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>> senator, who would be against standards to make sure people vote? >> ed, i dont know anymore. who would be in favor of going off a fiscal cliff to protect the billionaires? what can i tell you? we are living in a strange and beautiful country. but i dont know who could be against this. but well see how this goes with this law. >> now, this would put -- >> yeah? >> this would put more machines in places and more personnel in places to alleviate the problems of long lines? this would be federal...

Republicans ever agree to a tax hike deal? text "a" for yes and text "b" for no to 622639. you can always go to our blog and leave a comment. well bring you the results later on in the show. joining me tonight, congressman steny hoyer of maryland, the house democratic whip. congressman, good to have you with us tonight. appreciate it. >> always good to be with you, ed. thanks. >> got some folks nervous talking about entitlements. when you say entitlement cuts are on the table, what does that m...

That can go into place right away. >> senator, who would be against standards to make sure people vote? >> ed, i dont know anymore. who would be in favor of going off a fiscal cliff to protect the billionaires? what can i tell you? we are living in a strange and beautiful country. but i dont know who could be against this. but well see how this goes with this law. >> now, this would put -- >> yeah? >> this would put more machines in places and more personnel in places to alleviate the problems o...

>> yeah, we sure do. >> what do you make of this? >> you know what, ed, the point that you were just making, i mean, its funny and it seems ludicrous, but at the same time, we know that the kind of misinformation campaigns that fox news and this right-wing, sort of smear machine engage in, it can be very dangerous. i mean, earlier in the show, you talked about people who were calling in to members of congress, asking if their disabled child was going to be taken away by the u.n. thats the kind o...

Gap in america. >> now, ive heard it suggested that the problem is that the american people have changed. that too many people want things from government. but im still convinced that the overwhelming majority of our people, they just want what my parents had -- a chance. >> im joined by congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz tonight, of florida, chairwoman of the dnc. great to have you with us, congresswoman. >> great to be with you, ed, thank. >> now, those are two key players there on the rep...

Tonight identive picked a quotm sheldon adelsoadelsons new boo. madison wrote, "a popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy or perhaps both. knowledge will forever governor ignorance. and a peep who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives." they were pretty smart back then. for more, lets turn to karen finney, msnbc political analyst and former dnc communications director. ...

>> now, ive heard it suggested that the problem is that the american people have changed. that too many people want things from government. but im still convinced that the overwhelming majority of our people, they just want what my parents had -- a chance. >> im joined by congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz tonight, of florida, chairwoman of the dnc. great to have you with us, congresswoman. >> great to be with you, ed, thank. >> now, those are two key players there on the republican party. o...

0 specific proposal. and it is also super unpopular. look at this. almost 70% of americans say they oppose raising the eligibility age for medicare. that number is slightly higher among republicans than it is for the general population. more republicans oppose john boehners plan than the already extremely high margin of the general public that opposes john boehners plan. now, if youre following the news very closely in this slow-motion, groundhog day-esque political negotiation, maybe yoç alrea...

0 >> no doubt. but lets be very clear here tonight that you would be on top of that ticket. that would be finney/schultz. >> okay. >> i would not aspire to the office of visibility -- i would just want to outdo dick cheney, the way he used air force 2 and go around hunting and fishing all over the country. >> just dont shoot anybody in the face, ed. >> i wouldnt do that. karen finney, great to have you with us tonight. thanks so much. >> take care. >> that is "the ed show." im ed schultz. "the r...

job title is united states representative. amidç the crush of members heading out of the capital building today, you could even spot republican congressman mo brooks of alabama biking into his five-day weekend. the house wont be back in session until tuesday of next week. but its not like they dont do work over the weekend. super long or otherwise. many house members will go back home to their districts this weekend where, of course, theyre going to be hearing from their constituents...