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we had already solved the problem in massachusetts. obamacare simply layered on bureaucracy and took our government away from the state prince accountable to the federal government with the lobbyists will be running roughshod over our rights. it imposes taxes on all of us and it's not affordable and also imposes taxes on our medical device industry, which will cost jobs. if the state has met the level the state is, automatically exempt from obamacare and the exempt from taxes, i propose. next week in the house i propose a plan for a state plan to reduce the cost of health care for all people in massachusetts by 25%. it's called mandates life. i will be testifying on it next week in the statehouse. >> i want to move on to the next section and that is candidated candidate questions. brief question, one minute to answer, quick follow-up question if you want, and a rebuttal. mr. sullivan to mr. gomez. >> every time you mention your first generation american and you served in the navy, i think of my father. thanks for your service. >> thank
we had already solved the problem in massachusetts. obamacare simply layered on bureaucracy and took our government away from the state prince accountable to the federal government with the lobbyists will be running roughshod over our rights. it imposes taxes on all of us and it's not affordable and also imposes taxes on our medical device industry, which will cost jobs. if the state has met the level the state is, automatically exempt from obamacare and the exempt from taxes, i propose. next...
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massachusetts has recognized same sex marriages a decade ago. i'm in support of the repeal of doma regardless of whether or not it's constitutional. i think people in massachusetts that are recognized as married couples should be afforded the exact same benefits. >> i think the government is best governed closest to the people and for that reason i don't like to have federalized government where we can afford it. i think it's ashape the supreme court should decide this issue. the senate should decide by repeal of doma. i am for the right all across the country. >> i'm against any kind of discrimination as well. i think if two people are in love they should be able to get married. i support repealing doma. this should be decide on a state by state level and i'm proud that massachusetts is the first state to legalize gay marriage. i hope the supreme court repeals doma. >> you would keep this at the state level? what about any constitutional lights for same sex married couples at the state level, can the state say we're not going to recognize it? >
massachusetts has recognized same sex marriages a decade ago. i'm in support of the repeal of doma regardless of whether or not it's constitutional. i think people in massachusetts that are recognized as married couples should be afforded the exact same benefits. >> i think the government is best governed closest to the people and for that reason i don't like to have federalized government where we can afford it. i think it's ashape the supreme court should decide this issue. the senate...
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you know, i live in massachusetts. we are lucky to, you know, see and experience and breath the adams' life upclose every day. my comment was going to be about abigail's statement or sentiment about the ladies because i think that she pretty much knew. she put the late on the fact that women can say, women can shape and change destinies, not just of one's life but of nation and the world if they set their mind to it. it is very important because, you know, women are the family factor in bringing up the children, so, especially, she did it at the brink of fear of the united states as we know it today, because, you know, she is instrument in the constitution and forming of this nation, so, in fact, quincy actually caused the blood face of the american region, so i think she may not be formerly recognized as, you know, the primary role, but i think, she had very, very important, an important role in shaping women's place in this country and in history. >> thank you. >> we have a comment and observation and question. that
you know, i live in massachusetts. we are lucky to, you know, see and experience and breath the adams' life upclose every day. my comment was going to be about abigail's statement or sentiment about the ladies because i think that she pretty much knew. she put the late on the fact that women can say, women can shape and change destinies, not just of one's life but of nation and the world if they set their mind to it. it is very important because, you know, women are the family factor in...
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hawaii ended up fizzling and massachusetts became the first to legalize. members of congress and other people across the nation became concerned about states moving to allow same-sex couples to get married. members of congress pass a law that defines marriage as only between a man and woman. critical is the provision that says federal benefits can only go to married opposite sex couples, even if you are legally married in massachusetts or new york, as the couple before today's supreme court case was from, cannot get benefits. host: what were the constitutional arguments for and against in 1996? more: in 1996 there was traditional, religious, cultural societal arguments about why marriage should remain between a man and woman. were somehen, there state constitutions that advocates are trying to use to say that same-sex should be allowed in various states. there was no federal pushed for same-sex marriage. what the federal officials were trying to do it the time was to stop it and to ensure that if one state allows same-sex marriage step the federal governme
hawaii ended up fizzling and massachusetts became the first to legalize. members of congress and other people across the nation became concerned about states moving to allow same-sex couples to get married. members of congress pass a law that defines marriage as only between a man and woman. critical is the provision that says federal benefits can only go to married opposite sex couples, even if you are legally married in massachusetts or new york, as the couple before today's supreme court...
