For the record, i believe that we have a great country. That weve done a lot of great things for the world, weve overcome world wars and we have fought back against depressions and recessions and done social change, civil rights legislation, weve come a long way in over 200 years. But it just seems right now we cant overcome a congress that doesnt want to do the work of the people. Ever noticed how it doesnt matter how you and i think on an issue whether we poll in the majority or not . Its all about what they want to do and how the corporate dollars are driving them. What is unfolding in the United States house at this time i think is a total embarrassment to this country. Almost to the point where you cant recognize america anymore. It is seeded in hate and it is seeded it disdain for one man. And it is all about a law that they simply could not repeal. President obama ran on healthcare. He got reelected on healthcare. But theres a Political Party in this country that wants to do election denying and they are going to do everything they possibly can to try to reverse this. Its a lawsuit but its really all about taking down health care and making sure this country never goes to single payer. They are afraid of the first big step. Tonight, we start with breaking news. At this hour, were expecting the house to vote on of all things suing the president of the United States. Going to happen within the hour. Thats right. The guy that you voted for, the majority of americans elected twice, hes going to get sued. The vote is no doubt expected to pass along party lines. Debate is currently underway. When the vote happens, well bring it to you live. We cannot be mistaken whatsoever here, folks, this is an unprecedented his tri making event in the United States house. Never before has congress brought a frivolous lawsuit against the president of the United States and sued him. Its clear john boehner and donothing Republican Caucus have accomplished very little. They are currently by far the least Productive Congress in history of the United States. Only 125 laws have been passed since january of 2013. But its the obstruction that we need to focus in on. Its clear republicans cant accomplish the job they were sent to do. And they are fraudulent. They refuse to do the work of the people. They are hung up in political hedge row country. They wont extend unemployment. They said no to that. They refused to bring minimum wage to the floor for a vote, although many think it would pass. They wont pass a longterm infrastructure bill, although we do have bridges that are falling down in america and people are getting killed. They block president obamas jobs bill at every pass. Republicans have no problem defaulting on the debt and no problem shutting down the government and costing you and me, 25 billion to the treasury. When republicans go home for vacation next week, the only thing they are really going to be able to hang their hat on is number one they hate the president and number two they think hes operating unconstitutionally and by the way, we sued him. Its a travesty and the republicans have no shame. House democrats, frustrated, no doubt, flat out mad about it. Earlier today steny hoyer had no problem calling this lawsuit a loser. I think its a waste of time. I think its a loser. It is unprecedented and it is to gin up the republican base. To the extent they get a response, that should not be surprising to them, because the American People think this is a waste of time. Congresswoman Jackie Spierer decided to spell out stupid on the house floor for republicans today. The republicans are trying to distract americans from the fact they have ruled over a donothing congress. While we are friterring away our last few days in session in this pointless childish exercise, we are not creating jobs, fixing immigration, renewing the export import bank, doing tax reform or even completing a full appropriations process. Words fail me in describing the pelt you lens of the other side. This toddler is more adult than some of my colleagues sfwl earlier today the man in the middle of this firestorm, president obama, also had into problem slamming the lawsuit. The main vote they scheduled for today is whether or not they decide to sue me for doing my job. By the way, you know whos paying for the suit they are going to file . You. No, youre paying for it. And its estimated by the time the thing was done, i would have already left office. So its not a productive thing to do. How is this a good use of taxpayer dollars . The lawsuit is disgusting, a waste of time and money. Republicans have absolutely zero basis for suing the president of the United States. Boehner claims its all about constitutional overreach. I believe that the path were going is the right one to defend our institution against the encroachment from the executive branch and to preserve the constitution of our country as it was written and as it was intended. So lets cut to the chase. This lawsuit focuses specifically on president obamas executive action delaying the employer mandate on obamacare for one year, what the public wanted. The republicans were complaining about the mandate claiming that businesses couldnt shoulder the responsibility it was going to be a job killer. Obama goes along with it. Conversely republicans themselves try to repeal this very same provision of obamacare. Its ridiculous and outrageous and as a taxpayer you should be fuming mad, probably now more than ever. But if you hate the president , im sure you understand whats going on. Think about this for just a moment. Are we getting our moneys