stay in that fox hole with tom coburn. aky when he starts growing the winter beard, but he shaves it off when he gets warm. >> he's my old client. i love him. >> tom, who really has become a big player in the republican caucus, by doing just the opposite of what ted cruz does. he doesn't go for cheap headlines. he actually tries to figure out how to get things done. says a grand bargain is possible. >> that is a very encouraging thing, i think, for both sides to hear. they come at this, both sides understanding they have to do something about the corporate taxes. there's the repatriatatioion mo corporate tax money, the profits that could be brought back and used to lower the tax rate and provide needed infrastructure investment at a time when our economy needs it. it will be interesting to see if there's enough in this for everybody to take yes for an answer. >> before we go to break, tina, you have a piece you've written in the daily beast. what's that word? what is that supposed to be? can you tell me later? anyhow, end t

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according to senator tom coburn, it is dishonest. the president is never going to sign a bill defunding obama care. i'm getting phone calls from oklahoma saying support mike lee and i'm ramming right back, support him in destroying the republican party? yesterday new york congressman peter king joined the chorus. >> we should not be closing down the government under any circumstances. that doesn't work. it is wrong. >> but utah senator mike lee, the general leading the charge in the upper chamber, is not letting the critics mess with his plans no matter how hairbrained they may be. yesterday on fox news senator lee remained defiant. >> look, i understand that there are some in the washington establishment, some from both political parties, who weren't happy with me over this. in this instance i'm going to take that as a compliment, an indication that i'm doing something right. >> doing something right or possibly something terribly, terribly wrong. over the weekend, self-avowed wacko bird senator tim cruz doubled down on the shutdown

it is is this culture that is is a permanent fuel class in the words of tom coburn who is a senator.just keeps sustaining itself. it's the wealthiest community in the united states. the rest of the country has struggledded in concert with it. it's just been this tipping point of self-celebration that i wanted to chronicle. >> john: as irritating as the spine of the argument of this book is, the way it's being reviewed has irritated me even more. lots of people say, oh, yeah, that's a funny story about valerie jarrett. there is a black heart at the center of this. >> thank you, thank you, thank you. great. >> john: feel free to put that on the next book. there's a black heart in the center of this book. enjoy. let's talk a little bit about the revolving door. >> sure john: through d.c. because you mention the atlantic points out in 1974, 3% of retiring members became lobbyists. now 50% of senators. >> 50% of senators, 42% of congressmen. >> john: that is a problem, is is it not? >> you would think. people come to washington. they ran against washington as this swamp. they say i'm goin

. >>> senator tom coburn is speaking out against a group of fellow republicans who raised the idea of withholding funding unless obama care is defunded. he said supporters of the idea are being dishonest adding it's a denial of reality. senator mike lee, who along with rubio, paul and cruz, is leading the effort to stop obama care, admitted the government will likely get its funding while adding it's a compliment to receive criticism on both sides of the aisle. and president obama's responding to critics who fault him for delaying a requirement that businesses provide insurance to their employees. >> there's not an action i take that you don't have some folks in congress who say that i'm usurping my authority. some of those folks say i you surp my authority by saying i have the gall to win the presidency. and i don't think that's a secret. ultimately, i'm not concerned about their condition opinions. >> glen green wall is not just saying it's high officials that can listen in on phone calls and monitor e-mails. according to one reporter, there are low level contractors like edward sno

rating was lowered since that january two thousand and nine dinner senators jim de mint jon kyl tom coburn john ensign and bob corker de mint course now running the heritage foundation have helped to filibuster more bills and during any other congress in history and all other congresses in history combined and the group of senators has voted no to widely bipartisan legislation including things like senator al franken anti-rape amendment the lilly ledbetter fair pay act and even an anti outsourcing bill in two thousand and ten that would have protected millions of american jobs republicans are so intent on sabotaging the obama presidency that they're unwilling to say no to rape unfortunately despite this appalling behavior by republican lawmakers in congress our corporate media has completely failed to tell americans about that republican plan that was at the caucus room in january of two thousand and nine. the media has failed to report on the real reason why the hundred thirteenth congress is probably going to go down in history is as the world's worst or at least the nation's worst and i