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her were much fewer blacks in massachusetts. and there were more blacks and slaves in philadelphia. -- don'ton't have them have him come beyond th new yor. he says, you have a beat him. i think she taught him to read. i don't know that she was instructing john adams so much on this as that she was showing her love and affection for james as an individual regardless of his race. >> here is something from our viewers. it looks like she is quoting a letter from john to abigail. do you have any thoughts on that that's -- on that? >> it is a wonderful quote. they had no idea there would be a war. they may have suspected there would be a war. they had no idea of its duration or that it would separate the colonies. we would have to go back and view it from their point of view. he is saying we don't know what is going to happen. >> we said at the outset that she was criticized by the press who sometimes used the phrase to describe her as mrs. president. what is the context of that reference? >> the context is the spirit is -- these. pre
her were much fewer blacks in massachusetts. and there were more blacks and slaves in philadelphia. -- don'ton't have them have him come beyond th new yor. he says, you have a beat him. i think she taught him to read. i don't know that she was instructing john adams so much on this as that she was showing her love and affection for james as an individual regardless of his race. >> here is something from our viewers. it looks like she is quoting a letter from john to abigail. do you have...
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>> the papers are at the massachusetts historical society in boston. they used to be at the old house of the stone library, but they were transferred to the historical society for safekeeping. >> i have a question on facebook from jeannie, i have read excerpts from louisa adams' auto biography and her rumors that the massachusetts historical society was going to public this. is this true? >> yes, a two-volume set of our autobiographical writings which includes a record of my life, adventures of a nobody, and her narrative of a journey from st. petersburg to france and all of her diaries have already been published in a scholarly edition, two-volume set. next year a trade edition of these writings will be available and called "a traveled first lady" with a foreword by former first lady laura bush. >> we must talk a little bit about their posting in st. petersburg and her incredible journey back to meet her husband. can you tell what is important about that story? >> their years in st. petersburg are difficult in some ways. st. petersburg is a hardship o
>> the papers are at the massachusetts historical society in boston. they used to be at the old house of the stone library, but they were transferred to the historical society for safekeeping. >> i have a question on facebook from jeannie, i have read excerpts from louisa adams' auto biography and her rumors that the massachusetts historical society was going to public this. is this true? >> yes, a two-volume set of our autobiographical writings which includes a record of my...
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a man in massachusetts wrote in 1817, several months after monroe became president that for the first time he saw a picture of president monroe. james madison gave three speeches when he was president. thomas jefferson did too. people never saw the president, they never heard the president, let alone the first ladies. so the public perception, there really isn't a public perception. it's a good question but it's sitchpli a different time and it's not there. >> the white house was burned by the british and the madisons had to leave. the mon rose were able to move back in. how important symbolically was this for the country? >> huge. the white house had become in effect america's house. one of the reasons why then and
a man in massachusetts wrote in 1817, several months after monroe became president that for the first time he saw a picture of president monroe. james madison gave three speeches when he was president. thomas jefferson did too. people never saw the president, they never heard the president, let alone the first ladies. so the public perception, there really isn't a public perception. it's a good question but it's sitchpli a different time and it's not there. >> the white house was burned...
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people started marine in massachusetts. the woman that won the case on the marriage in massachusetts, a number of couples can to her and started talking about different problems they had, very practical problems being married, -- the unmarried couple, but the law did not become the say. she challenged the defense of marriage act. it has taken several years to get to the supreme court. it took awhile because you needed a real people with real problems to litigate the issue. int: who are the players tamara's oral arguments? argument?w's oral been a new has england phenomenon. the proposition 8 case is from california -- the fight over the defense ameritech has been in new england. a series of appeals have come forward -- defense of marriage act has been in new england. a series of appeals have come forward. the two sides in this case involved the bush and obama administration. the obama administration chose not to defend the law. they believe it is unconstitutional. the house republicans hired paul comment who was the solicit
people started marine in massachusetts. the woman that won the case on the marriage in massachusetts, a number of couples can to her and started talking about different problems they had, very practical problems being married, -- the unmarried couple, but the law did not become the say. she challenged the defense of marriage act. it has taken several years to get to the supreme court. it took awhile because you needed a real people with real problems to litigate the issue. int: who are the...
