this is pablo,ing republican line for representative tom rice. >> caller: yes, hello. there is a simple solution. the republicans hold the house. all you have to do is have the guts to defund a couple of things and everything will straighten out and the president will cooperate with you. if you don't have the guts to defund. >> what would you defund? >> whatever. whatever you don't like, you defund it. if the president don't cooperate keep defunding things until he comes to his senses. >> well, pablo, we tried that last october and the public didn't think much of it. defunding is a very blunt tool. it ripples through the economy and it's very, very expensive. so i think that what we're doing here is far more targeted and far more effective. this will have no negative effects on the economy. all we want to do is we want to return the president to the constitutional framework that the founders set forth. basically, the founders set forth a fairly weak executive. cities and counties and states across the country have the same type of frameworks in their constitution, and

guest: tom rice. caller: a lot of times politicians quote polls and they say "the american people" -- i don't know who they are, either -- but i don't know any polls on how the american people feel about this lawsuit. i mean, i don't hear you talk about it. the polls say the american people want wages increased, that people want unemployment compensation, the polls say people want jobs. the polls say that republican popularity is worse than the president of the united states. this is an about president obama for me, i don't care about any of that -- this isn't about president obama for me, i don't care about made it affect them but i've never heard him say he doesn't care. would love for you -- you just had it represented at ellison on. i would love for both of them to be on at the same time. i want to hear both sides of the argument, because this partisan stuff -- even the callers that call in, they are all partisan, pro-o, con, whatever. i want to hear everybody. host: thank you for the suggestion.

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south carolina representative tom rice discusses the house republican lawsuit against president obama. your phone calls, facebook comments, and tweets. washington journal is live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> american artifacts. this week in our visit to the national security archives at george washington university reveals the classified documents -- 50 years ago this week, congress passed the goal. can resolution, giving president johnson broad powers to wait for southeast asia. >> american history tv will be in prime time monday through friday at 8 p.m. eastern. c-span3 history tv on regrets the house has passed or resolution approving a lawsuit against president obama over alleged abuses of executive power in implementing the affordable care act. no democrats voted for the measure. before the vote is just over an hour. ized. mr. sessions: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to discuss the unwarranted ongoing shift of power in favor of the executive branch. under president obama, the executive branch has increasingly gone beyond the constraints of the constitution .

after that, tom rice speaks about the lawsuit against president obama. washington journal's live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> earlier today, president obama was in kansas city to discuss the economy, where he discussed the gop lawsuit to sue h him. here's a look. >> so there's a bunch of stuff that needs to get done. unfortunately, the main vote that they've scheduled for today is whether or not they decide to sue me for doing my job. first of all, don't -- first of all, here's something i always say, do not boo, vote. booing doesn't help. voting helps. >> but think about this, they have announced they're going to sue me for taking executive actions to help people. so, you know, they're mad because i'm doing my job. and by the way, i've told them, i said, i'd be happy to do it with you the only reason i'm doing it on my own is because you don't do anything, but if you want, let's work together. everybody right now says this is a political stunt, but it's worse than that, because every vote they're taking like that means a vote they're not taking to

tom? where was he when condoleezza rice was stopped from speaking at various colleges and the cartoons ington post" that -- he didn't speak out on that at all. comes off as whiney, i must tell you, at this point. >> and to hear karl rove calling it dangerous, that takes it that much further. you know, kennedy, when you look at this, this is the highest attorney in the land. this is the top prosecutor in america. people listen to him. so for him to say this, these words are divisive, they're not healing, they're hurtful and he said a small group of people feel this way. well, then why make such a huge deal out of it? >> and it seems to be the most common tactic used by the president and those in his administration is finding the straw man and making sure they keep it vague and by saying something like using the word some, it doesn't make that much sense. and it's very defensive and it's a poor defense at this point given the scandals and lack of resolution in those scandals. >> you know, it's interesting, too -- >> i would do anything but claim racial animus at this point, especially a guy

rice. she was community director to tom de lay. please welcome emily miller. [ applause ] >> thank you f

tom. >>> speaking of reconciliation, baltimore ravens star ray rice is breaking his silence, speaking to furst time since punished with a two-game suspension for violating the personal conduct policy. rice was involved in a physical altercation at an atlantic city casino with his fiance at the time, who is now his wife. he apologized and called it the biggest mistake of his life. >> my actions that night were totally inexcusable. that night, i just replay over and over in my head. that's not me. my actions were inexcusable, and, you know, that's something i have to live for the -- have to live with the rest of my life. i just want to just apologize once again to any woman who has been involved in any domestic or anybody who has been involved in any kind of violence. avo: waves don't care what age you are. take them on the way you always have. live healthy and take one a day men's 50+. a complete multivitamin with 7 antioxidants to support cell health. age? who cares. this is the first power plant in the country to combine solar and natural gas at the same location. during the day, we gen

. >> [tom humming] >> that is from the "new york times" business section. rice by the way, i just ordered watching "game of thrones," and i am loving it. it only took me four years, but -- >> i will give you a hint. i am messing it up for you. everyone dies. just so you know. >> twice. >> twice. third front page. >> we go back to banks. we mentioned how morgan stanley will be returning -- reporting earnings. they go america said prosecutors -- bank of america -- we have learned they are at odds over the settlement. they have over $13 billion, but the government wants a $17 billion, so the fact that they cannot reach an agreement means that maybe prosecutors will sue. increases the likelihood of that happening. >> what happens if the bank just says no to these -- >> lawsuit. >> they go to court? >> presumably. >> has anybody just said no? >> people have said no as part of the negotiations. jpmorgan agreed to settle last november with $13 billion, and of course citigroup reached a settlement of $7 billion. >> remember what happened to gm bondholders when they said

rice. she was community director to tom de lay. please welcome emily miller. [ applause ] >> thank you for having me. >> always hard to follow a big act but i think you can do it. >> i am talking about guns so i think i can do it. i am honored to be here and so honored to be present with all of you guys and ms. slosh is here in spirit and set an example for conservative woman. you can see myself holding my own gun on the cover of my book. but this month three years ago i had never shot a gun in my life or thought about shooting one. definitely had not about owning one. but what changed my perspective on this issue which is such a big issue in politics is personal. i was the victim of a crime. i was dog sitting for friends in washington, d.c. and those of you visiting or staying here for internships we have a lot of crime in washington, d.c. i was dog sitting and walked out of the house where i was taking the dog and closed the front door but didn't lock it. when i walked back inside there was a man in there robbing the house. and t