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You can think of it as an honor system. an honor system for convicted murderers. if we as a country have agreed that felons give up their right to purchase a gun, do we agree this is a reasonable way to enforce that law? the honor system for felons and people with severe mental illness. if you ask the gun rights people about this honor system for felons, if you ask the nra about closing this loophole, making private sellers have to check to see if they are selling it to i afelon, the nra says th...

Form. after the republicans attached a 1, 700 oil pipeline from canada to the gulf of mexico to the bill, the white house issued a formal veto threat letter to the house of representatives. "if the president were presented with hr 3630, he would veto the bill." that made the vote tonight an academic exercise, especially since the bill didnt come close to getting a veto-proof two-thirds majority in the house. joining me now is congressman steny hoyer of maryland, the house democratic whip. congre...

1, 700 oil pipeline from canada to the gulf of mexico to the bill, the white house issued a formal veto threat letter to the house of representatives. "if the president were presented with hr 3630, he would veto the bill." that made the vote tonight an academic exercise, especially since the bill didnt come close to getting a veto-proof two-thirds majority in the house. joining me now is congressman steny hoyer of maryland, the house democratic whip. congressman hoyer, why did the democrats vote...

Him identify which -- >> the president? >> all of these things -- no, eric cantor. get him on here and ask what hes opposed to. >> because he didnt come to leadership, didnt return their calls before the speech, hasnt met with them since, it might have been the plan all along to put the jobs bill out there, something that republicans couldnt get behind, and then run against what they couldnt pass. >> you mean youre citing mitch mcconnell, the guy who at the beginning of this congress said that h...

Dont care how much you make, where you live. president obama wants to take more. this is a moral question. what is a legitimate share? >> sean: they dont want to answer that question. >> i spent my entire show today asking democrats, give me a share share. they wont answer it. >> what is unfortunate he proposed something he knew could not pass in the current congress because it couldnt pass in the democratically led congress. now the nation is embroiled in a debate over class warfare and what is...

Where you live. president obama wants to take more. this is a moral question. what is a legitimate share? >> sean: they dont want to answer that question. >> i spent my entire show today asking democrats, give me a share share. they wont answer it. >> what is unfortunate he proposed something he knew could not pass in the current congress because it couldnt pass in the democratically led congress. now the nation is embroiled in a debate over class warfare and what is class warfare and what is no...

An effort to "curb abuses by for profit colleges. far too many of these schools are saddling students with unmanageable debts in exchange for largely worthless degrees. ">> someone is committing fraud, go after them! go after them with a vengeance. but dont paint all of these schools, a certain segment of our educational system as being fraudulent. >> the concern is that poor students would be persuaded to borrow money they couldnt pay back but the proposed legislation would be very difficult to...

Education department says its an effort to "curb abuses by for profit colleges. far too many of these schools are saddling students with unmanageable debts in exchange for largely worthless degrees. ">> someone is committing fraud, go after them! go after them with a vengeance. but dont paint all of these schools, a certain segment of our educational system as being fraudulent. >> the concern is that poor students would be persuaded to borrow money they couldnt pay back but the proposed legislat...

With high majorities in the house and senate yet the president couldnt pass his own budget. again, time after time they kick the can down the road with regard to raising the debt ceiling and dealing with their spending, out of control spending which adds to our deficit. as a republican i think we have to stand our ground. they cant put a gun to our heeds and make us raise the debt ceiling by making all these ominous predictions. all good things come to an end. we need a budget for 2012, serious ...

At those levels, as well. >> look ahead to the vote next week, does this thing pass? >> i think that speaker pelosi would be unlikely to bring her members back if she thought it couldnt pass. that said, theres some tough writing on the wall out there for her. the agriculture committee chairman has quarreled with the way this is paid for. one of the things theyre going to do is cut food stamps starting in 2014. the idea, i think, is to be able to come back and pay for that later somehow. but righ...