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tierney of massachusetts. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 113, the gentleman from mass marks mr. tierney, and a member opposed each will control 10 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. tierney: i yield myself three minutes. the chair: without objection. mr. tierney: i thank you. this amendment is offered in its entirety as a substitute for the underlying bill in the manager's amendment to it. i do it because i strongly believe that this is in fact a better proposal than the existing one, but would have preferred what could have been the best result on this bill which would have been one where all the members had consultation and all the negotiations occurred and we were able to bring forth a bill with concessions by both sides to get a bill that would have been assured of passage in the senate or close to that, assured of the president's signature, and assured the support of the broad public. just as last session we end up with a proposal that ignores sound proposal from
tierney of massachusetts. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 113, the gentleman from mass marks mr. tierney, and a member opposed each will control 10 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. tierney: i yield myself three minutes. the chair: without objection. mr. tierney: i thank you. this amendment is offered in its entirety as a substitute for the underlying bill in the manager's amendment to it. i do it because i strongly believe that this is in fact a better...
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and massachusetts. a much simpler solution is to have a much cleaner towards of logroll where you say come -- a choice of law rule where you say, if you got married, it counts. you certainly do not want to deny equality to the vast majority of married same-sex couples who do not have any interest in moving to the state of texas where they are not married. >> the reality is, there is no substantive position that is neutral. whenever position the government takes, it either subsidizes or refuses to subsidize. what congress decided in 1996 with a simple matter that it was quite to stick with the traditional definition of marriage. the definition has always been understood to exist in the versions of federal law. it was codifying it against traditions of reinvention. we can just degree as a pack -- a matter of policy and say there's no reason to subsidize same-sex marriage. it is permissible for congress to have gone either way. it went against subsidizing forcing the taxpayers, the federal taxpayers of sta
and massachusetts. a much simpler solution is to have a much cleaner towards of logroll where you say come -- a choice of law rule where you say, if you got married, it counts. you certainly do not want to deny equality to the vast majority of married same-sex couples who do not have any interest in moving to the state of texas where they are not married. >> the reality is, there is no substantive position that is neutral. whenever position the government takes, it either subsidizes or...
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the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he may consume. mr. mcgovern: i have great respect for my colleague from oklahoma. quite frankly, you know, the leadership of this house has not adhered to regular order. we have not seen regular order in a long time. when he talks about trying to find an alternative to sequestration, i would remind my colleague that mr. van hollen, who is about to speak, has tried on four occasions, on four occasions to be able to come to the floor and offer his alternative to sequestration that the democrats support. i think some republicans would support as well to have a debate and to have an up or down vote, to avoined these mindless, senseless, across-the-board indiscriminant cuts. he's been denied all four times. by contrast, the republicans have had zero alternatives. that's right, zero. they have brought nothing to the floor in this congress to avoid seque
the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he may consume. mr. mcgovern: i have great respect for my colleague from oklahoma. quite frankly, you know, the leadership of this house has not adhered to regular order. we have not seen regular order in a long time. when he talks about trying to find an alternative to sequestration, i would remind my colleague that mr....
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>> they are at the massachusetts historical society in boston. they used to be at the old house would distill my very, but they were transferred to the historical society for safekeeping. >> a question on facebook from genie webber. i have read excerpts from her autobiography, it said the massachusetts historical society was going to publish the papers. is that true? >> yes. a two volume of her autobiographical writings, which includes a record of my life, adventures of a nobody, and heard narrative of a journey from st. petersburg, france, and all her diaries have already been published in a scholarly edition. next year, a trade edition of these writings will be available. it has a forward by former first lady, laura bush. >> we must talk a little about st. petersburg and her incredible journey back to meet her husband. can you tell was important about that story? >> in st. petersburg, and the years were cold, it areas it is is forbidding. there are not a lot of other women there. most of the diplomatic biased to not travel with her husband when
>> they are at the massachusetts historical society in boston. they used to be at the old house would distill my very, but they were transferred to the historical society for safekeeping. >> a question on facebook from genie webber. i have read excerpts from her autobiography, it said the massachusetts historical society was going to publish the papers. is that true? >> yes. a two volume of her autobiographical writings, which includes a record of my life, adventures of a...
