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Debate to prevent us from even having a vote. that has nothing to do with what americans understand as a filibuster and theres no reason to allow the abuses to continue. >> well, it means that if they were to filibuster, they have to go to the floor and do as you say, mr. smith goes to washington, and talk endlessly until some conclusion. what do the changes mean for democratic bills, do you think? >> it could mean a lot. many of the bills that democrats have proposed have majority support. they...

Filibuster and theres no reason to allow the abuses to continue. >> well, it means that if they were to filibuster, they have to go to the floor and do as you say, mr. smith goes to washington, and talk endlessly until some conclusion. what do the changes mean for democratic bills, do you think? >> it could mean a lot. many of the bills that democrats have proposed have majority support. they can win in the senate. the problem is they cant get to the 60 votes that would required to break a filib...

Filibuster and there is simply no reason to allow the abuses to continue. >> well, it means that if they were to filibuster, they have to go to the floor and do as you say, "mr. smith goes to washington," and talk endlessly until some conclusion. what do the changes mean for democratic bills, you think? >> it could mean a lot, because many of the bills that democrats have proposed have majority support. they can win in the senate. the problem is they cant get to the 6 o votes that would be requi...

Bind. u.s. dependency on egypt is stabilizing force means the administration may be forced to look the other way when it comes to domestic abuses of power in that country. within days of acting as a helpful partner and forging the fragile peace between hamas and israel. mohamed morsi has taken advantage perhaps of u.s. support and solidified his own power exempting himself from judicial review until a new constitution is ratified. a process he has extended by two months. he dismissed the country...

Is theu@ak or ![abase? >> the elections are over, were moving forward. were not going to repeal obahe obama care would put us deeper in debt and reduce the revenues and cost our economy drs of view also, look, theres a lot of things in theéj heah care act that are important for our seniors and smallsinesses, for families and taking on the abuses of private insurance companies, it move forward. theres things we can improve upon. lets do that as democrats and reic rehash the debate that i think ...

Senator-elect elizabeth warren of massachusetts is probably one of the most qualified people ever to potentially serve on the senate banking committee. so of course, wall street is trying to fight it. lobbyists are pressuring lawmakers to deny her a seat on the committee. according to mother jones magazine. the lobbying groups have been going nuts to keep warren off the committee according to a senate aid. the effort appears to be failing. there are two spots open on the banking committee and de...

David seems to be suggesting that they have to make on policy? in order to appeal to a larger constituency? >> they certainly can. i think its going to be tough, though, because they sold the base on this idea you have to be ideologically pure, and you have to sort of change who the base is if youre going to get more electable candidates on the primary. i want to touch on something david said. the year that things shifted, before ronald reagan, he 70% top tax rates for top income earners. you ha...

To do. if you had made debate on points, clearly areas in there where the president beat romney clearly, but i think overall it was sort of even debate but you have to say mitt romney is the winner. he accomplished what he came to do. >> greta: if there is no daylight between them on so many matters of foreign policy, if you are truly an undecided and if you are going to base your entire decision on tonight, you are going to make your decision basically on probably what you should who do you lik...

To do. if you had made debate on points, clearly areas in there where the president beat romney clearly, but i think overall it was sort of even debate but you have to say mitt romney is the winner. he accomplished what he came to do. >> greta: if there is no daylight between them on so many matters of foreign policy, if you are truly an undecided and if you are going to base your entire decision on tonight, you are going to make your decision basically on probably what you should who do you lik...

Responsibility to protect and how important it is to protect the sanctity of the idea of humanitarian intervention. to protect the idea of the -- that it is a legitimate use of force to stop gross human rights abuses and genocide. has the sanctity of that idea, the legitimacy of that idea, been undermined in the past decade because of the iraq war and because of other things? >> i think the responsibility to protect came up after the iraq war. i know its something that had been discussed for a l...