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>> what we see in this group of legislators, they're acting like the george wallace -- are they engaging with a strategy with 21st century twist. you gave the policies in passing, 500,000 people lose their medicaid january 1st, 2014. 165,000 unemployed workers lose unemployment benefits july 1st, this year. then a slew of voting rights, which not only violate 15th amendment, 24th amendment, violate the state constitution which has been in place 145 years. majority doesn't give you the authority to violate the constitution. what they're doing is they're passing in constitutional, uncivil laws. ...

Chamber of commerce and toyota, we're trying to go out and get jobs. so maybe ron paul, maybe we would -- don't criticize our veterans. how about team up with us and help us go out and make a difference and get these guys jobs? >> shannon: do you think something has changed over the last couple of generations. there was a time when every young man reached a certain age signed up and served in military conflicts. now there's a different attitude about people and the military. it's a volunteer army and marine and air force and all branches of the army. this is something you chose to do. do you t...

proposition 8 or prop 8, the state's ban a same-sex marriage, is unconstitutional. dan simon live in san francisco. dan, you've been talking to people there. how have they been reacting to the news? >> reporter: obviously they're very happy about it. they expected this, quite frankly, and we should point out a little more than three years ago, a majority of california voters said they were against same-sex marriage. well, in this case the federal appeals court said the majority doesn't rule that proposition 8, which defined marriage between a man and a woman, is unconstitutional. fro...

As you know, a majority doesn't count unless you have 60 votes. >> dodds any scenario being played out where middle-class americans might have to pay a little more? >> i certainly hope not, but i also think that as we -- what we had hoped the super committee could do was to address the entrepreneurial spirit of america, create jobs, invest in small businesses, education essentially to innovation, and all of that, and that everybody would take some responsibility for reducing the deficit. >> leader pelosi, we talk about this chart a lot on "the ed show" the income gap. over the last 30 years we...

Confident we can, but even just electing the president, has said this is a centerpiece of his campaign, the tax cuts will not be extended. they don't create jobs, they increase the deficit. it's totally unfair, and again necessitate in order to be fiscally sound, cuts and investments in the competitiveness of our country and the education of our children. >> but if there's not going to be a revenue component on the extension of the payroll tax holiday, and the unemployment benefits will be extended, you're confident they are, and it won't be a government shutdown, where is the money coming fro...