worth . There are 234 House Republicans who get paid 174,000 a year. They have worked only 86 days so far this year. Hold it right there. What employer what person running a business in this country would think that this is really the way we should be running our railroad . In fact, im going to do this for my employees, no one, they are gaming us big time. Most of them have been most of the time theyve been working theyve been trying to destroy the president , thats been the mission. They arent working to create jobs or build roads or bridges or help americans and the next step will be impeachment if they can swing it. Now after accomplishing absolutely nothing, congress is leaving for a monthlong vacation, something i dont think they deserve. So the narrative for republicans will be this, when they go home they are going to be saying the president has exceeded his constitutional authority. Theyll keep it real simple, constitutional authority. Thats all they want the American People to consume. Dont understand why they are suing him, just understand that hes exceeding his constitutional authority. So what does this mean to you, to your family, to all of us . It means that once again we really dont mean very much and we have a very narrow window of opportunity to understand whats going on, comprehend it and then go do something about it in november and i know its july 30th and weve got a ways to go yet. Heres something that i think we need to be fair about. John boehner has taken statesmanship to a new low in this country. He has shown young people in Public Service that you can take the low road and still keep your job. Character. There used to be a time in the country when character counts. In washington it doesnt count anymore. The only thing that counts, can you outgame your opponent. In the middle of this political game thats being plaled out in america, you and i are paying the price. Just have a vote. Just do something for the American People. But no, we have to sue the president because they dont like the law and they will take any opening that they possibly can to reverse what they dont like, whether its 50 votes plus in the house to repeal obamacare or a lawsuit to go after a mandate that they were against to start with. Theyll find and take any opening they can. This isnt the america i grew up in. Its not the america i want my grand kids to grow up in. The cooperation has gone. The states manship has left the building and now its about power. It is about power. As a liberal, as a broadcaster, i would love to see president obama do one thing from here on out, forget the republicans, turn to the midterms and go on the road in every red district in america and tell the truth about what is happening to this country, that its not about the people, that obstruction, the country doesnt deserve this kind of obstruction. Mr. President , go on the road. Bring it from your loins the way you did to get reelected, the way it was described by axelrod, go out there and let them have it for the next 100 years and turn this around, keep the senate and give the country what it really deserves, a chance to succeed. Republicans, all they want is power and only want to see america succeed in their view, which is horribly narrow. Get your cell phones out. I want to know what you think. Tonights question, does this lawsuit convince you that republicans hate the president . Text a for yes or b for no. 67622. Go to our blog and well bring you the results later on in the show. For more, let me bring in George Miller of california who has seen an awful lot in his career. I dont think hes seen anything like this. Congressman, good to have you with us tonight. Thank you very much, ed. You bet. What is the atmosphere in congress at this hour as this is unfolding . Well, i think most of the republicans are embarrassed by this legislation to create the lawsuit. And most of the democrats are furious that were not using this time to help the american middle class, help the economy, by creating jobs instead of giving tax breaks to send jobs overseas lets give them to company to bring jobs back to the United States allowing students to refinance their Student Loans and saving them 50 billion to the American Families if we just did for students what we did for banks in letting them refinance those loans and providing minimum wage increase that so desperately needed in so many places across this country for so many workers. And making sure that women who work get paid equal to men in the job for the same kind of work. But the republicans have chosen Something Else. Theyve chosen to try to divert the attention, theyve done nothing on behalf of the American People. This is the least Effective Congress in the history of the country. And they still got to go home. They are creating a cloud dust and diversion of this miserable, miserable suit against the president of the United States for successfully enacting the Affordable Care act which now means that tens and millions of individuals who did not have insurance, families and children and wifs and spouses did not have insurance now have insurance. They decide to sue them on the last week of the congress before we go home for the august recess. What they are really hoping is they might strike gold and this suit can lead them to impeachment. That would be ecstasy for the right wing. That would be ecstasy for republicans in congress if they could impeach barack obama. They are going with the lawsuit, testing the waters. Its a frivolous lawsuit, waste of money, waste of time. Not going to be successful. This is what theyve chosen to do