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. >> you are talking about the coming together of joe manchin and pat toomey. what were they trying to do? amendment thatn would have expanded background checks so that it would be applied to all gun sales including the private market. at the moment, the law says those background checks only applied to federal gun sales. that was really the breaking point for a lot of lawmakers and it kind of impeded the issue for a lot of the year. >> what about in localities and states? a lot of states didn't ask a number of gun laws. it was an interesting chart in the new york times the other day. a majority of the 100 gun laws enacted across the country were actually loosening gun regulation. a number of gun laws that actually tighten them. >> it was the death knell for a in colorado.ators we are speaking with rebecca shabad at the hill offices. ourant to show you some of coverage of congressional debate and hearings regarding gun violence. >> thank you for inviting me here today. this is an important children,on for our for our community, for democrats and republicans. , b
. >> you are talking about the coming together of joe manchin and pat toomey. what were they trying to do? amendment thatn would have expanded background checks so that it would be applied to all gun sales including the private market. at the moment, the law says those background checks only applied to federal gun sales. that was really the breaking point for a lot of lawmakers and it kind of impeded the issue for a lot of the year. >> what about in localities and states? a lot of...
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he voted against the manchin-toomey ad. outsiders aren't going to tell us what to do. do you think, was that attention in terms of the work mayors against illegal guns did the 84? >> it's a funny response. if you listen to arkansas, he'd realize 85% believe people should get a background check. i think senator prior. i 4i he can help us on some things. i think he will get there. he is hearing from people back home. a lot of folks i think regret the vote they made not just because of the thing we saw in colorado keeps happening. it will keep happening until we do something difficult. also because they are hearing about this from people back home in a way that wasn't the case two or three years ago. that's because the country is in a different place. >> on the foot side of that, senator manchin, has seen his approval ratings in west virginia significantly decline. so this is still a tough issue for people in rural states. >> absolutely. and i think in braper new york times magazine piece that will be out this weekend, manchin
he voted against the manchin-toomey ad. outsiders aren't going to tell us what to do. do you think, was that attention in terms of the work mayors against illegal guns did the 84? >> it's a funny response. if you listen to arkansas, he'd realize 85% believe people should get a background check. i think senator prior. i 4i he can help us on some things. i think he will get there. he is hearing from people back home. a lot of folks i think regret the vote they made not just because of the...
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that's what took place during manchin toomey.il the time they did so, make no mistake the nra didn't want any bill to be passed, universal bill to see the light of day, they thought it would, they sought to be in the back room with manchin and toomey to do what they could to make the bill p as good as possible. >> conservative republicans, a sense they won't have jobs if they exile their base, which toys say electoral reality that keeps, as you said earlier, speaker boehner from becoming minority leader. with the nra given the fact they are a behemoth, they say they have millions the members, 10 times the size of these smaller groups, why do they feel so beholden to them? >> it's a complicated answer to that question. it comes down to this. governance is hard. governance is difficult to do. even for nra getting legislation passed is hard. when you have yammering from the far right, extreme groups saying this is a compromise organization, you start to lose members as a result. munns of people, maybe thousands of people calling nra
that's what took place during manchin toomey.il the time they did so, make no mistake the nra didn't want any bill to be passed, universal bill to see the light of day, they thought it would, they sought to be in the back room with manchin and toomey to do what they could to make the bill p as good as possible. >> conservative republicans, a sense they won't have jobs if they exile their base, which toys say electoral reality that keeps, as you said earlier, speaker boehner from becoming...
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i want to yield to my ranking member toomey. i think we will learn a lot from today's hearing and i look forward to your contribution. >> thank you very much, chairman brown. i appreciate your having this hearing. no question, it is extremely important topic and we all agree on the importance of addressing retirement security. as you pointed out, mr. chairman, americans rely generally on three main vehicles for financial stability. private savings that often comes in the form of tax preferred accounts. there is employer pensions, which as you pointed out, are increasingly defined contribution plans. there is the social security program. government the policy should focus on protecting all three of these pillars of retirement security. a couple of ways we can approach this, one, recognize the strengths of the current retirement system and preserve what works. the other thing we need to do is acknowledge the hard truths going toorms that are be necessary to protect programs that seniors depend on. i think it is generally good to a
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i want to yield to my ranking member toomey. i think we will learn a lot from today's hearing and i look forward to your contribution. >> thank you very much, chairman brown. i appreciate your having this hearing. no question, it is extremely important topic and we all agree on the importance of addressing retirement security. as you pointed out, mr. chairman, americans rely generally on three main vehicles for financial stability. private savings that often comes in the form of tax preferred accounts. there is employer pensions, which as you pointed out, are increasingly defined contribution plans. there is the social security program. government the policy should focus on protecting all three of these pillars of retirement security. a couple of ways we can approach this, one, recognize the strengths of the current retirement system and preserve what works. the other thing we need to do is acknowledge the hard truths going toorms that are be necessary to protect programs that seniors depend on. i think it is generally good to a
i want to yield to my ranking member toomey. i think we will learn a lot from today's hearing and i look forward to your contribution. >> thank you very much, chairman brown. i appreciate your having this hearing. no question, it is extremely important topic and we all agree on the importance of addressing retirement security. as you pointed out, mr. chairman, americans rely generally on three main vehicles for financial stability. private savings that often comes in the form of tax...
