and the american middle class pocketbook. so we get together on a regular basis, talk things over. you know what else we try to do, martin? we try to have a zone of civility, that even if we disagree, we re not disagreeable with each other. so this is why i thought last night not only did all 20 women vote for it, but there were 27 republicans, middle of the roaders, who want to help america s middle class. once again, ma am, you ve proved the point that women are often so much more gracious and intelligent than men. but we still have to address the fact that come something like nine, ten weeks time, ted cruz and other far right groups will be out there again, presumably trying to undermine the economic recovery, bring the government to its knees. are we just going to be in this position again in a few weeks time? absolutely not. mr. cruz can huff and puff but he cannot blow away the united
about the no votes in the senate. there were 18 and not one by any of the 20 women in the senate. now to what do you ascribe that? well, i believe that the 20 women of the senate, regardless of what is our political party, some of us are democrats, some of us are pretty liberal, some are fiscal conservatives, some got elected out of the roots of the tea party. but what all 20 of us want is a forward-looking agenda. and this is why i think the women really represent the middle road and speaking for the middle class. you know, while the guys huff and puff and pound their chest about macro policy, the women of this senate tend to focus on macaroni and cheese policy as well as doing the macro. we want to go what is the policies going to do to affect the american family, their lives