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Chain migration forget that foundational principle of our immigration laws been to reunite families. this principle has been eroded in recent years and administration officials seem to be poised to make it worse." >> they are going to clean the system up. its time to make certain that we change the way people come here. look at what recently happened in new york. the last two occurrences there, the visa lottery and chain migration. lets stop it. we know where this is happening, but we know where...

Chicago and a lot of african-american democrats saying this isnt about party and we gave rahm emanuel a chance and he blew it. >> what does the rest of the state think, though, right? its whether the democrats from the state legislature go for this proposal. >> for the rest of the state is there any fairness argument here. what flowers said to me in this argument we have this mechanism for the governor. we had to do that because of blagojevich who many people remember was indicted and it was a d...

Legislation forth and president obama drawing attention to this, to this fairness issue. this argument in texas is terrific. its great that its getting this attention. ill bet you things change. >> but let me suggest that i think thats both true and not true, which is to say i agree that we have made enormous progress, particularly for women in the workforce. im not quite with the end of men as a theory. but weve also seen a regress in labor rights in general. and so i just think for workers in ...

That does not want to bring any of this on the floor, because its true that if minimum wage came up, it would win. i think there are a lot of other measures that, if they could get to the floor, there would be enough republicans joining democrats to pass them. immigration reform is another within. but power in that caucus keeps obstruction going. it does. the tea party, quarterbacking this whole thing, no question about it. okay. does the president keep talking about this? i mean, everybody know...

Days end. they are really being encouraged by democratic political strategists to not wait, to not in the words of one be listless and not be quiet and accept these problems. >> what does the white house -- are they hearing this? do you see any action? what are you hearing from them? >> reporter: certainly they are hearing it. they understand the politics even the democrats have to face with regard to these problems. but one thing that they also are going to have to face is legislation. joe manc...

Website? its a fairness issue. >> if its too hard to actually sign up. >> correct. >> these are democrats, again. dana, thanks so much for that. i want to get more with chief political analyst gloria boringer and democratic strategist paul and welcome to all of you. lots to talk about. paul, you are no stranger to damage control. damage control in the white house. were you surprised? i mean, i talked to the secretary sebelius last night and she told me the president was not aware, made aware of ...

Going to vote no too. got rid of those exemptions is our reporting. >> there are many parts as well. this idea that harry reid and the president liked to talk about obama care as the law of the land they provide exemption after exemption and so we agree obama care has to be changed. the question is the president willing to treat the rest of americans as hes trying to treat big businesses. its a fairness issue and weve been discussing that for two weeks. we looked forward to harry reid having a v...

Reality. most americans agree with me and house republicans that members of congress shouldnt have special exemptions from obama care. that should be a done deal. >>on boehner put that in the bill that you said you were going to vote no too. got rid of those exemptions is our reporting. >> there are many parts as well. this idea that harry reid and the president liked to talk about obama care as the law of the land they provide exemption after exemption and so we agree obama care has to be chang...

Have encountered a lot of problems. we knew that was going to happen. tucker, the real issue is about fairness and how we address the problems we have in this country. my definition of fair is making sure one group isnt treated with more favor than another. when you look at the affordable care act you say, my goodness, 1200 wavers. there are members of congress and the staff and the white house and their staff and everybody else being treated the same way as other americans. are employers gettin...

Ought to be concerned. when i was being investigated by a special prosecutor, they released portions of my medical record from the military and gave it to the press in an effort to destroy my credibility and bring down ronald reagan. i will tell you, thats the kind of thing that were all going to be subjected to, not just veterans. >> yes. >> pete, what i hear you both saying is that it is a crying shame that military spouses and children are not covered, but that you fear that the bureaucracy a...