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Re-election or the democratic challengers in those blue states that you mentioned. >> molly, from a purely strategic standpoint, would it not be advantageous for, perhaps, republicans to see this issue that, again, you know, when you ask the average american they say yeah we like the minimum wage to be raised. here's an issue with john q six-pack. why not take it off the table before mid-terms. why not make that an issue that democrats can't use? >> well, you would have to ask a republican why they have chosen not to use this as an issue from a strategic standpoint. from a policy standpoint a ...

It is in the eating and the eating is legs lating. it is -- without a congressional legislation reforms of section 215 of the patriot act and without prescribed statutory limits on what can be done, that is what matters in the end. we'll see if this is the first step towards getting that. >> let me tell you about these boards. i'm not as concerned about it because this stuff is complicated. i mean, we're -- contrary to what some may believe, member of congress very busy person. some of you -- you know, i would say most of us and this stuff does merit legitimate studies so the fact is i don't t...

Usaa. we know what it means to serve. if you get to be one of the 100 united states senators that we have in this country, you will earn the tidy salary of $174,000 a year for your term of six years. for the privilege of earning that salary as of last year's election, you will likely have to raise and spend about $10.5 million in order to get the seat in the first place. $10.476 million was the average cost of winning or holding a u.s. senate seat in 2012. it is expensive for john q or jane q public to become or remain a u.s. senator. but there's a certain group of americans for whom running...

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It is expensive for john q or jane q public to become or remain a united states senator. but there's a certain group of americans for whom running for senate is even costlier than the rest of us. that group among the group it costs the most to run for senate is the house of representatives. if you run for the senate, you can't hold onto your house seat while you run for the senate. it is kind of a weird thing. lots of people in the house want to move to the senate. this is one factor that holds a lot of people from actually running. sure, you want to be in the senate, but do you want to give u...