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These previous deals, so he basically, you know, after the government shutdown had the authority to say we tried it your way, we lost, you guys tanked our popularity, and now -- and now were going to try it my way. this is probably one of the most significant moments of john boehners speakership. >> you know, the democrats are fighting amongst themselves too over extending unemployment benefits. you know, thats not part of the budget deal. i want you to listen in to nancy pell owes where i. >> i...

0 bipartisan support has turned into a family feud. this is "your money. on" paul ryan and patty murray agreeing on a deal. house republicans passed it thursday evening, and the senate is expected to do the same next week. it sets a spending limit and erases those steep across the board cuts next year and adds some other cuts. >> you cant get everything you want, but you can get things done if you focus on that common ground area. im not going to begrudge anybody who for one reason or another ch...

0 reauthorized the voting rights fact 2006. tuesday attorney general holder told the naacp convention in orlando that the u.s. has rare and historic opportunity to pass legislation strengthening modern voting protections. >> this was a deeply disappointing and flawed decision. congress must take steps to ensure that every eligible american has equal access to the polls. >> holder also announced for the first time hes directed the dojs civil rights division to shift resources to the voting acts p...

relatively cool, about 80 degrees with scatteredit showers and storms by afternoono and once again, not expectingex any severe weather today, but w could get some good steady raina here for a period later today. o lots more on the weather coming up in a minute. let do traffic and julie wrightt looking good. we got problems out here one the roads, and on the p rails. that is why we popped up the metro map. the blue, jell yellow delays, w, continue, and that was due to an earlier train...

independent callers, 202-585-3882. you can also find us online. end us a tweet by writing, @cspanwj. or join the conversation on facebook by looking for span spafpble you can also email us, journal@c-span.org. theres a new cnn poll looking at how americans rate congress handling of the controversial issues that have been coming up in the past two weeks. heres from news max, a new poll found that americans by a large margin believe that congress is not overreacting to the burgeoning sca...

0 bender, national security analyst at the "boston globe," good saturday to all of you. what kind of threat does this suspect pose in the ricin investigation? >> hard to tell how wide this conspiracy was. we dont know if he was actually the suspect. clearly, there are questions the fbi has a little bit of egg on its face, given that it arrested someone earlier. seems that person is not -- is not involved in this. >> the whole thing seems quite bizarre. you have got the elvis impersonator, the gu...

the nra? >> i spent 29 years in law enforcement carrying a gun every day in that profession, grew up around guns. my dad was an avid hunter. i still have a consealed weapon and still continue to care a gun. i am a strong supporter of the second amendment, but it wasnt enough for the nra, and so i have to ask the question too why would they not support a person with those credentials? i think theres obviously something else at work there, and i think that their silence speaks volumes ac...

0 course who resigned as the director of cia last week amid the sex scandal. he gave testimony behind closed doors to both the house and senate intelligence committees yesterday. afterwards members intimated that petraeus after the attacks in benghazi that resulted in the deaths of four including the ambassador, there were terrorist elements involved, this was some sort of coordinated attack. the question has become what changed. did the white house or the state department go in and change those...

then democratic leader nancy pelosi, bullish on winning back the house. >> that was the pivotal day. >> plus, foreign policy and poll numbers with romney supporter and former new york city mayor rudy giuliani. im candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." another middle east problem this week. certain that iran is pursuing nuclear weapons, but pressure not to take military action right now. the prime minister of israel is pushing back. benjamin netanyahu argues the u.s. must se...

the house. >> that was the pivotal day. >> plus, foreign policy and poll numbers with romney supporter and former new york city mayor rudy giuliani. im candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." another middle east problem this week. certain that iran is pursuing nuclear weapons, but pressure not to take military action right now. the prime minister of israel is pushing back. benjamin netanyahu argues the u.s. must set specific limits for iran. he suggested otherwise israel wil...