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this is pat toomey on the senate floor talking about how horrible the health insurance law is. latish. he's wrapping up his comments, maybe ready to pass the baton to the next republican, but instead of handing off to whoever the republican is who's supposed to be next, instead, he says this. >> the absence of a quorum. the republicans forgot to send somebody else to go after pat toomey. the whole idea was relay. it's like you and you and you. they forgot. there was nobody for pat toomey to hand off to, so then yay for cspan, the clerk has to take attendance. the clerk has to call the roll, watch. >> and i know absence of a kwaur quorum. >> clerk will call the roll. >> mr. alexander. >> mr. alexander? mr. alexander? hello? and the camera pulls out, revealing oh, look, nobody's in any of those desks. there's some staffers leaving, one guy is carrying around like a white board, but none of the people you can see there are republican senators. there are no senators on the floor. nobody to speak. the republicans forgot to show up, oh, there goes the board. republicans forgot to sho
this is pat toomey on the senate floor talking about how horrible the health insurance law is. latish. he's wrapping up his comments, maybe ready to pass the baton to the next republican, but instead of handing off to whoever the republican is who's supposed to be next, instead, he says this. >> the absence of a quorum. the republicans forgot to send somebody else to go after pat toomey. the whole idea was relay. it's like you and you and you. they forgot. there was nobody for pat toomey...
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manchin-toomey would impose new obstacles on law-abiding gun owners. it would do so even though expanding gun background checks would have done nothing to stop newtown or other mass killing. it would do so even though expanding background checks would do nothing to prevent these killings in the future. i often quote the deputy director of the national institute of justice, and it was recently -- that institute and that person recently wrote that background checks could work only if they were universal and were accompanied by gun registration. and, of course, most members of the senate oppose gun registration. they know what has happened historically with gun registration. it has led in other countries to confiscation, and members of the senate, but more importantly, lots of people appearing at our town meetings fear that and don't want to go down that road. the background check amendment claims to strengthen the rights of gun owners, but in fact it does mr. durbin: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, we are debating one of the most important bills
manchin-toomey would impose new obstacles on law-abiding gun owners. it would do so even though expanding gun background checks would have done nothing to stop newtown or other mass killing. it would do so even though expanding background checks would do nothing to prevent these killings in the future. i often quote the deputy director of the national institute of justice, and it was recently -- that institute and that person recently wrote that background checks could work only if they were...
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last week, senators manchin and toomey unveiled an amendment. they said it would be the one we would first vote on. we have not voted so hopefully we will get to the vote. we have not voted because despite claims from the other side, background checks are not and never have been the sweet spot of gun control debate. we have not voted because they do not have the votes to pass it. that's the way it appears to me. i think they know it. they do not have the votes even though published reports indicate that vice president biden, the vice president of the senate, they have been calling senators and asking to support the manchin-toomey bill. i do not have the votes for background checks even though the vice president has stated that the opposition to the proposal comes only from "the black helicopter crowd." manchin-toomey would impose new obligations and it would do so even though expanding background checks would have done nothing to stop newton or other mass shootings. it would do so even though expanding background checks would do nothing to preve
last week, senators manchin and toomey unveiled an amendment. they said it would be the one we would first vote on. we have not voted so hopefully we will get to the vote. we have not voted because despite claims from the other side, background checks are not and never have been the sweet spot of gun control debate. we have not voted because they do not have the votes to pass it. that's the way it appears to me. i think they know it. they do not have the votes even though published reports...
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senator pat toomey of pennsylvania. happy holidays, sir. you for helping us this even. >> thanks larry, for having me. >> you bet. >>> time to get back to your none. i hope you didn't have too much tied into gold today. it's down big-time to a three-year low. we're going to talk about that. and stocks with our team of investment experts up next on "the kudlow report." life's an adventure when you're with her. and it always has been. but your erectile dysfunction - it could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently or urgently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medications, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sexual activity. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. do not drink alcohol in excess with cialis. si
senator pat toomey of pennsylvania. happy holidays, sir. you for helping us this even. >> thanks larry, for having me. >> you bet. >>> time to get back to your none. i hope you didn't have too much tied into gold today. it's down big-time to a three-year low. we're going to talk about that. and stocks with our team of investment experts up next on "the kudlow report." life's an adventure when you're with her. and it always has been. but your erectile dysfunction -...
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that means toomey and i agree so all kinds of things can happen. a special thanks to to all for u.n. senator cardin and senators toomey casey wyden and nelson and jennifer and my staff i'm really appreciative. the subcommittees adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] .. >> when the senate starts back up you can see the live coverage from the senate floor on c-span 2. the communicator is up next and then marcia coyle and her book and then thomas healy and his book on the terror suspects. >> we will focus on the future of television this week. we talked with
that means toomey and i agree so all kinds of things can happen. a special thanks to to all for u.n. senator cardin and senators toomey casey wyden and nelson and jennifer and my staff i'm really appreciative. the subcommittees adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] .. >> when the senate starts back up you can see the live coverage from the senate floor on c-span 2. the communicator is up next and then marcia coyle and her book and then...
