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Disagree with that, that want to push the sanctions and youve been a supporter of more sanctions to come. why would you want that now because the president is very clear if any sanctions get to his desk he have will veto them? >> jenna, i think the view on the hill is that congress is actually passed the toughest sanctions over of the past few years. that the administration objected to them. congress overrode the objections. it was the tough sanctions that worked getting the iranians to the nego...

Struggling because it gives them negotiating leverage. >> put the fear of god in them. >> right. so they wont have to -- >> julie, do you agree? >> i do, actually. both parties gave away the unions in the 90s like drunken sailers in their right to get political support. it went too far. they have a commitment thats a legal contract. even in bankruptcy the unions may get screwed on this. >> didnt the judge take that into -- >> well see. charlie is right that this is not a good precedent to set. >...

The birth here to slap fresh sanctions on iran because they think that it would improve our negotiating leverage. the obama administration and to be our foreign allies in these talks with the iranians oppose new sanctions right about now because they think it will poison the atmosphere. the reality here is that number one, there isnt fooch left for the united states to sanction where iran is concerned. its not the united states that is the number one trading partner of the iranians since 19 9 as...

The birth here to slap fresh sanctions on iran because they think that it would improve our negotiating leverage. the obama administration and to be our foreign allies in these talks with the iranians oppose new sanctions right about now because they think it will poison the atmosphere. the reality here is that number one, there isnt fooch left for the united states to sanction where iran is concerned. its not the united states that is the number one trading partner of the iranians since 19 9 as...

Issue. the bill is stuck in the senate and thats because the administration has indicated to senate deps they dont want to move the bill while we are negotiating with iran. now, clearly its only sanctions that have brought the iranians to the table and its only massively enhanced sanction that will give us the negotiating leverage we need to conclude a peaceful nuclear deal. i think the folks on the hill, the perception is this bill needs to move and move aggressively and move quickly for the ir...

This is a regime, the supreme leader, the president, the revolutionary guards have been committed for 30 years to building a nuclear weapon. the only thing thats going to crack their nuclear will is if they put their fundamental choice between a nuclear bomb and the survival of their regime. economic sanctions that cause economic collapse are whats going to give us the negotiating leverage to complete a deal. iran can have a civilian nuclear energy program and buy nuclear fuel from abroad like 1...

Enacted a reapportionment plan that a three-judge federal court in washington declared not only was in effect, but intentionally rachellely discriminatory and therefore illegal, as soon as they threw out the fact that texas had to get such laws clear, texas announced they would institute -- they would effectuate the all right declared racially discriminatory redistricting plan, and states are coming up with all these different voter suppression items. so yes, that plus the effects on the judicia...

It doesnt help when you try and characterize your opponent as losing, and you as winning. the best way to do this. if its going to work, is to create something where everybody can talk about how they won something important. kelly: youre talking about finding a common ground, a common bond as opposed to -- >> im talking about how you characterize it. no matter what it is, kelly its about you characterize it to the public. kelly: what happens in the end result if, look these guys are far apart ri...

Announce yesterday, so-called advances in its nuclear program are also aimed at increasing its negotiating leverage. this is, irans response to the sanctions. you hit us, theyre saying were going to hit you back except theyre in a fundamentally weak position. theyre trying to puff themselves up but its all aimed at the negotiating table. just yesterday iran finally responded to the european union saying they were willing to come back to talks. those talks are expected to start sometime in the ne...

Payroll tax cut extension, its more likely than not that these will all be coupled together in some big piece of legislation and there will be some negotiating done between house republicans and the president. what youre going to see here is some sort of spending cuts have to occur for all these things to go through. john boehner will have a difficult path to getting to 217 votes that he needs unless they arent. theres always the possibility that democrats in the house could secure their negotia...