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And it's almost like kabuki. we pretend we can solve these great public policies with a structure that's so democratically deficient. >> let's talk about that. you talk about the cornyn amendment, the republican from texas, introduced this week. let's play -- we'll play it and then we'll talk about it in a second. >> the most important difference between my amendment and the gang of eight bill is that my amendment has real border security triggers in place. while the gang of eight bill has no effective trigger that will guarantee implementation of border security standard that reach the gang's...

Hear the pressure from outside the beltway which is there's only so much repression latinos and other imgrajtds are going to take. that's the fact that has to be underlined in this. we're fed up with 1.7 million. if barack obama continues along the path that he's on, and he could be the big loser of this. let's look at this -- >> the line that was drawn sort of legislatetively the line drawn this week was on the cornyn amendment. you had even chuck schumer saying we're going not going that far. what's up in the air right now is this new compromise, this new potential amendment taking shape tha...

Living held of the gang of eight and said he supports the cornyn amendment, which john mccain is calling the poison pill. >> yes. yes. >> to play it down the line, 24th are politicians, we don't expect much of them. we do expect them to do their jobs. it seems like he's tries to do both jobs, run for president, keep the conservative caucus in line, which i'm not sure how you do that, and get a bill off the floor. i hate to break the news, doing all three is virtually impossible. >> i think he's right. and i'm a big fan of marco rubio. >> you've said before. but he's not playing this right, is ...

The amendment is at the deter citizenship, which is part of the biggest part of the bill that most of us you are championing. with rubio supporting that as well, right? so there's a way in which the current big is being paused. he's trying to gain credibility for this amendment, i think it shows the schism you're talking about, but also how impossible it is for republicans to see, get together under this amazing moment and appeal to all americans and to understand that the change in demographics mean there's a new america that's happening. >> jimmy, salimisha mentions the role of marco rubio. ...

Screamed when they heard the measure had failed and were escorted out of the capitol. four democrats voted no and four republicans voted for it. after the background check legislation which the white house believed had the best chance of passing was defeated. one by one the senate blocked proposals to ban assault weapons, limit magazines and by agreeing to a 60-vote threshold on all amends, democrats held off passage of republican amendments they believed would weaken or kill the bill. an amendment sponsored by john cornyn allowing gun owners with carry conceal weapon permits to take the gun i...