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Talks. praised ben cardin making sure congress get as look at the agreement but doesnt get too far into the substance of it. >> this legislation will be on the floor of the senate this week. there will be a lot of pretty aweful amendments quite frankly. well see where we end up. the president has said that if the corker-cardin legislation stays where it is he will not veto it. if it becomes something else, he will have to consider his options. >> reporter: in the current senate majority leader m...

Iran. president obama reluctantly backed the bill but amendments to cause him to yank the support leaving congress out of the loop altogether. senator fisher joins us live. this is an issue of great importance youre tackling this week after the initial measure passed through the committee. lets talk about this amendment process. the president has sort of begrudgingly given his approval to the way it is now. will this change what hasas been drafted so far? >> it is the duty of the united states s...

Apply to private funding. thats problematic for democrats on this. >> it went through committee. it went and voted out unanimously. there are ten co-sponsors of this bill. neither are seeing they are incompetent. none of the senators read it neither did their staff. why did harry reid identify the amendment process? he said. so theyre politicizeing this. >> i think something in the system. thats abhorrent. i. >> i think the would be was through the amendment process, cornin and the republicans m...

Anywhere else. to me thats just a ridiculous amendment. >> i think what were trying to point out is refute the republicans charges. theyre saying it creates jobs its good for our energy policies its all these things that its not. so i think the amendment process will point out the real weakness of this legislation. >> senator cardin good to have you with us tonight. thanks so much. >> thank you. let me bring in bart shelton, the former commissioner of the commodities trading commission and als...

>> the worse part is the 114th congress isnt going to be looking any better. mitch mcconnell is gearing up to take charge next month when the new gop takes over. on tuesday he gave us an idea of what his priorities are. >> well be starting next year with a job-creating bill that enjoys significant bipartisan support. first item up in the new senate will be the keystone xl pipeline. >> which is not a job creator, not for the long hall. he also gave us a taste how he will run things. >> i will hop...

Now, in addition to legislative gridlock, 2014 has been marked by a steep deterioration in personal relationships. in late january after the presidents state of the union address, house republicaning working to rebrand the party wrote the president a letter that said sometimes things dont come easy but we should never give up and never quit. we havent given up on working with you to find areas of common agreement. boehner announced thaemts the house to take the president to court. meanwhile in t...

Of the ones i just read, and there are certainly several others, is there one or two that youre most optimistic youre actually going to see happen, youre going to sebring about change and the way things are done? >> first and foremost is internally in congress is to have that filibuster reform so they can break the logjam and deadlock thats occurred in the institution of the united states senate. >> that seems like one of the toughest ones. >> yes. but they can be established in the first day of...

To protect marriage in america. an amendment to the constitution is never to be undertaken lightly. the amendment process has addressed many serious matters of national concern. and the preservation of marriage rises to this level of national importance. >> national importance. the president of the united states calling for the constitution of the united states to be changed in order to protect the nation from the threat of gay people getting married. he wasnt saying, like, congress should pass ...

Free-flowi free-flowi free-flowing place for the majority and the minority, where all peoples ideas were considered and somehow, the process worked and worked for over 200 years. the majority leader of the senate has turned the senate the to a place where you cant get your amendments voted on. what that means is, those of us all across the country who represent people, are not being given an opportunity to present the ideas of the people of the states we come from. it can change with just one mo...

Interested in having an open amendment process. >> there is mcconnell wanting an open amendment process. and harry reid wants a closed amendment process, accepts one where he thinks will get enough votes. >> the mar jo ity wants a more closed process in order to not put forward a bunch of amendments meant to embarrass them. and the minority wants an open process so they can show that the majority, if they could just get the unemployment amendments done, if only they would repeal obama care, what...