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Grow opportunities for our constituents. >> reporter: reid wants the senate to do the highway trust fund and patriot bill first. the senate can only do one thing in the next month. meanwhile, moments ago, the senate passed a republican budget plan 51-48. that would balance over the next decade and cut $5 trillion in spending and essentially gut obamacare. >> mike live on the hill thank you. what do you think? do you support the transpacific trade deal? let me know on facebook or on twitter @bret...

The government shut down. they do not want to be tied with that brush this time around. >> i dont think they -- >> why are you smiling? >> well, shes going to occupy the space that ted cruz occupied on the other side of the spectrum -- >> no, shes going to occupy wall street is what shes going to do. thats ridiculous. >> ooh. >> what. >> raul yesterday on the air, he didnt even know about the provision put in here about raising contribution limits from $32,000 to $320,000. >> exactly. >> chuck t...

Spend so much money on trying to avoid gmo labelling and the movement is getting bigger and bigger. >> sarah slayman, womens rights activist from texas. when this bill first passed, you said you considered leaving texas. you planned to stay and fight. and what about the response of women in the state to this? >> the people are exhausted. we have done our part. and thats why i join you in demanding reform of the filibuster in the senate. we cannot allow another generation to be salddled with thes...

Spend so much money on trying to avoid gmo labeling and the movement is getting bigger and bigger. >> sara slayman, womens rights activist from texas. when this bill first passed, you said you considered leaving texas. you stayed there to fight and what has the response been? >> the people are exhausted. we have done our part and thats why i join you in demanding reform of the filibuster in the senate. we cannot allow another generation to be saddled with these idealogical votes. we need reform ...

Pass the bill first. if it gets big bipartisan support there, if reid is the only one standing in the way of sending new sanctions to the president. and the majority leader was not feeling well early this morning and aides say he was taken to the hospital for caution -- precaution. after resting, all indications are he is on the way to recovery. >> thank you. president obama said his personal new years revolution is to be nicer to the white house press corp. perhaps the presidents biggest reso...

Researchers at the university of texas estimate that next year more than 22,000 women from mostly low-income and rural areas could be denied safe and legal abortion under the law. but to be very clear about this, this just isnt about abortion oh. this is about restricting womens access to basic health care, because the clinics republicans are targeting provide a heck of a lot more than abortions. in a state where more than 25% of the population is under 65 is uninsured, many women are force ohhe...

Income will have to have their income verified. those are the con fewers of the deal. now we expect as i said the senators to announce it. the next question is how is this going to get voted on? house republican leaders are meeting as we speak, ashleigh, to finalize what we believe is going to be the process that theyre going to use, which is that the house will actually take up the senate bill first. because its just procedurally, it will expedite the process. at this point, it does look like a...

Minutes, and several minutes is probably not giving it the credit its due. the gist of it, basically is this, brooke. the president will sign, depending on what the legislation looks like, a short-term debt ceiling increase that is clean. so you know, one of the things we heard from white house officials earlier this morning and last night is yes, the president wants to sign any debt ceiling increase that is clean, whether its short term, long-term, whatever, but what i sense during this briefin...

Component. they would never ban a song by a black artist. i like the rap music. >> i like the rap music. >> by sthaig i am the target audience. but lets face it, there is a lot of massage knee in wrap music. >> arent there two black artists on this? >> but he is not the black artist. >> but it is robin thicke. >> have i to get to -- i have to get to bill first. >> where is the research? if you do the cocaine after you drink the lines are a little less blurred and thats a message for you kids out...

Over. what are the prospects for this legislation going forward. jason, lets deal with the senate bill first. is this an improvement? >> i would say on balance it is an improvement. major problem with the current system, too few ways to come. this expands more legal ways to enter the country. secondly, it does something about the huge illegal population we already have here now. >> paul: puts them on path on citizenship 15 years down the road. >> those are two major problems and this bill takes ...