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At both sides tonight. >> first of all, i want to congratulation senators widen and hatch forwyden and hatch. >> reporter: this bipartisanship is over shadowed by the strong opposition within the presidents own party. elizabeth warren, chuck schumer and nancy pelosi have all criticized the proposal saying it would add provisions onto deals that wouldnt pass muster on their own. >> im concerned that were rushing too quickly that will have major economic consequences. >> all of the evidence that i...

Times, todays article in "politico" is headlined, the civil rights act passed the senate by 73-27 with 23 out of 33 republican votes. also joining me, political analyst. congressman, i will start with you that law that passed in 1964 wouldnt pass in 2014. do you agree with that? >> first of all, the strongest opposition to president johnson came from dixie considerarats.

Thats not going to lend itself to compromise. both sides need to start thinking about how to get a budget actually passed. this is something that wouldnt pass. >> without a doubt, i dont think theres anybody who would make a serious argument this is going to pass, but it does set a philosophical groundwork for at least a big chunk of the republican party, and let me play for you what john boehner just had to say about this. >> we know that social security, medicare, medicaid, are going bankrupt....

The egg and we used to think is dennys still open? we are pretty high right now. >> good stuff. it goes to sew you how the tone so so important because people are sophisticated and we know too much. we know marijuana is not bad for you. these ads wouldnt pass. two things make a successful psa. a sad sara mclaughlin song and a guy with a neck hole. you will never see a neck hole guy in a pot commercial because these friends would have made a bong out of him. >> these psas though, there was a mome...

Negotiate contracts and as wrong as what i think the president is doing, it is lawful. the congress gave, not him, that gave george bush that authority and now hes using it. >> last word, charles? >> the judge is right. you can have executive orders that implement already existing laws. what obama has done in the dream act, which is exactly what youve talked about. >> right. >> where essentially he passed a law by executive order that the congress had rejected, wouldnt pass, that is unbelievably...

Get a vote. if he says i wont negotiate with you, hes saying i never want to see the federal government compelled live within its means. >> try and answer this for me because i asked this to a couple people and havent quite got an answer i can understand. republicans are saying there is no point in bringing this up for a clean c.r., for a vote on this in the house, that it wouldnt pass. democrats are continuing to call for that or bring it up for a vote, bring it up for a vote. it will pass. the...

Amendment to our constitution, i realize he doesnt get a vote on it. if he says i wont negotiate with you, hes saying i never want to see the federal government compelled to live within its means. >> try and answer this for me because i asked this to a couple people and havent quite got an answer i can understand. republicans are saying there is no point in bringing this up for a clean c.r., for a vote on this in the house, that it wouldnt pass. democrats are continuing to call for that or bring...

>> no guns, no bombs strapped anywhere. >> wait, underneath all the process stories is a simple fact, which is the president has the weaker position, if it were proposed today it wouldnt pass. all the stories, as obscure as the disaster is, obama care has not done well by any measure, what a shame that is not on the front page, because that is the story. >> i want to take you back to 2006, juan, i want to read you the words of one obama hussein obama, the sign that the government cant pay its ow...

Not taking the side of the democrats here, and in a minute here you will see im not taking the side of the republicans. >> but im just showing you anderson, we did have an election, in the election, we chose a republican house and a democratic senate. so were not just going to sit here and do what the democrats want to do. or negotiate under democratic control. we have a republican house and we have a progressive that our constituents sent us to washington and win this, and to actually fight on ...

Have said, you know, at least a dozen, probably twice that, who have said that they would vote for it if it were on the floor. of course, the issue still goes back to what you and i talked to all last week and even the week before, wolf, is those republicans who have said that have not been willing to put their vote where their mouth is. they have not been willing to do whatever it takes to reopen the government. to defy john boehner, defy the leadership. go ahead, for example, theres something ...