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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130402:08:23:00

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 ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130402:08:57:00

It just means that i haven t evolved to that station. rob portman apparently has. senator rob portman already there on the issue of same sex marriage, congressman matt salmon thinks rob portman is more evolved than he, himself is on the issue. congressman salmon is trying to work this out for himself. he and his wife have been leaders in the anti-gay rights movement in arizona. in congress, matt salmon voted to ban gay people from adopting children, above and beyond the typical anti-gay conservative stuff. republicans broadly are still trying to work out what their party stands for with regard to gay rights. this weekend, it was dualing sunday shows at the same time. former chairman of the republican party and junior republican senator from arizona saying both at the same time that it is inevitable a republican presidential candidate will support jamz, that s what jeff flake said, while gillespie said it is impossible the republican party will ever support same-sex marriage. so they ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130402:04:42:00

We have a republican-led legislature that s a bunch of sore losers. they could not believe they would lose to barack obama twice in a span of eight years. fail to carry the state in a span of eight years. not once but lost it twice. and so they seek to change the rules. we just did this last year. we just changed the voting requirements last year. even the republican i m sorry, the richmond times dispatch, which is a conservative newspaper, said that there s no reason for this change. so why have they done this? they simply can t handle losing to barack obama two straight elections. do you think that there s an opening here for some sort of reform movement that could be done, that could approach the issues in a nonpartisan way and when you look at what barack obama has done federally in calling for a best practices based assessment of the conduct of elections state by state. he s not asking for democrats to take over the process and take it back from republicans in states. he s s ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130402:08:43:00

Obama has done federally in calling for a best practices based assessment of the conduct of elections state by state. he s not asking for democrats to take over the process and take it back from republicans in states. he s saying let s bring in the leading lawyers from both sides and come up with something that isn t going to tip the fields in either direction. is there any way virginia could do that any time soon? i would like to think so, but i think we have to get through the next election cycle and settle some issues. i think it s going to make a world s worth of difference as to who the next governor is. will it be terry mccullough or ken cuccinelli. i think we will have a shot at doing some on a bipartisan basis. donald, thanks for being here tonight, sir. nice to see you again. thanks for having me. thank you. all right, the other side of the i am a politician whose child is ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130402:04:25:00

We believe now that is the toughest in the country. you certainly hit on the other points, but i think what really kind of breaks the mold, if not breaks the gridlock here is the idea that we as democrats actually worked with republicans, and you saw today the republican senate leader and house leader in the state legislature stand with us to support this bill. if we can do it in connecticut, this ought to move across the country and they ought to hear that loud and clear in washington, d.c. i don t want to ask for the secret details of your negotiations if it s going to screw anything up, but i am curious as to what changed in this over time as you talked to republicans about it? obviously, you democrats could have really done anything you wanted. ....

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