food and nutrition, counseling to pregnant women and the mothers of infants and children up to age 5. wi skrshgs food for babies, food that includes baby formula, an expense that can run up to $2,000 for the first year of life. let s be clear. kids and babies who could go hungry if we don t open for business soon. the government shutdown is serious. and the political reeyal ti of letting little ones go hungry may be sinking in for house republicans. friday, they voted to, quote, refund wic, but only after there was a major outcry in the media about it, and still without an offer to fund the rest of the government. something that advocates for wic called a cynical ploy to use low-income, nutritionally at-risk mothers and young children as political pawns for political ends. that could not take the place of actual long-term funding. so instead of producing serious alternatives, washington just keeps on giving us nuggets of absurdity. we here in nerdland are big fans of politi
chorus of disingenuous critics who are suddenly very concerned that people are having trouble signing up through healthcare.gov. obama care is, indeed, a train wreck. i mean, a visit to the website is kind of like a trip to the department of motor vehicles in your state. i ve heard that they ve had over 8 million hits, and so far, they have people in the single digits that have signed up. i ve been online waiting on hold virtually for 89 straight hours, still can t get signed up. i m hearing firsthand the frustrations from my constituents. one constituent said the program freezes up when i try to enter your tax filing status. this is the same political movement that just a few months ago was encouraging people to cripple obama care by not signing up. there s a grassroots effort sweeping the nation to encourage young people to opt out of the law. most young people don t realize, they have the opportunity to opt out of obama care. did you know obama care may b
derail your nomination. to the business of regulating political speech. i m going to go ahead and thank the senate now for what i m sure will be a speedy confirmation process. this new paradigm has been bet attested. one of the oldest definitions of insanity is continuing to do the same thing over and over again. continuing to do the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. a little dejavu. that s shocking. time to turn things around. dejavu all over again. guess whose back good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. there he is. canadian senator ted cruz of texas. now there seems to be a great deal of angst within the liberal community across america that we re just giving this guy too much publicity. we re talking about him too much. folks, i offer to you tonight, if you re a good lefty out there, we can t talk about this guy enough. he s the gift that keeps on giving. he is america s biggest heckler from the stan
multiple standing ovations from the rabid right where he continued his myth-telling campaign and the crowd loved it. we are facing extraordinary tletss to our nation. we are seeing an administration that seems bent on violating every constitutional protection we have in the bill of rights. an extraordinary threat? more of their trademark fear mongering on display. and despite poll numbers sinking like a stone, the gop hasn t learned anything over the past year. take a look. it s the number one job killer in this country. there s this big cloud hanging over small business right now. it s obama care. and it s denying care to millions. under obama care they re cutting $716 billion from medicare. the way we re going to stop obama care, it s going to come from the american people. when we elect me president of the united states, we re going to get rid of obama care. memories. we re going to get rid of obama care. how d that work out? just like it was going to be
john: yes. [ cheers and applause ] men and men and women and women we did it! we did it. well, technically the supreme court did it. but we watched. we watched. [ cheers and applause ] we watched them do it. this morning the supreme court struck down both the defense of marriage act and california s prop-8 amendment. a hugely exciting day and not just on the steps of the court. the capitol district historically gay neighborhood here in san francisco is preparing for a huge celebration bringing in music and djs and closing the streets down. john: as it s known in the castro district, wednesday. i guarantee you, there will be people there tonight who aren t sure if they re celebrating prop-8 being repealed or enrique agetting back from his trip. today s ruling wasn t just a symbolic affirmation of gay people s dignity. it also brings concrete results. they are entitled to file joint tax, federal tax returns. they are entitled to social security survivors benefits. t