honestly, i think that if you -- if you look to other senators like senator tom coburn, known as dr. no, he's no squishy conservative, he says there's really no prospect of that succeeding. there's really no scenario in which you can imagine that president obama will sign a funding bill that does not include funding for his number one achievement as president. at least certainly from his perspective. which is obama care. >> so at this point we're facing a possible government shutdown. definitely the budget crisis is going to be a big topic of conversation on the hill. defunding, does it make more sense given that scenario? will there be more support? because there are a number of democrats that are also calling for obama care, provisions of it, to not be implemented at this point. >> sure. i think there's the possibility that there's going to be a serious showdown. maybe there'll be negotiations. and there could be a government shutdown. and who to blame for that is up in the air. some people might say look at the republicans who honestly failed to stop obama care getting through the

tom coburn has come out strongly against the charge. >> shutting down the government to get your way over an unrelated piece of legislation is the political equivalent of throwing a temper tantrum. >> with us is christy stutzer and dana. dana, reagan talked about bold colored differences should define the republican party. is this a tea party establishment battle in that sense? >> oh, i don't think so at all. still to this kay "the wall street journal" released a poll just last week showing that obama care is more unpopular now than it ever has been before. it is unworkable. it is so not ready for primetime. waivers have been issued and a portion has been delayed until conveniently until after the election. that has nothing to do with the tea party but with the fact of the matter which is that it's unworkable. >> how do you explain the mysterious explanation. >> they are terrified of media reports and narratives. that's whatever one of them have said. instead of them willing to fight back on the narrative that democrats and mainstream media like to push that this is just republicans

he's got tom coburn on immigration. he's got john mccain.use to get things done and that is simply not in this president's dna to do that. >> let me finish, let me finish -- >> the president's party runs everything. they run the senate, they run the white house. >> the president's party -- if only they ran everything, then we might actually -- >> they run everything for -- >> nicolle, you've got a house of representatives that just passed a spending bills budget -- you ask is this more radical than anything in 100 years? the house republicans, the paul ryan budget policies, the heart of any economic problem, are more radical than anything that's been passed in the last 100 years -- >> no, no, no, no. >> yeah, but paul ryan is the perfect exam -- >> steve ratt rattner, i will gu clippings from 1996, 1997, that were saying the same things then that you're saying now. you know what bill clinton did? he sat down with us and he said, i'm going to swallow a lot of things i don't want to swallow politically and you guys are doing the same thing and

senator tom coburn is asking the i.r.s.e employees for work that doesn't benefit the taxpayer. we'll keep you updated on whether the state department and g.s.a. get that same memo. >> and still ahead, spending time outside in the summer unfortunately also comes with bug bites, but did you know there is something in your kitchen that can make the itch go away? as you head outdoors for the 4th of july, we're going to have this and other home remedies. >> a frightening moment when a man in a wheelchair -- look at this -- rolls off the subway platform and on to the tracks. we'll tell you how that end. first let's check with brian kilmeade. >> we're going to be everywhere coming up over the next three hours. maria molina is going to go up in a hot air balloon. we have anna kooiman giving a george washington salute like you've never seen before. what about a guy who is an army veteran who says i have something i'm going to do for men and women in battle this 4th of july. as well as madison rising is here performing live only on "

but the truth is a lot of establishment players like john mccain and tom coburn have come out.tracking that very closely, alex. it's a fascinating point of decent. >> alex? >> go ahead. >> alex, you mentioned this policy of shutting down the government. what it reflected was a disgust toward government handled by so many means. why not just shut the government down. >> yeah. there is a big point of why do that now, if you know? >> so, does this civil war now define the republican party. >> and if you think it does, which side comes out the victor. >> i think there's a real confusion in the united states about which way to go on this. polls show americans are very, very concerned about the intrusions and the privacy that define the american way of life. they're just as concerned about the threat of terrorismism. it's manifested between chris advertisity and rapid paul. >> guys, thank you so much. good to see you on a saturday morning. >>> sneaky credit card fees could add up to hundreds of dollars and you might not know you're paying for them. that's next. ♪ [ male announcer ] c

senator tom coburn said "i'd be leading the charge if i thought this would work but it will not work. it's creating a false impression you can do something when you can't and it's dishonest." they're saying this won't work and that you're giving false hope to conservatives. your response. >> jake, there is frustration all over this country with career politicians in both parties. why? because they focus on maintaining power rather than standing for principle. we have a fight we can win. if obama care isn't working, this is our single best opportunity to defund it over the next -- >> the friend will veto it. >> if 218 republicans stand together in the house, we can win this fight. here's what i think should happen. i think the house should pass a continuing resolution that funds the entire federal government except obama care and that prohibits spending federal government money to implement obama care because it isn't working. the next step, president obama and harry reed will scream and yell, those mean, nasty republicans are threatening to shut down the government. here's where repub

senator tom coburn who called the tactic a failed strategy. s are really tired of these kinds of shenanigans. congressman tom cole who called it the political equivalent of throwing a temper tantrum. senators ron johnson and roy blunt who each came out against the plan this week, and at the head of the adult's table, senator richard burr. >> i think it is the dumbest idea i've ever heard of

