress can create a commission which says the president can and division nominate all the members of the commission. yes, we can do that. i guess that is what senator rockefeller
that is why i asked senator rockefeller the question. >> it is a constitutional requirement. these are executive branch decisions. there has to be a presidential appointment. >> that is only true if one situation pertains. the power of the purse is in the united states congress. it is the house of representatives that starts. the would pass the bill on to the present. he can sign it or veto it. we appropriated the money. if you cut it, it is not an executive decision. the congress...
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the one from jay rockefeller has been defeated. it was a significant blow to supporters of the government-run insurance alternative. this bill they have been debating has been the one that includes a non-profit co-op, said these amendments would kill that and replace it with a government insurance option. schumer argues that the villain here is -- well, pharmaceutical companies, big business, but mostly, he argues that the problem is the insurance companies. the motivation -- listen to the motivation behind the desire to create an public option to compete against insurance. >> those of us who support the public option support adding some real competition to the coagulated and fundamentally anti-competitive insurance market. >> that was sort of one out even by jay rockefeller, who said that it is banditry and that the private insurance industry revels in it because they send people out to find excuses to cut people from coverage. it did not pass. it was defeated with three democratic no votes. kent conrad was one. a centrist from ar
the one from jay rockefeller has been defeated. it was a significant blow to supporters of the government-run insurance alternative. this bill they have been debating has been the one that includes a non-profit co-op, said these amendments would kill that and replace it with a government insurance option. schumer argues that the villain here is -- well, pharmaceutical companies, big business, but mostly, he argues that the problem is the insurance companies. the motivation -- listen to the...
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the rockefeller amendment, we are hearing that it may or may not happen.receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. . gregg: the former soviet republic of georgia has been in the cross hairs of international relations ever since moscow sent in troops. bret baier sat down with the president of georgia. what did you learn? >> tomorrow, the european union, this commission will release its findings. it is an independent fact- finding mission on the conflict in georgia. this conflict took place august 8. the commission was started to see who started the war. i sat down with mchale such clearly and asked him about the report -- mikael saakashvili. >> it is around the same time that they had 100,000 troops. lot of tanks, 200 air plans ready. -- airplanes ready. that is pretty big. suddenly, the order was attacked and they had to respond. >> russia says they were acting defensively. privately, they are s
the rockefeller amendment, we are hearing that it may or may not happen.receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. . gregg: the former soviet republic of georgia has been in the cross hairs of international relations ever since moscow sent in troops. bret baier sat down with the president of georgia. what did you learn? >>...
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, that government option and they have got it and it will come in that you senator schumer and rockefeller's amendment. tobacco-in you say one trillion, i say like a triple from the $856 billion. and mark, of the government programs of the things that government runs like amtrak, massively losing money, the post office, $7 billion in debt or like the d.m.v. can you imagine waiting in line and somebody like the d.m.v. decides when, next -- no, i have to go to lunch, whenner bleeding of >> can you imagine what is like to not have access to the linement >> who doesn't have access? everyone has access. >> that is not true. >> who doesn't? >> they have access to emergency rooms but if you need cancer treatment you can't walk p. some people with coverage can't get treatment. brenda: does it not matter how much it costs? that is what we are talking about. >> not only does it matter what it costs but the idea of taking an inefficient system and putting more money into it which is getting a bigger nevineffici system you are taking god capital and putting it in places that is inever and that brings al
, that government option and they have got it and it will come in that you senator schumer and rockefeller's amendment. tobacco-in you say one trillion, i say like a triple from the $856 billion. and mark, of the government programs of the things that government runs like amtrak, massively losing money, the post office, $7 billion in debt or like the d.m.v. can you imagine waiting in line and somebody like the d.m.v. decides when, next -- no, i have to go to lunch, whenner bleeding of >>...
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jay rockefeller, the liberal democrat offering his amendment to add a public option saying something as sensitive as health care the private insurance market simply isn't working. >> we need this option because our insurance companies have failed to meet their obligations in this whole matter of how do you unroll health care reform. the insurance companies, in my judgment, are determined to protect their profits and put their customers second. >> now, much of the five hours of debate that followed that statement was the classic republican/democrat argument, republicans talking about the private sector and the strengths of the private sector. democrats talking about government. democrats have the votes now. the reason that amendment went down is senator rockefeller ran into key resistance by conservatives in his own party. >> the question is how do you most effectively provide competition? i favor an alternative i would call the public interest option that would be strong not-for-profit competition to the for-profit companies. but not one that is run by a government agency. >> now, fo
jay rockefeller, the liberal democrat offering his amendment to add a public option saying something as sensitive as health care the private insurance market simply isn't working. >> we need this option because our insurance companies have failed to meet their obligations in this whole matter of how do you unroll health care reform. the insurance companies, in my judgment, are determined to protect their profits and put their customers second. >> now, much of the five hours of...
