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Have no way to recover damage payments. >> other women need to know what they're facing. they have a right to be told, be diagnosed and understand what the risks are involved for that child. >> in the end, it's not about money for biggs. about her daughter's life of suffering, something she says politicians could never understand. >> they don't love her. they don't love her. i'm the one who loves her. i'm the one who should have made the decision. >> elizabeth, wow. first, the bill itself, this texas bill, where is it, is it likely to pass? what sort of opposition are they facing? >> well, it'...

Eligible american to have subsidies to lower the health care costs whether state officials or federal officials running the marketplace. i think that's a pretty clear intent of the congressional law. >> of course, jean, what the court said is that it isn't that clear. that congress really did not do a very good job of making did intentions clear. >> well, that's exactly right. and the sections of the law that have been highlighted by this lawsuit, you know, is a bill itself over a thousand pages so we're talking about sentences and words that are making the difference here and the attorneys wh...

Because they find it helps them attract people. >> yes, sir. i think it would be fair to say, if you were one of these republicans always talking about the free market, the free market has spoken repeatedly about the value of diversity and having a safe and happy work environment, particularly when you think about cities like new york, san francisco, places that lead commerce. on the bill itself, i want to ask you, in the short-term people are not optimistic about this in the gop house. but if you take the longer view, and we're going to put up on the screen the number of co-sponsors for this ...

More interested in this race than they have been in the past? >> you know, i think so. it's an interesting issue. if you look at the bill itself, the components, and the regulations that have taken effect, some of the regulations you could find majority support for in texas, but there's an aspect in which process matters, right? this became a huge issue, a public issue, and it wasn't a pressing issue before the filibuster made it one. i think a lot of texans, women and men alike were put off by the fact that republicans advanced this issue for political purposes. >> erica from texas monthly. t...

Made the majority's case for change. i commend these passionate leaders. they have made compelling arguments for reform. >> for more, let's turn to senator jeff merkley of oregon who introduced the filibuster reform. senator, good to have you with us tonight. is this the ticket to ending obstruction? >> well, it won't end it, ed, but it certainly takes us a step in the right direction. we need to end the use of a filibuster getting to a bill and we need to end the use getting to a conference committee. those are outrageous applications. but moreover, the secret silent filibuster on a bill itse...