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Point about the law and what they disagree with. it is probably not a good eye tee to keep it going. as far as the inappropriateness of the state of the union opinion. ronald reagan made it clear that he disagreed with roe versus wade and now they ruled on it. >> chris: that was about eight, nine years later. >> no, they had just reaffirmed it. >> chris: is your argument that this is fair game? >> i dont think chief justice roberts felt too bad when he was at president bushs press rallies. i wou...

Of the state of the union opinion. ronald reagan made it clear that he disagreed with roe versus wade and now they ruled on it. >> chris: that was about eight, nine years later. >> no, they had just reaffirmed it. >> chris: is your argument that this is fair game? >> i dont think chief justice roberts felt too bad when he was at president bushs press rallies. i would offer a compromise which is the supreme court stop going to the state of the union and in exchange they start broadcasting on c-sp...

Of the state of the union opinion. ronald reagan made it clear that he disagreed with roe versus wade and now they ruled on it. >> chris: that was about eight, nine years later. >> no, they had just reaffirmed it. >> chris: is your argument that this is fair game? >> i dont think chief justice roberts felt too bad when he was at president bushs press rallies. i would offer a compromise which is the supreme court stop going to the state of the union and in exchange they start broadcasting on c-sp...

That is have your interests at heart. we cover payday lenders. there are other area where is were tougher. so i just made this announcement. we are going to wait for the senate to pass the bill. i hope its a better bill than there have been some indications. i hope senator dodd is able to get what he really wants through. but if not, were going to have a house/senate conference and were going to give my conservative republican friends what they kind of wanted, im not sure they do, were going to ...

>> we have general odierno on, the ambassador on. quite frankly, afghanistan has gotten a lot of coverage, richard engel. its in the front page. is massa a big story, when that strange story comes out? of course, it is. all these other stories are getting coverage. it looks to me like patrick k kennedy has the issues are giving him real trouble that i think are taking him right out of the congress of the united states. >> its been a very tough year and he has suffered a horrible loss, and is abo...

Have a fiduciary responsibility, that is have your interests at heart. there are other area where is were tougher. soy just made this announcement. we are going to wait for the senate to pass the bill. i hope its a better bill than there have been some indications. i hope senator dodd is able to get what he really wants through. but if not, were going to have a house/senate conference and were going to give my conservative republican friends what they kind of wanted, im not sure they do, were go...

A process. particularly this undemocratic, anti-majority view that could be filibustered. i have made a radical suggestion. we have a conference. house senate conference. rather than this be decided as some people seem to think it is going to be, chris dodds need to get enough republican votes to overcoming a filibuster, i think chris knew the -- is doing the best job he can. house senate conference. frankly, i have some confidence here, andrea, that if we sit in a conference and probably be tel...

Fail, making sure taxpayers are never exposed again if there is a meltdown in the financial industry, were baa i fesically. there are other parts of the bill that senator corker is working with chairman chris dodd on, but i think this is the one big hope for a major piece of bipartisan legislation. >> at the same time, senator warner, im sure youre familiar with the comments of your colleague over there on the house side, barney frank, who says he wants to have these negotiations, the conference...

Unforeseen consequences in the current bill. >> do you believe republicans could propose something that wasnt complex to fix health care? >> we believe that we can take this step by step in a way that people can understand it with insurance reform to bring down the costs for families and small businesses. >> representative, what is the committee process about it thats not step by step? i watched a lot of the committee work going on on c-span and i got to tell you, that seemed step by step to me....

Supposed to be used with budget bills. enter 63-year-old allen frumin, the senate parliamentarian. in theory it is frumin who decides whether a given item in a health care reconciliation bill effects health care and must be stricken from the bill. >> shepard: allen frumined suddenly the most powerful man in d.c. >> some are describing him that way. we spoke with c-span former scholar in residence who has known frumin for years and who offered this warning. >> dont blame him for what happens beca...