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Majority. getting environmental rules, getting union rules, getting the presidents -- so they have quite a portfolio. the other reason is its just seen as the springboard court to the u.s. supreme court. so when youre putting someone up on this court, its kind of a given that their next stop could well be the supreme court. >> there are three nominees in question here. is the case republicans are making that these three are just crazily outside the main stream or theyre not sufficiently credenti...

Stop blocking them and give them up and down votes or changing the rules so a simple majority. so if theres anyone who thinks we can actually preserve the filibuster for the future, to block, that is a terrible nominee by the other party. >> one of those nominees is sitting on the d.c. appeals court. a quick reminder about why is -- why is the d.c. court of appeals, which is the court in question here, the president has nominated three different people to fill seats, there is a lot of vacancies,...

Up and down votes or changing the rules so a simple majority. so if theres anyone who thinks we can actually preserve the filibuster for the future, to block, that is a terrible nominee by the other party. >> one of those nominees is sitting on the d.c. appeals court. a quick reminder about why is -- why is the d.c. court of appeals, which is the court in question here, the president has nominated three different people to fill seats, there is a lot of vacancies, why is this the site of this mos...

Senators said they were ready to change the rules, again, at that last moment, there was a promise made and this time there was initial delivery, there was a large slate of folks that were blocked that had up and down votes. the nominee for the federal housing agent which was blocked. its very different now but to say that this person or that person has this problem with their background, but simply, were not going to approve anyone that lets president obama fill the vacancies on the court, that...

Conversation has really been different. its been about executive nominees serve two to four years, judges serve for a lifetime. shouldnt there still be a filibuster to block certain judges. the republicans said either you stop blocking them and give them up and down votes or changing the rules so a simple majority. so if theres anyone who thinks we can actually preserve the filibuster for the future, to block, that is a terrible nominee by the other party. >> one of those nominees is sitting on ...

To fill seats, there is a lot of vacancies, why is this the site of this most intense -- anywhere outside of the supreme court and in some respects even more intense than the supreme court? >> its an easy answer, chris, its two parts, one is that this is the court thats passed with oversight of all the appeals that come up from all the agencies, so theyre the court, the d.c. circuit has been the one thats been with the gop majority. getting environmental rules, getting union rules, getting the p...

This is not just the healthcare side of it. this is also youre seeing it in op-ed where folks say this might be the end of the progress receive -- progress -- progressivism circumstance whether its union rules or environmental and global warming policy, all of these things this administration has said are so important to it are now deeply at risk, and that lends itself to a large degree of economic vitality and excitement and that is what has been missing from this market. >> david, i got to say...

♪ thats what makes the worlds leading airline... flyer friendly. ♪ >> who are we? >> chanting.e? >> that was a teacher outside of my office. >> they chanted stossel shame on you. still mad at me because i criticized tenure and union rules that make it almost impossible to fire bad teachers. they are even bad for good teachers. as bad as americas union rules are there is a place where they work. in mexico union teachers have been able to sell their teaching

And they were housed in a big, you know, john stossel did this special on it? they were housed in a building for years at a time collecting a check? im wondering if lois lerner will work for years at a time collecting a check but no longer allowed to do her job but unable to fair her because of union rules. >> weve come a long way from rogue agents in cincinnati, havent we? >> you saw the other thing that has come out. a career employio has said it was a political official, a political pointee o...

An 8 hour workday and time off and higher pay. oo ue like having to work a weekend and weekday? thank grur un yoion workers. >> in 1913 henry ford doubled wages and created an 8 hour workday. to compete gm and chrysler followed suit. that was 30 years before the uaw even existed. >> they did it because they wanted to compete for good workers. >> you think we would have an 8 hour day if there were no unions? no i am sorry you are wrong. >> they believe in the union myths. workers lie because they...