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Negotiations between ted kennedy and john mccain. they introduced the bill in march, it went through the committee, was on the floor by may and passed after a nationwide address by president bush. in this case, he's hoping for something similar. i think the president sees this as a win-win issue for him. either he gets the legislative accomplishment of immigration reform or ultimately, republicans are positioned as those blocking it. >> they can say it passed the senate but it never became the law of the land. >> that is the challenge again. >> but i think he believes that republicans are seri...

Do not. extension of these benefit, not restricted by the defense of marriage act is fair and legal, especially given the stresses on the family this is 12th year of war. your response. >> nine states do permit gay couples to get married and this number is growing. you can't say -- they can get married -- i said financially, is the primary reason. i know a couple together 10 years, are not getting married because they can't afford it because of tax issues. so you are going to say, we are going to force heterosexual couples to get married to get the same benefit that gay couples can get, even t...

Changing the approach to say, inequality. that is the message, changing your hope is different than changing your policies. it is great to have you both here, thank you for joining us. >> great to be here. >> molly, so can they? do they need to do more, need to sort of go back and look at policies or can you actually get pretty far just by changing the way your party acts in public? >> i think the answer is yes. they have to do both. and first of all the republicans find themselves in a situation that the democrats found themselves in maybe a decade ago, where they are on the wrong side of eve...

Inequality. that is the message, changing your hope is different than changing your policies. it is great to have you both here, thank you for joining us. >> great to be here. >> molly, so can they? do they need to do more, need to sort of go back and look at policies or can you actually get pretty far just by changing the way your party acts in public? >> i think the answer is yes. they have to do both. and first of all the republicans find themselves in a situation that the democrats found themselves in maybe a decade ago, where they are on the wrong side of every issue that people vote on, ...

>> we need to protect american families and job creators from this looming tax hike. everyone agrees that that action is necessary. and i can rrt that we've reached an agreement on all of the tax, the tax issues. >> so, why the delay in the senate vote tonight? according to senate majority leader they still have to get a price tag from congressional budget office. as to the rest of the substance of the bill here is what we know. the measure raising taxes by $600 billion over 10 years compared with policies that expire midnight monday and would delay would two months those spending cuts slashin...