house of representatives when pushed, and being handed a product, finished product, from the senate democratic majority. it happened on fiscal cliff and the sandy supplemental. and on the violence against women s act where there was reluctance. it s the trifecta that s occurred already. i believe that if the bill lands on the floor of the house of representatives and there s enough pressure that s brought to bear, to your point, it will not pass with a majority of republicans supporting it. but it will pass on the majority. congressman hakeem jeffries in new york, alicia reese, hartford, connecticut, mayor pedro segarra. thank you so much. thanks, david. thank you. is the new secretary defense nightmare or a radical reformer who will tame the defense department? he gave us a big hint today. that s coming up. [ female announcer ] nature valley protein bars,
speaker has been willing to bring bills to the floor of the house of representatives when pushed, and being handed a product, finished product, from the senate democratic majority. it happened on fiscal cliff and the sandy supplemental. and on the violence against women s act where there was reluctance. it s the trifecta that s occurred already. i believe that if the bill lands on the floor of the house of representatives and there s enough pressure that s brought to bear, to your point, it will not pass with a majority of republicans supporting it. but it will pass on the majority. congressman hakeem jeffries in new york, alicia reese, hartford, connecticut, mayor pedro segarra. thank you so much. thanks, david. thank you. is the new secretary defense nightmare or a radical reformer who will tame the defense department? he gave us a big hint today. that s coming up.
moves this week as well as vice president biden who was pitching himself to a different constituency nearly every day, it seemed, marching it selma on sunday, speaking to aipac on monday, declaring victory on the violence against women s act, a bill he originally authored when he was in the senate, with women behind him on thursday. meanwhile, maryland governor martin o malley will give a keynote speech this morning in south carolina. unfortunately for o malley, just 7% of democrats in his own state put him at the top of their 2016 list compared to the whopping 16% that choose hillary clinton. clinton showed in a quinnipiac poll this week why she can clear the field. governor chris christie is the only governor tops paul ryan 50 to 38 and leads marco rubio
if you look at the instances this year where he has not used the haster rule, there s been i think it would be the same thing an immigration. you ve been here less than three months and you re using washington speak. the violence against women s act. i caught you. i hear you. i hear you. i caught you there. you were at a recent luncheon with your brother, the mayor of san antonio, and a moderator was asking about whether you thought the president had done enough in setting the tone here in washington and this budget crisis and you seemed to think he could do more. what do you mean? first, i think the president has done a lot. he s been very vocal about his positions. i do think with this congress, particularly because there s still vestiges of the tea party that control it, you ve got to
this victory shows that when the american people make their voices heard, washington listens. republicans dragged their feet for months renewing on reknewing the violence against women s act. president obama says it s passage now is a good sign. reaut rihorizing the violenc against women s act is something i called for in my state of the union address. when i see how quick it got done, i m i m feel iing i makes me feel optimistic.