unanimous opinion. all of the justice s agreed tha the senate was in session. and by making the appointments the president stepped over his constitutional boundaries. justice steve brieer said that we hold that for purposes of the clause the senate is in session when it says it is. provided that, it retains the capacity to transact senate business. the senate met that standard here. there s a lot of danger in the chief executive having too much power. we need a congress that can have the ability to push back on the president. we need to remind the president routinely. reporter: but harry reid said the court got it wrong. quote since president obama took office senator republicans have done everything possible for the qualified nominee to receive a fair vote. president obama did the right thing when he made the appointments on behalf of american workers. next up for the high court, 10:00 a.m. eastern on monday we ll get the hobby lobby decision. they say its religious free
general. we have documents may 30, 2012, a year ago. due to the sensitivity we are providing information identified during the planning of the audit. they briefed doug schulman, steve miller, the top people at irs and said this. exempt organizations director lois lerner was informed of criteria that specifically targeted applications using the words tea party, patriots and 912 project. may of 2012. just on the timeline, five months before the 2012 election. no kidding. we would have liked to know the information. and this is the phony scandal. the president is quite demeaning about it. continue. president said he didn t know about it. no one in his administration uh knew until spring. irs was briefed in may.
general. we have documents may 30, 2012, a year ago. due to the sensitivity we are providing information identified during the planning of the audit. they briefed doug schulman, steve miller, the top people at irs and said this. exempt organizations director lois lerner was informed of criteria that specifically targeted applications using the words tea party, patriots and 912 project. may of 2012. just on the timeline, five months before the 2012 election. no kidding. we would have liked to know the information. and this is the phony scandal. the president is quite demeaning about it. continue. president said he didn t know about it. no one in his administration uh knew until spring. irs was briefed in may.
0 crisis. without shutting down the government or threatening not to i pay this country s bills. my goal is to keep the government open and protect our constituents from obamacare. 43 presidents, 232 years the to pile up the first $6.3 trillion in debt. this president in four and a half years has almost doubled that amount. the debt ceiling being used to extort a president or a governing party to extort a president or a governing party. there should be no conversation about shutting the government down. that is not the goal here. the president is threatening to shut down the government. you heard right. president obama accusing house republicans of extortion the. former senior adviser to president reagan pat buchanan joins us. good to see you. the president feels there is extortion over the debt ceiling. my response is harvard law professor ought to read the constitution of the united states. the power of the purse is given effort. do you know what congress should d
0 to congress. the power to tax, the power over debts. what congress is doing is trying to use their power to take down a piece of legislation that was badly drafted which is going to damage the country uh and which the american people do not want. i admire congress for standing up and using the tools and weapons the founding fathers gave out in order to do something good for the country. they are trying to use what they have. the president may be cornered on that. they may be using their power to get him to do something. political leverage. you have done a little bit of law, greta. it has a connotation of criminality. that s why the word got attention. he s using i it loosely. i don t think so. i don t think he s accusing them of a crime. he s using it politically. i agree with you. the congress has a right to do this. i m glad to see them making the 1983. some cases you had three in a couple of months, i think, back in 19990. you can use this. let me agree with those that