battle over obama care. also hanging in the election year ball balance where it moves to government control under democratic party rule. we were reminded of our responsibility in the incredibly high stakes yesterday with the alarming ruling on the fifth circuit, on the political partisan loss looking to gut the affordable care act and rip away health care from millions. or market control under republican rule. we ll hear in the democrat debate tonight as they talk about the one size fits all government-run health care plan, medicare for all, which takes health care away, the insurance away from 180 million people who get it through work. until the sproom court or congress decides as one senator observed, obama care will remain the law of the land. but, it s an ever changing law of the land. since the individual mandate ended, some insurers have been forced to raise premiums. those increases have been mitigated, though, by another trump action, an executive order that permits
doesn t matter. it is ridiculous, the regulation, it still the wild west when it comes to regulation on this. we have figured out tb over the years and had regulated this, we still haven t figured out this. shannon: some of these tech companies do want to be regulated. they want to know where the boundaries are. they want to be regulated because they have such a market control. they can handle that. it makes them very friendly toward working with the regulators to see how they can keep competitors out. these companies and a lot of them started out as platforms that had semineutral purposes. they were going to be a way for people to get together and share information or to find information and they have turned into actual platforms, publications where they have huge staffs that curate which
his tax rate, mitt romney reveals his tax rate. fair or unfair? and fact or not? are the congress members back in session refresh and ready to change the world or not? let s go outfront. well, good ooevening, everyone. i m erin burnett and outfront tonight, and welcome back, congress. we missed you. we really did. after well, that may have been a bizarre and appropriate slip of the tongue. but members are back in the house today to make up for frankly an abysmal 2011. the track record. full of failures. they didn t raise the debt ceiling which caused america s credit rating to be cut which hurts all of us. and they didn t agree on a budg budget. and they didn t have a super committee deal. and no tax cuts. so it is no surprise that the cnn poll shows that 11% of americans approve of the way that congress is handling the job. that is an all-time low. more people approved of how bp handled the gulf coast oil spill. while members were off, some took trips abroad. maj
want to talk about what is going to happen in washington. places like mexico on taxpayer junkets, and we will be joined we have had divided governments in the past and everyone says it is not worse, but they fixed it and got better and that is the american can-do way. all right. we want congress the feel the heat, but see the light. let s make them work. we are joined by congressman sewell from new york, and congresswoman grimm. i am glad you are smiling after the intro, but you are sitting here a democrat and a republican, and are you going the work together? i think that one thing i have learned as a freshman is that it is important to collaborate. collaboration is important. i have hope because in alabama my delegation had to come together after the april tornadoes. republicans and democrats, in order to provide for disaster assistance for the constituents so with that hope springs eternal. i can tell you that i am standing next to one of my favorite freshmen colleague
world. let s go outfront. well, good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett and outfront tonight, and welcome back, congress. we missed you. we really did. after four weeks away from washington, the house is returning to work today, hopefully rested and ready to make up for an abysmal 2011. the track record. full of failures. they didn t raise the debt ceiling which caused america s credit rating to be cut which hurts all of us. and they didn t agree on a budget. causing several near shutdowns. committee deal. and no tax cuts. so it is no surprise that the newest cnn poll shows only 11% of americans approve the way congress is handling it job. that s an all-tie low. more people approved of how bp handled the gulf coast oil spill. in the month that congress has been off, some members have taken tax funded trips abroad. john boehner went to mexico and canada. majority leader eric cantor led a delegation to the middle east and france. both delegations of both parties went to we