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I don't regret having done the aca i just described for you. there are millions of people who are not going to go bankrupt because they got sick because we got that done. so the question is, would i have loved to have gotten everything done in the first two years, absolutely. because for the next six i could have relaxed. but what we do is we choose to push as hard as we can on all fronts. some things are politically easier, some things are politically more difficult. some things we're able to get done given the schedule in the senate, or in the house. one of the biggest challenges that we've ...

Two houses of representative. the founders were extremely concerned about the tyranny of the majority, and that's what this is all about, the filibuster process, was to limit the tyranny of the majority. >> well, what was happening wasn't working. i want torate what i said. this applies -- it doesn't apply to bills or supreme court nominations. >> that's today. >> ezra kline pointed out in "the washington post" that prior to this current congress and a couple of congresses ago, when there were not so many ideologues in each party, everybody votes along party lines. it didn't used to be the cas...

With three benefits in one. [ male announcer ] new glucerna advance. from the brand doctors recommend most. the senate voted to invoke the nuclear option. they make it harder for republicans to block his nominees. steve is live at the white house, what exactly did the president say? >> the president appeared in the briefing room here in the white house just minutes ago and supported the move in the senate today saying that enough is enough. he said that because of republican obstruction of many of his nominees through the filibuster process, he has had about 30 of them since he became presid...

Do you share the concerns that senator paul had? would you have joined the filibuster? >> have to give a lot of credit to rand paul. he disclosed his secret hold. i put a hold on a three-star general, i wasn't hiding. i think this crazy secret hold stuff is insane-- >> reporter: basically, a senator can put a hold on a nominee and don't have to explain that they have done tbut we know that the nominee doesn't move. >> if you are putting a hold on someone, you should step up to the plate and own it. i did that on an issue. i am not afraid. i think what he did for 13 hours is a credit to what th...

Democrats, including dick durbin to rethink the decision to not overhaul the filibuster process at the start of this term zoosh i feel sorry for her. i hate to suggest this, but if this is an indication of where we're headed, we need to revisit the reforms. i'm sorry to say it because i was hopeful that a bipart sflan approach to dealing with these issues would work. >> um, richard, who is going to get their paperwork handled first? the 11 million undocumented workers in this -- or political nominees. >> 28 of president obama's 219 judicial nominees have been confirmed. that's a success rate o...