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>> mr. speaker, last wednesday, the commons rejected some laws on the reform bill. on several occasions, they voted, but the childrens minister, the honorable member, refused to support the government and has spoken against a policy. now, mr. speaker, on occasion, i have spoken against the government, but i am not a government minister. why is she is still a government minister? >> we want to hear the prime ministers verdict on the honorable member, and we will not get that choice. pri...

memos demonstrate that he is concerned with satisfying -- more concerned with satisfying president obamas left-wing political base then he is with doing his job. indeed, holder pose a political antenna are always up. how else do you explain his position on the defense of marriage act? as you recall, president obama and eric holder have refused to defend the constitutionality of the defense of marriage act, even though it passed with overwhelming bipartisan majorities in congress, even ...

Try. >> gregg: his position on abortion is a non-starter for so many people. of the houston tea party society quote, the candidates that are running are not the candidates that people want. that is ryan hecker. does he have a point? >> well, look, come on. most of these candidates havent really gotten around the country to expose themselves. republicans say they like competition but they never seem to like in it presidential politics. this is a competitive process. i think youll see candidates b...

sergeant vann, 25-year veteran of the police force. well have more as the story develops. >> gregg: major developments in the gaza strip, egypt opening up the border for the very first time in four years. that move an achievement for hamas but it raises serious conference for israeli security. reena ninan is live in gaza city >> reporter: to lift it in place since hamas took over power here. you cant just show up and get into egypt. if you were to get in, you wont get in until mid-july...

most importantly, hes his own guy, he uttered the 85% statement. for me, john, it was an eye opener. >> yes, and i think whats going on, larry, is that republicans richard shelby, mitch mcconnell, the republican leader, are positioning themselves to say at the end of the process that we put the brakes on. we saw a bill that we thought was going to perpetuate bailouts. we obtained changes in it because changes are going to be made and that can be their exit strategy from the debate sayi...

Polls, over 48% of americans identify themselves as tea parties, while only 42% with barack obama. so i would question that there is a lack of trust there. in the american people generally for him. now, if a certain percentage -- >> three-fifths -- are you one of the birthers? because three-fifths of the tea party people are not willing to simply say, okay, hes another american like me. so why is that the case, ryan? >> i am not a birther. >> why are three-fifths of your numbers around you -- >>...

Policies? >> if the kind of spending that weve seen in the last year and a half were the case, absolutely. but i dont think thats likely to have been the case. whats happened, chris, is that the overspending has accelerated. not simply that it existed back in the bush years, of course it did. but then it got worse. so thats where it started, now its expanded. >> well part of the problem, sir, and you know as well as i do, we all study kensyn economics. this president was hit by a -- what could h...

>> let me go to ryan hecker on that. ryan, why do you need a separate party if youve got the republican party if your philosophy is the same? >> i think, i think first of all there ra lot of independents, a very high percentage of independents involved as well. and i would say that you know, we represent a limited government. group of people that support the constitution. and believe in good governance and transparency, which i think is an overwhelming majority of americans. >> arent you guys wi...

Problem. but you add all of these things up together, and you project them out into the future. and youre in a situation where youre not only going to have federal debt exceeding the annual gross domestic product of the country, but youre going to have a federal deficit that is unprecedented. youre going to have federal spending well north of 25% of the total gdp. and those things become simply a bridge too far. they become financially unsustainable, chris. >> thats a good argument, thats a good...

Iraq was a great national enterprise, by the way. ill bet a lot of people behind you think it was the stupidest war we ever fought. but thats just my thinking. where were you guys when bush was here? >> well we were there. i think what happened was, i mean it was october 2008. when t.a.r.p. was passed, that the entire, you know, kind of frustration about republicans rose to a real height. and i think that the automobile bailout, and then the takeover and then the stimulus package really drove us...