Most basic of legislative tasks. Because thats what he did, he turned to an Impeachment Inquiry to change and narrative. And, it has happened again, fox, sued, this time by its own shareholders. New york city controller brad lander, who is leading the lawsuit, hes gonna join me live this hour. Im ayman , lets get started. A very large portion of the Republican Party, really doesnt believe in the constitution. And before you say anything, those are not my words, those arent the words of joe biden, or nancy pelosi, or some democratic pendant. No, those are the words of a former gop standard bearer, in fact, a former president ial nominee, mitt romney. The Junior Senator from utah announced this week that he wont seek reelection, meaning the senate gop is losing its most highprofile moderate, and yes, trump critic, a move that could end up shifting the caucus even further to the extreme right. Look, my wing of the party talks about policy, and about issues that will make a difference in t
trillion is not a bad idea. let s put it into perspective, sean, the government accountability, the department of the government that we pay for, does an analysis every year to determine the amount of waste, fraud and abuse based on overlapping programs or ineffective programs. has year in 2012, they determined that there was over 260 billion dollars in that category. do you know what the members of congress and the political class, now what they do with that report every year? they put it in a drawer. now, for people who may not have done the math, 260 billion is more than three times this 84 million that the government and the president and administration are in an angst over.
trillion is not a bad idea. let s put it into perspective, sean, the government accountability, the department of the government that we pay for, does an analysis every year to determine the amount of waste, fraud and abuse based on overlapping programs or ineffective programs. has year in 2012, they determined that there was over 260 billion dollars in that category. do you know what the members of congress and the political class, now what they do with that report every year? they put it in a drawer. now, for people who may not have done the math, 260 billion is more than three times this 84 million that the government and the president and administration are in an angst over. all that the administration is
and he didn t reduce the government. i mean, 260 billion dollars or something. he s not running on that. no, that s his record as a governor. if his record of governor is a predictor of what he did when he had to chance to do locally, what do you expect him to do nationally if you can t fix it at the local level? one of the things he had in massachusetts, if he wins the american presidency that he was unlikely to have, is he had a democratic contender there. that s part of the obama story that keeps getting lost. what happened in the 111th congress when nancy pelosi was speaker of the house. when we had the razor-thin majority in the senate. legislation was passed as one of the most active congresses of all time and then the minute that the tea party revolution occurred and the president ended up with a republican majority in the u.s. house it was stop-gap.
the national average for gasoline is now, 3.28 a gallon. and that s up five cents in the past week. and of course, oil, and the persian gulf are vital to national security. and tonight, national security correspondent jennifer griffin reports that iran continues to taunt the u.s. about possibility denying access to votes. iran s leaders decided to take another jab at the u.s. military announcing they would no longer allow anymore u.s. aircraft carriers through the strait of hormuz. the threat by iran s defense chief followed ten days of war games at practicing the strait s closure. the pentagon publicly scoffed at the threat, but privately few commanders are laughing. later this week, defense secretary panetta will roll out more man 260 billion dollars in defense budget cuts. the bottom line the u.s. would no longer be able to fight two ground wars simultaneously, a message that iran could read right now as weakness and permission to do whatever it