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Black. people are getting very good at putting their member of congress on the spot about health care right now. and for people who want to save the affordable care act, that skill is about to become important, way more important than it's even been thus far, because last night at 2:15 in the morning, the senate confirmed tom price to be the new health secretary. zero democratic votes. 2:15 a.m. seems about right for that vote. i'm sure it helps to have zero attention, zero audience on a vote like that, particularly thanks to tom price's ethics problems, his lots and lots and lots of ethics pr...

Lengthy process of including congress because these were things he knew he had the support to do. >> larry, is the difference is one is a democrat and one is a republican? >> well, that's part of the difference. but i also think that we're seeing here is he campaigned on the idea he was a businessman and he'd bring order and he knew how to get things done. and what a lot of the public has seen with him coming into office is there hasn't been order. things seemed to be happening very quickly. they're not happening in a constructive fashion. they're getting overturned by the courts. people even ...

Stabbeding to do that this? doesn't it state ag have more standing? >> well, we believe that they are organization has suffered significant harm, our mission is to moderate the conflicts of interests and ethics problems in government. we focussed on the revolving door in and out of government, campaign cash, lobbyists, whole range of problems, and now suddenly we have thrown in our lap this new problem that the president of the united states is receiving money from foreign governments and corporations controlled by foreign governments in violation of the constitution. we have to devote signifi...

Congressman tom price still doesn't have a hearing schedule for his nomination to be the new health secretary as more and more stuff comes out about him and his ethics problems, tom price may never get a confirmation hearing as health secretary. he may have his nomination yanked as well. there are problems that come up. there are -- there's sort of a normal level of problems that you expect with any incoming administration, with any presidential transition, even with a presidential inauguration. but what is not normal is for 200,000 people to have rsvp to say they are they are going to -- the ...

Plaigerism scandal and drove up these stock price for that particular firm. congressman tom price still doesn't have a hearing schedule for his nomination to be the new health secretary as more and more stuff comes out about him and his ethics problems, tom price may never get a confirmation hearing as health secretary. he may have his nomination yanked as well. there are problems that come up. there are -- there's sort of a normal level of problems that you expect with any incoming administration, with any presidential transition, even with any presidential inauguration. but what is not norma...