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trent lott, a pretty candid guy. he talked about how much he hates washington.i said, "so why do you stay?" and he looked at me like i was crazy, and he said, "well, because this is where all the problems are, but this is where all the money is." i mean, this is what keeps people here. and it's true. no one leaves anymore. >> richard gephardt. >> richar gephardt, former house majority leader. two-time presidential candidate. a hero to organized labor. >> son of a teamster. >> son of a teamster, milk truck driver. gave some of the most impassioned campaign rallies i've ever seen in places like iowa and -- >> for working people. >> for working people. i mean, he seemed like the real deal. he became a lobbyist, like a lot of members of congress do. and he since has worked for a lot of corporations. >> goldman sachs, boeing, visa, i get from your book. >> yeah. i mean, again, many of them not terribly friendly to organized labor. >> in congress, as you say, he fought for labor. but then he went to work for spirit aero systems, overseeing a tough anti-union campaign.
trent lott, a pretty candid guy. he talked about how much he hates washington.i said, "so why do you stay?" and he looked at me like i was crazy, and he said, "well, because this is where all the problems are, but this is where all the money is." i mean, this is what keeps people here. and it's true. no one leaves anymore. >> richard gephardt. >> richar gephardt, former house majority leader. two-time presidential candidate. a hero to organized labor. >>...
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>> trent lott. >> trent lott saying people made their choice. >> i covered pat robertson's presidentialigns. he struck me as a guy willing to say and do just about anything to augment his role as a supposed spiritual leader. >> also something that incites violence as well. if you take him by his word, what's the response? >> gay people are killing people. >> you kick the crap out of somebody to show they can't get away with it. >> ted yoho. i think he shortened his name. just kidding. on the prospect of defaulting on the u.s. debt. he made this claim that contradicted economists all over the earth. we need to have that moment where we realize we're going broke. i think personally it would bring stability to the world markets. your thought, howard. we're still suffering. we are still suffering from the near miss of '11. we had the near miss of '13 and he thought to go off the cliff. >> this is apockalyptic thinkin. everything is an apocalypse. and apocalypses are good. you want everything to fall apart. because it's only when everything falls apart that you pick up the true belief whatev
>> trent lott. >> trent lott saying people made their choice. >> i covered pat robertson's presidentialigns. he struck me as a guy willing to say and do just about anything to augment his role as a supposed spiritual leader. >> also something that incites violence as well. if you take him by his word, what's the response? >> gay people are killing people. >> you kick the crap out of somebody to show they can't get away with it. >> ted yoho. i think he...
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speech, part of a series of speeches by former speeches in the senate that senate majority leader trent lott recognized. my phone rang in the historical office and it was mike mansfield. the guy responsible for the creation of the historical office in the 1970's. he said, i've been asked to give a speech for this series. what should i talk about? i knew about the 1963 speech on the nature of leadership he never gave. he stuck it in the record. i said, senator, give that, shape it a little bit. he said, well, maybe i'll do that. he did. it was the first in a series of speeches on leadership, but all on the senate website. and it was a blockbuster. it was just magnificent. >> we hear a lot today about how this is the meanest time in the history of the senate and the house of representatives. going to read back to you what's in this book. it's not something that you put in. it's got a footnote. i think it may be merrill petersen. clay hated jackson. and calhoun. >> i looked into that. it was a powerful statement. i hadn't realized the hatred, one example, of john quincy adams and daniel webster
speech, part of a series of speeches by former speeches in the senate that senate majority leader trent lott recognized. my phone rang in the historical office and it was mike mansfield. the guy responsible for the creation of the historical office in the 1970's. he said, i've been asked to give a speech for this series. what should i talk about? i knew about the 1963 speech on the nature of leadership he never gave. he stuck it in the record. i said, senator, give that, shape it a little bit....
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i mean bill clinton was president, trent lott was senator leader, newt gingrich speaker of the house. it's baby steps. it's not a giant stride. not to be confused with the connecticut compromise which lead to the a a dochings the constitution of the missouri compromise for 40 years. but it is-- we will no bar as opposed to a low bar, an ago of civility and compromise, and leadership on the part of particular paul ryan and the house, the republican and patty, the democrat in the senate gave us at least encouragement that the congress could, in fact, act positively. >> woodruff: so michael, do you see sunshine and cooperation down the road? >> i think that would be highly desirable and highly unlikely. paul ryan and speaker boehner sold this to their own caucus in the house by saying we need to keep attention on the failures of obama care and not draw attention to our own divisions by having another counterproductive budget fight. that argument is hardly the prelude to ambition, okay. this deal succeeded in many ways because it was small. it had small reductions in entitlements, nonmedi
i mean bill clinton was president, trent lott was senator leader, newt gingrich speaker of the house. it's baby steps. it's not a giant stride. not to be confused with the connecticut compromise which lead to the a a dochings the constitution of the missouri compromise for 40 years. but it is-- we will no bar as opposed to a low bar, an ago of civility and compromise, and leadership on the part of particular paul ryan and the house, the republican and patty, the democrat in the senate gave us...
