bipartisan feeling, so i m hoemg hoping the same leaders does that mean the president is go to go over to the republican side? we could see what we could get together. it can t just be that one side gives. republicans just ask for things and the president takes. this should be a takes the deal they offer. nothing substantial is going to happen. we all agree the country is really hurting but we all say around this table we have to fight for what we believe in. most of america doesn t want the fight. they want the progress. i guarantee you what s going to happen the best the president will get out of his agenda is through executive action. the best the republicans are going to get out of their agenda is through the courts. that shows you how dysfunctional we are as turning to the courts and executive action the big court case on obamacare that might yeah. that s the only chance republicans have of really changing obamacare is through the courts. wait a minute ron. you
to capitol hill. and the gop promises to tackle issues from the keystone pipeline to iran and try to find some way to push back against the president s executive actions. joining us now two senators expected to be named this week to cherokee panels. from tennessee, bob corker of the foreign relations committee and from south dakota john thune, of commerce. before we get to your contest, let s committees, let s take a look at the relationship between the new republican congress and the president. here is how mr. obama says 2015. where i see a big problem and the opportunity to help the american people and it is within my lawful authority to provide that help, i m going to do it. and i will then side by side reach out to members of congress, reach out to republicans and say, let s work together. i d rather do it with you. senator corker, can you do business with president obama on
mandate in obamacare. the kinds of things we know the american people don t like and would like to see us address. new senate majority leader mitch mcconnell laying out his agenda for the opening weeks of the republican-controlled senate. we re back now with the panel. laura, you heard mcconnell s initial plans. is he drawing the right balance between compromise and confrontation? interesting poll came out. i think pat cadell did yesterday or the day before. 64% of republicans think b boehner doesn t do enough to oppose obama. the media, you have to oppose obama. you have to show you can work together. i don t think it s smart for republicans to fall into that. i think they have to have a pathway for prosperity, progress. i think he ticked off a couple of good agenda items. people around the country watching today, i don t think they re obsessed with can republicans work with obama? they re obsessed with what they see as a country in decline. we have some economic progress. that s
this argument that if it weren t for the executive actions, they would have been more productive. there s no evidence of that. so i intend to continue to do what i ve been doing, which is where i see a big problem and the opportunity to help the american people, and it is within my lawful authority to provide that help, i m going to do it. and i will then side by side reach out to members of congress and reach out to republicans and say let s work together. i rather do it wou. immigration is the classic example. i was really happy when the senate passed a bipartisan comprehensive immigration bill, and i did everything i could for a year and a half to provide republicans the space to act and showed not only great patience but flexibility saying to them,
think what is interesting here is that if he was going to do cuba, at least he should have consulted leadership, done something. he is basically telling congress what he said today. i m going to do what i can do. i would like to deal with you but if not i m going to do it. we learned on the immigration question is while people while people oppose what he did on immigration, a lot more people believe, including people who support the policy, believe he doesn t have the right to do this and the republicans in congress have done a very poor job of laying that narrative out, which is whether you re being lawful. the president is angry and doesn t want to be seen as irrelevant and i m not letting them do the show. i m going to do it. and i believe we re headed for much more confrontation. in the meantime, enjoy your beautiful grandchildren. my grandchildren are here. they re back there they re beautiful. you wanted to take them to the museum. they want to go christmas shopping to