i am joined by lee saunders, the president of afsme. lou prince is with us, a small business owner from st. louis, missouri, who met with the president yesterday. great to have you with us tonight. you first, mr. saunders. what kind of reaction did you get on capitol hill today? how much enthusiasm is really there? >> there is a lot of enthusiasm from our trade union and members who lobbied on capitol hill today. they not only lobbied on the senate and house side. they lobbied democrats and republicans. our message is very clear. it was very clear on november 6th. that is tax the 2%. make sure they pay their fair share. give tax breaks to the 98% who are trying to play by the rules every single day. that includes 97% of small business owners. we're sending that message out loud and clear. protect medicaid, medicare, social security and have the rich pay their fair share. >> why don't the democrats target john boehner? how can he run unopposed? how can he wheel all this power and be so much against the mainstream and majority of american

it was knocked away by saunders. a good play by saunders. l.a. with their best chance. great pass by the former earthquake landon donovan. he missed it by that much. check it out. second half and he doesn't miss this free kick from 40 yards out. underneath to be exact. san jose with their fifth victory. 1-0 the final. the second leg is wednesday at buck shaw stadium. the raiders needed rally rags. they erased an 18-point deficit. the bucks -- bucs had a sec >>> last time the raiders were in the super bowl they got a beat down from tampa bay in 2003. they matched up again today. martin had the game of his life against the silver and black. mcfaden left in the second quarter with an ankle injury. catch of the day for the raiders. carson palmer to heyward-bay. sometimes not intentional, but he caught it 46 yards. that sets up this 25-yard td pass. another good of cay. 10-7 raiders at the half. third quarter killed the raiders, last in the league. born in oakland and raised in stockton. out of boise state and a 45-yard touchdown. 14-10 bucs. this time 67 yards. 21 points in

it was knocked away by saunders. a good play by saunders. l.a. with their best chance. great pass by the former earthquake landon donovan. he missed it by that much. check it out. second half and he doesn't miss this free kick from 40 yards out. underneath to be exact. san jose with their fifth victory. 1-0 the final. the second leg is wednesday at buck shaw stadium. the raiders needed rally rags. they erased an 18-point deficit. the bucks -- bucs had a sec hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios ...and now... you! [ giggles ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios in the super bowl they got a beat down from tampa bay in 2003. they matched up again today. martin had the game of his life against the silver and black. mcfaden left in the second quarter with an ankle injury. catch of the day for the raiders. carson palmer to heyward-bay. sometimes not intentional, but he caught it 46 yards. that sets up this 25-yard td pass. another good of cay. 10-7 rai

deborah saunders, romney didn't quite say he would abolish fema but he did sort of imply it.n the wake of this devastation? >> yeah. i think so. he did say he wanted to move the federal agency -- for states to run things and i'm sure a lot of people don't think that's a good idea. you don't see a lot of people talking about that, do you? >> on the contrary, they're saying, oh, no, the governor supporting fema. >> the way they dealt with it, they ask him different ways. which do you mean? i think it does get to the heart of what this campaign is really all about, which is the role of the federal government and clearly barack obama and mitt romney have two different ideas about it, particularly in disaster relief. >> some of your liberal colleagues have made an issue out of that, but has it become major story for the press? >> i think it has. i've read a lot of stories and seen a lost stories. with romney, there is an attempt at any rate to reinvent himself. look. he was totally against abortion. now, not so much. i'm not as bad as you think i am. he was totally against obama c

nathan saunders is the president of the washington teachary union. mr. saunders, good to you have here. >> a pleasure to be here. >> and let's talk about what i view as a headline. you want d.c.'s charter schools to unionize and tell us about the link here. >> there is a reason why they're being shuttered or consolidated and closing. part of the reason, we have an aggressive charter school law, which competes with public schools for students. as a result, the schools that we used to have and in washington d.c., have public school students and have 60% of them. >> and part of your concern is the ability or option for your members to work at these schools that are closing down. if they should reopen as charter schools, right? that is right. >> and they have to be union for your members to do that. >> they don't have to be union, we want them to be union. >> otherwise you would be a member, right? yes. our members want to maintain a union and a district of columbia and being able is to organize schools is one of four things. there are going to be efficienci

