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The reason hr-847 is not brought up under regular order is the majority party is petrified of having members face a potential vote on illegal immigration. they want republican support yet they never consulted one republican before they made the corporate tax increase to pay for it. they say they want republican support before they pass the bill but never applied that standard when they ran towards the stimulus, health care, cap and trade, or financial regulatory reform. no, you only apply it to cops and firefighters and construction workers. what a sad and pathetic double standard. these heroe...

Proper care. >> now, peter king, a republican congressman from new york, spent a great deal of time defending his fellow republicans who were going to vote no. he, himself, voted yes. do you wish that all of the new york delegation had worked harder to get this passed, and not just vote yes, but worker harder to collect votes for it and get it passed? >> yes. i believe that -- i wish that they would have worked harder. i know they're coming up on a summer recess and they wanted to get it done before that, but slow and steady wins the race. we have to get this done, but we have to make it the r...

Far. he came up to speak after the co sponsor of the bill, representative peter king from new york, had already spoken. listen to peter king. >> they say they want republican support, yet they never consulted even one republican before they made the corporate tax increase. they say they want republican support before they pass this bill. but they never applied that standard when they ran through the stimulus health care, cap and trade or financial regulatory reform. no. you only apply it to cops and firefighters and construction workers. what a sad and pa thethic double standard. these heroes ...

A bill that he co-sponsored with republican pete king, both of them of new york, failed for reasons that you may not understand. this was a bill designed to give free health care to rescue workers from 9/11. it was called hr-847. first of all, i want to bring you what anthony weiner, representative anthony weiner, said on the floor of the house of representatives last night. listen to him. >> great courage to wait until all members have spoken and wrap your arms around procedure. we see it in the united states senate every day where members say, we want amendments. we want debate but we're -- ...

They have earned and deserved, but they are offering $3,200 on the low end to opt into this which will open up the door for fraudulent cases, and i believe that $3,200 and you might as well give everybody a scratchoff ticket and say good luck, here is the world trade center lottery ticket. it is an insult to us. >> where do you go from here? do you continue to fight, and if you were a betting man, would you say that 95% of the folks would say no, that this thing is essentially null and void? >> well, brooke, i can't speak for everybody, because i can't tell them what to do. everybody's case is...