can t support this bill. i m looking forward to talking to the president and see if he can t give us some kind of holistic explanation of what we re doing, because health care and immigration, housing, immigration, banking system, immigration, they re all intertwined. let s deal within a comprehensive manner so the president doesn t have to be, i think, really demeaning, the stature of his office and himself by going after immigrants by saying they can t because i don t really think he believes that. i just think somebody at the white house told him that might be a good way to go to gain some leverage among the american public. wait a minute, you said somebody at the white house. who at the white house specifically i wouldn t know. i wouldn t know who at the white house. but i would i don t really think it s him. i don t think he woke up, he came and had that altercation with congressman wilson, and then the next day woke up and said, i m going to double down. not only did i
constitutional option. and we were able to avoid that. so that the filibuster remains at 60, unless there was a rule change. and that s pretty tough to get. all right. i m going to go to your senate primary, we re two months away from the campaign season. here s congressman sestak talking about you on monday s hardball. take a listen. he has used language that has made me appear to people as though i m a criminal. you know, and as though i m breaking the law. and you know, that s the kind of politics that people are saying, we re tired of that negativity. yeah, he brought it from the republican party leadership and he s doing again as he s done it in a dishonest way for many, many times against opponents. some strong, dare i say salty language. criminal. did you accuse him of some sort of criminal behavior? well, the statute says if you don t pay the minimum wage, you can go to jail. this has to do with his campaign, staff, having to do
then things have gotten worse. the new york times reports that investigators think they have evidence that the senator tried to get lobbying work for a former aide who just happens to be the husband of senator ensign s former mistress. how much trouble is he in? we re going to get into the middle east and joe biden and that rough trip over there. nobody having a good week it seems this week. we are. other than the press. trip over there. this seems to be in an odd way, a much more serious charge than anything eric massa is dealing with. he is still there. massa resigns. that stops the bleeding for the democrats in the house. ensign is not going to resign. he made that clear. but further it is the use of his office, too. not just if fact for the record the ensign folks have put out a statement
come. and secondly, i think it s very important for people to understand that in the senate version, which looks like the way we re going here, i mean, every indication is that the is the way we re going, they re going to exclude legal permanent residents for the first five years. it s a mandate they go out and purchase health care, but they can t get any subsidy. they re required you know, we want immigrants, we re always saying why don t immigrants play by the rules. they want to play by the rules. but then we re saying, you re not really part of the rules. those are a couple of issues. let s get down to brass tacks. are those two issues enough for you to say, you know what, i can t support this bill? they are enough to say i
he s done in his life as far as person, but he now has professional issues. time for the politics fix. john ensign last june, since then things have gotten worse. the new york times reports that investigators think they have evidence that the senator tried to get lobbying work for a former aide who just happens to be the husband of senator ensign s former mistress. how much trouble is he in? . we re going to get into the middle east and joe biden and that rough trip over there. and that rough trip. no one is having a good week. we are. that s right. this seems to be in an odd way a much more serious charge than eric massa is dealing with. massa resigned. but further it s the use of his