this is what is being targeted to voters in swing states right now, lee saunders. >> well, this is whatwisconsin, all across the country. we're mobilizing, educating our members. clearly there's a major difference between what mitt romney stands for and what president obama has done. mitt romney came to ohio and stood next to john kasich, the governor of ohio, when he was trying to take away the bargaining and he supported his efforts 110%. the republicans want to see a national right to work for less law passed across this country. they want to take rights that have been bargained for in the private sector and public sector by unions. we are not going to stand for that. that's why our folks are mobilized about this and excited. i was on a major thoroughfare in cleveland today and i thought there was an accident because there was so much traffic. people were getting out of their cars and voting. they are doing that by record numbers in ohio. union numbers are coming out and supporting president obama and joe biden by record numbers. we're going to continue that through tomorrow. >> ceci

super semifinal oeste saunders 1 real salt lake 0 cortesia: mls/csn/nbc nfl: ravens vs raiders por laa de la temporada regular y los ravens reciben en su estadio de baltimore a los raiders de oakland, sera un partido de la misma conferencia americna, los ravens como punteros de la division norte y los rairdes terceros en el oeste. en la jornada anterior los ravens derrotaron 25-15 a los browns en cleveland y los raides perdieron con los bucaneros. ravens contra raiders sera el domingo a la una de la tarde en baltimore. super ravens vs raiders domingo 1:00 pm en baltimore nba: wizards por la nba, los wizards tendrán un fin de semana de mucha ación, hoy en con los buls en el verizon center y mañana viajan a indiana para enfrentar a los pacers. previo a estos partidos, los wizards vienen de perder ante los celtics en el td garden de boston, el quinteto capitalino busca su primer victoria de la temporada regular. super wizards doble juego buscan primer triunfo y un talento local presenta su nueva llego el fin de semana, y siempre existen interesantes alternativas culturales en nuestra are

representative adam schiff coming up this hour, and next hour mudcat saunders. multi-month bender and it was like going through the hangover, because there was a sheer exhaustion. thank god it is over. >> stephanie: yes. karl rove shifted for a few gyms in the election rubble. he said obama's support with the young voter's turnout was down. and that is not true. >> yeah it was actually down. >> stephanie: yeah. >> amazing. absolutely amazing. they were talking about everything but this morning. i was listening on my way to work. fox news is just off the rails. >> stephanie: here she is back in the real world, jacki schechner. >> karl rove is supposed to hold a meeting today to explain how they spent all of that money and managed to lose the election. rove's argument now is without all of the outside money, they would have lost even bigger than they did. bloomberg reporting that cross roads, and cross road's gps spent almost $176 million almost entirely on teleadvertising. they lost ten of the 12 senate races, and four of the five house races. they through more t

jeanie saunders, safety manager for the alameda county office of education.ust want to start quickly. you were bullied yourself? >> i was. it goes back to that experience, i can still think of the words that the students used to bully me. i talk with other adults. >> cheryl: so it lasts a long time? >> it does. >> cheryl: you are committed to this issue. what are school administrators doing? >> school administrators start by creating policies. having clear and consistent policies and procedures for bullying. it's really the best way to start the conversation. you have to have students understand what the school's stance is on bullying. to talk about bullying and students know what to do when they are bullied and they know how to report. >> cheryl: how do teachers identify bullying? how does that work? >> teachers need to be trained to identify bullying. i think sometimes people think bullying is just teasing go and rite of passage and it's okay to bully. we need to understand the convinces of bullying. it's beyond teasing, it is repeated and intentional and i

. >> craig: did saunders put a hand on that? played a little defense, did he not?her ill-advised throw from landry jones. this time no pressure on the quarterback. he steps up and tries to force the ball down the middle of the field. >> craig: under seven minutes to play. jones. down field coverage. he slings it out of bounds. i was hearing whistles before he released it. >> joel: i think they called time-out. those officials, yeah, absolutely, oklahoma called time-out before that snap. >> craig: it is so loud here, the far side officials with the whistle. time-out. [ man ] hello!!!! hello!!!! [ all ] ohh! that is crazy! are you kidding me? let me see! oh! what! that's insane! noooo! mr. woodson? oh hello! hello! [ whistles ] hello! [ all ] hello! [ coach ] caleb, i've got someone i want you to meet. hello. [ male announcer ] at&t. the nation's largest 4g network. covering 3,000 more 4g cities and towns than verizon. rethink possible. >> craig: back in morgantown, 6:35 to play. 43-38. petros, this game has had about everything and i can't even predict what's next.

