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grandfather. >> the gun control debate, though, is officially on the senate floor. >> its naked exploitation of dead children. >> for days after dylan was killed, i was so filled with grief i felt unable to move. >> grieving families. its play acting. its feel goodism. its play acting. its playing aing. its play acting. its play acting. >> how would you like to be a republican in one of those shrinking swing districts that voted against keeping guns out of the hands of al qaeda terrori...

>> as far as a budget is concerned, you know, i am in a wait and see mode as to whether this white house is very serious about really coming together to solve this problem. >> okay. democrats are not excited. republicans are skeptical. so what is the president trying to get out of this? well, lets get right to our guests. congressman peter welsh is a democrat from vermont. with us from dartmouth, new hampshire. in washington, msnbc political analyst, ezra klein of the "washington post." and with...

To the more hardcore uncompromising elements of the coalition. it becomes harder for boehner to get some kind of deal. not easier. moderate republicans are getting knocked off. he becomes more afraid. that forces him to go further to right, puts him further out of the mainstream. makes it harder for them to win future elections. these, again, moves theyre making dont make a ton of political sense but they make internal conference sense for john boehner whose position is not that strong in a part...

0 some essential questions of budget priorities and a political risk by the president as he prepares to release the white house budget. and a sneak peek is showing that instead of a pie in the sky wish list of democratic objectives, the president has actually chosen to offer a serious effort at, wait for it, compromise. to entice republicans, the presidents offering cuts to social security by way of cost of living adjustments. cuts to medicare, largely to providers. to please democrats, he propo...

You have to have more sharing of the wealth of america in order to have a strong middle class and a sustainable economy. >> congressman peter welsh, thank you so much, sir, for joining us so soon after meeting with the president. >> thank you. coming up, does the republican road to 2016 run through cpac? stay with us. >> the gop of old has grown stale and moss covered. i dont think we need to name any names. im the worlds worst cleaning lady.

0 joining us. mns m msnbc political analyst, david corn. and joy reid, managing editor of the grio.com. david, between allen west saying theres nothing so fearful to progressives on this green earth than a black american who wants a better life, and rand paul describing certain members of the republican party as covered in moss, im beginning to wonder if this years cpac is about horticulture as opposed to polit politic. >> mitt romney, sarah palin, allen west being there, its like the zombie apo...

Pictures of the senate where the vote tally continues on whether to end debate and thus proceed to a final vote on the nomination of chuck hagel as defense secretary. for more on these developments we bring in democratic congressman peter welsh of vermont. good afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon. >> how difficult is it, congressman, to do the business of congress when it has to go through the kind of maneuvers that weve been seeing in relation to a defense secretary? >> well, this is pretty bizar...

0 valentines day to you. i would suggest that if mr. lapierre was so concerned about new york post-sandy, maybe he could have used his influence to get more republicans to vote for the sandy aid package. he wasnt there for -- >> but mr. crawly, he describes a city not dissimilar to the central republic of africa where thugs, drug dealers, and child soldiers threaten us on subway trains, where people loot in the midst of a disaster, is that what you saw? you represent a constituency here. >> whey...

$250,000 or less and also to extend unemployment insurance and to help lay the groundwork for deficit reduction in the future. right now the expectations have been lowered a great deal in terms of what is actually possible and you heard the president say that he is still optimistic that something can get done before the january 1st deadline and of course, theres a lot of pressure for these lawmakers to get something done because if they dont the economy could go back into a recession eventa you ...

And theyd be in a position where they can vote no and maintain their purity. i actually think the speaker is trying to be a constructive partner and hes just got a significant element in his caucus that will not vote for any new revenue. >> some might argue hes seen the revolt from the tea party section and constituency of the caucus right now. >> congressman, peter welch, thank you for stopping by. >> tomorrow well get another perspective from marcia blac blackburn, stick around for that. >> th...