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the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. first, i thank my friend from oklahoma for his improved pronounciation. i really appreciate that. i also appreciate the spirit of bipartisanship that he's displayed on a number of issues. most recently on the violence against women's act. i kind of wish that same spirit was brought to this bill today, the tanf bill, because it would pass overwhelmingly. just so there's no confusion what h.h.s. is trying to do, i'd like to ask unanimous consent to insert into the record a letter that the kathleen sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, sent to the honorable dave camp, chairman of the ways and means, explained how the administration views this flexibility, that they might at some point utilize, but basically it is not to weaken the work requirement. it is to support states that have better ideas to improve the results, to get more people to work. and so i ask unanimous consent that that be put in
the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. first, i thank my friend from oklahoma for his improved pronounciation. i really appreciate that. i also appreciate the spirit of bipartisanship that he's displayed on a number of issues. most recently on the violence against women's act. i kind of wish that same spirit was brought to this bill today, the tanf bill, because it would pass overwhelmingly. just so there's no confusion...
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. >> the adams family gave to the massachusetts historical society of collection. we have never counted them individually, but probably 70,000 plus documents. for abigail and john, there are about 1170 letters they exchanged over the years. >> how frequently did they write to one another? >> depended. when they were together, we do not have any letters after 1801. after john leaves the white house, they're together almost all the time. they wrote at least once a week and sometimes twice a week. >> this program is an interactive one, which makes it more enjoyable. in about 50 minutes, we will be taking your telephone calls. we will put the numbers on the screen. if you go to twitter, we will include some of your tweets. you can also go to facebook and we posted a spot where you can send questions. i will start with a facebook comment. "she looks like a tough cookie." was she a tough cookie? >> oh, my goodness. yes and no. one of the things that is important to understand is that she started out as a naive young woman whose expectations were to have a normal life lik
. >> the adams family gave to the massachusetts historical society of collection. we have never counted them individually, but probably 70,000 plus documents. for abigail and john, there are about 1170 letters they exchanged over the years. >> how frequently did they write to one another? >> depended. when they were together, we do not have any letters after 1801. after john leaves the white house, they're together almost all the time. they wrote at least once a week and...
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60 years i will take some pride in by supportingh, research going back to massachusetts 60 years ago, there were many dilemmas, including statins, and a variety thereer interventions -- were many outcomes, including statins. we have ideas about how to go further. cancer, certainly, way too many die from this disease, but the death rate has been dropping about 1% each year for the last 15 years. we are on the right part of the curve, but we want it to go down faster, and these new developments, particularly with we could move -- into a new space that is designer that could be more effective. >> how much of it is diagnostic, instruments and the ability to see the disease before it develops, and how much of it is madison? >> it is all of those, and we need to have three things. we need better prevention to keep people from getting cancer in the first place, and we have to work harder to come up with research to encourage people not to smoke, or if they started smoking, to stop. that is the single most actionable cause of cancer, and we still have not succeeded. many still smokes cigaret
60 years i will take some pride in by supportingh, research going back to massachusetts 60 years ago, there were many dilemmas, including statins, and a variety thereer interventions -- were many outcomes, including statins. we have ideas about how to go further. cancer, certainly, way too many die from this disease, but the death rate has been dropping about 1% each year for the last 15 years. we are on the right part of the curve, but we want it to go down faster, and these new developments,...
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people started marine in massachusetts. after that, the woman that won the case on the marriage in massachusetts, a number of couples can to her and started talking about different problems they had, very practical problems being married, -- the unmarried couple, but the law did not become the say. she challenged the defense of marriage act. it has taken several years to get to the supreme court. it took awhile because you needed a real people with real problems to litigate the issue. host: who are the players in tamara's oral arguments? -- tomorrow's oral argument? guest: this has been a new england phenomenon. the proposition 8 case is from california -- the fight over the defense ameritech has been in new england. a series of appeals have come forward -- defense of marriage act has been in new england. a series of appeals have come forward. the two sides in this case involved the bush and obama administration. the obama administration chose not to defend the law. isy believe it unconstitutional. the house republicans hir
people started marine in massachusetts. after that, the woman that won the case on the marriage in massachusetts, a number of couples can to her and started talking about different problems they had, very practical problems being married, -- the unmarried couple, but the law did not become the say. she challenged the defense of marriage act. it has taken several years to get to the supreme court. it took awhile because you needed a real people with real problems to litigate the issue. host: who...
