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But it doesn't work out that way. this is what is fascinating to me. there is the caucus politics on the hill. how he is leveraging himself and then there is the politics in the districts and then there is the politics here is a list of members who are considering or declared for a senate bill. you only get to talk to people who agree with you. right? >> you have to run statewide. this is a long list of people who voted against the violence against women act. it says that -- >> didn't they vote against the senate version but for the house version? >> when the adds get run against them they can...

But that is what the gop has done on two bis issues alone. again, the violence against women act will be signed into law. so now the question is if the boehner rule will be signed into legislation, what does this mean? david, you worked in the house. what is the logic here? >> i think the logic is that the republican party is going to show that the existing base that we are going to go to bat for you. but they are in chaos. the hastert rule is something i remember well. being on the floor of the house and seeing republicans have their arms twisted to vote for bills. once in a while we slipped ...

Reporters there. compareed to this. here is what the same room looked like on the press conference on the sequester. it is a standing room only crowd for a bill that everyone knew was dead on a rival. what is the new bill? and why is no one listening to it. the bill would place a small tax of three points on non consumer financial trades. a tax of three pennies on every $100 traded in the markets. that is $1.50 on a $5,000 modes virtually no impact on most mef americans. it taxes something we want lesson. this is right out of econ 101

Stop a bill and so the republican leader went like this and 70 votes switched while they kept the voting to make sure the bill that passed looked like it was passing. allows legislation to pass is an amazing thing. >> it was wise how he did this. they voted for the house version first and then the senate version. you can say i voted for violence against women and with sandy, you could say i didn't support that money going out the door. it is wide how he has done it. this is a little bit of boehner trying to get some leverage. >> it seems to me, on the house side, the three instances, it seemed...

From capital one and earn unlimited rewards. choose double miles or 2% cash back on every purchase every day. what's in your wallet? [ crows ] now where's the snooze button? in the spotlight tonight. republican obstruction getting less obstructiony. it marks the third time this year speaker boehner using the rule. unless republicans could pass the bill without democratic votes. it seems the hasstert rule is no more. from now on i will refer to the hasstert rule as the hasstert rule as a success.