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>> i don't know. if i may. the fact is what they have done is try to defund obama care, but, at the same time, fund the government which is precisely what their legislation does. >> never going to get through the senate never in a million years. >> that's the senate wants judgment. that's the democratic leader's judgment. not that of the republicans. their choice, if they decide to deny what the house has sent them will be to put and give prime is i to obama care by the way most of whom are opposed to it themselves and, in fact, defund the government, not obama care. >> bill: that's not the wa...

And not expect, you know, some kind of blowback-- >>, but the white, judy is an enormous bully pulpits, did he play the game better than the republicans did? >> i think he played the game better and he had a lot of inadvertent help with john boehner and-- >> boehner was not where the tea party was, and for the sake of accuracy here. boehner would have loved to have done the deal a week ago. in this case it wasn't just the liberal media, charles cro krauthammer and saying that the politics were terrible. >> over ann curry asked if speaker boehner has lost control on the house, that he leads the...

Arm-twisting, presidential bully pulpits and slight of hand. democrats are using every tool to get health care reform passed. it includes a maneuver that could pass without actually voting on it. >> this is the biggest vote that most members will cast. you can't hide from it and the american people will never accept some trickery to try to make this bill become law. >> the majority has these procedures that are trying to ensure success. but using them reeks of desperation. kelly o'donnell joins me now. talk to me about how it works. >> well, the motivation would be to allow house democrats who...

Compromise our ability to know what's going on within russia. i wouldn't call this a good thing in a very narrow sense, but i am very pleased that the congress, over the objections of the white house, has made it very clear that russian behavior is unacceptable and will be met with serious sanction. you know, as you know, this was a veto-proof vote in both houses of congress. the president was sort of dragged kicking and screaming into it. i think he owned it when it was all over. if we are going to counter putin in a serious way, we are waiting for the president to join from his most powerful...

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