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Because i was in italy when "the pride and prejudice" thing happened. i hadnt seen it. >> shes italian? >> shes italian. yeah. we met in colombia. [ speaking foreign language ] >> i can tell you dont speak italian. >> i cant. >> that was a very, very good bluff. no. they just sort of thought, well, why -- is this repressionist? sexy for the british people or something? do you think all -- do you find john major sexy? >> not personally, no. but theyve learned to love you, her family. i was readin...

Pride and prejudice" thing happened. and none of us -- i hadnt seen it. >> shes italian? >> shes italian. >> yeah. >> we met in colombia. >> how is your italian? [ speaking foreign language ] >> i can tell you dont speak italian. >> i cant. >> that was a very, very good bluff. >> thank you. >> no, they just sort of thought, well, why, is this repressionist? sexy for the british people or something? do you think all -- do you find john major sexy? >> not personally, no. but theyve learned to love...

Democrats calling the republicans bluff over a spending bill that democrats hoped to pass before the end of the year. its the spending bill to funds the government. its the spending bill to fund the entire u.s. government through the next year. earlier it today, republicans threatened to paralyze the senate boy having that bill, 1,924 ages read out loud on the senate floor. even though it was a bill they helped author and a handful of senate republicans reportedly said they would support it when...

Ceiling, its the wall street folks who own much of that debt and will therefore feel the most pain if the u.s. government decides to forfeit its full faith and credit. tea party wing hates it. corporate interests need it. and stuck in the middle are elected republicans forced to choose between the people they want to vote for them and the people who fund their campaigns. solution? bluff your way out of it. the best outcome for republicans right now is to convince everyone theyre not going to rai...

That makes chairman ryan a czar. which by the way violates yet another of boehners new rules. all their new laws have to explain their basis in the constitution. the house budget chairman czar is not mentioned in the constitution. of course that new republican rule is also funny and also bull spit. standing house rule 13-d-1 adopted at least as far back as 1999 says all committee reports on bills must cite, quote, the specific powers granted to congress in the constitution to enact the law. on...

Rachel maddow. merry christmas. have a good new year. >> if you think im going to leave you alone between now and the new year, youve got another thing coming. thank you, keith. thanks to you at home for staying with us for the next hour. we start with breaking news out of washington. what we were expecting to bring you at this hour was a high stakes showdown on the senate floor between democrats and republicans. we expected to show you democrats calling the republicans bluff over a spending b...

Mistakes but count those as valuable learned experiences, learn and grow from them, and build on them, and dont ever, ever give up. you dont need to stop and inhale. if youre going through hell, thats not where you want to park f. youre going through hell, you probably want to keep going. you dont want to pump the brakes in the middle of the hell. if youre going through hell, just keep going. most people get buried by failures and mishaps. i guess it wasnt meant to be. it might not have been mea...

Democrats who think the white house should have held out for a better deal. the way they look at it here is we have two choices. roll the dice, try to call the republicans bluff and hope somehow theyre going to get a better deal in january once republicans take over? at the expense of americans who would see tax bills go up? here at the white house they said that wasnt a gamble they were willing to make. they feel as though he did extract concessions out of republicans. they point to the unemplo...

>> i think the american people are i dont care who you rebrand it, are it is still another stimulus that hasnt worked. this year we will be in debt $1.5 trillion. it is such a reckless pace. the old adage when you are in a hole stop digging and we are adding 10,000 federal jobs and the pro private sector continuo suffer. when we have 10% unemployment we cannot be adding the tax on it. >> neil: a fair point. i suspect this is what might be going on. you are closer to the fire than i will ever be,...

Saying, finally. the president said the same republicans who created this deficit and gave tax cuts to the wealthy wont help those out of work now. come november we may look back and say this is the day that the midterm election campaign really began. plus the crisis in the gulf of mexico is not over yet, but the cap on the oil well is still holding. there are concerns that oil or gas may be seeping out beneath the seabed, but no oil has leaked goo the gulf for four days. well check with our f...