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Procedural brawl in the senate. the democrats in a complicated rules change -- they changed it -- effectively silencing republicans on the floor last night, and doug mckelway's following the developments in washington. pretty unique way to go, huh, doug? >> reporter: i'll say, jamie. stripping the minority party, the republicans, of power. it began last night with republicans in effect trying to embarrass democrats by forcing a vote on the president's $447 billion jobs bill by tying it as an amendment to another bill dealing with china. republicans knew all the while that it would not pass bec...

Where's the legislation, mr. speaker? show me one page, not a bill, just a page of jobs legislation passed by your chamber. john boehner presides over a do-nothing congress. president obama knows his leverage in this situation is with the american people and he made it clear again today. >> will congress do something? if congress does something i can't run against a do-nothing congress. if congress does nothing, than it is not a matter of me running against them. i think the american people will run them out of town because they are frustrated. and they know we need to do something big. someth...

government. it does not belong in our government. >> now, herman cain back in march responding to a question about whether he'd appoint a muslim to his cabinet or to the federal bench, the answer he said was, no. he subsequently walked that back saying he's open to appointing anyone as long as they pledged their loyalty to america. as far as his claims about sharia law, in a presidential debate in june, he says sharia law has influenced court decisions in oklahoma and new jersey. in new jersey, there was one incident in 2009. one single incident, domestic violence case. a judge refus...

be divided in three equal parts between ellen johnson surlaf, name ma bow lee and tav co-carlin for the nonviolent struggle, safety of women and women's rights to full participation in peace-building work. we cannot achieve democracy and piece in the world unless women receive the same opportunities as men in all levels of society. in october 2000, the un security council adopted resolution 1325. the resolution for the first time made violence against women in armed conflict an international security issue. it underlined the need for women to become participants on an equal footing w...

gradually ease shareal law and muslim faith into our government. it does not belong in our government. >> now, her main cane back in herman cain talked about whether he would appoint a muslim to his cabinet and he said no and now to back up his talk about shareal law, it's influenced courts in new jersey and oklahoma. in new jersey, there was a domestic violence case. a woman was not granted a restraining order because of her muslim belief. voters in oklahoma banned voters from deciding cases but that was a preemptive move. and on top top of that, the first amendment prevents mixing ...