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hand you have a national conflict going on against the backdrop of the shrinking world coming into toomey there's a lot of similarities when it comes to that dynamic. >> kevin peraino, did abraham lincoln ever leave u.s. soil during his presidency come and get any world leaders come to visit him? >> t. didn't leave the u.s. soil during his presidency. he once went to the canadian side of niagara falls. that is the closest he ever got. he spoke no foreign language come in no friends in europe. he studied a little bit of german to charm the voters in illinois but you're right that he depended on the secretary of state. what he did have enough foreign affairs that was very useful was his very good judgment. he had an amazing sense of patience and timing to compare his decision-making process to watching the pair right in on the tree. he would wait and wait and then make his decision. that kind of patience and sense of timing of knowing when you can make a change to the international power grid and when it's not possible is an important skill in the international relations. >> what is your pr
hand you have a national conflict going on against the backdrop of the shrinking world coming into toomey there's a lot of similarities when it comes to that dynamic. >> kevin peraino, did abraham lincoln ever leave u.s. soil during his presidency come and get any world leaders come to visit him? >> t. didn't leave the u.s. soil during his presidency. he once went to the canadian side of niagara falls. that is the closest he ever got. he spoke no foreign language come in no friends...
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pat toomey in other good news today, go ahead and kiss the gas savings goodbye. a gas tax hike that could wipe them out. ick with innovation. stick with power. stick with technology. get the new flexcare platinum from philips sonicare and save now. philips sonicare. >>> talk about a kick in the gas. a push to double the federal tax on every gallon of gas. to democratic congressman says it's time and it will do some good. you're talking about hiking the tax to more than 33 cents a gallon. that doesn't sound all too good but explain why you think it's a good idea. >> well, first of all, we haven't raised the gas tax in 20 years. during that time the amount that the average motorist pays per mile they drive because of increased full efficiency and inflation, has been cut in half. we are facing for all the talk of a budget deficit, we're facing an infrastructure deficit. and because we have just sort of run the gas tax trust fund down to where it's approaching zero, if we don't do something in the next ten months, we're going to face an inability to fund any transit
pat toomey in other good news today, go ahead and kiss the gas savings goodbye. a gas tax hike that could wipe them out. ick with innovation. stick with power. stick with technology. get the new flexcare platinum from philips sonicare and save now. philips sonicare. >>> talk about a kick in the gas. a push to double the federal tax on every gallon of gas. to democratic congressman says it's time and it will do some good. you're talking about hiking the tax to more than 33 cents a...
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. >> let's bring in senator pat toomey, republican from pennsylvania and a remember of the budget andinance committees. good to see you, senator. thanks for coming in. let me start with your reaction to what's going on with obama care, because the white house says they're making progress. monday alone a million unique views. the pages are loading faster, people are able to get on. how do you feel about it right now? >> well, there's no doubt there's been some progress. not enough that my wife could get on yesterday, as you know, all members of congress and our staffs are forced onto the obama care exchanges. my wife made a valiant effort and she's pretty capable person and couldn't get us signed up. i'm sure they will work out the problems with the website. the website isn't the big problem with obama care, it's the fundamental design of the plan. it's the premise of the plan. it's the mandates that they have built into it. none of that is fixable. >> but you understand that is what congress voted for, that is what the supreme court affirmed. >> sure. >> and so onward? >> well, until
. >> let's bring in senator pat toomey, republican from pennsylvania and a remember of the budget andinance committees. good to see you, senator. thanks for coming in. let me start with your reaction to what's going on with obama care, because the white house says they're making progress. monday alone a million unique views. the pages are loading faster, people are able to get on. how do you feel about it right now? >> well, there's no doubt there's been some progress. not enough...
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toomey: mr. president, i rise as we consider the nomination of deborah lee -- deborah lee james as secretary of the air force but i want to touch on some of the points that were made by the gentleman, the senator from alabama and i want to state how much i appreciate his leadership, especially as the ranking member of the budget committee, his consistent leadership in fighting for fiscal discipline and putting our country back on a sustainable fiscal path, his commitment to an open amendment process, the opportunity to have vigorous debate in the senate so that this body can work its will and, of course, his work on the armed services committee, i appreciate all that and appreciate him being here tonight. i do think it's important that we have a discussion about how we got here, mr. president. a discussion about the circumstances that have led to this completely unprecedented moment in the entire history of the republic. we have never found ourselves in a circumstance where a majority party has d
toomey: mr. president, i rise as we consider the nomination of deborah lee -- deborah lee james as secretary of the air force but i want to touch on some of the points that were made by the gentleman, the senator from alabama and i want to state how much i appreciate his leadership, especially as the ranking member of the budget committee, his consistent leadership in fighting for fiscal discipline and putting our country back on a sustainable fiscal path, his commitment to an open amendment...
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i want to associate myself with less than a toomey says. we've got to preserve those entitlements for which people have paid. most people in america have paid more for their retirement security than income taxes. they pay the payroll tax. they deserve the protection and a congress looking into the future not just for them, but for their children and grandchildren. if policymakers will we have to be willing to make difficult decisions in the context of our obligation to the people we represent. this series is called is most appropriate solutions are not easy, but senator to me's comments about preserving the tax and if it to direct people towards private savings are absolutely essential because people have to become more dependent upon themselves unless upon government. we need to incentivize the process of its easier for them to accumulate benefits over time and capital over time. i look forward to participating. appreciate your calling. >> thank you, center isakson. first witness is rob romasco, president of aarp, distinguished for the pri
i want to associate myself with less than a toomey says. we've got to preserve those entitlements for which people have paid. most people in america have paid more for their retirement security than income taxes. they pay the payroll tax. they deserve the protection and a congress looking into the future not just for them, but for their children and grandchildren. if policymakers will we have to be willing to make difficult decisions in the context of our obligation to the people we represent....