. >> craig: did saunders put a hand on that? played a little defense, did he not?: anot ill-advised throw from landry jones. this time no pressure on the quarterback. he steps up and tries to force the ball down the middle of the field. >> craig: under seven minutes to play. jones. down field coverage. he slings it out of bounds. i was hearing whistles before he released it. >> joel: i think they called time-out. those officials, yeah, absolutely, oklahoma called time-out before that snap. >> craig: it is so loud here, the far side officials with the whistle. time-out. [ man ] hello!!!! hello!!!! [ all ] ohh! that is crazy! are you kidding me? let me see! oh! what! that's insane! noooo! mr. woodson? oh hello! hello! [ whistles ] hello! [ all ] hello! [ coach ] caleb, i've got someone i want you to meet. hello. [ male announcer ] at&t. the nation's largest 4g network. covering 3,000 more 4g cities and towns than verizon. rethink possible. >> craig: back in morgantown, 6:35 to play. 43-38. petros, this game has had about everything and i can't even predict what's nex

live from moscow and the world's most famous was a lower jewel in a saunders again out of the headlines as a media speculates on the condition of his health meanwhile asuncion self promises more sensational classified disclosures as he speaks to our teens or smith at a quid or an embassy in london where he's been holed up for almost six months. as any journalist working in london now is i'm pretty familiar with standing outside the ecuadorian embassy waiting for julian assange is to come out and talk from the balcony just to my right here but this evening i've been inside your embassy to talk to judy and i saw he's recently written a book a book called cypherpunks freedom and the future of the internet and that's what he really wants to talk about at the moment and we did talk about that we talked about how he sees this increase in state surveillance is hugely damaging for the entire fabric of society how companies and governments can minute the internet for data that is placed there willingly but unwittingly boy citizens all over the world let's just listen into a little bit of what he

cooped up in the ecuadorian embassy in london and wanted by the west and now top was a blower julia saunders has released soon new book based on one of the episodes of his exclusive interview show for t. his demand for the freedom of saga space looks bound to cause a korea action as laura smith reports you may be wondering what you need us dollars has been doing coop so when they say that quit or an embassy fanaa in six months well now you can see for yourselves because he's been writing a book the text is largely based on the program he made for all t. an episode called sod the politics when he interviews his degree co-authors on a range of issues to balan's how to. text data copyright in full cement this isn't politics drones the list goes on but the authors are quick to point out it contains new material to athens calls the three. activists the surest and the google user who knows who your community. who you know what you're researching potentially your sexual orientation your. more than your mother it's a cosy conversation filled with the full rights based system in comfortable chairs je

michael saunders and vincent thames were all teenagers when they were convicted in the 1994 rape and murder of nina glover. they all spent at least 15 years in prison before d-n-a evidence linked the crime to another man and exonerated them. a judge threw out their convictions last year. their federal lawsuit says they were framed ... and that police coerced their confessions. the c-t-a board has approved a multi million dollar settlement with the estate of a woman who was killed by a c-t-a bus in 2007. fifty nine year old - ludwika szynalik was hit by an addison street bus while trying to remove her bike from the bus's front rack. szynalik (schna'-lik) was then dragged more than 80 feet when the driver failed to see her - driving and was dismissed from the c-t-a after an investigation. there is controversy in the muslim community about some ct buses. there was an and unveiled on 10 buses yesterday. in any war between the civilized man and a savage, so poured the civilized man. it concludes with the slogan support cops, defeated she died. that refers to the conflict between the musli

joe lieberman and bernie saunders won.terday if you include from maine they have not said who he will caucus with. it is presumed he'll caucus with the democrats. he's a bit of good news today. races we looked at yesterday. you mentioned the jon tester race you mentioned the heitkamp race todd akin lost missouri by 16 points. >> cenk: that is an ass kicking. >> it doesn't get more legitimate than that. then indiana where richard mourdock lost by six points. the amount of money spent and we discussed this ad nauseam. the amount of money spent in two senate races by linda mcmahon who lost to murphy, and then that tester race, you look at the state of montana. you look at the senate race, so much of what they got and tester was able to get was indian reservation land here in montana. up here you have the reservation. so much of it is in indian land. the same thing in south north dakota. and then we can't get that map to work. in any case the indian reservations helped both the democrats in these razor thin margin states. in t

