Oklahoma ‘outrage’: State Sen. Constance Johnson fights personhood bill with satiric amendment
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 Johnson’s amendment, which she has since withdrawn, stipulated that life begins at ejaculation.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.
“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.”
Four South Carolina State Senators strongly endorse Congressman Ron Paul during a press conference at the Columbia Capitol Building on January 17th, 2012.
Brandon Morse has a couple things to say to commemorate the launch of http://misfitpolitics.co.
Keith and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.),member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, discuss his efforts to overturn Citizens United, the infamous 2010 Supreme Court ruling that corporations are guaranteed free speech and freedom to spend unlimited amounts on virtually unregulated political advertising. Acknowledging how difficult it will be to get his amendment passed, Sanders is calling on all Americans — regardless of their political affiliation — to help overturn the ruling: “Get people on the phone, get on their emails and alert their members of Congress that Citizens United is not what America is about.”
UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage MEP quized on the EURO crisis.
Chris Wragge and Betty Nguyen talk to Fox News political commentator, Bill O’Reilly about the “Occupy Wall Street” protests, the 2012 presidential race and his new book, “Killing Lincoln.”
NDP Leader Andrea Horwath, Conservative Leader Tim Hudak, Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty debate in Toronto
JULY 28, WASHINGTON—On the Senate floor this afternoon, Sen. Sessions addressed the competing debt limit proposals offered by Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader Reid. Sessions noted that “if the year had begun with a serious budget proposal from the president, we wouldn’t be in this mess right now…Senate Democrats, meanwhile, have refused to pass a budget in 820 days.”