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Homes. now, i know this is hard to believe, but some politicians are seeing higher gas prices as a political opportunity. youre shocked, i know. but its true. right in the middle of an election year, who would have thought? so recently, the lead in one news story said, and im quoting here, gasoline prices are on the rise and republicans are licking their chops. licking their chops. now, let me tell you, only in politics do people respond to bad news with such enthusiasm. that doesnt happen anywh...

What are you hearing in the cloakroom and in the corridors of the senate about the relationship between men and women, male and female senators, as we get so deeply embroiled in these fights over contraception and health care. >> well, the women are fired up and theyre very concerned that this would be a pandoras box, allowing employers to go back to a time period in which they could deny benefits to women. and we know how important it is to fight for this, and thats why i think you saw the wome...

A little guff from runs. theyre doing everything they can to stockpile money in advance of what could be a 2 to $3 billion election. >> a billion here, a billion there. chris christie going to ohio. super tuesdays ohio for mitt romney tomorrow. well talk about all that. thank you very much. that does it for us if this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." tamron hall has a look at whats next on "news nation." great to see you. the latest on the blunt talk and debate that proceeded the defeat o...

Predecessors administration, and whoever secedes me is going to have to keep it up. this is not going to be solved by one party, its not going to be solved by one administration, its not going to be solved by slogans, its not going to be solved by phony rhetoric. its going to be solved by a sustained "all of the above" energy strategy. and no matter what you hear for some folks in an election year, the key part of this strategy over the last three years has been to increase safe, responsible oil...

This was amended to a highway bill. and it was. this was a highway funding bill, where they put, roy blunt, the freshman senator from missouri, republican, put this on to it in hopes of trying to get it passed. this is not an uncommon practice. lots of things get added to unrelated bills, but it does have the feel of election year politics. and it also kind of reopens the debate over president obamas health care bill. all this ties back to, what can employers opt out of, as it relates to preside...

Exempted from a requirement providing contraception coverage if they claimed personal religious objections or moral objections. the amendment went down 51 to 48. retiring republican senator olympia snowe voted with the democrats in order to table that amendment. democrats bob casey of pennsylvania, joe manchin of west virginia, and ben nelson of nebraska voted with the republicans. kris cillizza is an nbc contributor and managing editor of postpolitics.com. hey, chris. this was a key test alread...

Let your member of congress know where you stand. will you do that? because i know, i know where i stand, new hampshire. i know where i stand on this. you know, we want to have successful oil companies that are able to get the oil that we have in our country, but we also understand that our future requires us to make investments in clean, renewable energies and that has to start now. we cant wait. we cant wait until gas has skyrocketed more, and people are desperate. we need to start making thos...