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Went on the floor that day, the first thing i did was go over to bird. I said bob byrd i will never know the rules of the senate like you do. Ill make you a deal. I will never surprise you, if you will not surprise me. He said let me think about it. He came back later that afternoon and said ok. And we never did. I think that tradition has carried on. I think dole adopted that point of view. The system, and the rules of the senate are such, that theres plenty of room for disagreement and controversy. To do so within the framework of organization without sneaking up on your adversary. Some of the interview with former Senate Majority leader howard baker airing at 8 00 eastern 5 00 pacific. News from the pentagon planning more cuts for benefits for troops and the 2016 budget to be submitted to the white house in february. Military pay and benefits cost 185 billion in 2011. That decreased by 8 billion. That was mostly due to the reduction in active duty and reserve troops. You can read mo
He was elected chairman of the Governors Association earlier this month. In the studio, we have James Hohmann of politico and Niraj Chokshi of the washington post. James is the first question. Thank you for joining us. You are taking on this job after a pretty bad year for democrats. A lot of republicans who people did not think could get reelected in places like maine did. Democrats lost governorships in illinois and states where they should not have, even in a bad year. As you take on this job, looking ahead, what lessons did you take away from 2014 that democrats can really apply in 2015 and 2016 . You bet. Thanks for having me, james. First, i would pushback on that a little bit. We have three great new governors in pennsylvania, rhode island, hawaii. Keeping colorado and connecticut, even with the u. S. Senators lost, in the face of millions of dollars in negative ads people spent against them we certainly did not get everything they wanted in 2014 but i think we got some real sta