Martin luther king,j who said the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice. Or Something Like that. [ laughter ] however, appears some of americas fate legislators would like to make that arc longer and maybe have it bend not as much towards justice but towards their own ass. Like kansas the wheat state. The place you are desperately trying to get back to from oz, ol boxy. State lawmakers asking their parents is that all you got . [laughter] put your back into it. One kansas lawmaker wants to allow parents to hit their kids harder. [laughter] jon yeah. Chew on that for a little bit. Hello my name is representative gale finney. Are you holding back from punching the bleep out of your children because you fear legal repercussions . Fear no more your nightmare is over whereas theirs is just beginning. This as will school teamers, allows babysitters, whoever has guardians written permission to hit a child harder. Jon birthday clowns, other children. [ laughter ] local
The controversial move will end the grid lock over the president s executive and judicial picks. Libby casey joins us now from capitol hill with more on is significance of this move. Great to see you, the president certainly didnt waste much time reacting to the vote, did he . Thats right. He was supportive of it. Now pack in 2005, when mr. Obama was senator obama ma, he was actually opposed to changing the rules regarding the filibuster. Using the so call nuclear option, but the white house says times have changed because the republicans in their words have become more obstructionist. Its harming our economy, and our democracy, and it has brought us to the point where a similar majority vote no longer seems to be sufficient for anything. Even routine business. A lot of pub back from republicans including senator john mccain who of course ran against mr. Obama for the white house. John mccains say not only causes problems, here is john mccain. What we really did today and what is so da
And changed after the death of jfk. It has been that way in washington for almost 100 years. Tonight that is history. They make good on their warning to launch the so called nuclear option. Mike, so what does it mean . Well, john, the senate likes to call itself the worlds greatest dribble rahtive body, but when they changed that role, it stood for almost 100 years the chamber is now in danger of a melt down. Suddenly free to have most of his nominees confirmed with a similar majority. People should vote their conscious. They should vote on behalf of constituents, but they should vote. The president accused republicans of abusing rules. Republicans block them all. Part of an emerging trend. The chain means a simple majority can naldecon firm all president ial nominees except those to the supreme court. Before today, that number was 60. Republicans called it a partisan power grab. We are approaching a slippery slope. John mccain quoted the words of then senator obama ma when he proposed
Save president kennedys life a moment, 20 years ago, that changed the course of history. Welcome to al Jazeera America. An historic turning point in the decadelong debate about the filibuster rule. In a power play Senate Democrats pushed the button on the nuclear option. Majority leader harry reid triggered the role change. More from the white house on the controversial change. The senate likes to call itself the worlds greatest body. After changing a 100yearold rule that governed the rule around filibuster, the chamber is in fear of a meltdown. President obama heralded the change. People should vote their conscience, on behalf of their constituents. They should vote. Thats what they are there to do. The president accused the republicans of abusing senate rules. A determined effort to obstruct everything, no matter what the merits to refight an election is not normal. There were three votes on obama nominees to the d. C. Court of appeals. Republicans blocked them all. The change means
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