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Who already have children and cant leave. it is going o fall on women working three jobs. it is going to fall on young, young girls who have been molested and may not even know they are pregnant until deep into the pregnancy. that is who this will fall on. this is not only taking away a womans right to make a decision but taking away a womans right to continue to build a future for herself. >> you could convert the supreme court opinion roe vs. wade into the federal statute passed by perhaps eli...

This is not only taking away a womans right to make a decision. this is taking away a womans right to continue to build a future for herself. >> you could convert the supreme court opinion roe versus wade into the federal statute passed by perhaps, elizabeth warren, lisa did it through the senate. one of the prospects of? that >> its a filibuster problem. look, weve got the womens health protection act that just says as a matter of federal law, the decision to continue a pregnancy is a womans de...

>> their argument is there is a filibuster problem and you need republican votes. what do you say to that? >> when we got the majority if you were with me and i had gone to the new majority, you know what they told me? get me 50 republican votes. i hear the echo of the democrats. bernie is an independent, but he sounds like a democrat in the house or the senate leadership. if you would only get me the votes. this is about fighting. >> the fighting -- i hear that, but the fighting, there has to b...

I top the say we are fighting. one of the things i used to tell obama, president obama, win or lose, they want a quarterback. they want somebody to move the ball down. >> at least get caught trying. >> yes, yes. >> i thought the pelosi moment was fascinating. thats part of a long lineage of protests of democrats. barack obama himself who was sort of protested over deportations and not having daca. i have bernie sanders on the show responding to your frustration to the deal that chuck and nancy c...

With a lower approval rating than president trump is congress itself. right now you guys are at 10%. paul ryan in wisconsin talking yesterday about promising to do tax reform in september. why is it with a republican house, republican senate and a republican white house you guys cant seem to get these things done? >> listen, i have to tell you, its frustrating. what has to happen, this is more of a senate problem and a filibuster problem in the senate. we should be doing wholesale healthcare ref...

Is that for those individual congressmen, when the vice president says, think of newtown, those congressmen say, no, im thinking of my own political future in my own constituency. i am not interested in newtown. >> well, i think thats basically right. i think a lot of members of congress, republicans, are thinking about re-election and they dont want to face an nra-backed pro-gun primary challenge in a gerrymandered district where the winner of the primary is the winner of essentially the genera...

About the tax issue, because to repeal obamacare, we always thought that it would require 60 votes in the senate because thats typically what it takes to get passed the filibuster problem that the senate had, so, a majority would pass the house, but the senate is a tough nut to crack because of that 60 votes water mark. however, there is a quirk, because now, the court has defined this as a tax. explain why that high water mark may have been lowered. >> governor, as you said, its always a great ...

The tax issue. to repeal obamacare, we always thought that it would require 60 votes in the senate. because that is typically what it takes to get past the filibuster problem, the senate has, so, a majority would pass the house and the senate is a tough nut to crack because of the 60-vote water mark. however there is a court, because the court defined it as a tax. explain why that high water mark may have been lowered. >> as you said, there was always a great concern about the repeal effort and ...

That was upheld. >> and, scott, lets talk about the tax issue. to repeal obamacare, we always thought that it would require 60 votes in the senate. because that is typically what it takes to get past the filibuster problem, the senate has, so, a majority would pass the house and the senate is a tough nut to crack because of the 60-vote water mark. however there is a court, because the court defined it as a tax. explain why that high water mark may have been lowered. >> as you said, there was alw...

That was upheld. >> and, scott, lets talk about the tax issue. to repeal obamacare, we always thought that it would require 60 votes in the senate. because that is typically what it takes to get past the filibuster problem, the senate has, so, a majority would pass the house and the senate is a tough nut to crack because of the 60-vote water mark. however there is a court, because the court defined it as a tax. explain why that high water mark may have been lowered. >> as you said, there was alw...