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Climate change, its only one feature of our energy conservation strategy weve got in this country. the oil is going to be produced in canada and either theyre going to run a pipeline top fort ruppert british columbia and put it on boats and ship it to china or ship it down across month. because i negotiated an on-ramp in montana well no longer have to ship the royal by rail all over the country right through big cities, and it would be able to go on the keystone pipeline. a lot of dont understan...

It had a great deal of her personal narrative in it. i would really discourage members of congress from doing that. you and i ed share backgrounds as well. you know im from the working class. i think you have to be sparing in how often you use your own life example. >> can the president get equal pay for women with this current climate in washington? can something get done? >> im actually thinking it can. again, i think fear will motivate more of the republicans in congress who have resisting. t...

On the divided congress. one thing notably absent from the speech when it comes to energy independence was no mention of the keystone xl pipeline, the proposed 1700-mile pipeline would carry tar sands oil from canada to the great plains to the refineries in texas. supporters say it would create thousands of jobs and cut u.s. fuel costs by reducing the nations reliance on oil imports from nations less friendly than canada. critics say it would harm the environment and impact climate change. no be...

0 thats right. for president obamas fifth state of the union, republicans sank to new lows of insults, distortions and disrespect. and they began even before the speech started. gop congressman randy webber tweeted "on the floor of the house waiting for command and the in chef. he meant in chief. he goes on to say, "the socialist dictator whos been feeding us a line, or is it a lying? "way to keep it classy, congressman, calling the president a lying socialist dictator before hes even given his ...

0 cost jobs and hurt minorities and young people. show me the numbers. they dont exist. harkin hit the nail right on the head. earlier today, harkin gave a passionate senate floor speech on passing the minimum wage. >> working people have to turn to the safety net for food stamps and all other kinds of things just to help them get by. a recent study found that our taxpayers have to pick up the tab for millions of working families to the tune of about $240 billion a year. these are people who wor...

Sharpton, ed schultz reporting live from the capital. the republicans decided to do three competing responses to the president which should be an amazing thing. tuesday, state of the union, which we celebrate like christmas all day long here on msnbc. mark your calendar. well be right back. aflac! aflac! got em. ♪ yeah, hes clean, boss. now listen to me, duck. i have an associate that met with, uh, an unfortunate accident.

With as we just heard a new framework that puts investor disputes above the state or its our nation or a local government that is trying to regulate safety, the multinational company, the foreign corporation can trump our ability to regulate. unfortunately, i dont believe the chairman and the ranking republican -- any of the republicans, unfortunately do, and the irony, ed, is most republicans that are on base believe there shouldnt be fast track, and that these deals stink. and that theyre not ...

Point? they wont do anything on jobs or unemployment extension. what are they for? they talk about what theyre against. >> this is what theyre for. they do, ed. if you look at what the extreme right wingers are about. social security, medicare, medicaid, a minimum wage, the concept of the minimum wage disappears. if you can hire somebody for three bucks an hour from the perspective of most republicans, thats just fine. they want to move us, ed. we should be very clear about this. they want to mo...

When do you tell those folks this probably isnt going to happen? >> i think, ed, what our job is now is to rally the american people to give the republicans an offer that they cant refuse. that is if they continue to stand with the wealthy and the big money interest against working families, if we are strong in organizing and educating, the republicans have a choice. either theyre going to start doing the right thing or theyre going to lose control over the house. >> we can only hope. i apprecia...

0 the hall of congress. nobody is going to get taxed anymore. no one is going to have money taken way from them. the wealthiest americans will live the same as they did yesterday, tomorrow. do you want the republicans want a recovery before the midterms? do you think they want another nine months of private sector job growth going into the midterm? they dont want any of that. theyre trying to butcher this economy. theyre trying to torpedo it. theyre trying to bring as much anguish as they can on...