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Murray legislation or are we going to still see gridlock among the gop? >> it's a great question. you know, i think perhaps they should scale back their ambitions a bit. if they think about doing, perhaps, some more targeted legislation and not trying to change overhaul all of america all in one session -- eric: what do they think they should start with? >> obamacare, it should have been repealed, of course, there are a lot of things that even the president could have done, for example, with the contraceptive mandate that. wasn't part of the law. that is part of hhs rule and the president coul...

Secretary kathleen sebelius suggested the obama administration and catholic church can still make headway together. >> they will have a year delay in implementation to work out strategy where they can abide by the religious freedom. >> when pressed about the modified hhs ruling friday and mandated the catholic affiliated institution must provide free contraception to women as part of the health plan as long as the insurance company pick up the tab. >> it the rule will be in place and effective by august 2013. >> my first job in chicago was working with catholic parishs in pou poor neighborhood...

Freedom under attack. james rosen is live in washington tonight. james? >> shep, good evening. there are five measures presently pending on capitol hill to repeal this hhs rule. secretary sebelius noted that there is a year long extension that catholic affiliated institutions would have to come into compliance with the rule. she suggested the church and obama administration can quote work out a strategy to achieve that goal. the president's top health official also made clear the rule is going to go into effect starting august 2013 without any further revisions. lawmakers split along party lin...

Secretary kathleen sebelius suggested the obama administration and catholic church can still make headway together. >> they will have a year delay in implementation to work out strategy where they can abide by the religious freedom. >> when pressed about the modified hhs ruling friday and mandated the catholic affiliated institution must provide free contraception to women as part of the health plan as long as the insurance company pick up the tab. >> it the rule will be in place and effective by august 2013. >> my first job in chicago was working with catholic parishs in pou poor neighborhood...

That catholic universities and other employers won't be required to pay for contraceptive coverage. you were against this hhs rule. does this accommodation, in what we expect to hear go far enough for you? >> from what we have seen so far, it looks like it will provide enough accommodation to respect the religious beliefs of the institutions that would have been affected by the narrow mandate. so, we haven't seen the, you know, the specifics in how the rule will be written. generally, you know, that it will not require religious institutions to provide contraception, you know, is what we were ...