. >> senator tom coburn is speaking out against fellow republicans who raised the deaf withholding moneyunless obama care is defunded. >> richard burr said he thought that was the dumbest idea he ever heard. >> one of the dumbest ideas you've ever heard >> he said supporters of the idea are being dishonest. >> you've reached a peculiar path when coburn is the voice of reason in the senate. >> aren't those all signs of a party that's split. >> the neanderthals are fighting with the crow mag nons. >> when you're rand paul martin luther king, had enry david thorough, this is madness. >> this is the anti-war left wing democrats of the 1960s. of. >> that nominated george mcgovern and destroyed their party for almost 20 years. >> i don't want that to happen to our party. >> shutting down the government is a suicidal political tactic. >> one of the problems that the republican party may have. >> and i said, do i need to come back down and refresh myself. >> the harshness of its rhetoric. >> they said you're spot on on what you're saying. maybe you got the weight ten pounds up. >> let's get righ

senator tom coburn who called the tactic a failed strategy. senator john mccain who said most americans are really tired of these kinds of shenanigans. congressman tom cole who called it the political equivalent of throwing a temper tantrum. senators ron johnson and roy blunt who each came out against the plan this week, and at the head of the adult's table, senator richard burr. >> i think it is the dumbest idea i've ever heard of. listen, as lon as barack obama's president, the affordable care act is going to be law. >> but those tantrum throwers are not to be confused with the jedi council. that is, actually what they are calling themselves. a group of house republicans who have a different strategy -- hold the government hostage over obama care during the debt ceiling fight which is expected to happen a month after the deadline for a continuing resolution. but what's happening in congress right now doesn't necessitate jedi mind tricks. as norm onstein, a scholar with the conservative american enterprise interstatute writes in the national j

oklahoma senator tom coburn said in a state, quote, are we to avoid asking questions regarding allegations which carry serious implications for mr. mayorkas' prose fessional conduct? nbc news correspondent michael is issakof joins me. take us through the connection between hillary clinton's brother, terry mcauliffe, and this fellow at homeland security department, and what it could mean for all three of them. >> well, clearly, first of all, luke, there's a lot of politics here on all sides. but here's the situation as we understand it. mayorkas is the nominee to be the deputy homeland security secretary. which means he'll be filling in when janet napolitano leaves if he gets confirmed. the problem is on monday night the inspector general's office from homeland security sent a bombshell e-mail to senate lawmakers on the committee saying, we have mayorkas under investigation now for improper -- for allegations that he improperly intervened in the applications -- in applications for this investor visa program submitted by a company called gulf coast, which happens to be run by anthony rodham,

tom coburn said that. richard burr of north carolina said that. i'm told there's more to come.re's a fair amount of descent as to whether shutting down the government is a good thing. a lot of these guys weren't around in 1996, so their memories aren't as good. >> so we hear often that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results. does that sound familiar with these 39-plus votes to repeal obama care? i'm just wondering -- and just to that point, i'm just wondering whatever happened to the repeal and replace strategy? they got caught up on repeal, nothing on replace. what's going on here? >> on the first point, important thing to mention is most of those repeal votes happened in the last congressional session. so there are some republicans who are new to congress, who wanted to be able to say that they voted to repeal obama care and go on the record for that. that's a reason why they had these more recent votes. i agree with you. i think republicans will fail to repeal the law if they ever succeed. if they don't have a compe

they would shut down the government unless they defunded obama care, and you've had republicans, tom coburnaid last week, that's a suicidal impulse. >> i agree. we're shutting down the republicans we e want to shut down, at least those of us who think it's madness. >> but they're in control of the house caucus, mike. >> right. >> you don't have a speaker who's willing to stand up to them. >> you also know the pelosi side would not move either nap's the problem. the house is polarized between your guys and ours, so it's very hard to see in an election, which is why the president is off on a campaign trail. >> he was criticized for his speech because people said it's what he's been saying for the last eight years. actually, he's been saying these things for 20 years. we need a strategy to push back on the economic forces that have marginalized the middle class. >> how do you get that done? >> there are things that can be done outside of what congress has to do. for one, i'm a firm believer, approve keystone pipeline. create jobs and tax revenue for the state who is will be touched by the cons

