law has hiccups when it s first starting off. people forget, medicare part b passed by my predecessor george bush, passed by a republican house of representatives, the prescription drug bill passed into law ten years ago was even more unpopular than the affo affordable care act before it took effect. everybody was saying what a disaster it was going to be. the difference was democrats worked with republicans to make it work even better, steny remembers this. even though democrats weren t happy that the law wasn t paid for and it was going to add hundreds of billions of dollars to the deficit and we weren t negotiating a better deal with the drug companies, everybody worked, once it was the law, to try to make it work and today about 90% of seniors like their pre
under leadership of chris van hollen, our ranking member on the budget committee. it reduces the deficit in a responsible way, ends the devastating across the board cuts of the sequester and it makes investments in the future and keeps government open as opposed to this bill, intended to shut government down. keeps government open and working for the american people. i know my colleague, mr. hoyer, has been very vocal on this subject and he will quote some republicans in what they have said about this, so don t take it from us. take it from you, mr. chairman, that this bill well, i ll leave steny to have the exact quote. does not enable us to do the work of government. i urge a no vote on this continuing resolution. it s a terrible proposition for our families and our communities and our country. it s always, always time for us to work together to help ensure,
ash can. is he not stepping out. is he going down broke. he is leaving his assets behind. and that s justice. the former school bus driver along with members of his family will also have a chance to speak on his behalf at sentencing next week. and if life without parole plus 1,000 years wasn t enough, the judge could still decide to tack on an additional 8,000 years. shep? shepard: gator garrett teny. the state of ohio owns the home and plans to demolish it very soon. police say now they have detained the dryer of that train that driver of that train that jumped the tracks in spain. the driver is a suspect but they cannot question him right now because of his injuries. one passenger tells the associated press video
republicans aren t about to write a blank check for anything senate democrats put forward just because we find ourselves at the edge of the cliff. it is somewhat like taking your child hostage and saying to somebody else, i m going to shoot my child if you don t do what i want done. you don t want to shoot your child. there s no republican leader that wants to default on our debt that we ve talked to, so that ought to be nonpartisan. oh, steny could have come up with a better met it at that for than that. that was senator reid and mcconnell and congressman hoyer in washington. brian sullivan is here and refuse rend al sharpton and richard wolf on assignment and joining us on set is rana and in
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