Election because it would have required doing things the electorate wouldn t like. the senate, harry reid couldn t bring bills to the floor because he couldn t get 60 votes shut down debate. so both parties are responsible but threat not the point. the point is this is last year s work. you re right about that. and both parties are to play. but on this, maybe you can help me. i have been watching the fight over what is going to become of the healthcare law, whether you take away provisions, seems to be a coalition building, even among some formerly resistant democrats to remove onerous features like the surgical device tax and all the rest, not clear as to how to make up for the revenue. i m hearing other powerful democrats, including senator tom harken, who is saying we had the power to do it in a way that would have simply identified health care, referring to the law, made it more efficient and
What would you say? i would say that that undermines the confidence of the people running programs in government, good, bad or indifferent. instant wouldn t. just be reflecting the reality of the will of the people in the election and then the board would be on both parties then under the new makeup and the new senate and house. neil, as you know, we are three months past when we should have passed these bills. and none of them have been adopted. none. so, they whose fault is that? both parties. okay. i think. but i would my perspective, and it may sound like a partisan perspective, is that in the house, they passed eight out of the 12 bills or seven out of the 12 bills and couldn t pass the other five, frankly, because they didn t want their members to vote on them before the
It s really unfortunate. you look at mitch mcconnell. this is a guy running for re-election in kentucky, he could very well be challenged by someone further to the right than he is. that s his challenge. he s not concerned about what the country wants, 91% of the country wants. he s concerned about his constituency. that s really unfair to senator mcconnell. i agree. i don t think it s fair to mitch. why be fair to him? mitch mcconnell signed up on this letter and he s one of the people hold on, piers. that s not the point. he might actually believe it. i disagree with him profoundly but let s not assume everybody is operating in bad faith. if we want to have a real conversation, we can t assume everyone who disagrees with us to not even allow a vote on something like gun control after what happened at sandy hook? i m sorry, that is shameful. he s not even allowing for a conversation. if you re putting a filibuster you re not allowing the conversation to happen. harry
to not even allow a vote on something like gun control after what happened at sandy hook? i m sorry, that is shameful. he s not even allowing for a conversation. if you re putting a filibuster you re not allowing the conversation to happen. harry reid runs the senate. harry reid couldn t get a vote by his democratically controlled senate last month on assault weapons. okay? let s just be honest about the facts and figures here. senator mcconnell is the minority leader in the united states senate. he does not have the majority. senator murphy is telling us the truth from connecticut. he just told you, piers, that this filibuster will fail because there will be enough votes, the cloture, to end the filibuster. it will go to a vote but people who filibuster like senator rand last month that captured everybody s imagination when he filibustered on drones, he got attorney general holder to answer the question. because he made a good point and most people agreed with him. on this o
Conversation. if you re putting a filibuster you re not allowing the conversation to happen. harry reid runs the senate. harry reid couldn t get a vote by his democratically controlled senate last month on assault weapons. okay? let s just be honest about the facts and figures here. senator mcconnell is the minority leader in the united states senate. he does not have the majority. senator murphy is telling us the truth from connecticut. he just told you, piers, that this filibuster will fail because there will be enough votes, the cloture, to end the filibuster. it will go to a vote but people who filibuster like senator rand last month that captured everybody s imagination when he filibustered on drones, he got attorney general holder to answer the question. because he made a good point and most people agreed with him. on thissen one, 90% of the amern people want background checks. it doesn t matter, though. yes, it matters. here s why it doesn t matter, piers. hold your