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Of the house. house passes a bill senate passes a bill they have to come together before it goes to the presidents desk. he is in a very tough position. but he also probably knows that when the entire government shutdown last year not only was there no political consequence for republicans, they took over the house. they have the bigger majority in the house and took over the senate. so theres no way that is not in the backs of their mind even as they do have pressure to actually govern. >> dana...

By the speaker and the acceptance of it by prime minister netanyahu two weeks in advance of his election is that on both sides, there has now been injected a degree of partisanship which is not only unfortunate, i think its -- its destructive of the fabric of the relationship. >> and we are now learning that rice along with u.s. ambassador to the united nations samantha power, have been selected by the obama administration to address the apac conference. apac stands for american israel public af...

Articulate an alternative approach. and as i said before, its hard to come up with one thats plausible." palestinian president mahmoud abbas gets his turn two weeks from now. the goal -- lock in a two-state solution to the centuries-old struggle, and do it by the end of april. if that sounds like a tall order, thats because it is. the president has said the window is closing for a viable two-state solution and even puts the odds of success at less than 50%. but secretary of state john kerry is d...

Isolation and potentially demographic disaster. if you see no peace deal and continue to aggressive settlement construction, says the president, if the palestinians come to believe that the possibility of a contiguous sovereign palestinian state is no longer within reach, then our ability to manage the international fallout is limited. the interview includes a few veiled maybe taps, not quite jabs, at kerry, whos generated some angst in the west wing, for drawing outside the lines in getting the...

And he claimed even the influential american israeli lobbying group apac wants to hold off on a vote over the iran sanctions bill that now has 59 bipartisan supporters. >> what they said, and i quote. stopping the iranian nuclear program should rest on bipartisan support, and there should not be a vote at this time on the measure, close quote. >> reporter: a senior official at apac, which will be hosting its annual conference next week with benjamin netanyahu speaking tuesday, pushed back on rei...

New sanctions that she said could throw sand in the face of negotiators. >> i think it is really important for us to give diplomacy a chance, especially since were such a long road to get to this place. >> reporter: the tension came as the presidents aides signaled hes ready to take a more hands-on role in trying to forge israeli-palestinian peace, revealing palestinian president mahmoud abbas will be at the white house march 17, two weeks after netanyahus upcoming visit. the president has spoke...

You can chew, can you deliver on shrinking this gap? >> sure, we can. and it doesnt mean that those other factors arent crucial and that we dont wish we had allies in washington that could move this agenda, in the meantime, a city like new york with tremendous resources and tremendous regulatory power, et cetera, were getting paid sick days to a half million more people than have them today. we expect to have it done next month. a half million more people know theyre one paycheck away from disas...

This agenda, in the meantime, a city like new york with tremendous resources and tremendous regulatory power, et cetera, were getting paid sick days to a half million more people than have them today. we expect to have it done next month. a half million more people know theyre one paycheck away from disaster. were doing a lot of things to push up wage and benefit levels. we expect him to pay a living wage. were helping the fast food workers to get a better pay level. were doing a lot of things t...

Other factors arent crucial and that we dont wish we had allies in washington that could move this agenda, in the meantime, a city like new york with tremendous resources and tremendous regulatory power, et cetera, were getting paid sick days to a half million more people than have them today. we expect to have it done next month. a half million more people know theyre one paycheck away from disaster. were doing a lot of things to push up wage and benefit levels. we expect him to pay a living wa...

You have an iranian foreign minister who says the entire deal is dead if the united states congress -- >> has a six-month delay is there it seems to me this classic, almost tragic story embodyening the hardliners on the other side. they inadvertently line up for a deal. is there a risk here happening? >> i think that is what this is, you have sort of the leadership positions in both country now. at this point we got the supreme leader of iran who has the final say on all these matters supporting...