and makes them irrelevant because they are minority parties in a safe majority seat. that should be addressed as well. that s blank two and the schemes for making it difficult for people to vote by and they are unjustified in the equality of systems. these three force us to recognize that we have lost the commitment of a representative democracy and the consequences of a government that can t do anything. this is not a philosophical or theoretical problem. this is practical as mud. our government can t govern. until we confront that and accept the fact that we have to find a way to fix it and talk about what we are going to do to fix it rather than playing the fantasy politics game, we are not going to have the ability to govern. the reason nothing can get
that i would have would be as strong as any could possibly be. it s not one of eight different issues. it s the only issue. what is the reform? what would you do? so the essence of the refarm is to de-corrupt the system. make it so we re equal citizens again. the one i care the most about is to change the way we fund elections. no longer is it the tiny few at the front of the line, the rich millionaires and billionaires who get to represent our government but all the citizens. that s not the only inequality. political jerry mandiring. minority parties in a safe majority seat. that should be addressed as well. number three, these schemes for making it difficult for people to vote by, you know, putting burdens like i.d. requirements are completely unjustified in a system that is supposed to
not going to retake the house in this next cycle. jon: from our producer on capitol hill, chad pe revment gram, he s counted seven republicans who will retire and 18 democrats, that includes barney frank. these things don t happen in a vacuum. it suggests that frank thinks he is not going to be winning back maybe a majority seat in the house any time soon. reporter: right. that makes it harder, and the thought, if the new district that he would have to try to defend, would be just a little bit more republican and he d have to go through a contentious series of difficult debates and back and forth, what s the point of that if you re only going to come back and find yourself in the minority. so it s maybe not all that surprise thank congressman frank chooses to hang it up rather than drag through one more difficult cycle. jon: well, and there s been a lot of criticism of the bill that has his name attached to it, the dodd-frank bill. is that part of the mix here? notable that neither
are the exact things we re hearing the american people opposed to so is definitely going to be butting of heads when this comes down, so we re going to be watching this all throughout the day. bill: and you mentioned health care, laying the ground work, what is that ground work and what does it look like? we re going to talk to mike pence, lead in the house in a matter of moments too. it was the symbolic seat, senator harry reid fighting hard to hold on to his majority seat, sharron angle, close behind. how he pulled out this victory in the silver state of nevada, in moments.
congress. i would fight to repeal the bill. [ applause ] reporter: it s a gop battle cry for the midterm elections. the american people will be heard, and we ll repeal and replace. i have pledged as my first act of legislation to put in a repeal obama care law. reporter: if the republicans win a majority seat in congress, one of the first things they do is plan to reare peel obama s signature achievement, helt care reform. under a new gop controlled house, joe barton would likely become a key member. he said hearings would begin as soon as january to dismantle the law. if we re given the opportunity, we are going to try to repeal it and then right away. replace it. reporter: provisions that stop ensuinsurers that deny cove