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senator jay rockefeller gout out of a meeting with the president of the united states. he will join me in a minute as will kent conrad, one of the gang of six. progressives have been pushed to the side of the road and forced to put up to the stall game, delays for months on end. all the trash talking from grassley and enzi all in the name of let's get along bipartisanship. what do we have to show for it? nothing. not as of now we don't. so just keep in mind, as i've said all along, this is now a watered down bill stripped of a public option and who told us that? a whistle blower from the insurance industry calling it a gift to the insurance industry. here's max baucus today with his announcement. >> we debated this thing, met over 100 hours. i forget what the total is. there are no real policy deal breakers. it's more -- getting more comfortable with what all this is and i think that's what this comes down to is helping, working with it, making this -- helping centers in the country, the public be more comfortable with what all this is. no republican has offered his or
senator jay rockefeller gout out of a meeting with the president of the united states. he will join me in a minute as will kent conrad, one of the gang of six. progressives have been pushed to the side of the road and forced to put up to the stall game, delays for months on end. all the trash talking from grassley and enzi all in the name of let's get along bipartisanship. what do we have to show for it? nothing. not as of now we don't. so just keep in mind, as i've said all along, this is now...
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rockefell -- john d. rockefeller jr. and to -- who was devoted to good will.t this a story of black a brown d andd yellow and female as muc as it a story of well-own white guys. tavis: tell me about sheldo johnso >> we met sheldon johnson we were filming this film. he is a park ranger right now stationed at yosemite and he is african-amerin. he is the only african-ameran ranger in th sierra neda. he interprets the lite-known story of the african-american buffalo sdiers, t celebrated cavalrymen who were in the first decade of the thentury the parks protecto in the sequah and yosemite nationapark's, two the earliest national parks. it is an intereing little known phenomena, but if you go bacand remember that, of cours more aican-americans are lyhed in the fst decades ofthe 20th century than any other ti in our history, you begin to understd what a challenging and interesting story it therefore beces if people are telling you how to behave in national park an most of those cavalryme are, how should we say, overseeing our weitz, it makes, as sheon johnson said, a
rockefell -- john d. rockefeller jr. and to -- who was devoted to good will.t this a story of black a brown d andd yellow and female as muc as it a story of well-own white guys. tavis: tell me about sheldo johnso >> we met sheldon johnson we were filming this film. he is a park ranger right now stationed at yosemite and he is african-amerin. he is the only african-ameran ranger in th sierra neda. he interprets the lite-known story of the african-american buffalo sdiers, t celebrated...
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it is not. >> reporter: still, rockefeller's proposal found support from some fellow democrats like new jersey's robert menendez. >> we are not talking about an entitlement, we are talking about a self sustained, self financed entity that is fundamentally different. so it's good to talk about medicare being a publicly run insurance provision for those who qualify because of their age and other conditions, but the bottom line is that's far different than this. this is not a entitlement and therefore a mandate. >> the clerk will call the role. >> reporter: but in the end, the rockefeller amendment failed 15- 8, with baucus and 4 other democrats joining all 10 republicans on the committee. supporters of a public plan will have another chance to bring the issue up, and that's when the senate's health care reform bill comes to the floor for debate, sometime in the next month. meanwhile they say, at least today's debate did one thing, it gauged the temperature on where everybody stands. as if to underscore that point, new york democrat charles schumer offered a second public option amendment
it is not. >> reporter: still, rockefeller's proposal found support from some fellow democrats like new jersey's robert menendez. >> we are not talking about an entitlement, we are talking about a self sustained, self financed entity that is fundamentally different. so it's good to talk about medicare being a publicly run insurance provision for those who qualify because of their age and other conditions, but the bottom line is that's far different than this. this is not a...
