ticket to a theater and we knew what was going to happen at the end of the movie, but we had to stay there, because like you said, we were there 31 days and we fought for this hearing. but it really showed us the value of independent political power for people. and we re going to continue to build that. we have a pipeline bill that we re drafting and we re going to enter into legislation and hopefully enact into law during the next session. and in january, when any other laws come forward to amend or repeal or revise the stand your ground law, we ll continue to do that. and we said today, we re going to remember, remember the seventh of november. and next year, this time next year, after we ve registered our voters, we re going to be going to the polls with the mandate and continue. and we re in it for the long haul. and we re going to continue to build independent political power, and then when we do, we won t have to come to places just to watch a show. we ll be actively engaged in o
power. what we saw today, we got a ticket to a theater and we knew what was going to happen at the end of the movie, but we had to stay there, because like you said, we were there 31 days and we fought for this hearing. but it really showed us the value of independent political power for people. and we re going to continue to build that. we have a pipeline bill that we re drafting and we re going to enter into legislation and hopefully enact into law during the next session. and in january, when any other laws come forward to amend or repeal or revise the stand your ground law, we ll continue to do that. and we said today, we re going to remember, remember the seventh of november. and next year, this time next year, after we ve registered our voters, we re going to be going to the polls with the mandate and continue. and we re in it for the long haul. and we re going to continue to build independent political power, and then when we do, we won t have to come to places just to watch a s
fix. and would you ask your boss s wife out on a date? especially if your boss is the president of the united states? announcer: from cnn s world headquarters bringing you news and analysis from around the globe, live from studio 7, this is cnn saturday morning with t.j. holmes. let s start with the senate. open for business today. it will be open about three hours from now. they have some work to do. they need to work on a couple of bills. one is a big spending bill that will fund the government through september. a deal is reached that will keep us from having a government shutdown. the government was supposed to run out of money, a one-day extension so they could vote today. looks like crisis averted there. the other issue is payroll tax holiday extension. that could mean an extra $1,000 in your pocket. at least mean you won t lose that $1,000 at the beginning of the year. a compromise keeps it going for another two months. okay. two months is not something that
all right. before we go to break, explain to me why payroll tax cut extension wouldn t be good for the middle class at this point. can republicans and democrats agree on that without any string attached? shouldn t that be possible at this point? yeah, it should be. i wanted to settle that. we were having a little throw in a pipeline. no, the pipeline thing the republicans. it s my way or the highway. no, joe. if you don t agree to the president s approach. if they attach the pipeline bill to this payroll tax cut extension, then they d have to go through a 30-day review with the department there and it would die, so they re killing it. so if i were in the house of representatives right now. you cannot agree on a payroll tax cut for middle class? no, i can t. if i were in the house of representatives right now with a $15 trillion debt and i looked
is illegitimate, i think ignores what the constitution of the united states says about who drafts legislation, who drafts bills. it is the house of representatives where these these programs start, and i know you disagree with the republicans in the house who want to create jobs with this project that democrat harold ford jr. and others i m all for the pipeline plan, i just don t the obvious question, though, if they wanted to create jobs with the pipeline bill, why didn t they introduce it as a separate piece of legislation? yeah, so they could get both done. i don t know. but you know what, though, here s what s fascinating, mark haleprin, this president, we ve all said it around the table is being very cynical about this pipeline job. it does two things, create jobs, number one, and number two, helps us become a little less dependent on middle east oil. we all know he s going to sign this bill the day after he gets reelected if he gets reelected.