saunders then had to try and stop the quakes victor bernardez on a free kick.es and the kick just makes it. >>> he wasn't there to bathe in the champane or ride in the parade but milky cabrera will still share in the -- the giants left fielder was served a 50 game suspension after his positive test for performance enhancing drugs will receive a full world series share. cabrera was not activated. a players full share in 2010 was just under $320,000. nascar's chase for the cup is down to two races in an all that's very familiar jimmy johnson at the top of the standings. they were in fort worth texas today with prerace celebrations that included a parachuter coming down too close to harvick's car and causing some damage. once they got going, aj almendinger went out early. with two laps to go they restarted with a precaution. johnson past keselowski. keselowski was second. he's seven points behind johnson. a five time sprint cut champ -- champion. >>> sacred hard cathedral is at bellarmine, leland at oak grove, palo alto at santa clara. irvington at james logan, wa

john saunders alongside jesse palmer. that is at 8:00 eastern time. it looked like perhaps kansas state might be solidifying their hold on that number two spot but the fighting irish of notre dame would not go easily against pitt. it looked for a while like they were done. pitt down 6-3 in the contest. ray graham who had a terrific day turns the corner here and goes outside. >> big runs in this game for ray graham. 55 yards, 48 yards. this one here showing you his speed and getting into the end zone. notre dame giving up explosive plays. i haven't seen that a lot this year. >> j.p.holtz. >> as in lou holtz perhaps? >> it looked like that way for pitt. first and goal. a wide receiver screen to t.j. jones. touchdown. >> set up by a controversial pass interference call on tight end tyler eifert. >> an interception by pitt so looks like they will ice the game. notre dame gets the ball back and golston finds riddick for the two-point conversion. golston takes it himself. >> he extends the play and making things happen with his legs. >> from 41 yards out, t

lee saunders will be here afsme. so, he'll be trying to get their prospectives on all of this. >> kristen welker at the white house for us this morning. thank you. >>> tuesday political power panel. >>> it's great to have you all here. i know that the washington post has been covering the story, the e-ma e-mail smear story with general allen. as far as we know, no everyday of security leaks. lots of big bombastic headlines, this today on the "daily news." in the line of booty. showing jill kelley, this woman in tampa. what are you hearing about the investigation as it moves forward? this is say lashs. we haven't heard anything that's threatening to national security. >> it's reality tv meets the cia meets the military. this is a story that i think will continue to unfold over the next couple of days. it has as you said, garnered such interest. it's like we were talking a about the election and the fiscal cliff, and now we have this situation where this high-level cia official is acting in a way that's almost like a s

. >> craig: did saunders put a hand on that? played a little defense, did he not?other ill-advised throw from landry jones. this time no pressure on the quarterback. he steps up and tries to force the ball down the middle of the field. >> craig: under seven minutes to play. jones. down field coverage. he slings it out of bounds. i was hearing whistles before he released it. >> joel: i think they called time-out. those officials, yeah, absolutely, oklahoma called time-out before that snap. >> craig: it is so loud here, the far side officials with the whistle. time-out. [ man ] hello!!!! hello!!!! [ all ] ohh! that is crazy! are you kidding me? let me see! oh! what! that's insane! noooo! mr. woodson? oh hello! hello! [ whistles ] hello! [ all ] hello! [ coach ] caleb, i've got someone i want you to meet. hello. [ male announcer ] at&t. the nation's largest 4g network. covering 3,000 more 4g cities and towns than verizon. rethink possible. >> craig: back in morgantown, 6:35 to play. 43-38. petros, this game has had about everything and i can't even predict what's next

let's go to liz saunders and brian, the co-founder of shelter capital. welcome back. i want to quote you from my pal and your pal who said on the air this morning on cnbc that if we get a resolution of -- if we extend tax rates, jeremy said the dow can hit 17,000 next year. 17,000 next year. liz ann, i ask you what do you make of that. >> i'm wearing the. >> the i do think that the market would react. a true sign that we would have a compromise here. >> what do you think about 17,000? you and i haven't talked in a while. is such a thing possible? >> yes. don't ask me for a time frame but i think it's certainly possible. i think when you think about how this rally has been for three and a half years and many of the participa participants have been sitting on the sidelines. it is, in my mind, easy to envision in light for evaluation. but i think we have got some short term things to get through. >> on the other hand, the "new york times"? do you read it? sometimes i do. >> every once in a while. >> they say investors are rushing to sell in order to avoid higher dividend

