floor without a majority of the majority. we can get out of sequestration. there are enough republican votes in the house combined with almost every democrat to pass a deal. same thing is true on immigration reform. but i don t think we re going to get any of those things if you have to have a situation where republicans as a party in the house have to all agree on this. let s tgo to the bottom line. numbers, numbers, numbers. primarily, certainly gerrymandering plays a part. primarily because the democratic party sweeps the big cities about 90-10. all the votes, the 40% they don t need don t get counted in how we get elected to congress. the republicans win 60-40 in their districts. that s why you have this disproportionate representation. let s go to this question of immigration. here i think the president is playing for the win. i don t think he s playing politic politics here. i don t think he s going to have a problem in the next election. what do you think? this is the sweet
ha! back to hardball. now to the sideshow. jon stewart weighed in on what got congress moving last week to pass a bill ending the filibuster, actually sequester-related layoffs that were causing airport delays. why, perchance, that part of sequester? a few hours after voting, members left capitol hill and headed to the airport for a week-long recess. oh, right. because it s the problem from the sequester that affects them. they don t care about meals on wheels unless it s rolling down an aisle. ladies and gentlemen, i take you to legislation theater. open on the house floor. what time does your plane take off? 8:00. 8:00? you better leave now. the lines are very long. why? you remember when we indiscriminately cut federal funding across the board because
back to hardball. now to the sideshow. jon stewart weighed in on what got congress moving last week to pass a bill ending the filibuster, actually sequester-related layoffs that were causing airport delays. why, perchance, that part of the sequester? a few hours after voting, members left capitol hill and headed to the airport for a week-long recess. oh, right. because it s the problem from the sequester that affects them. they don t care about meals on wheels unless it s rolling down an aisle. ladies and gentlemen, i take you to legislation theater. open on the house floor. what time does your plane take off?
those days are gone. any deal the president tries to make gets opposed in the house. the only way we ve gotten anything passed this year, anything significant, is for john boehner to break the rule that a bill can t come to the floor without a majority of the majority. we can get out of sequestration. there are enough republican votes in the house combined with almost every democrat to pass a deal. same thing is true on immigration reform. but i don t think we re going to get any of those things if you have to have a situation where republicans as a party in the house have to all agree on this. let s go to the bottom line. numbers, numbers, numbers. the house is controlled by republicans. primarily because certainly jerry mandering plays a part. primarily because the democratic party sweeps the big cities about 90-10. all those votes, the 40% they don t need don t get counted in how we get elected to congress. the republicans win 60-40 in their districts. democrats win 90-10 in the
less excuse making and whining and then leading. that s what he needs to do here. congress controls the pursestrings under our constitution. it s controlled by the tea party republicans. boehner is sort of like their chief waiter up there. he sort of serves the tea party. he can t do it. why do we need democrats in congress at all? get rid of all the democrats then you can blame the entire party for every ill in the country. no, just the majority. yeah. just the majority. the problem we have now, bob, and this is the problem of people who ticket split. if you re going to vote for the president of one party and vote for the congress of one party, this is what you re going to come up against. if you tend to like the conservatives in the government because you vote that way in the house races who say we re not going to do this, not going to raise taxes, we re only going to cut poor people s programs. then you vote for a president who has a totally different point of view, you ge