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Sort of seemed like washington was trying to clean up the house and take out the trash before they left town. but they also clearly managed to leave a couple of pieces of rotting fish in their refrigerator. on the way out the door and all of that is just waiting for them when they come back. joining us now is congressman rush holt, democrat of new jersey, who is also running for senate. it so is nice to have you here today. >> great to be with you. >> so what is happening in the house? i mean, really. like you look at the senate, there's at least a little bit happening there. you're getting so...

Insurance. or to get crop subsidies. by the way, some members of congress who are voting against this bill were getting crop subsidies. and so they were making up their own facts about what needed to be done to be fair to the taxpayer. >> can you imagine if all american homeowners had to undergo a drug test in order to get their mortgage interest deduction on their 1040s? >> that's comparable, yeah. >> exactly. democratic congressman -- >> there's so much we're not getting done. you know, we need to deal with climate change. we need to break up the banks and continue to put cops on the beat on...

And so they were making up their own facts about what needed to be done to be fair to the taxpayer. >> can you imagine if all american homeowners had to undergo a drug test in order to get their mortgage interest deduction on their 1040s? >> that's comparable, yeah. >> exactly. democratic congressman -- >> there's so much we're not getting done. you know, we need to deal with climate change. we need to break up the banks and continue to put cops on the beat on wall street. we need to, you know, stop spying on americans. >> yeah. >> on innocent americans. and instead, we're trying for the 40th ...

In what it wants to do in terms of surveillance because there is not another side because matters are so highly classified, so delicate in terms of national security there is not an attorney on the other side arguing against. you can expect there may be discussion how to do that. how to perhaps alter the fisa court. new jersey congressman rush holt, a democrat is arguing for a repeal of the 2000 one patriot act. also the 2008 fisa amendments. he thinks that the government has gone too far, martha? martha: all right. mike, thank you very much. mike emanuel in d.c. back to you. bill: from the pe...

Democrat cory booker seems to be cruising toward that open new jersey senate seat. let's check the "hardball" scoreboard. according to new quinnipiac poll, the new york mayor leads the field with support from 52% of new jersey democratic voters. he's got a 5-1 lead over his closest rivals, congressman frank pallone and rush holt. and in a general election matchup, booker is leading again by a wide margin. we'll be right back.