Sens. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) introduce legislation that would permanently eliminate earmarks.
Toomey says that their are efforts to revert back to the old processes of earmarking and that doing so would be disastrous for the country. (0:19)
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) answers reporters’ questions days after he announced he would not seek re-election in 2012.
Frank says that whether or not Democrats regain control of the House following the 2012 election, there will still remain an unworkable majority in either House. Frank adds that reform to the 60-vote majority in the Senate must be changed to create a more productive environment. (0:26)
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) answers reporters’ questions days after he announced he would not seek re-election in 2012.
Frank says that as more time passes and more pieces of the Dodd-Frank bill are implemented it will become increasingly more difficult to repeal it. (0:39)
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) answers reporters’ questions days after he announced he would not seek re-election in 2012.
Frank says that the only way to advance legislation that presrves the rights of the LGBT community requires a Democratic president, House and Senate. (0:25)
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) answers reporters’ questions days after he announced he would not seek re-election in 2012.
Frank says that, evidently, the distaste among conservative voters against Mitt Romney outweighs the number of problems that Newt Gingrich would face as a presidential candidate. (0:44)
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) answers reporters’ questions days after he announced he would not seek re-election in 2012.
Frank says that the greatest danger the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill faces is a Republican president who pursues its repeal or who employs Cabinet members who will not enforce its regulations. (0:24)
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) answers reporters’ questions days after he announced he would not seek re-election in 2012.
Frank says that because Congress is no longer an effective governing entity, he will spend his time writing and effecting public policy from the outside in. (0:39)
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) answers reporters’ questions days after he announced he would not seek re-election in 2012.
Frank says that, because the candidate who was expected to run against him in 2012 worked for the Romney administration in Massachusetts, he would have likely won his re-election bid. (0:18)
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) answers reporters’ questions days after he announced he would not seek re-election in 2012.
Frank says that he decided not to run partly because of the amount of time he would have to spend campaigning to a new subset of constituents. (0:43)
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) answers reporters’ questions days after he announced he would not seek re-election in 2012.
Frank says that if former House Speaker Newt Gingrich wins the GOP presidential nomination, Obama will win the election and Democrats will regain control of the House. (0:17)
Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) introduces a childhood obesity prevention initiative he co-founded called the Partnership for a Healthier America. It works alongside the Let’s Move! program spearheaded by First Lady Michelle Obama. (0:45)
Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) introduces a childhood obesity prevention initiative he co-founded called the Partnership for a Healthier America. It works alongside the Let’s Move! program spearheaded by First Lady Michelle Obama. (0:13)
Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) introduces a childhood obesity prevention initiative he co-founded called the Partnership for a Healthier America. It works alongside the Let’s Move! program spearheaded by First Lady Michelle Obama. (0:24)
Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) introduces a childhood obesity prevention initiative he co-founded called the Partnership for a Healthier America. It works alongside the Let’s Move! program spearheaded by First Lady Michelle Obama. (0:28)
President Barack Obama offers remarks at the annual Turkey Pardoning ceremony on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday at the White House. The turkeys being pardoned this year were bestowed with the names “Liberty” and “Peace.”
Obama reminds Americans to be thankful for servicemen and women overseas who aren’t afforded the pleasure of dining with their families for the Thanksgiving holiday. (0:43)
President Barack Obama offers remarks at the annual Turkey Pardoning ceremony on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday at the White House. The turkeys being pardoned this year were bestowed with the names “Liberty” and “Peace.”
Obama says that the pardoned turkeys “Peace” and “Liberty” were subjected to flashing bulbs and loud noises in preparation for the White House press corps. Obama jokingly adds that, in their press prep, the turkeys learned to gobble without actually saying anythin. (0:24)
President Barack Obama offers remarks at the annual Turkey Pardoning ceremony on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday at the White House. The turkeys being pardoned this year were bestowed with the names “Liberty” and “Peace.”
President Barack Obama offers remarks at the annual Turkey Pardoning ceremony on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday at the White House. The turkeys being pardoned this year were bestowed with the names “Liberty” and “Peace.”
“We can’t wait…. to pardon these turkeys,” Obama says, referring to the string of Executive Orders he has pursued as an effort to sidestep Congress.
President Barack Obama offers remarks at the annual Turkey Pardoning ceremony on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday at the White House. The turkeys being pardoned this year were bestowed with the names “Liberty” and “Peace.”
Obama says Thanksgiving is one of the best days of the year to be an American. (0:19)
Rep. Rick Berg (R-N.D.) says that, despite criticisms over the timing of the House’s consideration of a balanced-budget amendment, now is the perfect time for the United States to get its fiscal checkbook in order. (0:18)
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