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to go through the process. after connecticut i had one of the leading democrats in the legislature who is with us, you know, sort of most of the time, not all of the time. all these people my clock is to really ban guns and all that bad stuff. we have to give them something. how about we close this gun show loophole? wouldn t that be good? and i said no, we re not going to do that. and so far nothing has happened on that. well, the connecticut effect will be different from the aurora effect or the virginia tech effect or the columbine effect because this time 20 defenseless first grade children were killed. it s had a major impression on americans. the obama administration is not letting up. today, vice president joe biden met with local leaders and law enforcement officials in philadelphia. today former congresswoman gabby giffords released a new ad. take it from me. congress must act. let s get this done. let s turn to our congressional panel tonight. let s turn to congressman
welcome back to the ed show. the national rifle association is fighting hard against any kind of common-sense gun measures. at a recent meeting in wisconsin, a gun lobbyist described the nra s cold-hearted strategy. we have a strong agenda coming up for next year, but of course a lot of that is going to be sort of delayed as the connecticut effect certainly has to go through the process. after connecticut i had one of the leading democrats in the legislature who is with us, you know, sort of most of the time, not all of the time. all these people my clock is to really ban guns and all that bad stuff. we have to give them something. how about we close this gun show loophole? wouldn t that be good? and i said no, we re not going to do that. and so far nothing has happened on that. well, the connecticut effect will be different from the aurora effect or the virginia tech effect or the columbine effect because this time 20
he s got to keep pushing these issues. hopefully he can get something done, force these people to move. or alternatively, as i wrote last week, he is going to have to campaign in effect for a third term in 2014, try to defy history, and try to see if we can either take back the house or get close to taking back the house. michael, is the public aware of the consequences of these cuts, what they would actually bring and how it would gut the middle class? well, thanks to shows like yours, ed, people are aware of it. i mean, the president in his weekend message said look, we ve cut about $2.5 trillion. that s about half of what reasonable economists and politicians on both sides say we need to cut. it s a balanced mix of revenue raising through taxes and cutting. but as you said, the republicans won t rest, because in their crosshairs are social security, medicare, and medicaid. they want entitlement reform to end up being rescinding the great society and the new deal for the vulnerab
we ll have it or find it, and get it to you fast. staples. that was easy. welcome back to the ed show. the national rifle association is fighting hard against any kind of common-sense gun measures. at a recent meeting in wisconsin, a gun lobbyist described the nra s cold-hearted strategy. we have a strong agenda coming up for next year, but of course a lot of that is going to be sort of delayed as the connecticut effect certainly has to go through the process. after connecticut i had one of the leading democrats in the legislature who is with us, you know, sort of most of the time, not all of the time. all these people my clock is to really ban guns and all that bad stuff. we have to give them something. how about we close this gun show loophole? wouldn t that be good? and i said no, we re not going to do that. and so far nothing has happened on that. well, the connecticut effect will be different from the aurora effect or the virginia tech effect or the columbine