would have supported blocking those bills too? i m justifying their logic here in showing that it s not logical at all. to them the filibuster is sacred except for what it s not. in 2010, senator cinema supported the idea of using reconciliation to get around the filibuster and pass healthcare reform. just last month they boasted an exception to the filibuster to raise the debt ceiling but they draw the line at protecting the rights of millions of voters. history will not remember them kindly. whatever happens tomorrow we must keep the pressure on. and say no more empty words. don t tell us what you believe in, show us with your votes. history will be watching what happens tomorrow. black and brown americans will be watching what happens tomorrow. in 50 years students will read about what happens tomorrow and, knowing when other our
before the enemy after being captured in 2009 by the taliban. in 2014 the obama administration traded for five suspected terrorists being held at guantánamo bay and that infuriated a lot of the numbers of the media. he could face a life sentence. jillian: congress couldn t get it done so donald trump is taking repealing and replacing into his own hands signing an executive order targeting obamacare. what is different this time. the white house has been forced to take this action on its own because of the inability to pass healthcare reform. the goal is to expand access to health care for individuals and small businesses by allowing them to band together to buy health insurance through
his decision to recuse himself from the investigation related to russia and the election, saying, quote, he should have told me before he took the job and i would have picked somebody else. clearly he has confidence in him or he would not be the attorney general. trump s oldest son donald trump jr. and former campaign manager paul manafort are set to face questions from the senate judiciary committee this week about that june 2016 meeting with the russian lawyer. that is expected to take place behind closed doors. eric? eric: we will have more on that coming up in in hour. ellison, thank you. job production alone over 800,000 since he got there, so he s doing many things outside of congress. we like the congress now, the senate to go ahead and do its job and pass healthcare reform. as the president said the other day at the lunch, i was right there, he looked at them very politely and said i have been here six months. you have been promising this for seven years. i m ready. pen i
promises. steve: he can doing what he can do without congress. job production alone over 800,000 since he has gotten there. he is doing many things outside of congress. we would like the congress now, the senate, to go ahead and do its job and pass healthcare reform. as the president said the other day, at the luncheon i was right there, he said to them, locked at them very mightily and said politely i hae six months. you have beenworking on this seven years. bill of horribles when it comes to obamacare, the fleeing insurers, the failed co-ops and exchanges, skyrocketing premiums and deductibles. he went and said look at all the positives that are in your bill in the senate. pass it. go home and tell your constituents, i was the guy or the gal that gave you health savings accounts to pay for your premiums that saved medicaid, which is unaffordable and unsustainable by giving more flexibility it those governors. i m the person who went ahead and opened up the insurance market to more
was tortwas tort reform. he met with the republicans in 2009 on march 5. house and senate, republican and democrat members saying today is the kickoff of a national effort to pass healthcare reform. his next meeting with the republicans to talk about their ideas was february 25, 2010. 51 weeks later. last july in the speech he gave to the congress he stood up and said to the republican side of the house. he called for the opposition for tort reform and i m going to respond to it. they applaud him. two weeks later he issued his proposal that states would be allowed to apply for and receive grants for patient safety. but if your state passed medical liability reform you are ineligible to apply for the