we are advised that took schumer will introduce same-sex reform in january 2010.we are also told that passage by the spring is imperative. congressman good cheer rest will introduce comprehensive immigration reform for the house apparently in the next few weeks of around thanksgiving. while senator schumer is likely to include this language in any legislation, it is not a slam dunk. as the professor told us, there will be different versions of different bills. now, gutierrez's office has been quiet on their version. it is critical that lgbt couples are included in the house and senate versions of comprehensive immigration reform. is a quality-based legislation is critical for the tens of thousands of gay or lesbian couples living in exile, illegally, in fear, in detention, or perhaps separated from loved ones. california makes up a large percentage of bi-national couples, and with special notes -- social networking, it has probably tripled. the largest percentage is from the bay area. i would be remiss -- i believe it would be remiss of san francisco for this icon

schumer's office to tell them how important it is to have comprehensive reform here and that it must include our gay and bi-national couples. we need to ensure he receives the message from san francisco this week or it might be too late, that lgbt families matter equally and there is no comprehensive immigration reform until we are all included. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. it takes a lot of courage to share your experiences and put a human face on the immigration issue, so you are an inspiration to us. to our panelists, we are going to shorten the questions because i want to be sensitive to you want to speak. the commission has asked that we set aside public speaking time. to our panelists, after hearing the testimony from the individuals that are here tonight, which put to the human face on cir, what strikes you the most about what you have heard, and under cir, how can negative practices, including criminal conviction, be dealt with differently? i will start with mary. >> thank you. i thought all this testimony from the community speakers was incredibly moving and shows a w

schumer: thank you, mr. president. rise today to again call for increased disclosure of campaign contributions and expenditures so that the american people are informed about who is spending in our elections. i want to thank my colleagues both from oregon, senator wyden and senator merkley, for their good remarks on this issue as well as many of the others who have spoken. now, this week marks the second anniversary of the supreme court's appalling decision in citizens united in which chief justice roberts and his cohort of activist judges overturned a century of legal precedent and created a flood of special interest group money spending -- sending money coursing through the veins of american elections. it is my view that this decision has done more to poison our politics than most any other in recent times. in fact, some have argued that this is the worst decision the supreme court has made since plessey versus ferguson, and i have a great delve sympathy with that argument. the court's decision created a loophole whi

let's bring in chuck schumer the senior senator from new york. senator, a lot of the focus will be on one of your specialties, finance and taxation. of course the people who make a hot of money up in your part of the country, in wall street. do you think what we're seeing here with mitt romney paying just 15% or less on $20 million in income a year is something that will arouse the american people to action? >> well, i believe that income equality, jobs, the economy has been the issue for a long time. the fact that mitt romney paid so little in taxes will symbolize some of that, absolutely, and probably add even more momentum to the argument. but you know, chris, this is a year where we have the upper land. last year was cut, cut, cut. that had the republicans with the upper hand. but when it's tax equality, it's jobs, we do. the president's speech will hit it out of the park on those issues. >> the senate finance committee run by democrats, yourself included, do you think you can get rid of carried interest, that provision in the tax code allows

let's hear senator schumer. >> we agree with the president. makes no sense that a millionaire should pay a lower tax rate than a secretary. so it's a priority for us to act on some kind of romney-i mean buffett rule this year. >> some coincidence. romney paid about 14% in taxes in recent years. it looks like the buffett rule has a new poster boy. the clown show lives on next. here's ed ren dell weighing in on the gop race today. >> the republican race for president so far has resembled a clown show. the clowns arrive in the car and keep getting out of the car. there's one clown after another. we have seen clowns run for president totally unqualified. have one bizarre idea after another. if i was an independent voter and looked at this, i would say, oh my god. is this what the republican party has to offer? gingrich and romney keep making one mistake after another. seem to be tone deaf to what people are interested in and are deeply flawed. >> by the way, he says this is a god send for the obama campaign. there's been no shortage of people weig

>>neil: my bad, that was chuck schumer but that does raise things if schumer and newt gingrich are speaking of the same message here, that could be worrisome, too, right? >>guest: it is interesting because newt gingrich is making mixed messages, i was two hours ago in florida where gingrich was speaking and he lamb busted the president for the buffett rule and he wants to bring capital gain taxes to zero so romney's tax rate would be lower than what he paid so he attacks romney for what he is paying in his swiss bank accounts and on the other happened has a tax proposal which would have him pay less. >>neil: if you are watching us before we get to this, i want to make when thing clear that is lost in this discussion about mitt romney and the taxes, or about warren buffett and what he paid. these are dividend related taxes on money that is already paid at the full high income rate, what happens is, that pun grows in a separate pool and the gain that it has, the capital gain on that capital, the capital gains is all about sex what is taxed at the new lower rate but that capital that is invest