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san francisco because this happens periodically where we go into a housing crisis mode and avoid toomey vixes. ~ too many evictions. it sets a bad time. i want to give supervisor avalos a lot of credit for really listening and accepting the amendments where concerns were raised. yesterday in committee, we discussed in-depth the issue around the nuances around temporary evictions and whether a tenant wants to return or doesn't want to return and what level of proof you need and supervisor avalos accepted i think a very reasonable amendment to distinguish among temporary evictions when the tenant does not return. and supervisor avalos also accepted the amendment from supervisor farrell around the retroactivity date which i thought was a very he reasonable amendment. supervisor avalos accepted the amendment from supervisor tang supported by supervisor yee to reduce the amount of time that you can't do a merger, demolition or conversion after an omi recognizing that there are differences between omi evictionses and ellis act evictions. and then supervisor avalos accepted an amendment to mak
san francisco because this happens periodically where we go into a housing crisis mode and avoid toomey vixes. ~ too many evictions. it sets a bad time. i want to give supervisor avalos a lot of credit for really listening and accepting the amendments where concerns were raised. yesterday in committee, we discussed in-depth the issue around the nuances around temporary evictions and whether a tenant wants to return or doesn't want to return and what level of proof you need and supervisor avalos...
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it clear in reference to the background checks and the quote that you played, i actually read the toomeyt and that was a burden on the average citizen where, if they live out in the country, they drive 30 miles if they wanted to sell a firearm to a neighbor, they would have to pay a fee, background check, and keep records. that's too much of a burden. it doesn't solve a problem. no criminal or bad actor is going to go through that process. so rather than chasing this rainbow that doesn't work in reference to reducing violence or unlawful people from carrying firearms, let's concentrate on the enforcement and safety side. >> i'll give you the last word, mark. >> that's the point, right, if you expand background checks, the point asa is trying to make is some of them will not go through that process. but what happens when they don't go through that process, the ones that decide not to, they don't get a gun, that they are likely to use to commit a crime. so by expanding background checks, i mean, it's only logical that it makes it much more difficult for criminals and dangerously mentally i
it clear in reference to the background checks and the quote that you played, i actually read the toomeyt and that was a burden on the average citizen where, if they live out in the country, they drive 30 miles if they wanted to sell a firearm to a neighbor, they would have to pay a fee, background check, and keep records. that's too much of a burden. it doesn't solve a problem. no criminal or bad actor is going to go through that process. so rather than chasing this rainbow that doesn't work...
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you will recall that a bipartisan deal came together between pat toomey and joe man mansi ion that would have expanded background checks. the legislation didn't have the enough support to make its way through congress. it had stiff opposition from the nra and other groups is. much. here's what senator joe manchin is saying on this somber anniversary "my heart will the always weigh heavier on this day as we remember the precious lives lost. as a father and grandfather, i couldn't wrap my head around how this country could begin to offer these families comfort. today one year later, i am still in au of their courage and kindness." if it you look at polling out today, alex, a majority of americans still support stiffer gun control laws although the numbers have come down since the immediate aftermath. not quite as high as 90%. there has been a bipartisan deal on the budget which made its way through the house. some people saying that could signal and i emphasize could, a new spirit of getting things actually accomplished by partisanship here in washington. that remains to be seen. clearly b
you will recall that a bipartisan deal came together between pat toomey and joe man mansi ion that would have expanded background checks. the legislation didn't have the enough support to make its way through congress. it had stiff opposition from the nra and other groups is. much. here's what senator joe manchin is saying on this somber anniversary "my heart will the always weigh heavier on this day as we remember the precious lives lost. as a father and grandfather, i couldn't wrap my...
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i was glad to see pat toomey take a couple of courageous stance as well on a lot of different issues. i think it's really good news the republican party has come out of my region and is now starting to influence elections in the northeast, the midwest and who knows maybe in the far west and here's the thing. if we want to be a national party again, we are going to have to do that. in 2008, 2009, 2010 there wasn't a single republican representing anybody in new england. hopefully we are turning that around it is we have to be a national party again. that's not only good f
i was glad to see pat toomey take a couple of courageous stance as well on a lot of different issues. i think it's really good news the republican party has come out of my region and is now starting to influence elections in the northeast, the midwest and who knows maybe in the far west and here's the thing. if we want to be a national party again, we are going to have to do that. in 2008, 2009, 2010 there wasn't a single republican representing anybody in new england. hopefully we are turning...
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i was glad to see pat toomey take a couple of courageous stance as well on a couple of different issues. i think it's really good news the republican party has broken out of my reach and and is starting to influence elections in the northeast, the midwest and who knows maybe in the far west. here's the thing. if we want to be a national party again we are going to have to do that. in 2008, 2009, 2010 there wasn't a single republican representing anybody in new england. hopefully we are turning that around because we have to be a national party game. that's only good for republicans but good for the two-party system in the country. thank you so much. i appreciate it. thank you, guys. [applause] >> we will do a book signing and if you can do it as orderly as possible. a. >> they arrived in coeur d' alene and eagle city in 1884 and he came over from thompson falls montana. he heard about a gold rush. people would find money and gold lying on the ground. everybody was coming from all over the country because of the railroad. they make it display in the papers all over the country about how
i was glad to see pat toomey take a couple of courageous stance as well on a couple of different issues. i think it's really good news the republican party has broken out of my reach and and is starting to influence elections in the northeast, the midwest and who knows maybe in the far west. here's the thing. if we want to be a national party again we are going to have to do that. in 2008, 2009, 2010 there wasn't a single republican representing anybody in new england. hopefully we are turning...
