congress. you said that to king cry that day? well, we all cried as we listened to lyndon johnson deliver that speech to the nation and he got to that point after and he said, and we shall overcome. really, it s all of us who must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice and we shall overcome. [ applause ] that was the first time hearing an american president use the theme song of the movement. i looked at dr. king, tears came down his face, and we all cried a little and dr. king said, we will make it from selma to montgomery and a voters rights will be passed. he he was right. congress debated the act, passeded it act, and it was
relevance of the country. what is the united states relationship with sib yeah and what is syria s relevance to saudi arabia, iran, israel and the other known interests from an american perspective? well, the syrian regime is, i guess you could say an irritant, of course, to the united states and to israel. but the real virtue of the regime is in the predictability and i don t think the u.s. or israel is prepared for the fallout of regime change and why you see a lot of curious moves, you know, even with the sanctions that the u.s. passeded today to show that the u.s. is condemning the actions of the regime and there is an interest to not push the regime to the edge for good reason. that could produce a lot of instability, not only in places like iraq and turkey, next door in lebanon, but there are also why? connect the dots there quickly. why would a regime change in syria we sip tate the sort of
complaining about earmarks, some marked by republicans, that reneged on their commitments to support that omnibus. the house on the road to ramming through a trillion dollars in tax cuts that our kids will have to pay for. democrats battling republicans, battling democrats. in the final days of the 111th congress. we begin with $858 billion in tax cuts expected to pass the house tonight. debate beginning hours after how house leadership would give progressive democrats their opportunity to open the bill and force the new version back to the senate. originally pelosi planned to bring two versions to the floor. the one passeded by the senate the and another with a higher estate tax. progressives wanted to vote the for a higher estate tax without going on record for the bush tax cuts for the wealthy as well. pelosi predicting the vote would come tonight. house members hoping to leave before the snow in washington gets any worse.
technically speaking without any funding. reid said nine republicans, complaining about earmarks, some marked by republicans, that reneged on their commitments to support that omnibus. the house on the road to ramming through a trillion dollars in tax cuts that our kids will have to pay for. democrats battling republicans, battling democrats. in the final days of the 111th congress. we begin with $858 billion in tax cuts expected to pass the house tonight. debate beginning hours after how house leadership would give progressive democrats their opportunity to open the bill and force the new version back to the senate. originally pelosi planned to bring two versions to the floor. the one passeded by the senate the and another with a higher estate tax. progressives wanted to vote the for a higher estate tax without going on record for the bush tax cuts for the wealthy as well. pelosi predicting the vote would
the states could opt out of the most controversial feature of the health care law which is the mandate, the individual mandate to purchase health care coverage. you have lawmakers in 30 states pushing for this on a state level. then you have the constitutional challenges by 20 states attorneys general. and then you have the obama administration issuing waivers to 120 or so corporations like mcdonalds so far to continue offering the minimed plans which violate the new law. so, now that we have all of that on the table about the health care law, we are back with the panel. steve? well, i think the plan that senators wyden and brown have offered would be much better than the current system that we re likely to see if the law is applied as it was passed. having said that, it s not a good plan. and you don t need a federal health care law in order to encourage states to have competition or to come up with their own plans. you can do that without any federal law having been passeded