words of tom coburn, a conservative republican, that's grown up in washington.ecome, by far, the wealthiest community in the united states. 7 of the wealthiest 10 counties in the united states are in the d.c. metropolitan area and this is part of the larger disconnect but again, 50% of former senators now go on to will beby. that figure was 3% in 1974. 42% of all congressmen go on to lobby. no one leaves anymore. people run against d.c. as a swamp and setting into it like a warm bath and never leave. >> you write this, expose it for what it is, you talk about the inherent problems of never leaving and becoming a lobbyist or the revolving door. does it change or are we on an inexorable path of inefficiency and probably a very incredibly crass evaluation of elected office. >> i think we're there already. we're certainly in a place of inefficiency and crass -- whatever your words were. i think we're there. i think another criticism of the book -- and i probably shouldn't be selling my books -- but no, i do not have a chapter at the end where i lay out the ten presc

senator tom coburn had terrific some ideas watched that senator harkin had. all of the democrats, one senator tom coburn proposed it, the democrats were looking at it. there are some ideas out there. i wish you good luck on the irs, and i hope you do not let it fall off. of tranquility wants to know this -- what impact does it have on groups if you delay 501 status? could it affect in photo voters were delay elections? guest: absolutely. the major question is why do we not find out about this a year ago, and why was investigation delayed, because we are two so, yes, i do think the delaying of a small group rather than large group, that prevents them from taking any action. you think of a community group trying to raise money for a softball field in the health- and 5013c.m youcannot do that until have an irs letter stating you can be won. the longer it is delayed, the surer opportunity you have for delaying actions. likewise for the group that orted to educate voters educate individuals or tried to make sure people go to the polls and participate in the proces

>> because your boy tom coburn was first. he's got a few people to compete with. it's not like there's much to work with here. the one place you might have a difference is foreign policy. she's a true believer in the neo-conservative foreign policy. you saw rand paul come out quickly and take some jabs at her, mocking her for living in virginia. that's mostly concerns about the reintroduction of the bush-cheney foreign policy. >> we have that going on. we have the nate silver predictions. and, of course, yesterday senators harry reid and mitch mcconnell ended their bitter dispute over the filibuster, agreeing to terms which are going to decide the future of several obama nominees as part of the bipartisan deal. they agreed to a ban on the so-called nuclear option, which would allow all presidential nominees to be confirmed by a simple majority vote and rereserved the right to revisit the simple majority vote at a different time. here's when harry reid had a different perspective on the nuclear option. >> as long as i'm the leader, the answer is no. i think we shou

maybe tom coburn, but he is a conservative.te house is caught in a bind where they could be doing more, working harder behind the scenes, but if they put to much their fingerprints on any legislative item, there is the risk it will alienate republicans. it is kind of a lose-lose situation. i do not think that president is particularly well regarded, but i do not think it is that that. -- that bad. host: sam stein of the "huffington post" has been tracking quest ration. here are recent stories. attention is this getting nationwide and how much are americans feeling it? jacob not getting much attention in terms of coverage in -- guest: not getting that much attention in terms of coverage and washington, d.c., but it is everywhere, are the because a lot of the is happening outside the beltway. we set out to tell the stories of sequestration through the eyes of those affected. we did a google search for any community suffering through had cuts.-- headstart some of the stories are really bad. inare not getting a sense washington, d.

most appropriately recently, doug fisher and tom coburn introduced legislation in the u.s. senate called health care conference writeback, which would provide a legislative fix to the mandate for those who object because of the moral or religious convictions. this is the identical companion bill to hr 940. legislation introduced in the house earlier this year by congresswoman diane black and others. once again we are pleased to stand with so many partners in raising continued awareness overt religious liberty concerns an hhs mandate. those present-day and the statement we have signed underscores religious freedom is something that we all hold dear as americans doctor hendershot? >> i am and hendershot and i have spent the last 20 years working in religious colleges teaching sociology. i was thrilled because i knew that i was happy to teach an environment where i did not have to compromise supervising student internships. this includes the health and human services mandate on human services that now threatens the protections. they provide insurance coverage that includes abo

