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Represent 186 million people were defeated in a senate vote today by group of senators who represent 144 million people. the founders debated whether the number of senators should be proportional to the populations of the states. and in the end, they landed on a compromise position of two senators per state, which did not seem like an atrocious perversion of democracy at the time. because the biggest state, virginia, had only 747,000 people. but today, washington d.c., which is represented by ze...

Apple wouldnt change the courts perspective -- peoples perspective on the supreme court. they really praised the work. he said he thought it would be foolish for whoever did this would change the way the court does its work. whatever he says about it, this leak itself was absolutely stunning. it had to do with this mississippi 15 week abortion ban. we had oral arguments just back in december. those oral arguments, it looked like chief justice ron john rob was looking at a compromise position. ma...

>> there would be a no-fly zone around that western ukrainian humanitarian assistance zone. and thats a compromise position. its not a no-fly zone over all ukraine, but itd be western ukraine. then to allow the international red cross the corridors connecting to that, to allow refugees a safe area. i mean, there are risks to it, but i think its time for our administration, for nato to raise the stakes for president putin. >> well, i like what youre saying. finish you know, im sure thats going to...

So are this apparent failures of the initiative? is it lack of leadership or is it a compromise position with the administration, is it incompetence? >> every case is evaluated on its own with respect to the law and the facts. we continue to open cases involving the peoples republic of china daily as the director said. we will not in any way let up our concerns about chinese -- >> all right, i want to move on. glad you are not going to go soft on china because this administration is going soft o...

Not another democrat can win that state, in my opinion. i hate seeing the climate stuff go. hate it. just like i hated seeing the public option go from obamacare. but i would say to the progressives, youve got to vote for a bill if it improves the status quo, right? if it is better. if it is progress, not perfection. i dont like seeing people vote against a bill for whats not in it. i wanted a public option in obamacare. we didnt get it. im glad we passed it anyway. what was in it was better tha...

Original $3.5 trillion. whatever we do, it will be transformative. but the fact is is that if there is, are fewer dollars to spend, there are choices to be made. >> choices to be made. meanwhile, progressive leaders like bernie sanders argues that was the compromise position and that it has widespread support. >> we have the strong support, the overwhelming support of the american people. 3.5 trillion is already a major compromise and the time is now long overdue for senators manchin and senator...

The department of justice, this is having a disproportionate effect on women who lack means or who are in some sort of compromise position. if you are wealthy and free to travel, you can just go to another state. but for a lot of women, that is not the reality. we just heard two examples of how bad and dangerous this law is. >> absolutely, and that is something -- these are only two examples of. many theyre woman coming in every day, hoping for some type of resolve, or some type of resource to a...

Resolution on saturday, which will actually move the process forward. it will send the bill -- all the bills, the $3.5 trillion and accumulate spending, and also the revenue measures that the ways and means committee has adopted as part of their process. were going to advance that to the rules committee. and then presumably it will go to the floor. but youre exactly right. this was an agreement in the senate. it was an agreement in the house. bernie sanders originally wanted to have growth spend...

Six-week vigilante justice law makes mississippis law look like the moderate compromise position and puts kavanaugh, amy coney barrett in a more comfortable spot than it would if texas hadnt come first. >> the other thing is that democratic women are horrified in particular, and woman who believe in some sort of abortion are horrified. and that is a -- at least based on numbers, thats the majority of women in this country. when this supreme court ruling came through, i got calls in the middle of...

Like the moderate compromise position and putsco kavanaugh, y coney barrett in a more comfortable spot than it would if texas hadnt come first. >> the other thing is that democratic women are horrified in particular, and woman who believe in some sort of abortion or horrified, and that is a -- at least based on numbers, the majority of women in this country. when this supreme court ruling came through, i got calls in the middle of the night from people on the record o immediately to say how upse...