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♪ ♪ ♪ miller. ♪ >> stephanie: down. down. it is the "stephanie miller show." welcome to it. 24 minutes after the hour. >> there goes the bikini whale. >> is there such a thing as the bikini whale? >> i dont think so. >> i dont either. >> stephanie: it is magical they have built their entire convention on a lie. [♪ magic wand ♪] >> stephanie: i read the presidents actual quote. somebody built thos...

The way the parties are operating. they not only gridlock and do great damage as you say, and it really is damage to the country, the fabric of the economy, but they leave voters with little opportunity to figure out who genuinely to blame. and frankly, the press corps is an unindicted coconspirator to that. >> i cop guilty to that. norm and tom mann, co-authors of" its even worse than it looks" which is terrific. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> republican presidential candidate mitt ...

It is the most credentialed experts on the manner. thomas man and normal orn steen have been explaining for four decades, and earlier this year, they came to this joint conclusion. quote, we have been studying washington politics and congress for more than 40 years and never have we seen them this dysfunctional. joining me now, the aforementioned most credentialed experts on the matter, norm and tom mann, senior fellow in government studies at the brookings institution, also the co-authors of "i...

To block, to make any victories look ugly. and we also know dave obi, when they started to do a stimulus bill, called in his ranking republican member jerry lewis and said, we want to work with you. go to your members, let us know what things you like, what things you dont like. lewis said i have orders on high. were not going to cooperate. there are smoking guns all over the place. >> tom, i look at whats happening here and i aglee with jow guys. i think the republican party has become very ext...

>> that is awesome. what happened in the senate today aside from the poppycock reference was something truly remarkable. in a chamber that has been essentially paralyzed by filibuster after filibuster on nearly everything over the last two years, there were two votes held in the senate today that were not filibustered. that only needed a simple majority to pass. 51 votes to pass, just like the founders intended. and these werent meaningless votes. werent naming postal offices. these we...

pass. 51 votes to pass, just like the founders intended. and these werent meaningless votes. werent naming postal offices. these were votes of consequence. it was about what to do when the bush tax cuts expire at the end of the year. democrats and republicans each got the chance to put up their own plan for a popular vote in the senate and to see what happened. republicans went first. their bill would have extended the bush tax cuts for everyone including all incumbent millionaires and...

today aside from the poppycock reference was something truly remarkable. in a chamber that has been essentially paralyzed by filibuster after filibuster on nearly everything on the last two years, there were two votes held in the senate today that were not filibustered, that only needed a simple majority to pass. 51 votes to pass, just like the founders intended. and these werent meaningless votes. werent naming postal offices. these were votes of consequence. it was about what to do w...

what todays votes are all about are showing the people who sent us here where we stand. okay, so if you thought even for a minute that the senate was actually doing something today, well, poppycock. theres mcconnell to remind you it was all just posturing. thank you, mitch mcconnell. meanwhile, what was happening in the house today? >> i would ask the gentleman from virginia if he would be willing -- or let me rephrase that, he would not object to a unanimous consent in the house to co...

pass constitutional muster and wont become law. what todays votes are all about is showing the people who sent us here where we stand. okay. so if you thought even for a minute that the senate was actually doing something today, well, poppycock. theres mcconnell to remind you it was all just posturing. thank you, mitch mcconnell. meanwhile, what was happening in the house today? >> i would ask the gentleman from virginia if he would be willing -- or let me rephrase that -- he would not...

meanwhile, what was happening in the house today? >> i would ask the gentleman from virginia if he would be willing -- or let me rephrase that, he would not object to a unanimous consent in the house to correct a typographical error made. >> madam chairman, this member will reserve the right to object at the appropriate time. >> reclaiming my time -- >> gentleman from california. >> nothing could be more insincere than to pick on professional staff on a typographical error. >> well, yo...