to do to continue to make health care r health care more affordable, build on the landmark law to make sure health care is no longer a consideration jenna: all right, congressman, let me ask you just really quickly, we just got the news that another democrat will vote to hold eric holder in contempt of congress. what do you think? what s your reaction of your fellow colleagues, also democrats, that are choosing to do this? well, i think you ll find a small number of democrats and republicans who will take an action on this con cement contempt citation. i would hope that people would recognize that this citation has become political theater, quite honestly. this is the first time we ve seen the house move this aggressively this way with so little evidence to really validate the actions. but one way or the other, people have to do what they believe is the right thing to do. i firmly believe that this has gone from being oversight by the committee here in the congress and the house
on the question of dependents under the age of 26, the insurance companies have stepped forward and said we will keep that in force. there are a lot of other questions out there, including those seniors who are you know, have saved thus far billions of dollars from the closing of that infamous doughnut hole, that gap in coverage and medicare prescription drug coverage. there s been recent polling that shows an enormous amount of americans and it was our poll that pointed out so many people are still waiting to make their decision about the health care law based on the decision from the supreme court. i think what the supreme court does as much as polls show that people don t hold the supreme court in quite the regard that they used to, i do think that this decision is going to be a big signal to people that if they uphold the law, this is going to be seen as validating president obama and his leadership and his entire approach to this and if they strike down much or all of it, that
sure. let s start off with the president and the obama administration, what do we know at least in these last remaining hours that the administration s feelings are? well, it s really been interesting. first of all, it s amazing, you know, that the supreme court is in fact the last institution that does appear to be completely leak proof. apparently the administration is in the dark as much as the rest of us are. and so, they have been absolutely refusing to engage on the question of what do you do if this or if that. they keep saying we re going to be ready. and certainly the most complicated outcome is if the supreme court strikes down parts of the law including this mandate. i think what you ll see out of the white house is an effort to salvage what s left of the law possibly with some executive orders and declare it is possible to move on essentially with part of a law. as the reporting was yesterday anyway, the fear is if
confirmation of the republicans argument that this whole thing was a gigantic overreach on the part of big government. karen, hank you so much for joining us again. we greatly appreciate it. thank you. coming up, my conversation with irvin magic johnson about his brand new tv network called aspire. every one of them to a man and woman said they wanted to see more family programming and family content and positive images of african-americans on tv. we ll play more of my interview. plus what the nba legend had to say about lebron. first, some of the big moments in the health care debate. who could forget the day the president signed the bill into law and, of course, vice president joe biden s infamous phrase that followed. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states of america barack obama. we are done.
journal poll, one of the positive things respondents had to say about president obama was health care reform. well, now we ll find out tomorrow whether the supreme court strikes down the landmark law the president signed march 23, 2010. you may remember the controversial remark vice president joe biden made after introducing the president at the signing ceremony. thank you. joining me now to talk about some other milestone moments involving the affordable care act, nbc news senior political editor mark murray. obviously, swearing yes, but for democrats for the supports of the health care law, they saw it as what biden said, it was a big bleeping deal to them, park, we know that. it really was, tamron. part of it had to do with the year long journey pretty much when democrats started working on the legislation in early 2009 and finally its passage in march of 2010.