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And its almost like kabuki. we pretend we can solve these great public policies with a structure thats so democratically deficient. >> lets talk about that. you talk about the cornyn amendment, the republican from texas, introduced this week. lets play -- well play it and then well talk about it in a second. >> the most important difference between my amendment and the gang of eight bill is that my amendment has real border security triggers in place. while the gang of eight bill has no effectiv...

Hear the pressure from outside the beltway which is theres only so much repression latinos and other imgrajtds are going to take. thats the fact that has to be underlined in this. were fed up with 1.7 million. if barack obama continues along the path that hes on, and he could be the big loser of this. lets look at this -- >> the line that was drawn sort of legislatetively the line drawn this week was on the cornyn amendment. you had even chuck schumer saying were going not going that far. whats ...

Living held of the gang of eight and said he supports the cornyn amendment, which john mccain is calling the poison pill. >> yes. yes. >> to play it down the line, 24th are politicians, we dont expect much of them. we do expect them to do their jobs. it seems like hes tries to do both jobs, run for president, keep the conservative caucus in line, which im not sure how you do that, and get a bill off the floor. i hate to break the news, doing all three is virtually impossible. >> i think hes righ...

The amendment is at the deter citizenship, which is part of the biggest part of the bill that most of us you are championing. with rubio supporting that as well, right? so theres a way in which the current big is being paused. hes trying to gain credibility for this amendment, i think it shows the schism youre talking about, but also how impossible it is for republicans to see, get together under this amazing moment and appeal to all americans and to understand that the change in demographics me...

Screamed when they heard the measure had failed and were escorted out of the capitol. four democrats voted no and four republicans voted for it. after the background check legislation which the white house believed had the best chance of passing was defeated. one by one the senate blocked proposals to ban assault weapons, limit magazines and by agreeing to a 60-vote threshold on all amends, democrats held off passage of republican amendments they believed would weaken or kill the bill. an amendm...

Left and the right. i think people feel separated from their government. they feel that their institutions arent looking out for them." do you agree? >> i think they feel the president has not been successful in getting us out of this economic trough. i think that the american people are correct about that. all the policies, he enacted and he controlled the congress totally for two years are not working. >> bret: last thing quickly. operation fast and furious, the investigation continues. just p...

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Scientist professor and jamal simmons who worked for bill clinton, al gore and max cleland. raul, we just talked about everything that is up against this bill, this important gang of eight bill, what are the republicans facing off with this week that were looking at thats important to distinguish between poison pills and real amendments? >> well, the main thing thats really i think will be a turning point is this john corn anyone amendment. because this could give republicans cover to not suppor...