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And badly hurting another for a net zero? so what exactly is the republican policy strategy here? what am i missing? here to answer that is ben dominic, the editor of "the conservative morning news letter." great to have you. >> i think what youre missing is a number. and i think that number is 158, which is the number of house republicans who have shown up since 2006 out of 232 today. and of those republicans, i think if you look at what is priority for them, their priority list actually doesnt...

Breathinger from the battles as he goes to see his daughter sasha play basketball. not much time before he has to hit the grund running again in his second term. the debt ceiling fight has been delayed and they are looming on the issue of the budget more specifically the sequester that comes up at the beginning of march. those are spending cuts in military and domestic agencies and the continuing resolution. basically it calls for how they will pay for the government going forward. after march 2...

Congresswoman jan schakowsky is here to tell us what has to be done in president obamas second term. what is the priority list? then rigging the next presidential election? find out what the republicans did during the inauguration yesterday in the state of virginia. ill show you why theyre getting criticized by members of their own party. stay tuned. were right back. [ male announcer ] theres a story behind the silver of philadelphia cream cheese. it always begins with fresh, local milk, blend...

A successful second term? will he be able to get to climate change? will he be able to get to immigration reform without the republicans getting in the way? >> well, i think under -- there is no magic set of rule changes. but if we go with the 51 vote option, with the most robust form, it certainly puts us in a much better position because there will be accountability before the public. as you said, the public is with us. they want to end the war in afghanistan. they want to create jobs. they ab...

Is no magic set of rule changes. but if we go with the 51 vote option, with the most robust form, it certainly puts us in a much better position because there will be accountability before the public. as you said, the public is with us. they want to end the war in afghanistan. they want to create jobs. they absolutely would love to see us get rid of secret campaign donations, and so on and so forth. >> senator jeff merkley, great to have you with us tonight. appreciate your time. coming up, pr...

You had a big majority that he won by in a lot of areas so i think in terms of his governing, if youre one of the lawmakers that is peddling that garbage, hey, the public heard it and they rejected it. find something else. you know? theres always going to be people, tamron, you know it, who just want to be the permanent opposition but if thats the tack they take, it hurts them more than the president. far more. >> a very candid interview today in politico with senior adviser valerie jarrett and ...

Out all the negative things that could happen if, in his words, you went over that line, saying that social security checks and veterans checks will be delayed. that the full, faith and credit of the united states would be at risk. understand that as we have explained here many times, that treasury brings in receipts, tax receipts every day. you would be able to have enough money to pay what the nation owes first. so you wouldnt be in default, to what the country owes. and as far as what is goin...

Overemployment that this is on the top of their priority list? really? i dont appreciate the way that this republican senator seems to attempt to wrap this issue in the flag. lets play it quick. >> lets say your 20-year-old son or daughter comes back from a tour in afghanistan and you want to take them down to the local hall and have a beer with the vets and tell them stories. if the bill passes, you can do that with that son or daughter. >> i get the argument. >> the vet nam veteran. >> what if...

Comedy show, but we went to president obama on the "meet the press" where he tells us that immigration is on the top of the priority list. when we come back, we will talk to someone who is going to hold him to that promise. >> i have said that fixing our broken immigration system is a top prior tichlt i will introduce legislation in the first year to get that done. i think that we have talked about it long enough and we know how to fix it, and do it in a comprehensive way, but the american peopl...

Rates, taxes going up for everybody, 98% of mile an hoame. your taxes are going to go up because the payroll tax holiday is not being dealt with. the payroll tax holiday is going to cost everybody what? $1,000 a year? >> thats a good point, t.j. theres not been much attention focused on this. this is far down on president obamas priority list. i guess you pick your battles. the practical effect is an average family is looking at a tax hike of $1,000. its the same size of the tax increase you wou...