underer speaker pelosi obama care was passed. a bill insuring 50 million americans. speaker pelosi drove her party despite series political risks. she also drove to legislation to implement landmark foof safety inspection laws. to make what we eat safer so we don t end up in the hospital. guess what was cut under mr. boehner s leadership, this past june by a vote of 217 to 203, boehner s party decided to pass an agriculture bill that cut $35 million from the usda s food, safety and inspection services. well done, mr. boehner. that s leadership. that s action. that s something on my mind today as well as i head headlines of a deadly outbreak in the west that s killed 13 americans and left many more seriously ill. that s leadership, all right. joaning my now is joe crowley,
overcome even political problems like this. congressman joe crowley, thank you. encourage you to keep your faith. thank you, martin. breaking news about a potential terror attack. a 26-year-old massachusetts man has been arrested for allegedly plotting to use large remote-controlled aircraft packed with explosives to destroy the pentagon and capitol buildings in washington, d.c. the 26-year-old man was taken into custody when agents delivered material he requested for the alleged plot, including grenades, machine guns and what he believed were c-4 explosives. according to a federal ave david the alleged plot was described as a jihad against what was described as, quote, enemies of allah. and we ll be right back. [ boy ] hey, i thought these were electric? uh, it is, yeah, it s a chevy volt. so what are you doing at a gas station? well it still takes gas to go farther.
re-election next year? we re all up next year. are you telling your constituents that for the next 14 months there s pretty much nothing you can do? well, i think what we have to do is continue to beat the drum beat and let them know where this all lies. i m in the minority in the house of representatives. like to be back in the majority, but no matter what i find a way to work with my republican colleagues to the betterment of this country and that s a message that hassing to beyond my constituency. whether it s joe crowley, it s going to be another democrat quite frankly that represents this district. it s really more important that we get this right for the american people. i m willing to vote for a grand bargain. that puts me in political jeopardy, but i want to do what s in the right interest of our country, get ourselves in economic shape, help stimulate the economy and get people back to work. that s what i want to do. they are really looking for vision. they want us to ha
hold out hopes for the possibility that public option will end up in the bill. well, if the house bill didn t pass the first time with only a three-vote margin, congressman stupak that s right. congressman stupak was included in that group. he is saying that he and maybe ten others will leave that group if the abortion language isn t corrected according to his specifications. if that happens it seems like you don t have a winning margin in the house. well, i think that the congressman is hopeful that he can have his way, that he can threaten in ways that will cause his language to be acceptable but i think what you re hearing from crowley and nancy pelosi and others that we think that this bill is going to make it. representative maxine waters of california, thank you for your time tonight. you re welcome. coming up, karl rove s shock and awe rewrite. he says he s not sure we would
progressive caucus and a group of centrist democrats. the separate meetings were intended to ease the concerns of groups with sometimes disparate philosophies. after the meeting the cochair of the progressive caucus said the president reminded them that, quote, if this opportunity passes, much of our agenda, on the progressive side, it would be difficult, if not impossible for a generation to get back to this issue. the chair of the centrist group, congressman joe crowley, saying afterward that, when all is said and done, we will have the votes to pass health care reform. today house speaker nancy pelosi also expressed confidence while avoiding such bright line predictions. i feel very confident that the up or down vote on the majority rule proposal that will come to the house will satisfy members concerns about the senate bill. every vote, every legislative vote is a heavy lift around