senatorsust recently, dead fisher and tom coburn introduced -- deb fisher and tom coburn introduced legislation in the senate that would provide a legislative fix to the mandate for those who object because of moral or religious convictions. 1204 isill 1200 for -- the identical companion bill to the legislation introduced in the house earlier this year by congresswoman dianne black and others. once again, we are pleased to stand with so many partners from other faith traditions in raising continued awareness over religious liberty concerns and the hhs mandate. those present today in a statement that we have signed _ this is about religious freedom, the religious freedom enjoyed by people of all faiths and of no faith at all. hold dearthat we all as americans, and something most worthy of preserving and defending. thank you. >> thank you, archbishop. doctor? >> i am anne hendershot, a sociologist working in american colleges in the past 20 years. i was happy to be put to that in the last 20 years because i knew that my conscience would always be respected. as a pro-life catholic, i was happy to

pieces of legislation from his first term, one of them was a bill that was cowritten with senator tom coburn oklahoma republican, that would set up a database that you could track federal spending. so the idea is that we are not going to necessarily curtail federal spending, and if we introduce a little bit of transparency, citizens can say, hey, i am not that comfortable with this sort of spending and that sort of spending, and that way we can get a policy effect that you may want to have from the outset in terms of reducing fraud and reducing federal spending where it is needed. if you look at the campaign in 2008 and even more so in 2012, they used large quantities of data to figure out who might the willing to support president obama, really in granular ways of who is a good candidate for raising money, for calling their friends for rallying support, about maybe they are not going to contact a friend directly but they will be willing to tweet about president obama. there is a whole list of things, and i go into it in the article. if you look at their healthcare push, a big part of that i

senator tom coburn chairs the hearing of the senate homeland to be a government affairs committee. >> committee come to order. welcome, mr. thompson, to you. these two handsome young men who are with you and all of our guests, we welcome you this morning. iran into dick durbin earlier today and i think he is going to come to introduce you. and he is, as soon as he joins us we will working in. i will yield to him and ask him to just, just that. today, dr. coburn and i, senator johnson, are pleased and will probably be joined by others on our committee, but pleased to consider the nomination, presidents nomination john thompson, the director of the u.s. census bureau. and i think we all realize the role of the senses is to serve as a leading source of quality data by the nations people and our economy. the. does this by conducting as we know numerous surveys, sometimes we think it's every 10 years but it's actually every year. those surveys in turn provide lawmakers like us, citizens, businesses with a few of our nation social and demographic makeup. the most important visible survey is

this is why strong conservatives such as tom coburn, republican senator from oklahoma, if you want to lose the house of representatives do this and why the letter asking for this strategy already lost three of its original signatories they figured out this will not be able to stop obamacare but it will shut down the government and put the blame on the republicans for doing so. martha: politically you're saying it's a big mistake. there are big names on here. the senate lower was signed by marco rubio, by ted cruz, by rand paul. at least two of those three people perhaps have presidential aspirations. so you think it is politically dumb on their part to be part of this? >> i will not say dumb. all three of them, all three of them, not two out of three, but all three are thinking about running for president. there is surface appeal to this. let's defund obamacare. i repeat, over 99% of the money that goes into obamacare is not affected either because it is discretionary that we've spent or discretionary that is spent in 2015 or later. but most important of all. most of the money in obam

ranking member sender tom coburn requested a delay in considering the nomination until the investigation is complete. but the chairman, senator tom carper, declined. this is a little more than an hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, everyone. welcome to the ceiling. welcome -- to this hearing. welcome secretary mallorca's, bienvenidos. welcome to senator feinstein and certainly welcome to colleagues in between, especially senator landrieu who is agreed to say a few words about you before we get started. senator feinstein and senator landrieu our lives of the appropriations committee. they -- very grateful for your willingness to come your and introduce secretary mayorkas. i'm going to you directly to you for whatever you'd like to see. we are grateful you could come. thank you. thank you very much, mr. chairman, and i appreciate the courtesy, so thank you. >> it is a pleasure for me to introduce president obama's nominee for deputy secretary of the department of homeland security, alejandro mayorkas. i have known ali for many years and am