stock market -- you know what i'm told by my financial adviser, and i trust him completely, dan saundersp there in new york, he probably loves me mentioning his name. he says that the market right, now which is back to the 13,000, the dow today, good news, is based on the confidence that you professionals can put a deal together before new year's. in other words, it's all based on that. it's ice we're on right now, thin ice. do i understand you have to get this done in time, and if you don't, the markets will be completely screwed up by this worldwide? your thoughts? who wants to talk about that one? mr. connolly. >> i'll be glad to comment on that. i'm a little more optimistic than my colleague. i think a deal is sort of cooking. i think the parameters of that deal are not mysterious. i don't think this involves rocket science in putting it together. it requires political consensus. i think there are a lot of trial balloons going on on the republican side of the aisle to try to build that consensus, and i think once that happens we're going to get it done. if we have to be here christma

jeff cox joins us along with liz ann saunders of charles schwab. liz, what do you think about the s&p for the end of next year? you think these guys are crazy when they say 1600 by the end of next year? is it possible? >> i think anyone is crazy trying to index where the s&p is going to close a year from now. it's precisely why we don't do it. i'm not sure it's the best message for investors. that said, i think the seeds are there for a decent rally. i'm not quite so sure they've been sewn yet. we have to get past this thing we're all tired of talking about, which is the fiscal cliff. from a valuation perspective, eventually from a sentiment perspective, i think if the fundamental get passed from an economic standpoint, i think the market looks decent. >> jeff cox, what do you make of these brokerages coming out with higher numbers for next year when the expectation is even if we get a deal on the fiscal cliff, chances are we get a slower economy next year because of the higher taxes and cutting spending? >> i want to touch on something that liz ju

saunders, who's testified on issues regarding housing, fha, in front of congress. he knows what he's talking about. he brought up what many of us are looking at. a lot of -- you know, real estate, residential construction was one of the positives in today's gdp report. we've seen a lot of positives in housing. but there's been a lot of legal ranging over a big group of foreclosures that looks like it's cleaned itself up. 2013 could see a lot of these dumped in the marketplace. i think housing is an area that we've seen progress, but it still might have a sluggish 2013. i really agree with our guest on high-yield munis. remember, there has been talk that one of the reforms, one of the loopholes they may close is some of the tax treatment of munis. i personally don't think it will happen, but it is an issue to be on top of. >> all right. let me ask you guys the same question, jordan and ben. are there other issues you think will drive the markets away from the fiscal cliff, or is this the appropriate issue to focus on in terms of the impact on markets and money? >> w

brought to you today by afscme the good men and women of afscme under president lee saunders.there at the meeting with president obama yesterday. you saw him leaving the white house. they're the -- afscme is the largest employee and public healthcare union in the country. find out more information about their good work at afscme.org. and out for dinner last night the great little restaurant called riff's here in washington, d.c. i met riss herself who is the owner and founder of this restaurant. she was saying how much she loved current tv. she said they've got those great people on in the evening like joy behar and eliot spitzer. here he is joining us as he does every morning. host of "viewpoint." you have your fans here in washington, d.c. >> eliot: i'll get the address of the restaurant and head throughout for dinner. >> bill: you go by, she'll treat you well. great restaurant by the way. so the president eliot is coming up to new york tomorrow to survey storm damage. i wanted to ask you we talked last week and you mentioned where you are fortunate enough to live, didn't yo

lee saunders, who is the president of a union, they helped target ohio.d out, organized, put people on the ground. they made a huge difference. >> you know, your point about ohio goes back to some of what you were saying earlier, laura. there's a kind of symbiotic relationship between the parties who are trying to put candidates in office and sort of the ballot initiatives that are trying to pass. ohio is the perfect example because it is the battleground state, right? it becomes the focus. you end up with tons of advertising and focus. so they can work together. then you see these weird sort of things happening in other states that weren't sort of battleground states where you get split decisions between those ballots and what was happening in terms of the election. >> ballot initiatives are loud and they're easy to whip up people behind sort of yes and no decisions. what we've learned is ballot initiatives, yes, no, black/white thing is really shallow. it depends on the people's positions, voting positions that depend on their sense of relationship to p

for more information about their good work under president lee saunders, i was up in new york with theorg. chris kofinis in studio with us as a "friend of bill." peter, what have you got? >> we're tweeting at bpshow at bpshow. first of all on sandy we talked a little bit about christie and barack obama appearing together. a friend on twitter says president obama has worked hard for all americans since day one. we can see it more clearly now because of his response to hurricane sandy. on the bailout ad that we have out there that mitt romney is trying to push this dishonest ad eric oppenheimer says is romney so conceded he think he doesn't have to be held accountable for what he says? >> bill: yes. >> apparently he is because he is running this ad. >> aria writes even if obama walked on water or turned water into wine, the right wing would still talk down to him. >> i don't know about that. if you can turn water into wine, that would be -- >> pretty impressive. >> bill: he wouldn't be the first. [ laughter ] >> bill: we are five days from election day and chris as you know, one of the b

