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Muscle by republicans in the senate for sure. >> okay. so hagel gets blocked at least for now. rand paul and others are threatening to block john brennan. susan rice didnt get to the nomination process. is this rocky road if thats how we want to describe it, david, does this hurt the presidents credibility or at least his ability to get things done, a small distraction, should it become a smaller one? put it into the wider con tech in terms of what the white house want to be accomplishing right ...

Know this better than i, one of the most important things for people to understand about the way the senate works and the filibuster works is that one way to look at a congress, a senate, 113th, is as a finite amount of legislating hours. lets say 5,000 hours of legislating, right? now, every hour you can burn, if youre in the minority, thats to win, right? its a finite budget, right? when you can spend down that time with dilatory tactics such as this and the filibuster eats up a lot of time, w...

The political reality, however, may matter more than the actual numbers. jeremy peters writes in "the "new york times"" house democrats are starting to appreciate a new political reality that few of them expected. they matter. with democrats now in control of 200 seats and republicans often sharply split on big issues like spending and taxes, democrats -- democratic votes have been decisive in getting major legislation through the house. given this republican elders have to wonder. how strong is...

They have joined an organization that is at war with the united states. >> joining me now is senior congressional reporter for politico. thank you for joining us, manu. >> great to be here. >> a lot of things going on. senator menendez. i know you wrote about that. how does this or at least some of the events we saw this week impact what the president says in the state of the union? >> i think that hes going to touch on all of those issues that have really come to the fore. gun control, of cours...

Those people in washington. they are -- they have ruly constituents in kentucky. they have to be respondent to. >> thats going to be -- ashley judd is the likely democratic nominee that he will be facing, and so far he is a great politician. not a great public politician, but they have managed very carefully to stamp out local conservative challenges. there isnt a strong conservative challenger to him right now. >> i think this is going to be brought to the fore in a practical sense because ther...

Part of the tools of diplomacy. thats something she did as first lady. that seems to have been a hallmark. number two, here she is one of the most popular women in the country, one of the most popular figures around the world. she has really elevated the conversation about women and the role of women around the world in a way that i think we have not seen previously and i certainly hope going forward well continue to be a part of our own diplomacy. >> she lost no opportunity to really bring the ...

Weapons. so i think its very clear that the people that want to get something done are going to need to buck up this debate and going to need to take this case to the people particularly parents, teachers, and law enforcement. and we should not settle for universal background checks. they are very, very important. but there are other things we have to do if we really want to prevent the kind of tragedies were seeing. >> julian, just to drill down on what you said. why do you think lapierre has c...

Time. this promise was made back during the first campaign. that being said, we do know historically speaking from the 1986 immigration reform and the 1965 immigration reform that it does take a long time. it took 18 years, approximately, to get to the 1986 immigration reform. its been taking us over a decade but i think the time is right. we see republicans and democrats coming to the fore so we have the political pressure and also the internal workings setting it up to work. >> well, we shall ...

His second term focused on the debt and the sequester and spending and all of those issues. but he cant afford to be consumed by challenges at home. today a deep dive into those foreign policy challenges that always seem to crop up. historically, second terms tend to be more heavily weighted towards foreign policy, partly because of the presidents, quote, lame duck status takes hold more quickly at home than abroad. but also because it provides an opportunity for some presidents to build a legac...

Over. whatever is leftover is on clearance. clearance prices on everything from tablets to computer tablets dvd players. that would be a question. what would be a no would be the big tv. 60 inch. better deal on those right around super bowl sunday according to deal news.com. you are going to see the most notable price drops. >> good to know. then fore the home. you want to buy linens toils, furniture. >> furniture deals are good right now, too, because its a lull in their business. also this is ...