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senator jay rockefeller on the fate of real health care reform. howard fineman on the pure politics of total inertia and jonathan alter on the newest republican brainstorm. senator demint says the president is ignoring more important stuff. >> he's working on other issues such as health care and he's putting off the decision on afghanistan, which i think puts our troops at risk. so he needs to focus on priorities right now. >> like getting more money to the corporations. who's thinking about the corporations. will somebody think about the corporations? our special guest tonight, as his new movie "capitalism" premiers, michael moore. >> we're here to get the money back for the american people. >> i have some bags. >> sarah palin on her next job or whatever. >> i wish i could predict the future. i can't answer that question right now. >> and
senator jay rockefeller on the fate of real health care reform. howard fineman on the pure politics of total inertia and jonathan alter on the newest republican brainstorm. senator demint says the president is ignoring more important stuff. >> he's working on other issues such as health care and he's putting off the decision on afghanistan, which i think puts our troops at risk. so he needs to focus on priorities right now. >> like getting more money to the corporations. who's...
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chairman. >> senator rockefeller. >> two segments to this. first of all, i strongly support the nelson amendment and his expression of rapture as he talks about it. it should lift us all, because the amendment is that good, and the $50 billion, you know, chuck schumer wants to take and apply to hospitals in new york city -- am i right? and elsewhere? just a little bit? ok. anyway, it rebates that we're talking about, and i am not going to do revisionist history. i am not good at revisionist history. these were in place prior to the part d drug benefit. am i correct? i did not vote for them when that came up. i did not vote for that, but you're m&a would help precisely what i was trying to do, as the ranking members of grich as the pointed out. there are the dual eligibles which i have long championed -- but your amendment would help precisely what i was trying to do. i have argued this, as i mentioned earlier and the other day here to president bush when he was president, because he had promised that southern illinois state university to make
chairman. >> senator rockefeller. >> two segments to this. first of all, i strongly support the nelson amendment and his expression of rapture as he talks about it. it should lift us all, because the amendment is that good, and the $50 billion, you know, chuck schumer wants to take and apply to hospitals in new york city -- am i right? and elsewhere? just a little bit? ok. anyway, it rebates that we're talking about, and i am not going to do revisionist history. i am not good at...
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now you have people like rockefeller getting the opportunity to really offer their own amendments, and that is happening on the other side, too. as part of the process. >> but it is true that this is a debate we been on for 10 years, not a debate that started last week. >> this is something we have been over before. >> but the details and regulations are all new and real and carry numbers. >> that is why i want you to pay attention. >> this appointment is a profound honor. i accept it with a sincere and humility. >> that is paul kirk, selected to represent massachusetts in the united states senate until the state holds a special election in january. it was ted kennedy's dying wish to have a replacement quickly appointed, but the process was not exactly pretty. >> note, it was not pretty, but at least we have seen the governor do it pretty well. if you look at the other appointments that have taken place, the governor of new york killed himself in the process, the governor of delaware has been criticized for putting a place holder to hold it for the vice president's son, and of course t
now you have people like rockefeller getting the opportunity to really offer their own amendments, and that is happening on the other side, too. as part of the process. >> but it is true that this is a debate we been on for 10 years, not a debate that started last week. >> this is something we have been over before. >> but the details and regulations are all new and real and carry numbers. >> that is why i want you to pay attention. >> this appointment is a...
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. >> speaking of data, a new bill has been introduced by senators rockefeller and snowe regarding the internet and presidential powers. >> that is the most controversial part of the bill. the bill introduced earlier in the year is a very broad cyber security bill. they introduced it before the administration came out with its 60 day review. since that point, their staff has been changing the bill and talking to stakeholders. there was one section of the bill that people worried would essentially give the president the authority in a cyber emergency to flip the off switch on the internet. that scared a lot of people. i know that rockefeller's staff did not have the intention to convey that message, so they have been finessing the language there. the latest draft we have seen over the august recess is a bill that is structured in a way that puts workforce issues, ensuring that we have a cyber security work force in the private and public sectors that can really support increasingly complex and dangerous attacks. they are definitely massaging the bill. they have taken out a lot and added
. >> speaking of data, a new bill has been introduced by senators rockefeller and snowe regarding the internet and presidential powers. >> that is the most controversial part of the bill. the bill introduced earlier in the year is a very broad cyber security bill. they introduced it before the administration came out with its 60 day review. since that point, their staff has been changing the bill and talking to stakeholders. there was one section of the bill that people worried...