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who believe that this was a good opportunity for them, that mannion and toomey lauded the bill with many measures, that the next time around - god forbid there be a tragedy such as this, but unfortunately it's likely there will be, the public mood may be that there'll be no friendly bills. you can definitely make the argument that there were missed opportunities on both sides. >> do you think anything will happen in the immediate future. we saw the navy yard shooting, which was tragic and involved shooting. if the shooting deaths of 20 elementary schools didn't make else? >> we'll have to see through the next couple of electoral cycles. in 2014 a couple of senators, mary lander, and kay hagen from north carolina, if they reveil, people might say, "maybe there's not that much of a price to be paid for gun safety legislation" conversely if they come up for re-election, two republicans voting against or on the fence for a while. if this should prove to be a voting issue, if people come out in droves there'll be a sea change. it will take that, visible evidence that it's okay to buck the n.r
who believe that this was a good opportunity for them, that mannion and toomey lauded the bill with many measures, that the next time around - god forbid there be a tragedy such as this, but unfortunately it's likely there will be, the public mood may be that there'll be no friendly bills. you can definitely make the argument that there were missed opportunities on both sides. >> do you think anything will happen in the immediate future. we saw the navy yard shooting, which was tragic and...
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bob corker, jeff sessions, ted cruz, mike lee, marco rubio, paul, heller, toomey. mitch mcconnell appears to be poised to vote against this legislation. he has been facing a tough battle from the right from a tea party republican. that is what is is fueling his opposition at this point. but here's the political reality. they need about five republican votes on tuesday for that test vote to get this past the first vote. i have two words for you, the government shutdown. you remember that republicans were scarred in the wake of the government shutdown. so there's a lot of political pressure on them to get this through the senate. it did pass through the house with huge by patterson support. the two things this legislation doesn't deal with, the debt ceiling is something the congress will have to deal with. and insurance, that was a big, contentious issue. >> it was shocking when paul ryan and patty murray were like, wow, we have a few days to go. we're not pushing this up to the deadline. i was shocked. >> it is stunning. something we haven't seen here in about three
bob corker, jeff sessions, ted cruz, mike lee, marco rubio, paul, heller, toomey. mitch mcconnell appears to be poised to vote against this legislation. he has been facing a tough battle from the right from a tea party republican. that is what is is fueling his opposition at this point. but here's the political reality. they need about five republican votes on tuesday for that test vote to get this past the first vote. i have two words for you, the government shutdown. you remember that...
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in this week's republican address, pennsylvania senator pat toomey says what he described as some of the more serious issues. >> the problem with obama care isn't just a glitch, it's fundamental and it's taking away our pregom. at the heart of the program is the idea our government should decide your coverage, what you require and how much you should pay. never mind, what you want what you need and what you can afford. >> well, that's one view. on the other side, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius was in miami this week. she's helping to promote the spanish language version of the obama care site. as the white house continues to say it is working through the glitches and defending the program. the administration rolling out what it calls a soft launch in order to avoid many of the other issues they've had in the initial rollout. jamie. >> meanwhile, fox news is taking a more in depth look at all of the problems plaguing the obama administration in their latest edition of fox news reporting. this team really gets behind the obama breakdown. take a look at the previe
in this week's republican address, pennsylvania senator pat toomey says what he described as some of the more serious issues. >> the problem with obama care isn't just a glitch, it's fundamental and it's taking away our pregom. at the heart of the program is the idea our government should decide your coverage, what you require and how much you should pay. never mind, what you want what you need and what you can afford. >> well, that's one view. on the other side, health and human...
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toomey: mr. president, i rise to speak on the topic of the nomination of cornelia pillard to the d.c. circuit. but before i do that specific topic, i want to address a broader topic which is how we got in these circumstances in the first place. now, why we're here today, why we're having this discussion, and how this nuclear option, as it's been described, has come about. now, most immediately, it was november 21, 2013, just a few weeks ago, that the majority party here in the senate unilaterally decided to break the rules of the senate, violate the rules and rewrite the rules themselves. despite the fact that the rules clearly say, it takes a two-thirds majority of the senate to do that. they just decided to disregard that, that they would just change the rules themselves. so they did that on november 21, 2013. and what they specifically did, the specific rule change that they imposed unilaterally on the senate was to completely eliminate the opportunity for the minority party to have any abilit
toomey: mr. president, i rise to speak on the topic of the nomination of cornelia pillard to the d.c. circuit. but before i do that specific topic, i want to address a broader topic which is how we got in these circumstances in the first place. now, why we're here today, why we're having this discussion, and how this nuclear option, as it's been described, has come about. now, most immediately, it was november 21, 2013, just a few weeks ago, that the majority party here in the senate...
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senators jeff black, toomey and richard cell bee. they are all undecided. talking to many senate republicans, they think they have to pass the bill because they don't want to be thes to scuttle a paul ryan deal and more importantly, they don't want to be thes owning this like the shut down. we are unsure who will be the to ten republicans who will end up being asked to vote for this to get to 60 votes and get through the filibuster. the rhetoric is ratcheting up marco rubio saying the deal threatens the american dream. p >> senator, why is this not a deal you can back. >> washington promises a future reductions in spending never seem to come true. >> senator rand paul tweeted this picture of a tsa pat-down writing in the ryan murray deal, you will have to pay more for this. as far as yesterday's house vote, it was a big for speaker boehner, getting 169 house gop votes when groups like heritage action were lobbying against them. this is made public what the establishment has been griping about for over a year now. they are tired of the power of these groups.
senators jeff black, toomey and richard cell bee. they are all undecided. talking to many senate republicans, they think they have to pass the bill because they don't want to be thes to scuttle a paul ryan deal and more importantly, they don't want to be thes owning this like the shut down. we are unsure who will be the to ten republicans who will end up being asked to vote for this to get to 60 votes and get through the filibuster. the rhetoric is ratcheting up marco rubio saying the deal...
