Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20131121:19:03:00
Presidential nominees to executive positions had to overcome filibusters. in just under five years since i took office, nearly 30 nominees have been treated this way. and these are all public servants who protect our national security, keep our air and water clean. this year alone, for the first time in history, senate republicans filibustered a president's nominee for the secretary of state who used to be a former senator. they tried to hold up the epa administrat administrator. they blocked our nominee for our top housing regulator at a time when we need more help for families to afford a ho...