adviser to president reagan, mary kissell is a member of the wall street journal s editorial board. she s host of the opinion journal, good to see you both, thank you so much for joining us. i said did you see the mo brooks interview, because he joined us at the top of the show and was not sure about getting the agenda executed. here s what he just said, i ve got the get your reaction to this, both of you. listen. the senate, a majority of the republicans has empowered a minority, the democrats, to block every single thing that we want to get passed with the exception of one bill a year through a process called budget reconciliation that cannot cover all the issues that need to be covered. and that very much hamstrings us. it s been a frustration point for the house of representatives during the entire last session of congress, that two-year period x here we are again seeing the same thing unfolding where the united states senate is allowing a minority of democrats to block the will
announced his run for the white house this week rounding out at 16 the largest republican field in modern memory. the two-term governor and budget chairman is hoping his reform record will help him break through the republican crowd. does he pose a threat to any of the current front-runners. here is a look at the state of the republican race as wall street journal columnist and manhattan institute senior fellow jason riley, editorial board joe reagano and mary kissel host of opinion journal on wsj live. joe, you re too young to remember this but this the most impressive biggest field since 1998 when they had george w. bush jack kemp and others. so very impressive. john kasich number 16. is he getting in too late for this or do you think he actually could be a significant player? i think the size of the field makes it a lot easier for some
a lot of them are proposing this package and say it doesn t do enough to stop the president s package on immigration. two prominent groups here club for growth and the heritage foundation are publicly urging them to oppose the bill hup how do you see that playing out in congress? well, exactly, the national review which is a conserve opinion journal said vote against the bill. a lot of the sort of true-blue and certainly the tea party conservatives in the house are going to vote against it. which means that it needs democratic votes to pass. it will pass with moderate republicans, the leadership. some conservatives, and democratic votes in the house. and if, you know, if those votes don t come, then we re going to have to shut down the government. or come up with some sort of last-ditch continuing resolution.
territorial grabs in the east china sea. and in kiev, vice president joe biden warned russia that ukraine is and must remain one country and insisted that the united states will never recognize the annexation of crimea. so should our allies take heart? we re back with dan henninger and mary anastasia o grady, and host of opinion journal on wsj live. so mary, the president probably the most news worthy thing he did was to stand with prime minister abba of japan and say the u.s. defense treaty with japan includes the senkakus. china claims them, saying give them back. real source of tension in the east china sea. now the president has said we ll go to war with to defend japan if they re attacked. so was that the right thing to do? absolutely the right thing to
longest serving members in the united states senate. after six terms, indiana republican richard luger is in the fight for his life. with two weeks to go. polls show him running neck and neck with his opponent. richard mordock that has the support of tea party groups and the national rifle association. now assistant editor of the opinion journal and has been covering the race for us. alicia, what is the case that mordock and the tea party groups are making against senator luger? he says he is part of the establishment and it s time to get him out. paul: what are issues that they are citing that say, okay, this is why he has to go? for instance he voted against earmark ban. he supports corn ethanol