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Around his neck. johns us now is jonathan, and it's nice to have you here. thank you for being here. >> thank you, rachel. >> let me ask you about the republican history on these matters. orrin hatch was an original sponsor of the dream act. when it went up for a vote in the senate, he skipped out and did not vote on it at all. is orrin hatch kind of a parabole or microcosm for understanding republican politics on this now? >> remember, when president obama was elected when he was on inauguration day, republicans were already meeting and discussing how they were going to make barack obama a on...

Though democrats had lined up 55 votes. republicans are saying it's an outrage that president obama never tried to take this through congress. they make it sound like they wanted something like this to go through congress. they've been waiting for the opportunity. republicans did not want that. democrats went for it and republicans stopped it from going through congress. so now president obama found a way to get it done anyway. president obama him will address the group that mitt romney addressed today tomorrow. he has the disadvantage, of course, of not himself being a son of a mexican immigr...

Having a specific, observable policy on this issue. and of not having an alliance with the most virulently anti-immigrant elements of republican politics hanged around his neck. johns us now is jonathan, and it's nice to have you here. thank you for being here. >> thank you, rachel. >> let me ask you about the republican history on these matters. orrin hatch was an original sponsor of the dream act. when it went up for a vote in the senate, he skipped out and did not vote on it at all. is orrin hatch kind of a parabole or microcosm for understanding republican politics on this now? >> remember...