the crafting of gang of 8 legislation. it was written with special interest producing a bill that makes a current system worse not better. 744 will damage public safety and national security and should be opposed by the lawmakers. could i ? i don t know who so you have been meeting with. i know, the awmpszs are not consulted. they know what it s like in the real world out there. they study the bill and say it s not working. and i would just suggest with regard to litigation that this bill has so many opportunities to expand legislation the numbers of judges that have been suggested that needs to be added would not come close to what is going to be needed. and senator, durbin, i would ask, did you consult with prosecutors and lawyers when you put in words, like, hardship instead of extreme hardship . you talk about providing lawyers an there are many examples of softening standards, the clarity of the standards. have you done a study to ascertain how much more litiga
president obama told democrats he will not back down from health care reform, letting members of the democratic national committee know that he will push through with his agenda despite elections in 2010. governor sarah palin tells the tea party convention in nashville that washington needs to press the reset button on health care. the speech was attended by hundreds who paid more than $300 and more than 200 journalists cover the speech. we will begin with sarah palin s comments last night. was your reaction. here is the phone lines sarah palin was in nashville last night to give the keynote address for the tea party convention. here is a little of what she had to say. the future of the tea party movement. you see this movement becoming part of the republican party or is it a third independent party? the republican party would be smart to try to absorb as much of the tea party movement as possible. this is the future of our country. each department is the future of po