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Already. of course the big kahuna, everybody is waiting to see how it turns out, say it with me now, immigration reform. five seconds after the 2012 election results were announced, even lots of republicans and conservative pundits agreed that there was really no excuse to keep not fixing our stupid and broken immigration system which has been stupid and broken for decades. it has been stupid and broken for so long because of congress inability to get it fixed. the previous republican president ...

Also the lilly ledbetter fair pay act so women can sue to get equal pay as men doing the same work. also the nuclear arms treaty with russia. the s.t.a.r.t. treaty. repeal of dont ask, dont tell. expanding the hate crimes law. overhauling student loans to take out the weird subsidized private middleman in the loan system that was there for no reason. the 9/11 first responders bill. the stimulus. remember cash for clunkers? right. the president had a lot of legislative accomplishments in his firs...

To advance voting rights everywhere in the country. its not just a defense to what the republicans have been doing, but as an alternative to what the republicans have been doing. as an alternative to how aggressively republicans have been trying and succeeding in many states to roll voting rights way, way, way back. joining us now, michael sergeant, president of the group called american values first. a 50-state initiative to encourage efforts to make voting easier in every state. mr. sergeant, ...

Gun proposal. chris christie is acutely image-conscious. so it has to really chap his hide today that republican political etiquette requires that he, as a republican governor of new jersey, somebody who possibly wants to be president, he has got to endorse the republican partys nominee for the united states senate from his state. everybody knows who the democratic nominee is, cory booker, a guy nationally known, heavily favored to win the seat. but the republican party nominated somebody, too, ...

Gun proposal. chris christie is acutely image-conscious. so it has to really chap his hide today that republican political etiquette requires that he, as a republican governor of new jersey, somebody who possibly wants to be president, he has got to endorse the republican partys nominee for the united states senate from his state. everybody knows who the democratic nominee is, cory booker, a guy nationally known, heavily favored to win the seat. but the republican party nominated somebody, too, ...

But when it turns out that president obama was not richard nixon, they were left to figure it out. today we learned how the scandal was not a plot by the obama administration to bankrupt the enemies and target the tea party. how workers were also asked to be on the lookouts for progressive groups, just as they were conservative groups. just proof that it is a one-sided deal. the evidence before that showed being singled out for scrutiny by the irs was not really a political thing at all. on top ...

Now, immigration reform. five seconds after the 2012 election results were announced, even lots of republicans and conservative pundits agreed that there was really no excuse to keep not fixing our stupid and broken immigration system which has been stupid and broken for decades. it has been stupid and broken for so long because of congress inability to get it fixed. the previous republican president could not even get his own party in congress to tgo along with his effort to fix the system, but...

That has been a tough slog already. of course the big kahuna, everybody is waiting to see how it turns out, say it with me now, immigration reform. five seconds after the 2012 election results were announced, even lots of republicans and conservative pundits agreed that there was really no excuse to keep not fixing our stupid and broken immigration system which has been stupid and broken for decades. it has been stupid and broken for so long because of congress inability to get it fixed. the pre...

Organization that works with democratic state legislators across the country. >> democratic legislative campaign committee. now i have to set a new google alert. michael sergeant, president of american values first. thank withdryou for helping us understand your efforts tonight. >> thank you so much, rachel. >> we have been reporting on this story for as long as this shows been on the air, weve been reporting on voter suppression and protecting the right to vote. and every time you get sort of n...

Found that they focused on three news outlets that cover a lot of national political news, and from which many other news organizations often take their cues. so near the beginning of the irs scandal there was a huge spike in interest in coverage, politico.com, running an amazing six stories during their second week. the washington post, 16 stories that week, the new york times, nine stories that week. but as the facts came out from the stories and emerged it became clearer and clearer that the ...