women are saying, what s going on? well, let s take a look. here s one of your colleagues on the other side of the aisle, jeff sessions, a member of the judiciary committee, a republican, he s against the new version of the bill. he told the new york times, i favor the violence against women act and have supported it at various points over the years, but there are matters put on that bill that almost seem to invite opposition. do you think that s possible? you think they might have put things in there that we couldn t support that maybe then they could accuse you of not being supportive of fighting violence against women? well, he s accusing you of putting stuff in the bill that s purposefully put in there as a poison bill i m sorry, i totally mistaken that. he s accusing the democrats of writing a bill that the republicans cannot sign on to. no, listen. there are provisions in here that are part of legislation from previous reauthorizations. these issues about making sure th
little more time but far better time. it s not easy. [ laughter ] bret: chris, what about this keystone xl pipeline and the democrats saying it s a poison pill to tie it to the whole deal. it s not a poison bill if you are in a union. 2,000 jobs, pipe fitters and the pipeliners out there. they want the job. i was discussing it with steve before, the president has a way out on this. if he gets japed up in the end. i want to ask this question. when are they going to stop under estimating john boehner? this guy is jamming them and getting the vote and winning these things and sticking it to them. reid and obama are saying how did they do that? he is really good. keystone is something he can create that in the end the president can swallow that poison pill. it at least pleases part of the base in union. bret: some democrats question 20,000 immediate job number. how many jobs it will start.
little more time but far better time. it s not easy. [ laughter ] bret: chris, what about this keystone xl pipeline and the democrats saying it s a poison pill to tie it to the whole deal. it s not a poison bill if you are in a union. 2,000 jobs, pipe fitters and the pipeliners out there. they want the job. i was discussing it with steve before, the president has a way out on this. if he gets japed up in the end. i want to ask this question. when are they going to stop under estimating john boehner? this guy is jamming them and getting the vote and winning these things and sticking it to them. reid and obama are saying how did they do that? he is really good. keystone is something he can create that in the end the president can swallow that poison pill. it at least pleases part of the base in union. bret: some democrats question 20,000 immediate job number. how many jobs it will start.
country want american, except sadr, the iranian agent, but he is a relatively small minority. and yet we failed with that large majority in parliament who wanted us to stay and work out an agreement. a monumental diplomatic failure. for the administration that had bashed previous administration for wielding a heavy military action, priding itself on being sophisticate and smart diplomacy. this is a big, big failure. chris: rick, look at it from the iraqi side. some people may have wanted us to say, but sadr, the radical shiite cleric didn t. and had a lot of sway and clout witnouri al-maliki, the prime minister. and malia insisted on what some called the poison bill that any u.s. troops that stayed would not be given legal immunity. that was critical here. otherwise we d be talking about a different story today.
country want american, except sadr, the iranian agent, but he is a relatively small minority. and yet we failed with that large majority in parliament who wanted us to stay and work out an agreement. a monumental diplomatic failure. for the administration that had bashed previous administration for wielding a heavy military action, priding itself on being sophisticate and smart diplomacy. this is a big, big failure. chris: rick, look at it from the iraqi side. some people may have wanted us to say, but sadr, the radical shiite cleric didn t. and had a lot of sway and clout witnouri al-maliki, the prime minister. and malia insisted on what some called the poison bill that any u.s. troops that stayed would not be given legal immunity. that was critical here. otherwise we d be talking about a different story today.