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. >> massachusetts. do you know what has the best, where african american turnout actually exceeds white turnout? mississippi. >> yes, mr. chief justice. but congress recognized that expressly in the findings when it reauthorized the act in 2006. it said that the first generation problems had been largely dealt with, but there persisted significant -- >> which state has the greatest disparity in registration between white and african american? >> i do not know that. >> massachusetts. third is mississippi, where again the african american registration rate is higher than the white registration rate. >> but when congress -- the choice congress faced when it -- congress wasn't writing on a blank slate in 2006, mr. chief justice. it faced a choice. and the choice was whether the conditions were such that it could confidently conclude that this deterrence and this constraint was no longer needed, and in view of the record of continuing need and in view of that history, which we acknowledge is not sufficient o
. >> massachusetts. do you know what has the best, where african american turnout actually exceeds white turnout? mississippi. >> yes, mr. chief justice. but congress recognized that expressly in the findings when it reauthorized the act in 2006. it said that the first generation problems had been largely dealt with, but there persisted significant -- >> which state has the greatest disparity in registration between white and african american? >> i do not know that....
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host: on twitter -- brandon from massachusetts, an independent. caller: i feel bad because people try so long to get on the line. this is my second time trying to call. i will try to be organized. and did not hear president karzai, but i did want to say, as far as the town, i'm pretty cynical about our foreign policy and afghanistan, when it comes to military action or wrapping up a military presence. we have done that around the world. obama has not rained that in at all. i appreciate that he wants to withdraw troops from afghanistan. taking withwe're drone attacks -- humanitarian efforts aside -- we're not obligated to put humanitarian efforts into the country -- it is a conundrum. i am pretty cynical. i love for policy, but i cannot stand with that, because it is too rash. i know we marched in there. many say we can march right out. i agree with that. there are unintended consequences. there is going to be so much to lebec from our activity in that region. there already is. there already has been. we're asking for it. i do see a future generati
host: on twitter -- brandon from massachusetts, an independent. caller: i feel bad because people try so long to get on the line. this is my second time trying to call. i will try to be organized. and did not hear president karzai, but i did want to say, as far as the town, i'm pretty cynical about our foreign policy and afghanistan, when it comes to military action or wrapping up a military presence. we have done that around the world. obama has not rained that in at all. i appreciate that he...
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my spouse shannon is a major in the massachusetts national guard. directly after 9/11, she deployed and has served his country for nearly 15 years. even though don't ask don't tell has been repealed, we are still not equal. i am now a stay at home mom raising our two-year-old twins. this would not be unusual if we were straight. many couples operate on one income and have a family plan for health insurance. but despite being legally married in the state of massachusetts, i am excluded from the family healthcare plan. in fact, despite being a mother, i am technically a legal stranger to my spouse because of the so-called defense of marriage act. like any other soldier, if she is called to a war zone, she has to go. often without little notice. like any other military family, the kids and i get left to manage without her. yet, unlike any other soldier, shannon does not get the comfort of knowing that if something happens to her, we will be taken care of. that's the benefits that she has earned for nearly 15 years in service to this country would go to
my spouse shannon is a major in the massachusetts national guard. directly after 9/11, she deployed and has served his country for nearly 15 years. even though don't ask don't tell has been repealed, we are still not equal. i am now a stay at home mom raising our two-year-old twins. this would not be unusual if we were straight. many couples operate on one income and have a family plan for health insurance. but despite being legally married in the state of massachusetts, i am excluded from the...
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i'm going to run for governor massachusetts, would you come out and work on my campaign. i had no interest in politics at that point. i said no, i'm not interested. i've got a job in new york. i told my wife, she said are you nuts, tell him we're moving to boston. we moved to boston, three years later, he asked me to be his national finance director for the campaign. when i moved to boston, i had no idea what finance fundraising was. pick someone you believe in. >> how cold were you at -- how old were you at that point? when you started with him when you first went to boston? >> 23. >> then you became finance director at what age? >> i guess i was 26. i was 22 when i first left >> wow, that's pretty amazing. >> i like to come back to a question that was covered you think it may be even covered even more. that's the issue of funding from smaller donors that really can't start until the nominee is the presumed nominee. yet that funding is much more effective in terms of advertising what it buys terms of grassroots. both parties are going to be in that situation in 2016 with
i'm going to run for governor massachusetts, would you come out and work on my campaign. i had no interest in politics at that point. i said no, i'm not interested. i've got a job in new york. i told my wife, she said are you nuts, tell him we're moving to boston. we moved to boston, three years later, he asked me to be his national finance director for the campaign. when i moved to boston, i had no idea what finance fundraising was. pick someone you believe in. >> how cold were you at --...