coming to you from your nation's capitol and by [ inaudible ] under the leadership of president lee saundersy are making america happen at afcme.org. afcme.org. well it is cyber monday, folks, which is a continuation of the shopping spree that started on friday with black friday -- oops i almost forgot we do have a little bit of breaking news this morning. peter. i'll leave you to the breaking political news. >> yeah, bill, i have not very exciting news. newt gingrich, failed presidential candidate and source of all kinds of good stories on this show, did not rule out a run for president in 2016. >> bill: he is going to run again. >> he may run again. he was at a book signing in florida, and was asked about it and he said i have no idea at this stage. so there is still a chance for a moon colony. >> bill: oh, good. i hope he runs and becomes the republican nominee in 2016. >> that would be the perfect christmas gift. >> bill: with we make it if i recall here that the first endorsement received by newt gingrich for president in 2016 here on the "full court press," this monday november 26th if

and brought to you today by afscme the good men and women of afscme under president lee saunders, the public employee and healthcare worker's union in the entire country making america happen. indeed. you can check out their good work and find out more about what afscme's up to post-election at their web site, afscme.org. and we're very proud and pleased to welcome into the studio at this time, a good friend from california former speaker of the california assembly, now representing the 33rd congressional district of california in the united states congress congresswoman karen bass. congresswoman, nice to see you this morning. >> thank you. thanks for having me on. >> bill: welcome back to washington. >> glad to be back. it is a little chilly. >> bill: it is a little chilly right. there are high expectations that you guys are going to come back and get together and sit down and solve this problem and avoid -- save us from going off the fiscal cliff. which, of course, requires both sides to be willing to compromise. do you think republicans are ready to? >> i think that we've seen some

lee saunders, president of asfcme, the american federation of state, court and municipality state county and municipal employees said the coalition that re-elected president obama would remain intact to pressure lawmakers during the standoff over the fiscal curve. >> what we're going to do is keep our members mobilized and organized in certain communities across the country. we're going to another campaign, we won the election but we're going into another campaign now. >> for his part president obama reiterated on wednesday the election had delivered a clear verdict on the question of whether taxes should be raised on income over $250,000. >> if there was one thing that everybody understood it was a big difference between myself and mr. romney it was when it comes to how we reduce our deficit i argued for a polled, responsible approach, and part of that included make sure the wealthiest americans pay a little bit more. i think every voter out there understood that that was an important debate. and the majority of voters agreed with me. >> president obama met with congressional leaders ye

let's listen to the afscme president lee saunders. >> we're going to keep our members mobilized and organizedn the different communities across the country. we're going into another campaign. we won the election but we're going into another campaign now. >> congressman meeks, that's right. win agelection is not staging a coup. everybody's got to work together and come to compromise as you pointed out. there have been some real wins and the folks on the left are saying yeah, we're going to stand on principle and the principle is stimulative effect to get the economy going, not austerity. >> the president has always said there are certain things we must invest in. you talk about investing in roads and infrastructure and education, those are things important to our country. that is stimulus also. it helps us build jobs. it helps us to make sure america is moving forward. the american people agreed with that. that's why the president won the election. not only by an electoral college landslide but with the majority of americans votes. we're going to continue to move that way. that doesn't mean we

i ask unanimous consent to add senators tester, johnson of south dakota, saunders, whitehouse, and heller. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mrs. feinstein: thank you very much. this amendment is almost identical to the bill i introduced a year ago. that was a bill with a bipartisan group of cosponsors. there were 30 of us. it was called "the due process guarantee act." and it included five republica republicans, senators lee, paul, collins, kirk, and moran. thanks to chairman leahy, the bill had a hearing earlier this year in the judiciary committee, as the president will so note, on february 29, 2012. this amendment clarifies questions that arose last year about the united states government's power to detain its citizens indefinitely when congress passed the fiscal year 2012 defense authorization bill. last year's bill had detention provisions in it that never had a hearing in the judiciary committee, the intelligence committee, or the armed services committee. let me just take a minute to describe why this is such an important issue for me. when i was a very young g