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Seems like they froeprobably wo be able, the way nancy pelosi has been able to whip her caucus on the important votes, if they could get the democrats, they would need 17 republicans to be willing to side with them on this issue then they could get a vote on immigration reform using this discharge position as a way of getting around house speaker john boehner. they need to find 17 republicans willing to take the political hit themselves. to endure the anger from the republican base, right? the definition of that kind of house republican right now, frankly, is a house republican who's leaving. ...

Would need 17 republicans to be willing to side with them on this issue then they could get a vote on immigration reform using this discharge position as a way of getting around house speaker john boehner. they need to find 17 republicans willing to take the political hit themselves. to endure the anger from the republican base, right? the definition of that kind of house republican right now, frankly, is a house republican who's leaving. who's retiring. who doesn't have to worry about a primary or running for office again. if you only have to endure until november, right, maybe you can do it?...

Fired up and very, very ready to go. this is them in phoenix this weekend. again, more than 500 people marching through the capital to the local detention facility demanding an end to deportations. this was them in tacoma outside seattle this morning. protesters chained together. their arms are to those big sleeves. they're chained together inside the pvc piping sitting in the pouring rain blocking entrances at a detention center calling for an end to detentions. this is them last week. this is them last week praying and getting arrested in front of the white house. a number of faith leaders g...

>> i'm going to continue to press congress to pass a federal minimum wage bill that goes up to $10.10 an hour, being sponsored currently by senators harkin and representatives millmill er. i'm going to be seeking republicans who are game to work with us and prepared to work with us on this issue. as i said, it's not something that requires az big bureaucracy and a lot of federal spending. >> raising the minimum wage, ed o'keefe with the new cbo report unite this week. what's the future of that fight looking like in d.c.? >> it's definitely going to happen much the senate expected to take up th...

Instance, they're already using the debt limit vote, this procedural vote, against him in his primary challenge by matt bevin. mitch mcconnell essentially wrote a check to president obama, a black check. so even if he says he's in the going to get involved in these primary fights, he is creating circumstances in which these groups can use against the incumbents. >> perry, i want to talk about this discharge position. let's talk about how that would work. obviously, the idea here is democrats are going to try to force a vote on the minimum wage. in essence, my assumption is, knowing they probab...