senator tom coburn and i did. and i came away uneasy about it. i had a feeling that his ideological political agenda was so strong and his legal commitment was not strong enough and he would use this position in the department of justice to advance an agenda rather than enforce the law. and i'm afraid that's what's happened. many of my colleagues will recall that on election day in 2008, three members of the new black panther party stood at the entrance to a polling station in philadelphia brandishing night sticks and threatening voters what more intimidation can you have than that at a polling plate. they wore military uniforms, boots, military-style insignia and used racial slurs and insults to scare away would-be voters. one of the men was jerry jackson, a member of philadelphia's 14th ward democratic committee and a credentialed poll watcher for the democratic party on election day. now, this is not acceptable. this is clearly voter intimidation. dramatic voter intimidation. a video of the incident was widely distributed on the internet, made

notably just recently senators pitcher and tom coburn introduced legislation in the u.s. senate called the health care conscience right back to give a legislative fix for those who object because of moral or religious convictions. the senate bill is the identical companion bill to h.r. 940 legislation introduced in the house earlier this year by a congresswoman black and others. once again we are pleased tuesday and with so many partners with raising continued awareness over religious concerns and the hhs mandate of those present today underscores this is about religious freedom enjoyed by people of all faiths in no faith that all something that we all hold the year as americans most worthy to preserve and defend. thank you very rich -- very much. >> dr. anne hendershott? >> i am anne hendershott sociologists for the past frontiers working with religious colleges teaching sociology i was thrilled to do that over the 20 years because i knew my conscience rights would be respected as a pro-life catholic i was happy to teach in the environment where i would not have to compr

pretty much everyone from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to consumers to bankers senator tom coburne of the most conservative members in the senate praised him in his nomination to senate. doing a wonderful job and keep up the good work. and then -- >> bill: no, ago ahead. >> the presidents of the mortgage banker's association praise him as well saying he had been inclusive and consensus building so no one had ever questioned his qualifications. his credentials. or his ability to lead the agency. >> bill: why did they oppose him? >> they opposed him because they don't like the cfpb. they don't like the cfpb, it was a brainchild of senator elizabeth warren, known as a great consumer advocate. the agency was created to bring fairness and transparency in the -- sometimes shady world of consumer financial products and services. and those are products and services that affect consumers' daily lives from the mortgages they take out to the credit cards that they have. their private student loans their auto loans and so there are a number of members, there were actually 43 senators who said

. >> senator tom coburn also weighed in calling a government shutdown, quote, a failed strategy. in the gop? >> it's an ideological fight. >> this is so ridiculous what marco rubio is doing. he stuck his neck out on immigration. he's been called out for sticking his neck out by conservatives. and now he's doing everything he can do to madly try to go as far right as he can and look like as much as a conservative as he can. and even to talk about a government shutdown right now over obama care? it's ridiculous. this is him covering his backside. >> that's a big part of it, joe. one sign that that's the case is this is not really just an ideological battle. you have richard burr from north carolina, i don't think of him as a rhino or a squish saying this is nults. the republican party right now is not so much as a divide. imagine two high school kids on a big gorge and one of them is goating to jump. come on, the water is right down there. the others, are you nuts? and i'd say at the moment, the majority sentiment in the republican party for the first time in awhile is with, are yo

and i think even republicans have been starting to talk about tom coburn, john mccain, has started tois is actually an insane idea. and really can't do that and it would be crazy for us to keep trying this push. there are enough guys in the house that feel like this is what their base wants, this is what their constituents want. that's something that -- >> bill: it is like a parallel universe, right? because we talked earlier today about the state of maryland now has announced, the third state, maybe more, but i know third state that i know of where they've said our new premiums -- we're going to start selling health insurance to people who don't have it through their workplace. california has done this. new york has done this. now, state of maryland. the premiums are going to be lower than you've ever been able to buy health insurance for. $93 a month in the state of maryland. and more and more people than are taking advantage of obamacare at the same time, republicans in the house just continue and now some in the senate to think they can repeal it. it's not going to happen. >> i th

