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That commitment. what we try to accomplish for the american people with the right thing for the country. our only regret tonight, our only regret, is that we did not achieve what we had hoped to accomplish. i think the american people will regret that we could not find a better way forward. >> jackie: senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell speaking to the senators about how disappointed he has with the skinny repeal amendment. it failed and the senate by 51-49 vote. thank you for joining us. "f...

Proceed. >> but the key vote will start after that. it usually takes about 20 minutes or so. we are probably looking at 1245 or 12:50 p.m. a.m. they could leave that vote open, the key on that second boat is on the skinny repeal amendment. not final passage but just to incorporate that into the bill. if a pastor, it is a part of the bill and that will be key to republicans. if they are having trouble, it could leave that vote open for a while, maybe 45 minutes or an hour, to twist arms. again, t...

Leaders from both sides reacted. >> we watched a similar process seven years ago. they had a lot of differences and were going to sort this out and thoroughly open amendment process in a situation where 51 votes could change the bill. >> i would plead one last time with my friends on the other side of the aisle, and i know can hear the cry to modify and change things. turn back, we can go through regular order, we want to work with you. we know that aca is not perfect, but we also know what you ...

Unlike most of the world, actually read the federal register. and these regulations that kathleen sebelius had pushed through shortly after obama care became law. hobbling the ability of people to keep their plan, as the president claimed they would. you read it. you saw it. and you went to the senate floor to do what? >> i took a bill to repeal that particular provision so that people would be able to keep their insurance, that they were promised they could keep. this presidential mantra that g...

September of 2010, when you, unlike most of the world, actually read the federal register. and these regulations that kathleen sebelius had pushed through shortly after obama care became law. hobbling the ability of people to keep their plan, as the president claimed they would. you read it. you saw it. and you went to the senate floor to do what? >> i took a bill to repeal that particular provision so that people would be able to keep their insurance, that they were promised they could keep. th...

Redebate because republicans are pushing an amendment to an unhe related piece of legislation authorizing the faa that would allow for the repeal of the healthcare law. today the two senate leaders, the republican minority leader mitch mcconnell, the proponent of this repeal amendment and the majority leader harry reid spared on the floor about which was worst the trillion dollars of tax and spending in the new law or the cost of repealing it, here is an example. >> it would kick kids off their ...

14th amendment. what we lack is a state check on federal power. it just equalizes the playing fe field. >> we elect members to the house of representatives and senate. i want to come back to the two key provisions here. states can get together and override a congressional enactment and you want to take away the power of the federal government to tax which as we all know for better or worse is the income tax which is the critical provision and you take those away and the capacity of the federal g...

Amendment? just explain that to us. >> in the original constitution states did have a formal role in checking federal power. its when they selected senators that were selected by state legislators and with enactment of the 17th amendment that ended that former role and federal power has no formal constraint on it. you have to rely entirely on the courts and they havent really done a very good job in doing that. >> as i understand it, the way your repeal amendment would work is if two-thirds of s...

Still ahead, states rights on steroids. how a new repeal amendment could give states the power to strike down any federal law they dont like. well speak to the constitutional law expert randy barnett who drafted it coming up next. la, la, la ♪ ♪ ooh, ah la, la, la ♪ ♪ ooh, ah la, la, la ♪ ♪ [ dance beat ] [ male announcer ] join theladders.com. we dont just post the $100k+ jobs. we give you the tools and guidance you need to be irresistible. [ male announcer ] blue-blooded. cold. [ c...

It goes into effect in 2014, if john mccain doesnt manage to stop it somehow on the beaches or in the air drones or wherever he is going to fight the battle of britain, 32 million people who now lack health insurance are going to have health insurance. the problem is that it doesnt control cost. the deficit is going to balloon, the country is going to go bankrupt on paying entitlement cost. there should have been a better way to do this than the way they did it. but its done and it doesnt look a...