republicans and democrats really a lot of praise for this what happened george bush rolled over tom daschle they they took it through the senate. ninety nine to one and what happened is the senate bill then was introduced in the house was given an hour for people to read and lo and behold that became the usa patriot act not the one we drafted yeah it sounds kind of like tarp because paulson hank paulson had drafted some or he was selling congress something and then he pulled a bait and switch i mean he said he was going to help mortgage holders instead what did he do he gave the money to the big banks i mean are there parallels are there any broad pearl is that we can draw between these two events unfortunate it happens all the time in this case and i was there in congress when it happened they ended the legislative day at nine am and what they do is you have to take one day to read a bill they said is that the day it was it was before the day was introduced went all through the night ended at nine am the next day began at ten am so they had one hour twenty four hours became one hour and lo

republicans and democrats really a lot of praise for this what happened george bush rolled over tom daschle they they took it through the senate ninety nine to one and what happened is the senate bill then was introduced in the house was given an hour for people to read and lo and behold that became the usa patriot act not the one we drafted it sounds kind of like tarp because paulson hank paulson had drafted some or he was selling congress something and then he pulled a bait and switch i mean he said he was going to help mortgage holders instead what did he do he gave the money to the big banks i mean are there parallels are there any broad pearl is that we can draw between these two events unfortunate it happens all the time in this case and i was there in congress when it happened they ended the legislative day at nine am and what they do is you have to take one day to read a bill they said is that the day it was it was before the day was introduced went all through the night ended at nine am the next day began at ten am so they had one hour twenty four hours became one hour and lo and b

within the actual definition of what a lobbyist is that's enables people like newt gingrich and tom daschlewill to say that there are strategic advisors or new skates a history professor instead of calling themselves a lobbyist and i think that there's an effort underway i'm involved with that myself to close that loophole so that people are lobbying should registered lobbyists i agree with you i think that there are aspects of lobbying forces behind every bill i mean we're talking about thousands of pages of bills that are barely any time to actually read these bills and i. wanted to say something from a report in california on a given year lobbyist sponsored bills account for about forty percent of total bills introduced and sixty percent of all legislation passed so basically half of sponsored bills become law as opposed to only one in five without sponsorship i mean is this reflective of how pretty much works across the country that if you have the money and the lobby and you're i mean you're more likely to get the legislation that you know unfortunately i think people people who can sp

within the actual definition of what a lobbyist is that's enabled people like newt gingrich and tom daschleall to say that there are strategic advisors or new skates a history professor instead of calling themselves a lobbyist and i think that there's an effort underway i'm involved with that myself to close that loophole so that people are lopping should registered lobbyists i agree with you i think that there are aspects of lobbying forces behind every bill i mean we're talking about thousands of pages of bills that are barely any time to actually read these bills and i wanted to say something from a report in california and a given year lobbyist sponsored bills account for about forty percent of total bills introduced and sixty percent of all legislation passed so basically half of sponsored bills become law as opposed to only one in five without sponsorship i mean is this reflective of how pretty much works across the. country that if you have the money and the lobby and you're i mean you're more likely to get the legislation passed you know unfortunately i think people people who can s

would run for the seat held by mcconnell, the most recent loss by a member of the leadership was tom daschlet in 2004 by a mere 1% of the south dakota vote. prior to that it had been 52 years since majority leader inest mcfarland lost to scott lucas. and the first majority leader to lose was indiana republican senator james watson, watson lost in 1932. he was very effective in getting the rank and file of his party in the senate to, quote tow the party line. add fetish for loyalty to the republican party. does that sound familiar to anyone? should mcconnell lose his re-election bid next year he will he a be just the second republican senator leader to lose ever. let's hope you make it in the record books senator. >>> i want most people to know, most people celebrate the new year on january 1st. but for political junkies and other nerds like me, the party really starts today. i want you to know that. here is a round up of some of today's significant laws and political events happening in the regulatory year. first up. eric garcity starts in his job as the 42nd mayor of los angeles. he opens w

he has been a shadow of what george mitchell was, what bob dole was, what tom daschle was.ple even in our time have been. but, if, in fact, howard dean, he is remembered as a less than effective majority leader, it sure as hell won't be because he changed filibuster rules that actually helped things get done in the united states senate. >> it is a very interesting debate because it shows the depths to which the senate has already sunk long before either of these two folks were in their present positions. what you've got is a group of people who have basically put their party in front of their country and getting rid of the filibuster is a serious step because the constitution protects the rights of the minority. it's one of the things that makes this political situation in this country a great country. unlike egypt where morsi got into trouble because he didn't care about the rights of the minority, of any minority. and to see this happen is a huge step, but i think it probably has to happen. i don't see how a small group of people can tie up the entire country which is wha

and before him, majority leader tom daschle, a democrat, filled the tree only once in a year and a half once in a year and a half. when trent lott was the majority leader, a republican, he did it ten times in five years. george mitchell, a democrat majority leader, did it three times in six years, and majority leader robert c. byrd, who was an institution to himself here in the senate, he did it three times in two years. and finally, senator bob dole of kansas, the majority leader, a republican, did it seven times in three and a half years. so my point is, not to bore people with statistics, but just to point out that the senate has changed dramatically under the tenure of the current majority leader in a way that members of the senate are blocked from offering amendments to legislation in the interests of their constituents. as majority leader, senator reid has denied those rights to the minority and the rights of the people we represent. when he refuses to let us offer amendments and debate those amendments, he refuse toss let us have a real debate, and he is effectively gagging milli

instead, even tom daschle former senate majority leader, wrote an op-ed in "the washington post" sayingleast if we're not going to get rid of the filibuster, then let's make them filibuster. let's have a real filibuster. make them stand up there and actually talk and talk and talk until they have to run out to the bathroom or something and everybody has to lay out their cots and people have to stay there and listen. but instead, harry reid made a deal. he made a deal with mitch mcconnell and mitch mcconnell promised okay, if you don't change the filibuster rules, we agree we will not abuse the filibuster. we will only use it for those occasions where you and i both agree this is a big deal. okay. guess what? republicans lied. totally lied. nothing has changed. they still use it to block votes. they still use it on procedural matters as to whether or not there's going to be a vote and they still use it to block the president's appointments. especially three of them. their appointments to the national labor relations board the judicial appointments but there are three appointments, two of

alice rivlin, senator tom daschle and senator bill frist. it is the second of the initiatives by the bpc the original initiative was led by senators daschle and dole and baker and mitchell. so this is an ongoing conversation by leaders that care very deeply about these issues and are deeply emersed. chris jenning, steve lieberman, paul ginsberg and i were privileged to staff the effort along with bill hoagland, katherine hayes and brian collins and lauren adler of the bipartisan policy center. brian is here and the wizard behind much of the work that we did. if anything gets tough i'm looking at brian. with regard to our proposal really, trish did a terrific job i think of explaining what the goals are of any of these initiatives. certainly to modernize and simplify the benefit, to promote predictability in materials of what beneficiaries can expect and increase support for low-income beneficiaries who might be exposed and be discouraged from seeing out appropriate care. so our goal was to address all of those issues. i will walk through sort