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Majority voting in some ways like a racial minority. ways that demographically cohesive in ways that we havent seen before and for the democratic party -- >> thats trouble. >> those margins are trouble. >> right. >> we agree. >> absolutely. and also, the majority of white voters have gone for republican presidential candidates. i just dont think that we can act like this is -- >> and won by one point. >> i dont feel like we can act like this is brand new and a short cut to this when honestly for...

Senator. >> and this was just when rubio thought he was making progress against cruz in the back and forth. and well get into that. still ahead, paul ryan got a big victory today with a majority of the majority voting "yes" on this trillion dollar spending bill, despite big outcries from predictable conservative quarters. stay tuned.  you wont find the brand pharmacists recommend most for cold and flu relief at the shelf. advil cold & sinus is only behind the pharmacy counte...

A historic vote is taking place in ireland today which could become the first country to legalize same sex marriage through national popular vote. the referendum has however split the county. >> government are attempting to redefine marriage and family and voicing this on irish people. theres no conscious clause built in. >> no vote would be a majority voting to decide that a minority in their country doesnt have the right to be equal and are not equal. >> nbcs bill neely is in gods country dubl...

To you 2:39- you. 239-111. the bill has passed the house and heading to the presidents desk soon. im also looking on the screen how republicans have voted. so far it looks like now 66 yes votes in the republican caucus. which is pretty high, considering the fact that you definitely had about two dozen who were actively vocally saying no. you have four 70 yeses in the republican caucus. looks like the republicans are going to be pretty much split on this. but definitely a healthy majority voting ...

At fault and only one remedy, calling for an immediate vote in the house of representatives with no strings attached. lets bring in gene sperling, director of the national economic council to the president. thanks for coming in. >> thank you. >> is there any hope, any daylight that you see as a result of the presidents meeting yesterday with the congressional leadership, democrats and republicans? >> well, i think the hope that youre seeing is i think it becomes more and more apparent that there...

Who has the upper hand as we head into triple jeopardy, the coming budget fights. domenico montanaro is here with this mornings first read. i dont think anybody comes across great here, domenico, but i was struck and maybe this was inevitable, but we had a lot of conservatives coming out, saying this is a terrible deal as we had a majority of the majority voting against it. we asked kelly about john boehners speakership. the vote is tomorrow for him to be speaker of the 113th congress. it doesnt...

fight with lyndon johnson over medicare and the words he used was that it would compel all americans to spend their sunset years telling their children and their childrens children how it was when men were free, and that is what it is like. and however, medicare has been sustained and approved, but the public sentiment lay ahead. one thing we have not gotten and what the president has been trying to do today which as you say is to make a clear understanding of what this bill is about. ...

Lizz is traveling all over the country to teach standup, and workshops and if you want to hear more about that go to lizzwinstead.com. and now over to dana bash where the vote has wrapped up on the path to prosperity, and what can you tell us, dana? >> the vote passed overwhelmingly, and we thought it would pass on a partisan line and boy does it. not one single democrat voted for this republican budget, and what a difference a day makes or maybe better to say what a difference trillions of do...

>> actually, can i -- >> it takes time. >> yeah, go ahead. >> you know, historically, you can never have a majority voting on the rights of a minority. because it -- it will never pass. if that happened back in the day, we would still have slavery. >> you know, this has been -- this -- some people say this is one of the last frontiers when it comes to civil rights, and you cannot judge a civil rights issue on a popular poll. or on what the majority wants, because it may go against the law. heres...

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