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You have paul ryan talking about marking this up in a matter of weeks and passing out of committee into the floor of the house. you have mitch mcconnell saying it will get a floor vote in the senate by april recess. that's five weeks. do you remember when the affordable care act got its floor vote in the house back in 2009? >> well, i wasn't here, so no i don't remember that. >> it was in november of that year. it was nine months of legislative process, including over 100 amendments and you guys thought that that was too fast to process. >> well, unfortunately we don't have that luxury that th...

Racial bias. so for the system to be biased is one thing, but then for the system to endorse that kind of bias in our society is why this ends up being so dangerous. when people make decisions around safety and security and their home and their person, those decisions are informed by race. not everyone is racist. just all those decisions often times are informed by race and, unfortunately, we're seeing awful consequences as a result of this. we have to continue the fight, and i sympathize with the dream defenders who are there right now and they're saying the lobbyists are in there, the money ...

Sandy hook parents coming in, they could have said this doesn't go far enough. some are saying that. >> yeah. they could be saying that. but basically, really to a t, they support a positive movement. we did not leave loopholes in the gun show or the internet. we didn't infringe on any individual's rights. we didn't infringe on any law-abiding gun owner's rights. we've clarified. this has been a legislation, legislative process where all sides have been involved. when you talk about pat toomey coming and mark kirk then with me, chuck schumer moving from where his bill which we said, chuck, we ...

The process. it's not what's in the content. but i think the legislative body is just a little jealous of making sure that the -- that congress works this first instead of the president moving on this. but if you look at it, at the end of the day, we do pass an immigration reform. a lot of the concepts are going to be very similar, both in the house and the senate. and what the president has been thinking about doing. >> when we look at what the white house immigration plan is specifically calling for, it is applying for a lawful perspective immigrant visa, permanent residency in an eight-year...

Republicans delayed an up or down vote until congress returns from recess coming up next week. but despite the holdup, hagel's opponents are now conceding he probably will be confirmed. >> i don't believe he is qualified. but i don't believe that we should hold up his nomination any further, because i think it's a reasonable amount of time to have questions answered. >> the obama administration, mean while, pushing back against claims the political fight over the nomination will permanently damage hagel, even if he does get that job. joining me now live from the white house is nbc's peter alex...