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Government regulations, those 30 made an application to open up the wells and the government said no and they sued the government and the judge ordered the government not to open the wells but to accept new applications. the government refused. he ordered them again and the government refused and he held them in contempt, and now, after six positives in court, and tens of thousands of pages of documents, the government saying we dont have the manpower to review the applications. no one accepts t...

Of tough to tell the democrats apart from the republicans. lets listen to a republican and then a democrat. listen to this. >> our goal is to cut spending. were listening to the american people. they dont want the government shut down, they want us to cut spending and thats what were going to do. >> two week stop gap solutions only delay the adult conversation we need to have. this is a stalling tactic by house republicans because theyre unwilling to enter into serious negotiations. it has grave...

Affecting madison and every one of these states. >> so whats going on in washington is exactly as you said, washington has less money and that means its giving less money to the states. and thats about the economy being still incredibly weak. >> lets scott peterson joe quinnen, a human columnist at "the wall street journal." whether it comes to the threat of a government shutdown in washington, its actually kind of tough to tell the democrats apart from the republicans. lets listen to a republic...

And protesters by the tens of thousands are screaming to make their voices heard. [chanting] >> shepard: thats the scene in madison, wisconsin. the state capital where demonstrators have just spent a fourth long day fighting a budget bill. the governor and republican lawmakers are looking to save money by cutting salaries and benefits of public workers. but the larger issue here, the one thats causing such a huge ruckus is that they are also trying to strip unions of their bargaining rights. rep...

How long the standoff can continue without one side or the other blinking. and right now, its unclear which side will blink first. >> there are some pro-democracy supporters who believe this is a stalling tactic, that the more this can stall and there are concerns about tourism dollars being lost and concerns about, you know, the unrest and the chaos that it will sort of fall into business as usual except that it will be suleiman instead of mubarak. your take? >> well, theyre right to be concern...

Protection. stalling tactic or tool? where you stand depends on where you sit. which side of the aisle. though it was made possible in 1806 with a rule change by aaron burr, the longest recorded filibustered didnt happen for 100 years. tlrt recipes for 15 1/2 hours. senator al diamoto talk. strom thurman read the phone book for 24 hours to try to block a 1957 civil rights bill in what became a string of attempts in 1964. lyndon johnsons filibuster was broken. >> it is the day of decision on capi...

>> david, im sure the undercurrent is that so many times in the past we all know, you know it well from all of your years covering the white house, iran uses negotiations, almost as a stalling tactic so walking right up to the line, acting as though, okay, it is going to make the concessions only to renig on the word at the last minute. what did the president and advisers say about that issue? >> well, i -- you know, there was a lot of optimism in the room of sanctions. i think skepticism around...

Shannon: well let folks know as we get a response from governor brewer or others connected to this issue. were the promises real or just a stalling tactic? well have a fair and balanced debate here on "america live." new information on that american who set out on a mission to hunt down and kill osama bin laden. faulkner is being detained in pakistan. no word on this condition or potential release. but faulkner has not been charged with any crime in pakistan. he was arrested in a forest mere pak...

Senators from maine, susan collins and olympia snow. the president went out of way talking about olympia snow as his friend. susan collins important because shes one of a handful of republicans who is willing to talk about energy and climate change. these two votes are still in the presidents mind. if not in the presidents mind, he wants to look like he is reasonable and has his own independent streak. >> in other words what hes doing now is not so much about health care or the next important vo...

Olympia snowe as his friend having incorporated republican ideas in to health care. susan collins is important too because shes one of a handful of republicans willing to talk about energy and climate change. these two votes are still in the presidents mind. if not in the presidents mind, he wants to look like hes reasonable and has his own independent streak. >> what hes doing now is not about health care or the next vote. and how does this factor with the same senators and to do it with chuck ...