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The vote today it probably wouldn't pass. but that doesn't mean it can't pass in a week or two and three weeks. it is really up to the people who care about this to organize and make something happen. and it is possible. is it likely to pass at this point? i don't know. but you hear reports it is dead on arrival, not going to happen. that feels a little premature to me. >> and when we had the assault weapons ban in the '90s it was not an incredibly effective piece of legislation. it was by wide consensus, not incredibly designed. you have been talking to a lot of folks about what a better assa...

The house and the senate. >> we have been viciously attacked from the left and the right and when you know you have a good deal is when the left and the right are pounding the snot out of you. >> well, their efforts got them a total of 38 votes including themselves. joining me now are the two congressman who introduced the simpson-bowles based budget. j 38 votes. 38 votes. congressman cooper, how frustrating was that moment? i remember when you introduced it. i thought for sure there would be 80. i think we knew it wouldn't pass. what happened? >> everybody likes to talk brave. there are few p...

Sees toward compromise, that isn't simply the house adopting the senate bill? is there another comprise that exists here, given the political stakes, the policy stakes, the financial stakes for people starting the new year? chris, of course there's a way forward. and of course, this president, the united states senate, everybody wants a year extension. i mean the president has been fighting for it for months, it was part of the american jobs achlkt unfortunately, the house didn't move on it when they did, they sent over a political bill that they knew wouldn't pass the senate. the senate took ...

Form. after the republicans attached a 1, 700 oil pipeline from canada to the gulf of mexico to the bill, the white house issued a formal veto threat letter to the house of representatives. "if the president were presented with hr 3630, he would veto the bill." that made the vote tonight an academic exercise, especially since the bill didn't come close to getting a veto-proof two-thirds majority in the house. joining me now is congressman steny hoyer of maryland, the house democratic whip. congressman hoyer, why did the democrats vote against this bill overwhelmingly today? >> because this was...

1, 700 oil pipeline from canada to the gulf of mexico to the bill, the white house issued a formal veto threat letter to the house of representatives. "if the president were presented with hr 3630, he would veto the bill." that made the vote tonight an academic exercise, especially since the bill didn't come close to getting a veto-proof two-thirds majority in the house. joining me now is congressman steny hoyer of maryland, the house democratic whip. congressman hoyer, why did the democrats vote against this bill overwhelmingly today? >> because this was not a real bill, lawrence, in the sens...