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this is the most common sense approach that pat toomey and myself have taken.we basically said law-abiding gun owners like myself are not going to sell to strangers, to someone who's been a criminal, or someone who has mental problems or give it to a family member that's not responsible. we're just not going to do that. but we think it's absolutely fine that if you have a commercial transaction, you don't know the person, you go to a gun show or on the internet, you should know and i should know. that's what we do as law-abiding gun owners. most people agree with that. most gun owners agree with that. what it's gotten down do, they just don't trust government. they don't think the government will stop there. they said, joe, i like your bill, i'm sure that fine, it doesn't bother me, but i'm not sure i want to do anything because i'm afraid they'll try to take more. i can assure you, that's not going to happen as long as i'm here. but that's the problem. that's what we really run into. that's the roadblock we're facing right now. >> they should talk to the paren
this is the most common sense approach that pat toomey and myself have taken.we basically said law-abiding gun owners like myself are not going to sell to strangers, to someone who's been a criminal, or someone who has mental problems or give it to a family member that's not responsible. we're just not going to do that. but we think it's absolutely fine that if you have a commercial transaction, you don't know the person, you go to a gun show or on the internet, you should know and i should...
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ayotte of new hampshire, you know, her ratings in the home state after she voted against manchin/toomeyent known. so when we tie this to people in the record, we'll see electoral effects and it's going to be very important we keep the pressure up and not go away. and that's what mayors is kmeted to do and the brady campaign. we're not going away, because the nra is not going away either. >> daniel hernandez and professor james peterson, thank you both. daniel, thank you for the work you're doing. >>> coming up, same-sex marriage comes to utah. how this red state may redefine this civil rights fight for the better or for the worse. stay with us. ♪ you know, ronny... folks who save hundreds of dollars by switching to geico sure are happy. and how happy are they jimmy? i'd say happier than a bodybuilder directing traffic. he does look happy. get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >>> it's amazing. we've been together almost 18 years. and my whole family is here. it's just amazing. >> the state finally caught up to us, basically. >> we
ayotte of new hampshire, you know, her ratings in the home state after she voted against manchin/toomeyent known. so when we tie this to people in the record, we'll see electoral effects and it's going to be very important we keep the pressure up and not go away. and that's what mayors is kmeted to do and the brady campaign. we're not going away, because the nra is not going away either. >> daniel hernandez and professor james peterson, thank you both. daniel, thank you for the work...
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we've -- the newtown horrific tragedy that happened there, but the bottom line is i think me and pat toomey looked at this coming from gun states, gun culture states, gun owners ourselves who really will do all we can to protect the second amendment that every law abiding gun owner will protect. with that being said, the people that basically are law abiding gun owners and understand gun culture, they weren't offended by saying if you go to a commercial transaction that makes sense to go ahead and find out is that person that wants to buy your gun a criminal? what we found out is that people just didn't trust government that they were going to stop there. they said hey joe, we're okay with the bill. we like the bill. the bill is not bad at all. we can live with that. but we just don't trust government stopping and doing what we say we're going to do. >> do you think that anything will get passed next year? >> i'm hopeful. >> i know you are. what do you think will happen? >> right now, you know the makeup of the senate. we have 55 democrats. i think all 55 would consider that. i know we had
we've -- the newtown horrific tragedy that happened there, but the bottom line is i think me and pat toomey looked at this coming from gun states, gun culture states, gun owners ourselves who really will do all we can to protect the second amendment that every law abiding gun owner will protect. with that being said, the people that basically are law abiding gun owners and understand gun culture, they weren't offended by saying if you go to a commercial transaction that makes sense to go ahead...
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he has relationships from being in senate just a little while and his manchin-toomey amendment didn'tlationships but because of the power of the nra lobby. so it's not just relationships, it's definitely a mixture of both. >> chris, what do you think here, is this more of what angela was just mentioning a second ago, about them wanting more attention? perhaps some lawmakers are just saying, hey, we want to get more attention and they're instead pointing the finger at president obama? >> yeah, i think to angela's point. obama did in her office with this promise of a new type of politics. what we've seen is the opposite. at least in the past with clinton or bush or reagan or carter, you saw them have a solid relationship with their own party. and what manchin pointed out, a democrat senator from west virginia, he's pointing out that they don't even have a good relationship or obama doesn't have a good relationship with his own party. what that brings about is probably the earliest lame duck presidency in american history because he doesn't have that relationship. last week he didn't eve
he has relationships from being in senate just a little while and his manchin-toomey amendment didn'tlationships but because of the power of the nra lobby. so it's not just relationships, it's definitely a mixture of both. >> chris, what do you think here, is this more of what angela was just mentioning a second ago, about them wanting more attention? perhaps some lawmakers are just saying, hey, we want to get more attention and they're instead pointing the finger at president obama?...
