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At both sides tonight. >> first of all, i want to congratulation senators widen and hatch forwyden and hatch. >> reporter: this bipartisanship is over shadowed by the strong opposition within the president's own party. elizabeth warren, chuck schumer and nancy pelosi have all criticized the proposal saying it would add provisions onto deals that wouldn't pass muster on their own. >> i'm concerned that we're rushing too quickly that will have major economic consequences. >> all of the evidence that i've seen is that this hurts middle class incomes and i can't be forward in that regard. >> repor...

Times, today's article in "politico" is headlined, the civil rights act passed the senate by 73-27 with 23 out of 33 republican votes. also joining me, political analyst. congressman, i will start with you that law that passed in 1964 wouldn't pass in 2014. do you agree with that? >> first of all, the strongest opposition to president johnson came from dixie considerarats.

That's not going to lend itself to compromise. both sides need to start thinking about how to get a budget actually passed. this is something that wouldn't pass. >> without a doubt, i don't think there's anybody who would make a serious argument this is going to pass, but it does set a philosophical groundwork for at least a big chunk of the republican party, and let me play for you what john boehner just had to say about this. >> we know that social security, medicare, medicaid, are going bankrupt. now, what's the democrats' plan? they are just whistling past the graveyard, acting like it's j...

The egg and we used to think is denny's still open? we are pretty high right now. >> good stuff. it goes to sew you how the tone so so important because people are sophisticated and we know too much. we know marijuana is not bad for you. these ads wouldn't pass. two things make a successful psa. a sad sara mclaughlin song and a guy with a neck hole. you will never see a neck hole guy in a pot commercial because these friends would have made a bong out of him. >> these psa's though, there was a moment of -- the greatest overreach was when they tried to connect selling a little weed on the stree...

Negotiate contracts and as wrong as what i think the president is doing, it is lawful. the congress gave, not him, that gave george bush that authority and now he's using it. >> last word, charles? >> the judge is right. you can have executive orders that implement already existing laws. what obama has done in the dream act, which is exactly what you've talked about. >> right. >> where essentially he passed a law by executive order that the congress had rejected, wouldn't pass, that is unbelievably unconstitutional. it's as if a republican ran and said i don't like the capital gains tax, congr...