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Another goal to the president deterring chemical weapons in future conflicts against american forces. youre right. people say there are already 100,000 people killed, why ban chemical weapons. theres a reason the world since world war i has had this prohibition its because they are mass killing machines and they kill people indiscriminate indiscriminately. let me make this final point. if you look at the largest massacre in syria with conventional weapons, about 100 people got killed. it was awf...

Stage where people -- where the cumulative scientific community is saying we know that greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide particularly, from burning coal oil natural gas is damaging the planet. >> i mean, kurt, as joe says, this panel is a quorum of goodies and baddies. even they can agree with 95% certainty that climate change is caused by humans and that it is not -- what is happening is not a good thing, you would think that would spur someone somewhere into action and yet not only is there ina...

Of thing happened in wisconsin in 2011 when the new republican majority in that state moved to strip union rights. 14 democrats in wisconsin state senate, the whole democratic caucus, fled the state of wisconsin to go to an undisclosed location. also known as the state of illinois. they high tailed it across state lines and in so doing those wisconsin democrats denied the republican majority, the quorum to strip union rights. the democrats filibustered with their feet for three weeks and turned ...

Stop them. again, already in austin, intelligence apologizing for lying to congress. theres talk of regular citizens, again, lines up by the would that correction of the record have ever happened hundreds to testify the way they without him? did last month in the citizens but is the on the lam leaker who filibuster. started all this right? democrats are also hinting that that an informed public on this they might even go back to their playbook from a decade ago when subject is an angry public? i...

Citizens, again, lining up by the hundreds to testify the way they did last month in the citizens filibuster. democrats are also hinting that they might even go back to their playbook from a decade ago when they fled the state to deny the republicans a quorum. but if you look at the votes, alone, the best-case scenario for the democrats in texas is really just to slow this thing down. the point of fighting is not to defy the fact that republicans have the majority in the legislature. it is rathe...

Theres talk of regular citizens, again, lines up by the hundreds to testify the way they did last month in the citizens filibuster. democrats are also hinting that they might even go back to their playbook from a decade ago when they fled the state to deny the republicans a quorum. but if you look at the votes, alone, the best-case scenario for the democrats in texas is really just to slow this thing down. the point of fighting is not to defy the fact that republicans have the majority in the le...

Now without the board having -- because republicans are apparently going to block krpgs of the nominees, the board will not have a quorum to function. so the workers are kind of left without a real -- >> larry, this is all about the attack on workers. this board hasnt been filled out for ten years. the bush administration never wanted this board anyway. its been in place for years, but this conservative move to be anti-worker is really just all part of the puzzle for them, isnt it? >> its part o...

Right now, because of a recent court ruling, the president recessed appointments that he made to the board have been declared invalid. thats probably going to go to the supreme court. one of the terms -- they only have three members currently serving on the five-member board. thats the bear minimum for a quorum. in a few months, one of those terms expires which would drop them down to two. if they can get some of these nominees confirmed, theyre not going to have enough for a quorum and theyre n...

Today, senate republicans blocked president obamas nominee to head the epa, jenna mccarthy. that was not constructionist. they get a committee vote to deny a quorum and barbara boxer complained republicans should get out of the fringe lane. the republicans wouldnt let the nominee out of committee. heres the other reason blocking this nomination is so compare. she is currently the assistant administrator for the office of air and radiation at the epa, head of the epas air regulation and as head w...

Today senate republicans blocked president obamas effort. republicans boycotted a committee vote to deny a quorum and barbara boxer complained republicans should get out of the fringe lane. the republicans wouldnt let the nominee out of committee. heres the other reason blocking this nomination is so compare. she is currently the assistant administrator for the office of air and radiation at the epa, head of the epas air regulation and as head would have the authority to regulate the biggest pol...