he has the ability to change the bill until the last minute. i presume they ll be able to get it done. he s well-known for being a good legislator and it would be the height of ineffectiveness that is not able paul ryan was unable to get it done. republicans have really struggled. all nature, has to do is bring his own party along. i assume it s going to get that done. why has this proven so much for republicans? the president having to personally call the junior of all junior senators. with respect, i would disagree. this is shocking. this is extremely difficult to do. the democrats to destroy the health care system with obamacare aren t lifting a finger to do anything to fix it. mcconnell starts with 52 and
states and its allies imposed on russia due to its aggression in ukraine. the issue is going to be can he approach this issue in an open-minded way, understanding all of america s interests or will he be swayed by the particular material interest that he and his company have in getting sanctions lifted. right. if those sanctions were lifted, exxon would stand to make a boatload of money, right? a boatload. the estimates run as high as $500 billion in that project. so, this is not small change. and senators will be asked to, you know, to vouch for a guy who s, by all accounts, a boy scout personally, but who is going to be unavoidably looking at a huge material and personal gain from a decision that he might make as secretary of state. i would like to try to get to
postpone. we all here are unwilling to postpone. and unwilling to postpone another minute, another day, in doing what we know is within our grasp. it shows the government at its best, mr. president, and shows our politics can still come together to do big, consequential things for the american people. i see my friend, senator hatch, who i worked with for years and years, stood up. all junior senators, senior senators, everyone came together. so, jill and i are proud to stand beside you, mr. president, as you sign this last law of our administration. proud to have served with you, mr. president and your absolute commitment to changing the way in which we deal with our health care system. it s making it s going to make a big difference. and this particular bill is going to allow people to live, live longer and live healthier. and, so, most of all, mr. president, i think it gives people hope.
were killed in sandy hook four years ago today and so they, i m sure, too, were hanging on the president s every word when he was talking about mental health. as the president pointed out, it s a bittersweet day for him and so many people in that room. that s what s been happening at the white house. now to the transition of president obama s successor. the suspense is finally over regarding president-elect donald trump s choice for secretary of state but the drama looks like it is just getting started over perhaps the confirmation of exxonmobil ceo rex tillerson, the business titan with no government or diplomatic experience has long held business ties with russia s president vladimir putin and their friendship is putting several senators, several republican senators on edge. you have senator rubio who is on the committee, that rex tillerson must pass through to reach a confirmation. in a statement senator rubio said while rex tillerson is a
majority rules, if it takes a supermajority to do everything, it is no longer a functioning legislature. how can that be fixed? if the old hens in washington were worked up about it, it wouldn t that hard to fix. you can change the rules of the senate with a single majority vote if you do it on the first day that congress is in session. it s not that big a deal if the powers that be wanted to make it happen. the people who do want to make it happen are not the powers that be. they re the junior senators. they don t generally get to call the shots. instead of trying to pull this off by persuading the big shots, that the big shots want to do this, because maybe the big shots can t be persuaded, the junior senators are organizing trying to get the public behind the idea that the senate rules should change and should change on january 5th with a vote on that day. making a case for changing the