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This week the house is expected to vote on the bill that could effectively ban abortion coverage through the new health care exchanges. just with private money in those exchanges. and you know who is one of the original cosponsors of the bill? none other than rand paul who boasts im 100% pro-life and proproud to be an original cosponsor of no taxpayers for abortions in the senate. joining me now is kate metowitz. a contributing editor at city journal. shes also the author of manning up. how the ...

Not just with taxpayer dollars but just with private money in those exchanges. and you know who is one of the original cosponsors of the bill? none other than rand paul who boasts im 100% pro-life and proud to be an original cosponsor of no taxpayers for abortions in the senate. joining me now is kay hymowitz. a senior fellow at the manhattan institute. a contributing editor at city journal. shes also the author of manning up. how the rise of women is turning men into boys. and nancy giles. cont...

Thats what they are in congress. theyre squishy. normally they have to stick their finger in the air and see which way the winds blowing before they make a decision. this should be a no brainer. we have 105 congressmen and senators who signed on as cosponsors of the bill, but id like to know where the rest of them are. weve already won this, so they dont have to choose which side they want. all they have to do is vote on it. its not going to cost the american taxpayer a nickel. >> this is privat...

Coming off of a very expensive election in 2012 is the amount of dark money coming in and you might not think that has anything to do with civil discourse in washington but it does. when you come off a race that is very brutal and very difficult and very pointed and you come back here and now you need to and we need to work with some of the same folks who are advocating for the dark money add to these lexs i think it adds to the lack of being able to talk about the issues that are important for ...

Idea and i would ask harry reid to stand up and let us have a vote on this in the senate. >> do you have democratic cosponsors in the senate? >> not yet. we just introduced it on thursday. we will find some. clearly concerns about the heal care law, things that were finding all of the folks that have had insurance, dont have it now. you know, to do health care reform, which was needed, you shouldnt have to hurt people that already have insurance in order to help people that dont have insurance. ...

A big problem. that squares with what republican, mark kirk, cosponsor of a bill that would have tough new sanctionses against iran, is saying today. kirk telling fox earlier today, quote, the american people are rightfully distrustful of irans true nuclear intention and todays news demonstrates why congress needs to pass a nuclear weapon free iran act to protect of protect us from iranian detection. if we want a world without iranian nuclear weapons we need to send the message bad faith will be...

He voted for the testing, drug testing for food stamp recipients in july. it was on september 19th when he decided to cosponsor an obscure bill in the house of representatives that only has 17 cosponsors which hunter just mentioned which reduces mandatory minimum sentences in dug cases, it would allow judges discretion to go below the mandatory minimums. now september 19th when he did that, sorry, september 17th, when he did that, by everything we know tonight he was clearly in the throes of his...

Insurance is more affordable and more secure. if you like your health care plan you can keep your health care plan. >> if you have health insurance through your employer, you can keep your health insurance, your choice or doctor, keep your plan. >> if you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan, period. >> period. no qualifier, no caveat. how many people are signing on oh to the bill now? >> currently we have 40 republican cosponsors. we need democratic senator...

Law. emergency services and preventive services and mental health services. we have cosponsors of the excellence in mental health act. let me start with you. explain to me exactly this bipartisan bill and why its necessary. what gaps in the law exist that this is filling. >> its great to be here with you and with senator blunt, my great partner in this effort. right now one out of four people in our country have some kind of mental health issue. the good news is starting in january all health ca...

The members wanted to read every one of this messages. >> you believe that? i think they say, good to see you, and they dont mean a word of it. >> i do believe that because one of the most powerful voices for change in washington is the millenial voice. our organization was started by five young people who were frustrated. we lad no idea where we were going, but we got together on the weekends, at night, and came up with this idea of the can kicks back and now we have over 20,000 supporters. we ...