books anymore. encyclopedia, we don t have encyclopedias anymore. the internal revenue code, we sure as hell have that, massive regulations and requirements and so forth. that s the kind of bill they want to pass. now, in a representative republic like ours, you are supposed to be able to participate. how do you participate when you don t know all the details? how do you participate when you can t get into the capitol building? how do you participate when your own representatives don t know what s in the bill? they are going to put this omnibus bill together, not specific spending bills or specific budget bills or specific authorizing bills that work their way through the process, they lump them all together, they tell members you ve got 48 hours to vote on it, people claim they know what s in it in the media. they don t have the foggiest idea. there s a vote, ran through by the democrats, and the hope is that one democrat senator from west virginia and one democrat senator from arizon
as you should do this and do that so republicans can cooperate in the government can continue to function. i think this is an example were republicans no we ve done this in the past and other republicans and democrats, they know what s right, but right now they re all about the politics. chris: what an amazing thing, the politics in washington, d.c. and the folks that were so excited about the pressure cooker of budget bills in congress is weak. thank you will see you next sunday. up next the power player of the week the virginia sheriff s officer trying to save the historic ground for his ancestor earned our nation ss
as you should do this and do that so republicans can cooperate in the government can continue to function. i think this is an example were republicans no we ve done this in the past and other republicans and democrats, they know what s right, but right now they re all about the politics. chris: what an amazing thing, the politics in washington, d.c. and the folks that were so excited about the pressure cooker of budget bills in congress is weak. thank you will see you next sunday. up next the power player of the week the virginia sheriff s officer trying to save the historic ground for his ancestor earned our nation s highest military honor.
in an appropriate way. as i said i would like to see a little more speed with regard to the consideration of the things that are before before the senate in particular. well, i think that s what the question really is. if the democrats recognize where we are now. because this is certainly, you know, not the place where we were four years ago, not the place where we were 8 or 12 years ago when you were the attorney general. as you said haste is important but also a degree of urgency. there needs to be some sort of urgency if they want to get their agenda done, no? no, i think that s right. and i think that, you know, most democrats feel that sense of urgency. it s why you see so many in the house as well as the senate pushing for a consideration of a whole multitude of of legislation. and i think that you re going to see i hope in the next few weeks democrats coming together to pass budget bills. democrats coming together to push on the freedom to vote act which would, you know,
know, not the place where we were four years ago, not the place where we were 8 or 12 years ago when you were the attorney general. as you said haste is important but also a degree of urgency. there needs to be some sort of urgency if they want to get their agenda done, no? no, i think that s right. and i think that, you know, most democrats feel that sense of urgency. it s why you see so many in the house as well as the senate pushing for a consideration of a whole multitude of of legislation. and i think that you re going to see i hope in the next few weeks democrats coming together to pass budget bills. democrats coming together to push on the freedom to vote act which would, you know, protect the american democracy to make sure that we ban partisan gerrymandering. a process which as you said is now under way. just watch. it s happened in ohio. it ll happen in texas. republicans are going to try to use the advantages they have there to try to jerry mander themselves as they have