so i m certainly not taking it off the saying the best thing we can do, get bob mueller in, see the full report which right now the president could just order it to be released to us. he said he s 100% exonerated. well, if that s the case, he should give us. 100% of the report. i want to ask you more about your oversight responsibilities. all these different probes into the president. right now, cnn is aware of at least 21 subpoenas relating to the president. what do you say to those who argue you are overreaching? not conducting oversight? well, we can walk and chew gum because this congress has pass passed background checks. we passed the equality act last week, gives the lgbtq act. we passed the voting act. has independent redistricting commissions in every single state so our elections are no longer rigged through gerrymandering. that means we also have a responsibility to put a balance
taxpayer money would be provided for every $1 raised from small donors. make tax returns for presidential candidates public. and independent redistricting of congressional districts. ben? good legislation or bad. it s ridiculous. it s not a piece of legislation that s really meant to be legislation. it s a piece of legislation that s designed to stakeout a position. one thing that you didn t mention in terms of just an assessment of how unfair it is that it changes the makeup of the fec the federal election commission from having six people and evenly balanced situation to five where it would be always skewed in favor of one party over the other. i just think that this is not a responsible piece of legislation. it has no chance of becoming law. chris: let me remind everybody this is the lightning round. i used to say that to krauthammer all the time. it s a mixed bag. there is really off-the-wall stuff that probably wouldn t pass constitutional muster. good stuff for example inde
meet because of the prescription drug problem. we have a health care agenda. we have an infrastructure agenda. we want to increase wages for the american people. that is very much on the horizon for us. we have our hr 1 which is a democracy reform platform to eliminate gerrymandering. we want independent redistricting commissions in every state of the union. said they wanted to keep redistricting in the hands of politicians. we have some very big policy differences. we want to focus on that. we are not for shutting the government down. we are for making the government work and keeping it open. i get that, but for all of those things you will need republican support because they control the senate. i wonder when you look at the debate over the border wall, you really have democrats digging their heels in on this as much as the president. to be fair, the president has reduced his demand from a wall
marijuana. and some are saying they don t smoke marijuana in dakota, hokey in meskokie. they turned it down. if you re concerned about the politics, voters in michigan, colorado, and missouri approved nonpartisan redistricting commissions which will end the rigged system of redistricting and lead to more competitive general elections for congress and more representative results. the fight for voting rights was a big theme this year. and voters in florida decided to restore voting rights to felons who served their time going forward. nevada backed automatic voter remg administration. maryland approve registration. maryland approved same-day voter registration. in the south, arkansas and north carolina backed requirements to show voter i.d. at the polls. polls said health care was issue number one for people. citizens of idaho, nebraska, and utah are requiring their conservative states to accept obamacare s medicaid expansion. a big deal. massachusetts refused to roll
no backing down, no blinking, and never, even if it means shutting down the government, never surrender. 10 what do we do about it? especially when both political parties have gerrymandered to get an edge? well, we could learn from blue and red states like california, arizona, and montana that set up nonpartisan independent redistricting commissions to create new rules of the road. see, that would take the power away from incumbents and give it back to us, the people. we have seven years until the next census. so it s not enough to be mad at congress today. we have to change the rules in the years ahead. and speaking of other states, i have a confession of my own. since it s all the rage in the gop, i wanted to get in on the action. you think ari is in seattle on assignment? but little do you know i ve gerrymandered him right out of town. no nonpartisan independent redistricting commission in new york. at least not yet. so i will see you in 2014, buddy. yeah. okay. that does it for