over the issue of illegal chinese immigration. we go through this as a society. we have these issues, but every immigrant population that s come to the united states has come here for the same reason, looking for work. that s all. the chinese were the most crime-free community in history. they don t cause anybody any trouble. thank you, chuck todd. let s turn to somebody who knows. he s a member of congress from that part of the country right down near the boarder, joaquin castro, democrat from texas. this is hardball, and we re talking about whether they will get a bill that passes both houses, the one controlled by the senate and one by the house. you re a minority member. do you think the majority led by people like, well, john boehner and cantor are actually going to put their fingers on an immigration bill and pass it? i think they will, chris, and i hope they will. i think especially with the november election, the american people made it clear, i believe, that they want th
we have these issues, but every imgraget population that s come to the united states has come here for the same reason, looking for work. that s all. the chinese were the most crime-free community in history. they don t cause anybody any trouble. thank you, chuck todd. let s turn to somebody who knows he s a member of congress from that part of the country right down near the warder, joaquin castro, democrat from texas. this is hardball and we re talking about whether they will get a bill that passes both houses, the one controlled by the senate and one by the house. do you think the majority led by people like, well, john boehner and cantor are actually going to put their fingers on an immigration bill and pass it? i think they will, chris, and i hope they will. i think especially with the november election, the american penal made it clear i believe that they want the congress and they want the president to tackle this issue and to finally get it done. i think what we ve seen i
toward, hurling toward is next tuesday. there is so much to get done with this particular bill between now and next tuesday if it has any hopes of becoming law. the president said today that it has to. and speaker boehner said today, firing back, he has done his part. he has gotten this through. the republicans have passed their bill in the house. now it is up to the democratic majority led senate, the ball is in their court. we are watching this tonight. we will bring you the very latest as developments happen. as you can see we are taking a live look right now in the senate floor. they are said to be working on this right now. if there is news that comes out of that senate floor we will bring it the the white house announcing a new agreement with automakers, right now cars and trucks get an average of 27 miles to the
toward, hurling toward is next tuesday. there is so much to get done with this particular bill between now and next tuesday if it has any hopes of becoming law. the president said today that it has to. and speaker boehner said today, firing back, he has done his part. he has gotten this through. the republicans have passed their bill in the house. now it is up to the democratic majority led senate, the ball is in their court. we are watching this tonight. we will bring you the very latest as developments happen. as you can see we are taking a live look right now in the senate floor. they are said to be working on this right now. if there is news that comes out of that senate floor we will bring it the the white house announcing a new agreement with automakers, right now cars and trucks get an average of 27 miles to the
but there are some other key issues on the agenda, as well. and now live from washington, dc newsroom. james? reporter: afternoon. nothing less than the government s ability to continue operating rests on what happens in the lame lane. the outgoing democratic majority led by house speaker nancy pelosi could make another of the attempts to pass the employment nondiscrimination act which protects gays and transgender individuals in workplace settings and pelosi wanted to take up the dream act which allows some illegal aliens under the age of 18 to avoid deportation and democrats could tie social security payments to rise in the cost of living allowance. and there are two items that we have mentioned: continuing resolution or spending bill needed by december 4th to keep the government in business and the bush tax cuts that will expire at year s end. most expect the two house