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In texas and south carolina is president obama's pick for labor secretary. one republican is already promising a confirmation fight. tom perez is labor secretary he heads the justice department civil rights division. louisiana senator david vittert said today he will block the nomination because of how the department enforce its state's voting rights laws. he he claims the feds were more interested in registering welfare recipients than removing ineligible voters from the roles. white house says he is enormously qualified be labor secretary. a week after judge shot down plans to control sugary...

Ounces. the mayor went through a similar fight with the calorie charts that we see on restaurant menus now. but how likely is it that he's going to win this one against the fight with the soda sizes? >> the city is certainly going to pei thappeal this up to the higher court industry. the mayor only has about nine months left in his term, and it's unclear whether his successors will support this program with the zeal that he has shown. >> certainly, this has been a bone of contention. we have seen it happen on our air. with "morning joe" hosts, joe scarborough, mika brzezinski, taking on this v...

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They have absolutely no science to support. this nothing to suggest this is going to work. the amount of calories that you get from soda in a movie theater or restaurant are tiny fraction of the calories that people consume every day. and there is no ban on soda at your home. there is no ban on soda sizes in a convenience store. this is so inconsequential it's far more for theatrics and far more for what people would consider to be the drama of doing something about the obesity issue than it does with solving it. >> maybe soon we will see bans on the big p pastrami. >> you can still have a 20-...