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you have seen the huge difficulties in the house, their inability to even tie their own shoes. >> to think with a straight face that theyve spent something that the american people would accept, the ryan budget, cap and cut, whatever that is, and then this thing. thats not lejsz las vegas. that is a -- that was an extravaganza over there that made them all look very foolish. >> northbounds luke russert is live for us on capitol hill. with a good saturday morning to you, luke. we heard ...

sfwroo the senate is the only way out of this mess. you have seen the huge difficulties in the house, their inability to even tie their own shoes. >> to think with a straight face that theyve spent something that the american people would accept, the ryan budget, cap and cut, whatever that is, and then this thing. thats not lejsz las vegas. that is a -- that was an extravaganza over there that made them all look very foolish. >> northbounds luke russert is live for us on capitol hill. ...

president. i have been here 25 years. i have never heard anything like that. nbcs luke russert is live on capitol hill. luke, good saturday morning to you. >> good morning. >> as we look at whats happening here, by the sounds of it, the two sides appear farther apart than ever. this is the time for them to buckle down and get to work toel together. are they going to be able to do it today, tomorrow, or monday? >> you would think that. the words rationale and commonsense have not been...

i have never heard anything like that. nbcs luke russert is live on capitol hill. luke, good saturday morning to you. >> good morning. >> as we look at whats happening here, by the sounds of it, the two sides appear farther apart than ever. this is the time for them to buckle down and get to work toel together. are they going to be able to do it today, tomorrow, or monday? >> you would think that. the words rationale and commonsense have not been prevalent here in washington over the...

Home from their constituents. then theres robert dold of illinois. he couldnt get to the end of the presentation before audience members peppered him with questions about the ryan budget. they said they dont believe chopping 10 percentage points will create jobs. listen to this. a handful of people in the audience identified themselves as business owners and accountants saying their income tax rates are lower than the rates in the ryan plan. they pointed to ge, that pay almost no taxes despite b...

jor ensigns affair was with a staffer. a staffer married to a top-senate aid. when the affair was reported, the staffer he was having an affair with and the one she was married to. they cut the family a $96,000 check. a check the lawyer said was a gift from the family because if it was sef rens pay, it was illegal. he contradicted that assertion. he said the payment was severance. investigations have been started by the fbi, the justice department, senate ethics committee. senator ensi...

behind the incumbent but -- but the rnc policy -- >> even incumbent senators? >> absolutely. we have a rule on that. we have rules we would have to fall into getting gauged in a republican -- [unintelligible] >> that is it for our time. would you have a message for speaker john boehner at this point? >> keep up the good work. >> thank you. >> tomorrow on "washington journal" a discussion on federal government spending. later, a look at cyber security with internet and data protection a...

have opposed both achievements. and why are there even more birds falling out of the sky all over the bible belt. im not sure i want to know the answer to the last one, but here we go. beginning tonight with the brand-new republican congress set to be sworn around high noon tomorrow. even before day 1, even before its officially sworn in, even before it presides over the house for the very first time, the behavior currently on display from the gops new class could provide a very import...

im not sure i want to know the answer to the last one, but here we go. beginning tonight with the brand-new republican congress set to be sworn around high noon tomorrow. even before day 1, even before its officially sworn in, even before it presides over the house for the very first time, the behavior currently on display from the gops new class could provide a very important indication of what is to come there is this often quoted, probably misquoted observation about popular causes ...

>> reporter: were trying to keep an eye on it. theres a lot of watch. if the candidates for governor want to push for exact numbers, theyre going to get them apparently but its going to take some time. this race is easily 30 days away from being decided. >> i believe we have won. >> its important that we let this process move forward in an organized way. >> reporter: two men vying for the states top job one day after the election. what stands between them other than their idealologies?...