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trent lott was majority leader, he did it 11 times in five yea years. george mitchell, from maine, a very distinguished majority leader, filled the tree three times in six years. and bob dole when he was majority leader filled the tree seven times in three and a half years. point i'm making -- and then i'll sit down -- is that this majority leader, in an unprecedented manner, has filled the tree over and over and over again. why? to prevent other senators from having an opportunity, as representatives of the 50 states, to offer ideas and improve bills and get us on record on important issues. i hope that we can have a parliamentary motion in just a few moments to allow this tree to be taken down and to allow the elected representatives of the 50 states to come before the president of the senate and before the american people and offer different ideas. and i yield the floor. mr. cornyn: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: madam president, in a moment i will make a -- i will offer an amendment and i know the disting
trent lott was majority leader, he did it 11 times in five yea years. george mitchell, from maine, a very distinguished majority leader, filled the tree three times in six years. and bob dole when he was majority leader filled the tree seven times in three and a half years. point i'm making -- and then i'll sit down -- is that this majority leader, in an unprecedented manner, has filled the tree over and over and over again. why? to prevent other senators from having an opportunity, as...
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whether it's bob dole or george mitchell or trent lott or tom daschle, all of a sudden we're cast into a situation here which is sit down and shut up. we got the votes. tough. that's our frustration. i just tell my colleagues, think about this. think about how we can get back to what the senate has been for 225 years. think about what it might be look for you when you're in the minority. you're going to want -- you're going -- not want to go home and tell your constituents and say the other party rules and i don't have any ability to represent you at all. i can't offer any amendment expressing your wishes. i don't even have a chance to get it to a sroeut. i just have to go home and say i was denied the opportunity to even put it to a vote. i remember, of course, senator dole from kansas and senator roberts knows this well, how bob dole would say, look, this is the united states senate. you've got to take tough votes. you're not going to win every one. you're going to have to go home and explain those votes. this isn't just a deny -- don't take tough votes because you don't want to expl
whether it's bob dole or george mitchell or trent lott or tom daschle, all of a sudden we're cast into a situation here which is sit down and shut up. we got the votes. tough. that's our frustration. i just tell my colleagues, think about this. think about how we can get back to what the senate has been for 225 years. think about what it might be look for you when you're in the minority. you're going to want -- you're going -- not want to go home and tell your constituents and say the other...
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majority leader trent lott of mississippi did it ten times in his five-year tenure as majority leader of the united states senate. majority leader george mitchell did it only three times in six years, and majority leader robert c. byrd did it only three times in two years. in other words, this used to be an extraordinarily rare use of the tool that the majority leader has to block amendments to legislation. by the way, majority leader bob dole did it seven times in three and a half years, about once every six months. by contrast, majority leader reid has done it 70 times, 70 times. and what recourse does the minority have when they are blocked out of the legislative process on the senate floor? well, the only tool we have available to us is to block cloture because it still takes 41 votes -- excuse me, it takes 60 votes to get to a final passage of legislation. but when the minority exercises its rights, then we're called obstructionists. because the majority leader has blocked any amendments and denied us an opportunity to have a voice and shape legislation, and the only recourse we
majority leader trent lott of mississippi did it ten times in his five-year tenure as majority leader of the united states senate. majority leader george mitchell did it only three times in six years, and majority leader robert c. byrd did it only three times in two years. in other words, this used to be an extraordinarily rare use of the tool that the majority leader has to block amendments to legislation. by the way, majority leader bob dole did it seven times in three and a half years, about...
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to the agreement that these rights need to be protected so there is bob dole or george meshaal trent lott or tom daschle of a sudden we are tasked with the situation which is sit down and shut up. we've got the votes. tough. that's our frustration. and i would just tell my colleagues think about this. think about how we can get back to what the senate has been and what it might be like for you. you're going to want to go home and told your constituents the other party rules and i don't have any power at all. any ability to represent you at all. i can't offer any amendment expressing your wishes or any other chance to get into a code. i just have to go home and say that i was denied the opportunity to even put it through a vote. i remember the senator from kansas and senator roberts knows this well. he would say it's the united states senate. you have to pay top votes. you're going to win every one. going to have to go home and explain those votes. but don't take tough votes because he wanted to explain it to people back home. stepup, the date. you might win and you might lose but we are h
to the agreement that these rights need to be protected so there is bob dole or george meshaal trent lott or tom daschle of a sudden we are tasked with the situation which is sit down and shut up. we've got the votes. tough. that's our frustration. and i would just tell my colleagues think about this. think about how we can get back to what the senate has been and what it might be like for you. you're going to want to go home and told your constituents the other party rules and i don't have any...
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so i experienced under robert byrd and then republican bob dole and then tom daschle, democrat, trent lott, republic republican, i experienced respect for the rights of the minority even though i was in the majority. they were sacrosanct. and no one really stood up and said, let's take those rights away. and those that did were shot down by their own party. our party made an attempt at that. sense and reason prevailed. and it was imposed by those who had been here saying, you need to understand the unique role of the senate that's been created by our founding fathers, enshrined in the constitution. 225 years of tradition and history. to have the majority leader, the senator from nevada, come here and say, we're taking that away. what we had promised to do -- that is, keep the rules -- we're going to break them and we're going to impose on you, because you are dragging out the time it takes to secure nominations, we're going to impose on you, we're going to take away your minority rights and we're going to rule by majority. as i said, i understand the frustration that must have been felt on
so i experienced under robert byrd and then republican bob dole and then tom daschle, democrat, trent lott, republic republican, i experienced respect for the rights of the minority even though i was in the majority. they were sacrosanct. and no one really stood up and said, let's take those rights away. and those that did were shot down by their own party. our party made an attempt at that. sense and reason prevailed. and it was imposed by those who had been here saying, you need to understand...