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one of the amendments was the toom toomey-manchin amendment which focused on instituting universal backgroundyers across the nation. an idea that 90% of americans support. >> nobody's going to take anybody's guns away. what we're saying is if you buy a gun, transfer a gun, there should be a criminal and a mental background check. >> i urge the new congress to hold votes on these measures next year in a timely manner. >> seems like common sense legislation. if you want to keep guns out of the wrong hands, try to better restrict who can gain access to potentially devastating high powered weapons. but remarkably, not everyone thinks that's a good idea. >> one, two, three -- guns! >> guns save lives! guns save lives! >> the most frustrating part of this is the people out there that are not listening to what the message is. and they're afraid that people are going to start knocking on their doors and taking away their guns. that's not what we want. >> we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. among these,
one of the amendments was the toom toomey-manchin amendment which focused on instituting universal backgroundyers across the nation. an idea that 90% of americans support. >> nobody's going to take anybody's guns away. what we're saying is if you buy a gun, transfer a gun, there should be a criminal and a mental background check. >> i urge the new congress to hold votes on these measures next year in a timely manner. >> seems like common sense legislation. if you want to keep...
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other os like king and hoho as well as crapo, coburn, toomey and rand paul.here are people that think you default and it doesn't hurt the economy. >> you'll have plenty of no votes on this. and whether we go off the cliff has to do with how this fight within the republican party eventually unfolds. but right now leadership feels confident. you've listed a lot of the primary dates. and a lot of folks do have primaries. and they can vote no in the upcoming. but the key part about primaries is that there won't be enough time for somebody to get on the ballot if there's a no vote in, say, the middle of march. if your primary is in march or in april and you haven't started a campaign yet, you don't have a threat. there are plenty of of republicans. >> that's when they realize they don't have a primary. >> they want to talk about obamacare. they don't want to talk about this. so if they do bring the government to the brink again four months, five months before the general election, that could really be bad for the republican party. >> i think some leaders are talki
other os like king and hoho as well as crapo, coburn, toomey and rand paul.here are people that think you default and it doesn't hurt the economy. >> you'll have plenty of no votes on this. and whether we go off the cliff has to do with how this fight within the republican party eventually unfolds. but right now leadership feels confident. you've listed a lot of the primary dates. and a lot of folks do have primaries. and they can vote no in the upcoming. but the key part about primaries...
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. >> after the newtown shooting, manchin and republican senator pat toomey introduced background checkislation that ultimately failed by just five votes. but cost manchin double digits in his approval rating back home. his frustration we saw first hand. >> 90% of the bill is -- but 10% of it is unacceptable. it's taking more from us. >> no, you got 90% back. >> no, we have lost enough. >> are there any regrets? >> if i regret it, something that made that much sense, then i would be thinking about myself and my political self, my political posturing and my political position more than i would the job i was elected to do. >> it protects the safety of the public and our constitutional right to bear arms. >> so you're not done fighting the battle? >> it should be passed. it makes all the sense in the world. >> while every voter i talked to voiced frustration with the government, west virginiaens also rely on it. nearly 27% of west virginia's personal income comes from transfer payments like disability, unemployment, and welfare benefits. almost one in five receives food stamps. still, both
. >> after the newtown shooting, manchin and republican senator pat toomey introduced background checkislation that ultimately failed by just five votes. but cost manchin double digits in his approval rating back home. his frustration we saw first hand. >> 90% of the bill is -- but 10% of it is unacceptable. it's taking more from us. >> no, you got 90% back. >> no, we have lost enough. >> are there any regrets? >> if i regret it, something that made that much...
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. >> guest: we don't have her name and i don't think that she would be described as a lady that toomey seems to be somebody that would be perfectly comfortable in the higher and upper-class area where new york city was. >> host: how was she identified? >> guest: she is in the letters and for example general washington, got good news. general washington would be number 711 and abraham would be number 712 and new york. 711 might hesitate 86 and you cannot even if you had to be the invisible ink figure this stuff out she was referred to as 355. there are females on the ledger and she is known as the lady. would you conclude that she would have had to have died after benedict arnold came into new york city determined to find out who the spy was that helped to unmask his plot and he went on a rampage to the point where junior quit and said i'm out, not giving it. he would say forget it. i'm not going to come back. they would ultimately get convinced to come back to finish off the war. i believe by the paperback which could be six months i would be closer to naming someone but i thought why
. >> guest: we don't have her name and i don't think that she would be described as a lady that toomey seems to be somebody that would be perfectly comfortable in the higher and upper-class area where new york city was. >> host: how was she identified? >> guest: she is in the letters and for example general washington, got good news. general washington would be number 711 and abraham would be number 712 and new york. 711 might hesitate 86 and you cannot even if you had to be...
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. >> yeah, we get discouraged when the manchin/toomey bill was not passed by 92% of americans. >> i don'ting. >> as a nation, we can't stop every act of violence. >> the idea is not to be able to keep bad guys from getting guns. they're going to get guns. >> we know that this is a tough fight. >> we have to keep trying. we have to keep caring. >> and i believe that we will have sensible gun laws in the future. >> we're in this for the long haul. >> together, we must and can change. >> let's get right to our panel. former chief of staff, representative of gabby giffords and executive director of americans' responsible solutions and michael waldman, president of the center for justice at nyu center of law and author of "the second amendment, a biography." pia, i want to start with you. we think about the anniversary last weekend, we think about this new recent shooting. what do you take away from all this, and our ability as a nation to take these memorials seriously and respectfully, but also mobilize around gun safety? >> yeah, i mean, it's -- it's -- period of time met with both sadness
. >> yeah, we get discouraged when the manchin/toomey bill was not passed by 92% of americans. >> i don'ting. >> as a nation, we can't stop every act of violence. >> the idea is not to be able to keep bad guys from getting guns. they're going to get guns. >> we know that this is a tough fight. >> we have to keep trying. we have to keep caring. >> and i believe that we will have sensible gun laws in the future. >> we're in this for the long haul....
