think any american wants to default. but as we head toward a possible default, it should be understood that the 14th amendment, section four, says the united states essentially has to pay its bills. some could incorporate it. the president could end up becoming more powerful if congress fails to act. martha: it is an interesting theory and could essentially play out. i m curious what your answer would be in terms of congress and their failure to come up with a budget for five straight years. hahaving also negated their constitutional duty to formulate a budget. you can absolutely say that. my concern is that the institution of congress be protected, the founders created congress as a branch of government first among equals as article one creation. we re in a position where the congress by failing to act could essentially cede power to the
the actual attack, the cover-up, then the undue report came out and they decided we ll have a hearing about the report, because they didn t talk to the right people, or they, quote, silenced people. these generals with sterling reputations were in on this with the white house, according to fox news. so that was sort of act 3, act 5, act 10, take your pick. but again, fox was committed to the story line. if you watched tonight, the hearings were a blockbuster. it is unraveling. just like they told them romney was going to win in a landslide. it s the same thing. i can t help but notice we just tracked through it and i do not want to drain you, dear viewers, emotional and cognitive energy on getting into the weeds of benghazi. because for the most part, the weeds are unedifying. i can t help but notice even today at the hearing going back to these attacks that we saw back in september. susan wright shouldn t have said the things she said on the sunday morning talk shows, which
a lot of people see this, given the money pouring in from outside. especially from huge doe no, sir. he has a 7-to-1 donation binge. the reason is not because of people in wisconsin. it s pause republicans try to make it petrie dish to demonstrate you can go after union and break unions. this whole bill, i think it s act 10, stripped away collective bargaining from the public sector unions. eric: you didn t see it coming? juan: he never said that when he was running. no, he did not. politifact and others said he said he wanted to negotiate about the pension plans that are expense i. what he did is strip people of this is an effort andrea: he is saying he did it unilaterally. juan: this is part of a larger effort since indiana that goes to florida and the republican governors and impact voter i.d. things like andrea: juan, i love you, but the people of wisconsin voted him in for a reason. he ran on the platform. a all he did, speaking of
to get absolutely everything back. in fact, what i think he would do is he would call a special session of the legislature to divide what was called act 10 and a half, that public employees like me have to give more but they give their collective bargaining rights back. so that would be a compromise that moderate republicans could vote for. so the question would be not only passing it in the state senate, but i liked how you talked about the state assembly. are there just enough moderate republicans in the state assembly who would be willing, in a sense, to accept the verdict of the people and vote for that kind of compromise? i think that would end the civil war. mordecai lee, professor of political science at the university of wisconsin, every time i talk to you, i always feel like you bring not just insight but a lot of clarity to the issues we ask you about, so thank you for being here. i appreciate it. thank you. i m honored. tonight, a rachel maddow show first. we heard bac
war, he s acknowledging there is a need for a compromise. he s not saying the unions have to get absolutely everything back. in fact, what i think he would do is he would call a special session of the legislature to divide what was called act 10 and a half, that public employees like me have to give more but they give their collective bargaining rights back. so that would be a compromise that moderate republicans could vote for. so the question would be not only passing it in the state senate, but i liked how you talked about the state assembly. are there just enough moderate republicans in the state assembly who would be willing, in a sense, to accept the verdict of the people and vote for that kind of compromise? i think that would end the civil war. mordecai lee, professor of political science at the university of wisconsin, every time i talk to you, i always feel like you bring not just insight but a lot of clarity to the issues we ask you about, so thank you for being here. i ap