it was one of the longest speeches we ve seen in the u.s. senate in about seven years. not anywhere close to the record which was the late senator strom thurmond of south carolina in 1957 when he spoke for over 24 hours. but bernie sanders, let s talk about the speech. it shows why the president needed the former president there yesterday. there was a lot of anger among liberal and progressive democrats against the tax plan. sanders is not a democrat. he s a self-proclaimed socialist. he caucuses with the democrats and he s part of their coalition in the senate and for about eight hours yesterday, he was railing against the plan. a lot of people feel the same way and they don t like the extension of the tax breaks for the wealthiest americans. the estate tax provision which is pretty generous to wealthy americans. they re very upset with the president. you saw bernie sanders do this on the senate floor for about eight hours yesterday. the next thing for the u.s. senate? monday they tak
eight years is not good. that s very, very bad. that s an economic policy that has failed. we don t need to look at that movie again. we saw it. it stunk. it was a bad movie. bad economic policy. go get them, bernie, go get them. who doesn t love a filibuster? especially when you agree with it. meanwhile, nancy pelosi saying she wouldn t bring the measure up for vote in its current form and demanding input on a final version. democrats are seething after being left out and they re furious that the president agreed to such a generous estate tax provision. something the president admits isn t smart
just say no. let s bring in our panel. steve haste, senior writer for the weekly land. associated editor of the hill, and charles krauthammer. you say this liberal revolt is real. yes. the word pent up frustration and negotiating malpractice were used. they cannot believe that they ve been left out of this process, that vice president biden managed to secretly craft a deal with the republican leader on the senate side, a deal that the white house says is airtight and cannot be broken apart and can t be amended. there is some thinking that there is a few scenario, the speaker could never bring the bill up. the other one is she brings it up and breaks it through the course of the rules committee, breaks it into different parts so it gives liberal members an opportunity to vote for a different estate tax provision, things that they would like, other goody, other additional
tell us we are against, estate tax provision, $250,000, this bizarre stuff, social security, 100% expensing for buying goods overseas. i think you know what is going to happen here, end up being a bill you will vote against but nancy pelosi will be able to claim she changed enough in to bring it forward in the house. congressman peter defazio, thank you very, very much for joining us. i m only in the house, i do what i can do. i don t have a filibuster. thank you very much, congressman. thank you. still ahead, sarah palin is making a lot of money from her reality show, her contract as a political pundit, her speaking engagements and her books but that s not why she is getting a rewrite. the other folks candidates for republican nomination are also getting a second look from republicans concerned that no one at the top has the conservative credentials to earn them the nomination. republican richard gets the last word. [ female announcer ] think a thick cream is the only way
caucus against. i think we empowered our leadership to go down there and stand against things which they tell us we are against, estate tax provision, $250,000, this bizarre stuff, social security, 100% expensing for buying goods overseas. i think you know what is going to happen here, end up being a bill you will vote against but nancy pelosi will be able to claim she changed enough in to bring it forward in the house. congressman peter defazio, thank you very, very much for joining us. i m only in the house, i do what i can do. i don t have a filibuster. thank you very much, congressman. thank you. still ahead, sarah palin is making a lot of money from her reality show, her contract as a political pundit, her speaking engagements and her books but that s not why she is getting a rewrite. the other folks candidates for republican nomination are also getting a second look from republicans concerned that no one at the top has the conservative credentials to earn them the nom