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Cosponsors of that bill. today, ryan is claiming that he was just following the crowd when it came to this legislation. >> you cosponsored abortion related legislation with congressman akin. >> that bill passed by 251 votes. it was bipartisan. >> keep in mind, only three years ago, ryan was one of two republicans to introduce the term forcible rape into abortion legislation. this was not a sweeping bipartisan initiative by any stretch of the imagination, but paul ryan has a history of hiding who...

A member from an opposing market to speak on legislation that affects his or her district? >> abundant precedent. rachel, when there is a bill, a bill affecting a country, but you want to speak on the bill, perhaps you were a cosponsor, maybe one of ten cosponsors, you get to speak on the bill for any of the really relevant witnesses do. here you have a bill that affects only my district, in other districts in the united states, which signals out the residents of the district of columbia and say...

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Tried. >> i know but estonia and lithuania -- >> let me bring in tara. this isnt necessarily that crazy of an idea. representative john lindher has 64 cosponsors for this. he introduced legislation, and that is a record for cosponsors on his side. >> actually, congressman lindher has been introducing this legislation since 1999. and since 1999, he has failed to get the amount of support needed to bring it forward. im not here to argue that we dont need to simplify the tax code. albert einstein f...

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