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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130402:04:23:00

Controlling the governorship and both houses of the legislator, both houses have said firmly they would not be rushed through this process. they said rather their priority was to arrive at consensus legislation with minority republicans in both houses of the legislature even though they did not need to so they could come up with solutions that had bipartisan support. today, opening day, it s happened. they have made their announcement. this is what they re planning on. universal background checks for anybody buying guns in the state, a ban on high capacity magazines and a registry for existing ones. you can also legally put more than ten rounds in any magazine at a licensed shooting range but nowhere else in the state. the republican state senator who represents newtown itself are calling the reforms the most comprehensive package in the country. it will also include registry in law enforcement along the lines of a sex offender registry, ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130402:04:58:00

Impossible the republican party will ever support same-sex marriage. so they re working on it, working it out. the republican party is a mess on the issue. mess is okay. we may reasonably expect they will settle in on being divided on this a long time. maybe as far as the consensus may go for republicans, it is that everybody should be treated with dignity and respect. maybe party leadership could just enforce that if nothing else, right? this is a test. the republican party is undergoing a test and his name is dave agema. a committee member for the national party. he was first to note that he was posting things on his facebook page about how the homosexual agenda is to get the public to affirm their filthy life-style and homosexuals prey on children and account for half the murders in large cities. when that prompted calls for resignation, he said he wouldn t resign telling critics online you want to change the landscape of the party in a direction not accepted 230 years. i am trying ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130402:01:37:00

Cradle of american democracy. only four states had longer average wait times than virginia in this past election. a survey by new york times found it took twice as long to cast a ballot in verge as in ohio, and ohio was really bad. after the election, the state legislature decided to take action. they decided to do something about how hard it was to vote in virginia in 2012. they decided they would make it even harder to vote going forward. virginia republicans in the house rejected a bill that would allow for more absentee voting, more early voting, so at least the senior citizens wouldn t have to stay there all day. republicans in the virginia senate voted to let that go indefinitely the way virginia voters get to wait in line indefinitely. instead of making it so the older folks don t have to wait too long, instead of setting a standard for how long anyone had to wait, virginia republicans ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130402:04:37:00

Cast a ballot in virginia as in ohio, and ohio was really bad. after the election, the virginia state legislature decided to take action. they decided to do something about how hard it was to vote in virginia in 2012. they decided they would make it even harder to vote going forward. virginia republicans in the house rejected a bill that would allow for more absentee voting, more early voting, so at least the senior citizens wouldn t have to stay there all day. republicans in the virginia senate voted to let that go indefinitely the way virginia voters get to wait in line indefinitely. instead of making it so the older folks don t have to wait too long, instead of setting a standard for how long anyone had to wait, virginia republicans decided instead to pass a bill that bans you from voting unless you can show new documentation you never had to show in order to vote before and hundreds of thousands of people in virginia don t have. even the old i.d. you got last ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130402:01:58:00

Impossible the republican party will ever support same-sex marriage. so they re working on it, working it out. the republican party is a mess on the issue. mess is okay. we may reasonably expect they will settle in on being divided on this a long time. maybe as far as the consensus may go for republicans, it is that everybody should be treated with dignity and respect. maybe party leadership could just enforce that if nothing else, right? this is a test. the republican party is undergoing a test and his name is dave agema. a committee member for the national party. he was first to note that he was posting things on his facebook page about how the homosexual agenda is to get the public to affirm their filthy life-style and homosexuals prey on children and account for half the murders in charge cities. ....

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