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Of getting us to where weve got a virtuous society? >> i lose no sleep over the scandal of money and politics, the scandal of republican money in politics. it doesnt worry me at all. i just blow through campaign contribution limits all together. id allow people to make anonymous donation to the parties. i dont have a problem with that. what i would like to do is concentrate on the real influence peddlers, the lobbying industry. >> isnt there a clear connection between the money going to the camp...

This one is a democrat. "the campaign finance woes eventually led the clinton campaign to bypass individual contribution limits by funneling millions of dollars to the dnc, taking control of the dnc in the process." she is not selling a book. that is a real accusation from a lifelong democrat. >> its not an accusation. again, go back and think about what happened here. hillary clinton took the dnc when they were in a ton of debt, when they were basically bankrupt, and got them out of bankruptcy,...

In 401(k) contribution limits. the president then tweeted were never going to let that happen, we are not changing 4o1 kays and then senator parker advised the president, stay out of tax policy, dont get into it. frankly i think this is where he used a tweet on policy quite effectively and he was hearing then from a senator, dont put your nose and congressional business, and i can understand congressman wanting the president not to get involved but in this case if the party had gone down that ro...

So there are, i think, about 20 days left for congress to be in d.c. to work this out. obviously those holidays can be cut short but your on a close deadline, looking at a really close vote. so far no democrats have said theyre going to support this. just in the senate alone you have a bare two votes, three votes with the vice president. so youre looking at something thats pretty tight. right now you dont even have a majority of republicans saying theyre going to support this. so its a lot of wo...

World of trumpism in a way that seems inescapable for him. he should apologize not about what he talked about in terms of his own family and own experiences. >> no, of course not. >> apologize specifically for getting it wrong about representative wilson. and thats an easy thing to do. but unfortunately, trumpism does not allow for apologies, so hed have to actually work against his boss in order to issue a public apology, which he should do. he got it wrong, whether intentionally or not. the re...

Is working closely with every republican in the senate to build on the legislation passed by the house of representatives. president trump said it plainly the other day when he had every senator over to the white house, he said he had pen in hand. hes ready to act. and the senate healthcare bill, we believe, is the right bill at the right time to begin to repeal and replace obama care. let me tell you about it. the bill being considered in the senate today, the senate healthcare bill puts americ...

Whether it has to do with contribution limits, whether it has to do with, pnd tur limits or whether it has to do with disclosure rierments. >> if somebody were out and out to buy a vet or. >> i think justice kennedy would agree with you, yes. >> would you agree? >> id follow the law. and thats my understand. >> if i was a prosecutor, wed call that corruption. >> all right. ill trust you there, oo, senator. >> and but influence is different ways. for example, when you became a judge, you were her...

Contribution limits, whether it has to do with extendature limits or with disclosure requirements. >> if somebody were out and out to buy a vote, buy a favor, wed all agree thats corruption, is it not? >> i think justice kennedy would agree with you, yes. >> would you agree with me? >> id follow the law. n thats my understanding. that would certainly fall within my understanding of the law. >> when i was a prosecutor wed call that corruption. >> ill trust you there, too, senator. >> and i did. n...

Whether it has to do a contribution limits, whether it has to do with expenditure limits or whether it has to do with disclosure requirements. >> if somebody were to out and out by a vote or by a favor, wed all agree thats corruption, is it not? >> i think justice kennedy would agree with you, yes. >> would you agree with me? >> i follow the law. thats my understanding. >> if i was a prosecutor, would you call that corruption? >> ill trust you there too, sir. >> i did. influence is in different ...

We have what you need to know. good morning, ladies. happy new year to you both. leave it to the federal government to add everyones holiday hangover. there are big tax code changes you need to know about for 2016. first tax day is april 18th because of emancipation day thats a holiday that falls on april 15th this year. you have an extra weekend. obamacare penalties are going up again. if you dont have qualifying healthcare coverage in 2015 you are going to owe more in 2016. the fine for adul...