pointing fingers at one another. republican members criticized their democratic counterparts over their planned filibuster over neil gorsuch, including senator ted cruz. take a listen. what we saw today was the position of the modern democratic party as they are opposed to donald trump appointing anyone to the supreme court. if they will filibuster neil gorsuch, they will filibuster any nominee from a republican president. that obviously is not a tenable standard for advice and consent, and that is the reason why if democrats persist in this foolish filibuster, the senate majority will have no choice but return to the standard that has prevailed for over two centuries which is confirming supreme court justices by majority votes. that was the same senator ted cruz who just this past october during the presidential campaign suggested republicans could seek to block hillary clinton from filling justice scalia s vacancy
direction it s headed, given that the court has never upheld the restriction except for disclosure, can the ftc do anything functional in that constitutional environment? i think that it could. i think that the commission has if you look back a few years the commission did a much better job working together across party lines to try and find consensus, tray and find areas where we could come up with majority votes and write meaningful regulations. i think that disclosure as you pointed out is an important area the court has endorsed wholeheart wholeheartedly and we could do more to bolster our disclosure rules to make sure that we do have the kind of robust disclosure that will keep people informed. federal elections commissioner ellen weintraub, thank you for coming on. thank you. have you heard the big announcement today about who is going to he replace david let r letterman. well, not me. him. stephen colbert. guess who is not happy about it? i will tell you.
$51,000. but, commissioner, you re making my point for me. can you convince me the ftc can even be a functioning body in the citizens united era? that s my question. given the jurisprudence, the direction it s headed, given that the court has never upheld the restriction except for disclosure, can the ftc do anything functional in that constitutional environment? i think that it could. i think that the commission has if you look back a few years the commission did a much better job working together across party lines to try and find consensus, tray and find areas where we could come up with majority votes and write meaningful regulations. i think that disclosure as you pointed out is an important area the court has endorsed wholeheartedly and we could do more to bolster our disclosure rules to make sure that we do have the kind of robust disclosure that will keep people informed. federal elections commissioner ellen weintraub, thank you for coming on. thank you. have you he
making my point for me. can you convince me the ftc can even be a functioning body in the citizens united era? that s my question. given the jurisprudence, the direction it s headed, given that the court has never upheld the restriction except for disclosure, can the ftc do anything functional in that constitutional environment? i think that it could. i think that the commission has if you look back a few years the commission did a much better job working together across party lines to try and find consensus, tray and find areas where we could come up with majority votes and write meaningful regulations. i think that disclosure as you pointed out is an important area the court has endorsed wholeheartedly and we could do more to bolster our disclosure rules to make sure that we do have the kind of robust disclosure that will keep people informed. federal elections
we know this is a rough year. i was with reverend sharpton s group. and i got a big applause because it was the first time i thought about saying it out loud. let s get this straight. there are almost three more years to the obama presidency. this man who has been elected twice by majority vote, first guy since eisenhower to win two majority votes, believe it or not know will be president for almost three more years. get used to it. this isn t transition time in the basketball game. it isn t about to be over. three more years. there will be a election this november, new people taking office next january, then two more years of governance you understand him. we ought to think about what we ll get done or not get done over the next three and a half years. almost three years if you take january 20th as the starting point. we in the media and people in democratic circles talk about who is coming next. you did ask president carter about hillary clinton and his thoughts on her. he was