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Murray legislation or are we going to still see gridlock among the gop? >> its a great question. you know, i think perhaps they should scale back their ambitions a bit. if they think about doing, perhaps, some more targeted legislation and not trying to change overhaul all of america all in one session -- eric: what do they think they should start with? >> obamacare, it should have been repealed, of course, there are a lot of things that even the president could have done, for example, with the ...

Secretary kathleen sebelius suggested the obama administration and catholic church can still make headway together. >> they will have a year delay in implementation to work out strategy where they can abide by the religious freedom. >> when pressed about the modified hhs ruling friday and mandated the catholic affiliated institution must provide free contraception to women as part of the health plan as long as the insurance company pick up the tab. >> it the rule will be in place and effective b...

Freedom under attack. james rosen is live in washington tonight. james? >> shep, good evening. there are five measures presently pending on capitol hill to repeal this hhs rule. secretary sebelius noted that there is a year long extension that catholic affiliated institutions would have to come into compliance with the rule. she suggested the church and obama administration can quote work out a strategy to achieve that goal. the presidents top health official also made clear the rule is going to...

Secretary kathleen sebelius suggested the obama administration and catholic church can still make headway together. >> they will have a year delay in implementation to work out strategy where they can abide by the religious freedom. >> when pressed about the modified hhs ruling friday and mandated the catholic affiliated institution must provide free contraception to women as part of the health plan as long as the insurance company pick up the tab. >> it the rule will be in place and effective b...

That catholic universities and other employers wont be required to pay for contraceptive coverage. you were against this hhs rule. does this accommodation, in what we expect to hear go far enough for you? >> from what we have seen so far, it looks like it will provide enough accommodation to respect the religious beliefs of the institutions that would have been affected by the narrow mandate. so, we havent seen the, you know, the specifics in how the rule will be written. generally, you know, th...

Four weeks. >> greta: donald, well be watching your twitter account. i follow you on twitter. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> greta: straight ahead, another case of congress not doing its job. members of the congress did not read the health care law before they voted on it. then they passed it off to hhs and lawmakers on both sides of aisle are furious about the contraception mandate. what should congress expect? they passed it to non-elected officials at hhs. bart stupak voted for it. and...

Give me a break. >> greta: apparently, they may not like him in 2006 in pennsylvania but they like him in iowa, missouri, colorado and minnesota. more than they like your candidate, governor mitt romney. he is ahead of speaker gingrich in the number of delegates so far. he cant be doing that poorly? >> i have nothing against him. i find it hard to believe he put himself in a situation where he is running. its very early. in theory that did not matter, but there were no delegates, lets see what h...

Four weeks. >> greta: donald, well be watching your twitter account. i follow you on twitter. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> greta: straight ahead, another case of congress not doing its job. members of the congress did not read the health care law before they voted on it. then they passed it off to hhs and lawmakers on both sides of aisle are furious about the contraception mandate. what should congress expect? they passed it to non-elected officials at hhs. bart stupak voted for it. and...

When legislation like this is written, nobody reads it and it gets sent over to people who are not elected at a government agency, hhs and they decide the rules and decide the clauses. >> another concern with health care legislation or any legislation, congress enacts a law but it is up to the administration to administer those laws. you have mistakes made along the way. you have trial balloons that are later shot down. in this instance with the executive order not only were we concerned about t...

When legislation like this is written, nobody reads it and it gets sent over to people who are not elected at a government agency, hhs and they decide the rules and decide the clauses. >> another concern with health care legislation or any legislation, congress enacts a law but it is up to the administration to administer those laws. you have mistakes made along the way. you have trial balloons that are later shot down. in this instance with the executive order not only were we concerned about t...