. >> stephanie: tom coburn said the strategy is a good way for republicans to lose the house.n the government. >> glug, glug, glug. >> stephanie: mike lee did not return our request for comment on the congressional report on how his idea will not work. except to give the house back to democrats. okay. that was karl rove's crossroads gps poll. found that shutting down the government is part of a gambit aimed at defunding the implementation of all -- it would be a p.r. disaster for the g.o.p. they have no joke reverted to suggesting it's skewed. karl rove's polls are skewed. >> because they don't like the poll. they're saying it's skewed. >> stephanie: 64% of voters in the karl rove poll think that shutting down the government over obamacare would be a bad idea. only 24% believe such a maneuver is justified. the bad news is -- you know, it does show some negative attitudes about obamacare. they've done their job on that much. but as always, they tend to overstep and then that would blow up in their face. [ explosion ] you gotta go all the way! >> all in. >> stephanie: yeah. if y

notably just recently, senators deb fisher and tom coburn introduced legislation in the u.s. senate called the health care conscious rights act, which would provide the legislative fix to the mandate for those who object because of moral or religious convictions. senate bill 1204 at is the identical companion bill to h.r. 940. legislation introduced in the house earlier this year by congresswoman diane black and others. once again, we are pleased to stand with so many partners from other faith traditions in raising continued awareness over religious liberty concerns and the hhs mandate. those present today and the statement we have signed underscores that this is about religious freedom, the religious freedom enjoyed by people of all faiths and of no faith at all. something that we all hold dear as americans and something most worthy of preserving and defending. thank you so so much. >> thank you archbishop lori. now a doctor hendershott. >> i am anne hendershott and i'm a sociologist who has spent the last 20 years working in religious colleges, teaching sociology. i was thr

tom coburn who has had any number of careers including health care provider, successful business person. i yield to him now for his questions. >> thank you. chief davis, one followup. the city of boston spent $4. million on interoperable communications yet you're still using 400 mega hertz. what's the plan and why? turn your mic on. >> excuse me, senator. the money that was youth lied was put into -- that was utilized was put into rebuilding the infrastructure that was there. to build on a new 800 frequency infrastructure would be much more expensive than that, as i understand it. i'm not an expert in this field. i know we have looked at it very closely and the enormous amount of money that's necessary to -- this is a system that covers 2,000 square miles and it's -- it services about 11,000 emergency personnel in that area. >> are there plans to go to the higher frequency? >> that might be better directed at kurt as far as what's happening across the state. >> mr. schwartz? >> our first approach over the years to interoperability was to take all of our different systems, so we got v.h.

on the republican side, lamar alexander of tennessee, richard burr from north carolina, tom coburn of oklahoma. pretty diverse group. we hammered out a bipartisan answer to dealing with student loans that will be the last vote today. we'll have a series of votes. and that i think is the right answer because i think we've struck the right balance. there are many of my colleagues in the democratic caucus who are still opposed to this bipartisan approach. some of them believe and i don't quarrel with it, we should go back to the old days of the national defense education act, subsidizing interest rates, a small business administration amount of money keeping the coups low. i don't quarrel with that. i'm the beneficiary of that philosophy. but we tried to pass it in the senate several times with the leadership of jack reed of rhode island and we can't come up with 60 votes. we can't come up with a majority we need to make this a viable alternative. and so now we have to ask ourselves a very basic question. what will we do if you can't have a subsidized federal program? i think what we've

. >>> senator tom coburn called for a national park champion yesterday at the senate energy committee on the national park funding. the oklahoma republican plans to release a report next month on possible new funding sources. more than $11 billion in maintenance and national parks has been deferred. the budget request for fiscal year 2014 totaled just over $2 billion. >> the energy and natural resources committee will come to order. in 2016, just the years from now the national park service is going to celebrate its centennial anniversary and while the creation of the national park system is one of our country's greatest successes, the park service faces significant funding challenges taking care of the more than 400 national parks, monuments and other sites the congress and the president have entrusted to its protection. it has now a deferred maintenance backlog that is estimated at $11 billion, and it is perhaps higher. the backlog grows each year. meanwhile, the park service like every other part of the federal government faces significant limitations on the funding the congress ap

tom coburn who has had any number of careers that include health care. health care providers successful business person and leader here and i will yield to them -- not for questions. >> chief davis one follow-up. the city of boston spent $4.7 million on interoperable communications. you are still using 400 megahertz. what is the plan and why? >> turn your mic on. >> excuse me senator. the money that was utilized was put into rebuilding the infrastructure that is there. to build on a new 800 frequency infrastructure would be much more expensive than that as i understand it. i am not an expert in this field but i do know that we have looked at it very closely and the enormous amount of money that is necessary, this is a system that covers 2000 square miles and its services 11,000 emergency personnel in that area. >> so are there plans to go to the higher frequency? >> that might the better directed as far as what's happening across the state. i don't know the answer to that. >> mr. schwartz. >> our first approach on interoperability was to take all of our