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tim kaine "cuando en el senado votamos republicanos y demócratas de una manera bipartidista, crea un voto, muchos republicanos quieren llegar a un acuerdo sobre cmo pagar por la extensin que se estima costar unos seis-mil-millones de dlares. cong. ileana ros-lehtinen "queremos hacerlo. pero lo importante es encontrar los fondos para pagarlo". "we need the house of representatives to vote.." mientras tanto el presidente sigue a la ofensiva, queriendo presionar al congreso a que actu rpidamente en aprobar la extensin. pero antes de que llegue a su escritorio, la medida requerir un voto final en el senado y en la cmara baja antes de convertirse en ley. rs ### 30 cesar ---la iniciativa para reanudar el uso de envases de poliestireno en san jos fu rechazada... -- y es que el condando de santa clara descubri que ms de la mitad de las firmas recolectadas para su aprobacion "eran falsas." =vo= ---tras recibir un gran nmero de quejas por parte de los ciudadanos, la secretara electoral del condado opt por hacer una excepcin y verificar todas y cada una de las firmas. ---los resultados revelaro

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in 2006, mark warner left a cardboard cut-out of himself in the shower, waiting to greet tim kaine.are now senators for the commonwealth. >> veterans and their supporters are incensed or will be after this story. national security correspondent jennifer griffin tells us about a new way to file for benefits that has the old guard ready to fight. >> the department of veterans affairs wants to change the decades old way in which veterans file for claims. advocacy groups are upset. >> it's a seismic shift in the way they want to process claims. >> to penalize veterans who don't have the capability or the opportunity or the resources to file a claim electronically, sometimes by tens of thousands of dollars, is too much. it's too severe. >> for wounded veterans, the changes could be onerous. they have proposed mainidandate using that claim. the v.a. wants to get rid of the so-called informal claim process requiring veterans to register online. retroactive pay would be received starting at the date the form is fully completed, meaning the clock won't start ticking for partially complete ha

and i worked with tim kaine on his and now he's a leading senator.ink that to the extent that you think marco rubio has problems, it has nothing to do with his state of the union response, or the -- >> drinking the water. >> drinking the water. it was, you know -- he handled that well. i think his problem comes from not figuring out where he fits in the republican party. trying to work on bipartisan immigration reform. and then switching back to the far right wing of the party. i think that's where his problems come from. we know where mcdonnell's problems come from. mitch daniels was a successful republican governor. so no, i don't think that there's a -- i think it's an honor to be able to give the response to the president's state of the union speech. i think the one thing that is consistent in these speeches is no matter who the president is, is difficult to have the stature that the president has, when he's giving his speech. whoever gives that response looks a little bit smaller, just because you're up against the president of the united states

he really took some partisan shots at president obama and tim kaine from virginia yesterday, and so didn't really mount necessarily the most credible defense in terms of the legal claims that are going to be against him. >> alex, the analysis seems to be that this is it, as you have suggested, for him, but there's another gop governor. someone else considered a 2016 contender. he was considered a potential 2012 romney running mate, chris christie, of course. yesterday, we played live his inaugural address. he did not mention the bridge scandal or any of the other problems that are surrounding him, although polls show nationally he's slipping in a hypothetical matchup with hillary clinton, 46% to 38%. and the question becomes, can he come back from this? and one argument by supporters of his is that two years is a very long time and that, you know, we don't know what's going to happen yet, and, in fact, people have a very short attention span. other scandals come up, this perhaps being a case in point. where do you see the whole christie story standing right now? >> i think it's certainly p

that's tim kaine on your screen. he's a senator from the great state of virginia.a shaking hands with mitch mcconnell, as john boehner gavels the house to order. the president is in the holding room at this moment. let's take a listen to speaker boehner. >> the gentleman from virginia, mr. cantor. gentleman from california, mr. mccarthy. gentleman from oregon, mr. walden. the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. langford. the gentle woman from kansas, miss jenkins. gentlewoman from north carolina, miss fox. gentlewoman from california, miss pelosi. gentleman from south carolina, mr. clyburn. the gentleman from california, mr. becerra. >> speaker boehner announcing the escort committee. that is the members of congress who have been selected to be in the ceremonial training, if it were, in front of the president as he enders the chamber. of course, there's tremendous competition for that august designation. and that's now the vice president of the united states, joe biden who will be sitting in that chair in his role as the presiding officer over the united states senate. he

election and succeeds outgoing republican governor bob .cdonnell some of the expected attendees include tim kaine, former president bill clinton, and former secretary of state hillary clinton. terry mcauliffe cochairing what resident clearing -- cochairing presidentialnton's campaign. he is the former chairman of the democratic national committee. this is live coverage from the state capitol in richmond, virginia on c-span. >> it was our privilege to work with terry and make this transition. you are in for a great privilege. >> we know that. thank you. welcoming andeen everything, so thank you. >> oh, no, we are glad. >> absolutely. >> we really appreciate you coming to my inauguration. >> that is how it should be. your team is great, martin went like you here -- martin -- >> either that, martin, you are spectacular? >> you remember all the kids, of course. >> i do. >> what mike, good to see you. >> sally, ok, and mary. hi. you are the oldest, and you up and new hampshire? >> maine. >> the maniacs. it is beautiful up there. whereabouts? >> waterville, nor the portland. >> welcome back feel. -- we

and tim kaine of virginia and senator john mccain of arizona unveiled legislation today that would repeal the 1973 war powers resolution often ignored the presence of jet -- i president of -- questl kirby announcing -- questions of the 2000 and 15 process. they finish work on the 2014 spending. the house wrapping up the spending bill on the senate floor today that funds the federal government to the end of the fiscal year. the house today passed a bill requiring the health and human services department to provide more information on enrollment and website problems at healthcare.gov. we covered several congressional hearing today on the health care law and among them come a look at the implementation of that. we will have the entire hearing later in our program schedule but here is a preview. >> thank you. you know i will bring this up. i've got to do it. i need you to address it. december 19. i asked you a yes or no question. will the enrollment process be ready on october 1 of this year. you said they will be able to go online and a determination of what they will be eligible for. they w