SenatorRandPaulhttp://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/SenatorRandPaulNewsSenate, Senator, Rand Paul, Kentucky, Ex-im, bank, export-import, economy, crisis, tea party, ron paul, congress, congressman, taxpayersSen. Rand Paul Urges Colleagues Not To Reauthorize The Export-Import Bank – 05/10/12
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Senator Warner announced today in a speech on the Senate floor that he will be voting against the payroll tax cut deal.
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Senators will fight to ensure women have access to the full range of preventative health services covered under the Affordable Care Act, including birth control. This press conference included Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Patty Murray (D- WA), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D- NY).
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In a first step to reform the money in politics, House Democrats are reintroducing the DISCLOSE Act today to get unlimited, secret donations out of politics. The Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United opened the floodgates to unrestricted special interest campaign donations in American elections—permitting corporations to spend unlimited funds, directly or through third parties and Political Action Committees organized for those purposes, to influence Federal elections and opened the door for the emergence of Super PACs.
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State Sen. Constance Johnson (D-Oklahoma City) tells “Majority Report” host Sam Seder about the amendment she proposed to a personhood bill introduced by fellow state Sen. Brian Crain (R-Tulsa). Johnson’s amendment, which she has since withdrawn, stipulated that life begins at ejaculation. Johnson explained why she took action: “When we have desperate measures, we have to take desperate steps. It was humorous, but at the same time it was as serious as a heart attack.”
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Keith and Markos Moulitsas, “Countdown” contributor and founder of the Daily Kos, discuss the impact of Michigan Republican Peter Hoekstra’s racially charged campaign ad targeting Democratic incumbent Senator Debbie Stabenow, whom he hopes to unseat in November. Moulitsas questions whether racially themed ads can still make an impact in the 2012 election given a more interconnected social landscape.
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“Countdown” guest host Bill Press checks in with political blogger Craig Crawford to discuss what Mitt Romney’s Florida victory means in the context of the larger 2012 election. Crawford suggests that Democrats should get a head start on defining Romney “on Democratic Party terms” now that more Americans will start to pay attention to the race: “I think Democrats should go negative early and often and maybe right now.”
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Together we can make America great again
I want to reach across the aisle
Moral fiber
Family values
Blue collar
Hard working
Americans
Good old-fashioned American ingenuity
I have a three-point plan
Earmarks
Progress
Riders
Pork
Education
The private sector
Freedom
I also have a five-point plan
Yo soy uno Americano
Campaign finance reform
Super PAC
Constituency
Our children
The children are our future
Wall Street
Main street
Hey, I’m a Washington outsider
Trust me
We are a great people
Ordinary folks sitting down at the kitchen table trying to figure out how to play their bills
Jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs
Innovation
More jobs
Are you flip-floppin’ again?
I absolutely might
My opponent does not want to talk about the issues
That’s a tough question. It’s a good one, but it’s tough.
Let me get back to you on that
I’m just like all of you
I am just like all of you folks here
Is this a cowboy hat state?
I’ve got a seven-point plan you’re gonna love
God bless America.
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At a press conference, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), a leader in the Senate Democrat Majority, responds to Gov. Mitch Daniels’ (R-IN) lament that, “[W]hen President Obama claims that the state of our union is anything but grave, he must know in his heart that this is not true.”
Schumer says, “The Republican speaker last night, Mitch Daniels, talked about Americans must talk about the state of the union as grave. So, we think we are in great shape. We are in good shape.”
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) sits down with Keith to discuss the next installment of the payroll tax battle and the impact of Citizens United, her views on Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, and her thoughts on the Occupy movement. Pelosi also offers perspective on how to frame efforts to rebuild the economy.
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