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I dont regret having done the aca i just described for you. there are millions of people who are not going to go bankrupt because they got sick because we got that done. so the question is, would i have loved to have gotten everything done in the first two years, absolutely. because for the next six i could have relaxed. but what we do is we choose to push as hard as we can on all fronts. some things are politically easier, some things are politically more difficult. some things were able to get...

Two houses of representative. the founders were extremely concerned about the tyranny of the majority, and thats what this is all about, the filibuster process, was to limit the tyranny of the majority. >> well, what was happening wasnt working. i want torate what i said. this applies -- it doesnt apply to bills or supreme court nominations. >> thats today. >> ezra kline pointed out in "the washington post" that prior to this current congress and a couple of congresses ago, when there were not s...

With three benefits in one. [ male announcer ] new glucerna advance. from the brand doctors recommend most. the senate voted to invoke the nuclear option. they make it harder for republicans to block his nominees. steve is live at the white house, what exactly did the president say? >> the president appeared in the briefing room here in the white house just minutes ago and supported the move in the senate today saying that enough is enough. he said that because of republican obstruction of man...

Do you share the concerns that senator paul had? would you have joined the filibuster? >> have to give a lot of credit to rand paul. he disclosed his secret hold. i put a hold on a three-star general, i wasnt hiding. i think this crazy secret hold stuff is insane-- >> reporter: basically, a senator can put a hold on a nominee and dont have to explain that they have done tbut we know that the nominee doesnt move. >> if you are putting a hold on someone, you should step up to the plate and own it....

Democrats, including dick durbin to rethink the decision to not overhaul the filibuster process at the start of this term zoosh i feel sorry for her. i hate to suggest this, but if this is an indication of where were headed, we need to revisit the reforms. im sorry to say it because i was hopeful that a bipart sflan approach to dealing with these issues would work. >> um, richard, who is going to get their paperwork handled first? the 11 million undocumented workers in this -- or political nomin...

Same senator mccain said he was qualified to be secretary of state. he disagrees with him. it does seem to me more and more, a personal grudge match. he did not get the support in his 2008 campaign of his friend, senator hagel. went to an trip during that campaign with senator obama. it just reinforces the disconnect between whats happening here in washington, d.c. and the rest of the world. >> you also got, carly fiorina, the fact the president is up against a republican party with a lot of dif...

You noted the 2000 speech of senator mccain but in 2006, this same senator mccain said he was qualified to be secretary of state. he disagrees with him. it does seem to me more and more, a personal grudge match. he did not get the support in his 2008 campaign of his friend, senator hagel. went to an trip during that campaign with senator obama. it just reinforces the disconnect between whats happening here in washington, d.c. and the rest of the world. >> you also got, carly fiorina, the fact th...

Reform on the filibuster process, and we took a walk on it. we passed some things that didnt amount to anything. we had a real chance to put a crimp into the dysfunctionalty, and we didnt do it, but i also say, alex, i have no clue what the republican party is doing about anything. about guns, about this. they seem to be hurdling into disaster -- into greater disaster than they are now. what do they think theyre gaining in the eyes of the american people by doing this? >> josh, there are obvious...

Isnt a deal, tea-party backed senator. >> are you giving rand paul the side eye here? >> i had him in mind. thats true. >> at the end of the day, mitch mcconnell is a much better leader of his caucus than john boehner is and hes really controlled the levers of the filibuster process. i would find that very surprising if he couldnt win his caucus. the problem is here never have we seen, not in my lifetime, a weaker speaker of the house of representatives than john boehner. john boehner has essent...

That there is not a single tea party-backed senator who would stand in the way and say it wont pass me. >> are you giving rand paul the side eye? >> i had him in mind, true. >> and at the end of the day, mitch mcconnell is a better leader of the caucus than boehner is, and mcconnell has controlled the levers of the filibuster process, and the tact that he is meeting with harry reid means there wont be a filibuster and i would be surprised if he could not whip the congress. we have not seen a wea...