senator charles schumer to protest the proposed internet censorship laws. >> honestly, the u.s.as been the leader in the world for allowing free communication. it would be a tragedy that changed. >> but the issue goes beyond internet censorship to a larger struggle between silicon valley tech giant and the hollywood media industry. if the legislation passed, and to get providers would be obligated to block foreign websites who offered unlicensed and pirated music and films, protecting the rights of hollywood content providers. >> sopa is an attempt to solve a problem that is a real problem. that is the theft of american intellectual property that is basically sold on the internet. >> protesters say their campaign is a success. several senators dropped support for the bill after the online blackout on wednesday. for the moment, it looks like silicon valley scored a victory over hollywood. internet activists say they will keep up the fight until the bill is canned. >> son's sports news now. germany's magna elena noyner 52912 victory in italy. she won the 7.5 kilometer sprint, beat

(laughter) >> jon: you mention israel and they cut to me, chuck schumer? mean, there's lieberman, there's lautenberg, there's levin, that's just the "l" jews. (laughter) i mean... i mean, i'm a jew, i'm not "the" jew. (laughter) it's like the golden globes where any time anyone mentioned black people... >> our next presenter is british like me. what you don't know about him is he's very racist. very. (laughter) >> jon: wait, wait, where's the cast of "the help"? anyway, i don't envy the president's role of the state of the union. there's very it will that will can unite this very divided congress. green tax cuts get applause from democrats. expanded oil drilling gets it from republicans. very little to bring them to... well, one thing, actually. >> america is determined to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon and i will take no options off the table to achieve that goal. (cheers and applause). >> jon: wow. when did a new war in a middle east country become the american presidential equivalent of... i don't know, this. >> hey, everybody, we're all gon

ridership when congress didn't extend the commuter tax benefit for federal workers, but now senator chuck schumer wants to reverse that. the new york democrats wants to make the tax break permanent and retroactive back to january 1st when congress takes up the payroll tax extension. >>> the highly popular pay by phone parking has 200,000 registered users. 10,000 people use it every day in d.c., but a glitch in the system has frustrated some people after getting parking tickets by mistake. reporter: i'm surae chinn in southwest d.c. where paying for parking by phone can be convenient, but for a couple dozen people they're hitting a roadblock. >> i've been frustrated, but i think i might have to keep using it. reporter: elizabeth stone has received three tickets so far by mistake. >> irritating to say the least. reporter: despite doing everything right by registering with the company park mobile, giving them her credit card information, she's paid more than $150 in fines and overdraft fees. >> occasionally somebody gets a ticket and we understand that can be frustrating. what we're trying to do and

i cannot tell you what his bill will look like, what senator schumer's bill will look like. what i can say it is all those pieces work together to ultimately come up with something that is hopefully, at least, something that we can create a foundation from. comprehensive immigration reform has to be broad enough to make -- give us the foundation to build more, but i do not think it will be done at that point. there will be a lot of issues that will not happen in the first go round that will need to be perfected, but me to do enough to turn immigration into something that is not so politicized and is more about really getting down to the problems. i wanted to address briefly some by pointing out, you cannot always tell what will happen based on one set of votes. in the dhhs appropriations bill for 2010, in the senate, and there were a lot of horrible amendments to make e-verify mandatory, inshore every inch of the fence was real, we get ensure every inch of the fence was real, not virtual. -- ensure every inch of the fence was real, not virtual. a lot of people said, my goodn

we are waiting on san francisccr schumer. he is a smart person. they are trying to gain consensus around issues. once the senate moves forward, the house is ready to move forward as well. we do not have one built. what we have is every conceivable idea that has ever been given to us fleshed out and turned over and written and rewritten. the congresswoman has been working with several bipartisan colleagues did we consider it imperative to have bipartisan support on immigration reform. it dela elays people's fears abt being voted out of office. i cannot talk about how important this issue is to our country now, our economy, and the future character of this nation. with all seriousness we approach this. i have to say that humor helps in dealing with some of the stresses and disappointments. it is with all seriousness and absolute dedication to this country that we try to move forward on this. not only the experts here today, but people who are willing to share their stories. >> thank you. we'll hear from mary next. >> mr. chair and commissioners, tha

new york's senior senator chuck schumer said the decision should be blamed for "undoing our democracy> one of the foremost needs of our society is for a fair, functioning democracy where there's some semblance of equality that each people's votes has the same weight. >> the citizen's united decision represents one of the most destructive changes in law that >> speaking of gingrich's super pack, i meant to say $4.4 million, not billion, it's a lot of money in politics. you get confused sometimes. joining me, hey, brian, good to have you with us. thanks for your time tonight. >> thanks, bill. >> who is sheldon adelson and why is he giving so much money to understood gingrich. >> he is the eighth richest man in the country out of nevada big into gambling. >> owner-operator, right? >> yes, and also betting on candidates, apparently. he and gingrich go back to gingrich's speakership. they became close over the issue of israel. adelson found a very powerful ally in newt gingrich and been a loyalist ever since. i don't think it's an issue where adelson like some donors have a particular prob

