hard of hearing on the news
filibuster
on thursday senate leaders terry reed image mcconnell
democrat republican into a deal on a very modest watered-down so-called
filibuster reform package which virtually guarantees that all
legislation the senate will again have to meet
sixty-vote threshold
over the next two years leaving the republicans in charge
foremost reform does
very little put more pressure on the minority party the republicans that are
filibustering
in only works to speed up the
process in the senate
and cut down on redundant filibusters
senator jeff mark lee who was leading the charge for a strong filibustered
including four cm
filibustering senators to actually talk on the floor of the entire time they
wish to block a bill
expressed
disappointment
at the side did not
uh... take the overstepped to fix the filibuster
but mark lee did val
if the modest steps taken today did not and the paralysis the senate currently
suffers
many senators are determined to revisit this debate explorer stronger remedy
unfortunately they won't have the opportunity to visit this issue for
another two years
a new senate
begins
and that's only if democrats keep the majority tunes
yesterday democrats had a golden opportunity to change the rules of the
senate to pass legislation on behalf of working people
and also put pressure on house republicans
to moderate their agenda
ultimately they dropped the ball
at the failure to enact real meaningful reform yesterday
democratic senator tom harkin said with republicans free to continue to obstruct
at will
president obama might as well take a four-year edge
in spirit news no big surprise here charles oak secretly
funneling millions of dollars into a over campaign
yes doubtful function
indepen
working shadowy organization known as the donors trust funding climate change
denials
donors trust is receiving much its funding
brothers shadowy group known as the knowledge in
progress fund
to set it up patrols poked white
we're going to be independent
coaxing given nearly four million dollars to the donors trust thousand
seven
each day with receive new reports the climate changes happen faster than
previously
in carrying with it
even more disastrous consequences and yet there are a billionaire is working
in the shadows
want to ensure that our planet continues to warm up her pollution to continue to
rise and our storms get deadly
they truly believe that climate changes and a threat
they're doing noble work painting governments transitioning to
cleaning renewable energy sources
question has to be
weiss a secret
for the cochran displayed
invest in the rest of the news in america if you commit a war crime and
torture someone
nothing happens to you
if blow the whistle on on that's very same more crime
you get
and friday c_i_a_ whistleblower junk your account
was sentenced to thirty months in jail for releasing classified information
expose the c_i_a_'s usa
character is one of six current or former government officials have been
slapped
criminal charges from the obama administration week unclassified
information
that's more crackdowns
government whistleblowers
and all other presidential ministrations
combine
we should not be jailing brave individuals exposed
never stop
but we should be going after george w_ bush dick cheney donald rumsfeld in the
rest of their kill
winnowing allow the united states become a nation torturers
take a long time feel walton
the republican efforts to bring the electoral college boat in states like
virginia pennsylvania wisconsin michigan hiring
full swing
but they likely won't come to florida
on thursday florida's republican house speaker phil weatherford told the miami
herald he will not be pursued changes
electoral college in his stick
weatherford argued to me that's like saying a football game we should have
only three quarters because we were winning effort three quarters maybe
doesn't afford
i think we need to change the rules the game i think we need to get better
unfortunately other republicans that made the calculation that incident
getting better to attract more
they should just deal watched future but redeemed
that's why it's up to progressives in even republicans who care about
democracy scrap the electoral college altogether and move to a national park
get involved in this movie
coded national popular vote dot
austerity continues to cripple the british economy
according to the new economic numbers the u_k_'s economy shrank three tenths
of a percent
last quarter twenty twelve meaning that if the economy shrinks again in the
first quarter this year
u_k_ will officially be in pune
precedent
triple-dip recession
to be a third time in four years british economy sank into a recession
conservatives in the u_k_ embarked on this posterity agenda in twenty ten
promising spending cuts would lower the u_k_'s debt to g_d_p_ ratio for four
point eight percent to one point nine percent
three years later and after two recessions the debt to g_d_p_ re ratios
nowhere near one point nine percent it's four point three percent
at his austerity which sucks money outta the hands of working people to give it
to the billionaire class kills economies
and makes deficits worse
and unfortunately thanks republicans are congress twenty thirteen the united
states is facing the same story
conservative austerity spending cuts
at the crash the british economy
no nation in history the world is ever cut its way to prosperity
so let's not bother trying to be the first
let's grow the economy of by putting america's americans to work rebuilding
our roads bridges
and schools
that's the way it is today friday
january twenty-fifth
twenty thirty
i'm tom hartman