ending after december 31, 2013. pretty clear, shall apply. straightforward. the effective date for the employer mandate section 1514 of the law, effective date, the amendments made by this section shall apply to months beginning after december 31, 2013. it really does seem straightforward. there is no ambiguity there. i would just ask the question, is there a list of laws that must be followed and those that may or may not be followed depending upon whatever the will of the president is that day. i would remind my colleagues, the words of abraham lincoln the best way to end a bad law is to enforce it strictly. we should do the same. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expired. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: may i inquire how much time i have? the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady has 3 1/2 minutes remaining. 1/2 minutes to mr. clyburn. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. clyburn: i thank the gentlelady for
we d be doing great. is if congressme had the same priorities that or did, that if they felt the same sense of urgency about the cost of college for increases in the minimum wage or how to make child care more affordable, if were thinkingey could have a lot more families. a lot more people would be getting ahead the economy would be doing better. we could help a lot more families and we should. we should be relentlessly focused on what i call an opportunity agenda. of the great jobs, what s always made our economy strong. sure that we re on the cutting end when it comes to clean energy. making sure that we re rebuilding our infrastructure, our roads, bridges, our ports, our airports. that advance manufacturing is happening here in the united states so we can jobs back.acturing research and science. that leads to new american industries. training our workers. trainingking a job program and using our community colleges in ways that allow to constantly retrain for the new opport
right now on andrea mitchell reports cuts. who will pay the price if washington can t avert the sequester? president obama is tailoring his sales pitch today by talking to al sharpton and other minority radio hosts and yesterday by appearing on tv stations in states that will be hard hit by defense cuts. instead of us cutting education, instead of us kegt mental health programs, instead of us affecting military readiness and a whole range of other things that are really important to our security and our prosperity, we should be focused on programs we know don t work, waste in government, and some of these tax loophole that is we can close that frankly only benefit the well off and the well connected. in connecticut today vice president biden and parents of a 7-year-old sandy hook victim are tackling gun violence together. plus, a first fashion line. could a fragrance be next? jimmy kimmel sees opportunity knocking for the strug lingpost office. introducing a new f
manila. manila. smell like an envelope. go places. manila. manila. express mail your senses. hmm, paper. adhesive. manila by the u.s. postal service. the smell of mail. i think he is on to something. good day. i m andrea mitchell live in washington. president obama and congressional republicans remain worlds apart on a realistic solution to prevent billions of dollars in automatic cuts. the sequester from kicking in march 1st. right now the politics are trumping any movement towards compromise. joining me now for our daily fix chris calizza, msnbc contributor and managing of post politics.com, and washington post reporters laurie montgomery and nia malika henderson. chris, first to you. set the stage for us. there s no solution in sight. is the white house expecting it has the high road in terms of politics of it and that republicans will be on the defensive because i don t see any way they re bridging the gap. there is no outward ed that began is being bridged. i think
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