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it went down, the two amendments for members of schumer and rockefeller's own party. >> the question is, how do you effectively provide competition. i favor an alternative that i would call the public interest option that would be strong, not-for-profit competition to the for-profit companies. but not one that is run by a government agent spip. >> now, for now, that option of private co-ops in kent conrad's proposal remains in the senate finance committee bill, but it's not necessarily the last word on your question, larry. is the public option really dead. look for an amendment from olympian snowe either in committee before they finish or on the floor to have a so-called triggered public option, which in some ways would be less than what conrad was proposing but might be more acceptable to liberals. if they say the private insurance market doesn't work we'll have the public option to kick in. we have several more leak wooeks to play out this question, larry. >> what about senator kennedy's old committee which senator dodd was running. have they finished their work? is the public opt
it went down, the two amendments for members of schumer and rockefeller's own party. >> the question is, how do you effectively provide competition. i favor an alternative that i would call the public interest option that would be strong, not-for-profit competition to the for-profit companies. but not one that is run by a government agent spip. >> now, for now, that option of private co-ops in kent conrad's proposal remains in the senate finance committee bill, but it's not...
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. >> reporter: senator jay rockefeller called the bill a big, big tax on the middle class. and the senate's top democrat, harry reid, sounded off via twitter, criticizing parts of the bill. while senators debated parts of the issue, a house committee heard from americans pleading for health care reform. this los angeles father told of his struggle with his insurance company to get treatment for his baby daughter. >> i feel like her medical manager instead of her daddy. i need you people to let me be a daddy. >> reporter: liberals were also unhappy that the bill does not create a government-run insurance program, but charlie, the reaction today makes it clear that that is only one of many obstacles facing this bill. >> jonathan karl on capitol hill, thanks to you tonight. and there was new evidence today of the burden that health care costs are putting on the economy. in the past year, health care costs rose 3.2%, even as overall consumer prices fell by 1.5%. george stephanopoulos is in washington tonight. george, there's 535 members of the senate and house. it seems as if t
. >> reporter: senator jay rockefeller called the bill a big, big tax on the middle class. and the senate's top democrat, harry reid, sounded off via twitter, criticizing parts of the bill. while senators debated parts of the issue, a house committee heard from americans pleading for health care reform. this los angeles father told of his struggle with his insurance company to get treatment for his baby daughter. >> i feel like her medical manager instead of her daddy. i need you...
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as we enter a critical weekend of negotiations, senator rockefeller says there is still life in the public option and now's the time to improve the baucus bill. >> i really don't care how long it takes us to do it. i want to get it right. i want it to be a real improvement in health care. >> and the pressure on republican senator olympia snowe as the gop tries to keep her in line. snowe says she won't be dictated to by her party. the values on display at the value voters forum. obamacare, rationing your life away, fighting the vast left wing conspiracy. and the new masculinity, which session does mike huckabee belong in? >> we've been the land of czars, clunker cars, and hollywood stars. >> speaking of czars, the dnc strikes back at republican hypocrisy asking if why it's an evil idea, why did the gop support them during the bush years? hateful spin after speaker pelosi expressed concern about violent rhetoric. suddenly fox news decides your words do matter and could indeed incite people to violence. >> she got all choked up over something that could be very very serious. >> when you harke
as we enter a critical weekend of negotiations, senator rockefeller says there is still life in the public option and now's the time to improve the baucus bill. >> i really don't care how long it takes us to do it. i want to get it right. i want it to be a real improvement in health care. >> and the pressure on republican senator olympia snowe as the gop tries to keep her in line. snowe says she won't be dictated to by her party. the values on display at the value voters forum....
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and jay rockefeller's serious. he voted against the chairman's bill moving from the committee in 1994. we got it -- i was working for him at the time. we picked up three republicans along the way, because the process that you're going to see is republicans making inroads into this bill, as they did in 1994, through the amendment process in committee. that's what baucus means, maybe it's not over yet on getting olympia snowe. >> is it better for the cause of actual health care reform for the bill to die in committee or for it to be taken to the floor? >> the best thing is to get something out. if it dies, panic will go through the senate and panic through the house because it will show this committee couldn't do it. you need -- in order to get forward from here you need to get something, anything, out of that committee. the closest jay rockefeller can get the way he want -- his first amendment will be, put the public option in. it will lose. no question based on where the votes are right now. so the dilemma for him
and jay rockefeller's serious. he voted against the chairman's bill moving from the committee in 1994. we got it -- i was working for him at the time. we picked up three republicans along the way, because the process that you're going to see is republicans making inroads into this bill, as they did in 1994, through the amendment process in committee. that's what baucus means, maybe it's not over yet on getting olympia snowe. >> is it better for the cause of actual health care reform for...