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Votes, but in order to sort of get the votes going you need 60 votes and the filibuster is something the republicans use to stop that from ever happening, that deprive the party in power of the 60 votes they need and harry reid doesnt like it. now, when he was in the the minority, he felt a little differently, chris, but now hes on this campaign to seriously curtail the filibuster rights of the minority? >> well, thats for sure. and the calls have grown and grown among democrats for something it...

Budget? >> well, congressman engel, this is a bipartisan problem. since 2007, the department has consistently requested greater funding for embassy construction and diplomatic security, but with the exception of 2010, the congress has consistently enacted less than requested. most notably in 2012, the department received 340 million dollars less than requested, close to 10% less. now, over the last two years, cuts to the embassy construction, security and maintenance budget was almost 10% of tha...

What im talking about lets play it. >> we were told allegedly protests and this all sprang out of that and that was easily ascertained that that was not the fact. >> but-- >> the american people could have known at that within days and they didnt know that. >> with all due respect, the fact is we have four dead americans, was it because of a protest or guys out for a walk one night and decided theyd go kill americans. what difference at this point does it make? it is our job to figure out what h...

Think is true. im sure that was the white house that chose her. >> megyn: right. >> and she also said that she hadnt read any of the cables that had come to the state department pleading for more security in benghazi, so, she got herself at least, sought to get herself off the hook on a number of counts. >> megyn: but circling back to the first exchange with ron johnson, for hillary clinton to say what does it matter, what difference at this point does it make in response to his question of why ...

>> congressman, this is a bipartisan problem. since 2007, the department has consistently requested greater funding for embassy construction and diplomatic security, but with the exception of 2010, the congress has consistently enacted less than requested, most notably in 2012, the department received $340 million less than requested. close to 10% less. over the last two year, cuts to the security and maintenance budget was almost 10% of that as well. now the arb and i would refer to them becaus...

Security situation in benghazi or did know something about that security situation. either way, the point is that security requests were denied. im not sure the board here saw the full picture. if not, its report is not a complete blueprint for fixing things. the state department must get this right. al qaeda and affiliates will very likely be targeting other diplomats for years to come. madam secretary, the committee stands ready to help. i learned that you anded administration proposed legisla...

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>> per im tamron hall. the "news nation" is following round two. secretary of state hillary clinton any minute expected to testify at her second hearing of the day to the attack on the u.s. consulate in bengazi. earlier the secretary took on republican members of the senate foreign relations committee for more than two hours, standing her ground and at times getting emotional. >> and we were misled that there were supposedly protests and something sprang out of that. that was easily ascertained ...