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schumer: just to go over what happened here, this is on behalf of myself and senator toomey, it's a bipartisan bill. it was -- there was a recently released environmental protection agency interpretation of a law that could cost local governments, municipalities and taxpayers millions of dollars across the country and undermine public safety. it's a classic case of the federal bureaucracies in restriction harming local communities and budgets and you wouldn't believe this but it's about one of the most basic functions of government, fire hydrants. almost three years ago, congress passed the reduction of lead in drinking water act. that legislation is with an admirable goal, the goal spelled expelled out in the name and implemented on january 4, 2014. as you know, congress intended for the e.p.a. to make rules to keep our drinking water safe from coming into contact with lead-based parts. so congress did that and exempted an e.p.a. exempted parts in bathtubs and showers that don't have direct impact on the drinking water like the knobs, the hot and cold knobs but the fawfts would be under the l
schumer: just to go over what happened here, this is on behalf of myself and senator toomey, it's a bipartisan bill. it was -- there was a recently released environmental protection agency interpretation of a law that could cost local governments, municipalities and taxpayers millions of dollars across the country and undermine public safety. it's a classic case of the federal bureaucracies in restriction harming local communities and budgets and you wouldn't believe this but it's about one of...
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conservative joe manchin teamed up with pat toomey of pennsylvania. it looked like the nra's nearly two decade undefeated streak on capitol hill was about to come to an end. it didn't t. gun lobby not hard, background checks went down in a filibuster back in april. there is immigration. by their own aadmission after their 2012 defeat, they needed to seriously improve their image with latinos. more voices came out to say it was time for comprehensive reform and a bill did pass the senate in june. it went to the house and then it went absolutely nowhere else. the fever still raged. 2013 is almost over and still no immigration reform. the house also didn't pass a farm bill in 2013. it ignored president obama's calm for minimum wage hike. it was only really productive when it came to naming post offices after people. it's 20% of water gotten done in the boehner era. the brookeings institution this week said quote by all objective measures, this is the worst congress ever. it makes the actual do-nothing era look like workahollicks. 113th congress actually
conservative joe manchin teamed up with pat toomey of pennsylvania. it looked like the nra's nearly two decade undefeated streak on capitol hill was about to come to an end. it didn't t. gun lobby not hard, background checks went down in a filibuster back in april. there is immigration. by their own aadmission after their 2012 defeat, they needed to seriously improve their image with latinos. more voices came out to say it was time for comprehensive reform and a bill did pass the senate in...
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support for congress as well because obviously the president put forward and worked with manchin and toomeylation, but it doesn't go forward, doesn't happen. >> right. what was so stunning about that, of course, is at the time when you looked at the polls, almost 90% of americans wanted that legislation to pass. and just recently we heard from senator manchin it doesn't seem like they're going to revive that legislation. but if you look forward to 2014, immigration reform is really the one to watch. house speaker john boehner just brought rebecca talon on to his staff. she has been working on immigration reform. that's a signal he might be serious about trying to get something done, and of course for republicans politically speaking not acting on immigration reform could be incredibly damaging in these upcoming -- >> you have a situation where you have these incredible activist movements coming to washington but it doesn't seem like washington is at all responsive to what they're doing. these were hume failure, failure to pass immigration reform, gun violence. i don't think we mentioned shu
support for congress as well because obviously the president put forward and worked with manchin and toomeylation, but it doesn't go forward, doesn't happen. >> right. what was so stunning about that, of course, is at the time when you looked at the polls, almost 90% of americans wanted that legislation to pass. and just recently we heard from senator manchin it doesn't seem like they're going to revive that legislation. but if you look forward to 2014, immigration reform is really the...
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. >> so they're voting for manchin/toomey. >> in some ways republicans have been in la la land doingout taking votes on the world as it was. >> because it makes that thing seem vulnerable. >> cristina beltran is on fire today! coming up next, the gun lobby strategy from states to small town america. >>> plus, i can't believe this, nikki giovanni is coming to nerdland and she is going to be ego trippi inping live. you are not going to want to miss this. there is more nerdland at the top of the hour. ♪ [ male announcer ] if we could see energy... what would we see? ♪ the billions of gallons of fuel that get us to work. ♪ we'd see all the electricity flowing through the devices that connect us and teach us. ♪ we'd see that almost 100% of medical plastics are made from oil and natural gas. ♪ and an industry that supports almost 10 million american jobs. life takes energy. and no one applies more technology to produce american energy and refine it more efficiently than exxonmobil. because using energy responsibly has never been more important. energy lives here. ♪ and you work hard to get
. >> so they're voting for manchin/toomey. >> in some ways republicans have been in la la land doingout taking votes on the world as it was. >> because it makes that thing seem vulnerable. >> cristina beltran is on fire today! coming up next, the gun lobby strategy from states to small town america. >>> plus, i can't believe this, nikki giovanni is coming to nerdland and she is going to be ego trippi inping live. you are not going to want to miss this. there is...