with this countrys time when in fact we have so many needs in this country to help middle class families and help those individuals working hard to aspire to get into the middle class. This is a brutal, brutal decision by the republicans to ignore the American People, to ignore the needs of the economy, to ignore the needs of families all across this country. Well, thats exactly what they are doing. I want to play a clip from john boehner talking about republican priorities just yesterday. Here it is. Over the last 18 months, republicans in the house have been focused on the American Peoples priorities, whether its growing our economy, creating more jobs, holding our gold accountable. Last week the president signed in the skills act, signed it into law, a step in the right direction. Congressman miller, how can john boehner say that with a straight face the day before suing the president . Well, hes just delusional about the republican record. The fact of the matter is, this republican record in the congress on behalf of the American People is atrocious. Its a complete failure. And thats why theyve turned to the lawsuit as a diversion. This is a diversion. They want to take this to the country and see if they can get the country to focus on this for 30 days or 100 days until the election rather than look at the republican record and the denial of opportunity for the American People in this congress. Congressman George Miller, i appreciate your time tonight. Thanks so much. Very passionate and on point, no doubt about it. Thank you. This lawsuit no doubt opens up the door to impeachment as the congressman said. Later on down the line. On tuesday night karl rove slammed the president for fund raising off the issue. The speaker of the house has said we will not we will not consider or take up this issue. Theres no serious republican leader who stepped forward and said heres the bill of particulars that justifies this extreme action. Yet the president of the United States sends out his press secretary last week to stir the waters and suggest this is real. How cynical. How pathetic. How pathetic . Whats pathetic is the president is being sued after the United States people have said that a, we Want Health Care and we accept health care sean reelected the guy. The president actually did this executive order because he was listening to the republicans and some Business Owners across america saying can you give us a little bit more time on the mandate. Let me bring in congressman steve israel, chair of the d. Cc. This lawsuit, will it have an impact on midterms . What does this arm democrats with as they go home to constituents . The next 70 days will be about the defining contrast between democrats and republicans. Republicans have focus tds their time and taxpayer money on suing the president and talking about impeaching the president while democrats are focused on solutions for the middle class. Thats what an election is all about. By the way, it is another example to the American People of hhypocrisy, these republican want to pass tort reform to stop lawyers from filing frivolous lawsuits who today pass a bill to spend millions of dollars to stop the president in court . Yeah. Its another act of supreme hypocrisy that convinces the American People that they are badly out of touch and about their selfinterest and special interest. Congressman, are you raising money off this lawsuit . Any time that republicans talk about impeaching the president and any time they focus on suing the president you can expect our base to be energized and it is. Not only is our base energized but the fact of the matter is the republican strategy has badly back fired on swing voters. Swing voters by their very nature do not want process. They want progress. They dont want one branch of government suing another branch of government. They want their members of congress to be focused on student loan relief. They want members of congress to be focused on growing their paychecks and want them to be focused on passing legislation to make sure a woman gets paid the same as a man for equal work. The more they see of this Republican Congress just completely obsessing in their hatred of barack obama, the more convinced they are that we need a different majority this november. Do you agree that they just want American People not to know the minutia of all of this to grab the narrative that the president is lawless and president is operating outside the constitution . I mean, thats really the only message they want to send going home, isnt it . I believe that this is a Campaign Strategy they cooked up. They calculated this is a Midterm Election and they have to gin up their base, why you have the benghazi hearings and now a vote on a lawsuit. This is intended to gin up their base. The strategy is back firing. It is also energizing our base and creating an erosion of support by persuadable swing voters for republican. Will there be any democrats that vote for this lawsuit . Well, if there is, its not going to be this democrat. I dont know what the final fally is going to look like. But lets not forget this is a republican strategy, written by republicans to hire a bunch of republican lawyers to sue a democratic president. Congressman steve israel, good to have you on. Thanks so much for your time tonight. The vote taking place coming up here at the bottom of the hour. Coming up, a former republican rising star sees his day in court on corruption charges. The trial has started. Rapid Response Panel weighs in on Bob Mcdonnell corruptions trial. 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