. >> senator schumer. >> thank you mr. chairman. i want to thank our witness for being here. i'm happy to see he's fulfilling his duties as first director of this historic new bureau. one that i and several members of the committee fought hard for, and will be one of the lasting legacies of dodd/frank with a real chance to directly impact the lives of virtually every person in america. and mr. chairman, i can't help but note the fact that we had a healthy attendance in committee this morning and a healthy debate. with strong views on both sides of the aisle. i heard the comments of my colleague from nebraska. now there was a discussion last week on the other side to consider a boycott of the hearing. and a few members appeared to have followed through on the boycott, and were absent from the hearing. but the plans of a mass protest appear not to have gone over with many members on both sides of the aisle, of course. you including the other side. and that strikes me as a good thing. but also, an admission that continuing to hold this nomination hostage until we agree to gut th

of pippa as a job creating bill and he's not the only one the thinking is we'll see senator chuck schumer pick a sponsor also took to twitter to tell opponents that congress is in fact paying attention to its constituents tweet it you've been hurt it has been pulled so we can find a better solution and we should note that pippa sisters bill sr bill sopa has also been tabled by congressman lamar smith all i can say is holy cow congress is actually listened to with constituents for once after months of growing public outcry opposition from almost every tech company and embarrassing house judiciary committee hearing and the white house coming out against to harry reid was still dead set on voting on this bill so this is just proof of the protests by thousands of websites on january eighteenth successfully made their point the protect ip and so are not the answers to concerns about music and movie piracy but it's not just really that surprised us in fact last night in the debate all four of the republican presidential candidates also expressed opposition to the bill's. well our savior freedom

christopher hawn is a former aide to chuck schumer. angela mclaughlin is a fox news political analyst. welcome. >> thank you. >> the president says they're not doing enough and get on the stick. we're at a time where some people say, i've heard this more than once, we'd be better off if they did nothing. >> there's so much concern. >> how would that impact the election for many trying to retain the seats? >> right now we're going to see more gridlock and more policies not being created and politics played. folks are tired of the blame game. i like senator rubio but it's not just the white house and democrats, it's republicans too. washington, d.c. is broken and what's why we haven't gotten things do so i'm with the president. >> i hear it's broken. even when i talked to governor bush he said it was broken. it's different than what's going on in many states that are successful. why doesn't the federal government pick a model that works and get back to doing their job. >> first let me command angela, those were very true words. the gover

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new york senators charles schumer and another democratic senator are sponsors. our producer was at the protest and took the photos today on the streets in new york. this one, i love this one. it's no longer okay to not know how the internet works. stop pipa. not just true for ted stevens, in congress. it's true for congress more broadly. they have shown themselves to not understand how the internet works, you can tell that from their previous attempts to lasso the internet like it was a way-ward calf. if we had no reason to believe congress understands the workings of the internet, after today, we can be sure that congress at least understands the power of the internet. google, wikipedia, flicker, word press, read it, wired, many more either blocked their websites entirely today or used their websites to make a big can't-miss it visual statement of their discontent with the legislation. more than just going dark, many sites included operator instructions for how you too could reach out to congress and tell them to these proposed laws. just one example, progressi

we bring in former aide to the democratic senator schumer and political science professor on long islandt: it is a bit of picking your opponent the way harry reid did with sharron angle. romney is a moderate, strong campaign organization, governed almost as a liberal and he will appeal to a broader specific trip of the electorate. and newt's unfavorability is sky-high nationally with the yen public, not just the core republics but you look overall, he has background to make up that mitt doesn't. he can introduce himself to america. americans know newt gingrich and that is dangerous. >>shepard: well in south carolina they know newt gingrich and in florida they know newt gingrich, and he has a turn around. to what do you atry out this? how do you land to fight it? >> people, republican conservative voters want to see a candidate against obama who is doing to bloody him. >>shepard: conservative voters in the republican party, rick santorum would say newt gingrich poster boy conservative? rick santorum would say, no. >>guest: they don't see rick santorum as a viable alternative, who will be