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kevin from massachusetts. guest: i am calling from the corrupt state of massachusetts. democratically controlled. we have higher liquor taxes. people will buy liquor and come back across the border. he did get caught and he was so arrogant. it was just incredible. i am not complaining about the high liquors. i am calling about the arrogance of government officials when they set the tax rate but wanted to avoid it. my other question is i moved from new bedford because of the high tax rate in the residential area. there was one year in 2010, it was an $800 increase in the home residential tax rate. from what i understand is our schools are overwhelmed with illegal aliens with special needs because of the language barriers and a lot of the special needs these folks come with. it raised our taxes to pay for the schooling of these folks. we found it much cheaper to go out to the suburbs where you did not have a lot of the more social economic problems. the democrats love to just throw taxes at you. they love to cram them down your throat in this state. it is unbelievable. gu
kevin from massachusetts. guest: i am calling from the corrupt state of massachusetts. democratically controlled. we have higher liquor taxes. people will buy liquor and come back across the border. he did get caught and he was so arrogant. it was just incredible. i am not complaining about the high liquors. i am calling about the arrogance of government officials when they set the tax rate but wanted to avoid it. my other question is i moved from new bedford because of the high tax rate in the...
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>> they are at the massachusetts historical society in boston. they used to be at the old house would distill my very, but they were transferred to the historical society for safekeeping. >> a question on facebook from genie webber. i have read excerpts from her autobiography, it said the massachusetts historical society was going to publish the papers. is that true? >> yes. a two volume of her autobiographical writings, which includes a record of my life, adventures of a nobody, and heard narrative of a journey from st. petersburg, france, and all her diaries have already been published in a scholarly edition. next year, a trade edition of these writings will be available. it has a forward by former first lady, laura bush. >> we must talk a little about st. petersburg and her incredible journey back to meet her husband. can you tell was important about that story? >> in st. petersburg, and the years were difficult areas it is cold, it is forbidding. there are not a lot of other women there. most of the diplomatic biased to not travel with her hu
>> they are at the massachusetts historical society in boston. they used to be at the old house would distill my very, but they were transferred to the historical society for safekeeping. >> a question on facebook from genie webber. i have read excerpts from her autobiography, it said the massachusetts historical society was going to publish the papers. is that true? >> yes. a two volume of her autobiographical writings, which includes a record of my life, adventures of a...
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-- the commonwealth of massachusetts invoked the tenth amendment, and on that issue the united states continued to defend doma because there is no unique federalism problem with it, as the chief justice's question suggested. if 10 years from now there are only 9 states left and congress wants to adopt a uniform federal law solely for federal law purposes to going the other way, it is fully entitled to do that. it has the power to do that. i would say also the federal government has conceded in this litigation that there is a rational basis for this statute, something else to keep in mind. i would also say that this provision is not so unique. the very next provision in the dictionary act -- >> rational basis, mr. clement -- is a problem in your briefing. you seem to say and you repeat it today that there is three tiers, and if you get into rational basis then it's anything goes. but the history of this court is, in the very first gender discrimination case, reed v. reed, the court did something it had never done in the history of the country under rational basis. there was no intermed
-- the commonwealth of massachusetts invoked the tenth amendment, and on that issue the united states continued to defend doma because there is no unique federalism problem with it, as the chief justice's question suggested. if 10 years from now there are only 9 states left and congress wants to adopt a uniform federal law solely for federal law purposes to going the other way, it is fully entitled to do that. it has the power to do that. i would say also the federal government has conceded in...
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i remember driving from massachusetts to the airport in boston in 2006 after spending time with our son at mit and seeing on a bridge over the road and large signed and read, hate the war, love the troops. 50% is noty wife, bad. the sign makers may be right choice if they had to choose between the two. all of this notwithstanding, there is no question that we need to do more for the families of our fallen, our wounded warriors and those who returned unharmed. as i mentioned earlier, the veteran of unemployment rate consistently exceeds the national average. are 9/11 and veterans who do not have a place to sleep or call home. some veterans are struggling to get the care they require in a timely manner and have their claims resolved expeditiously as well. we must continue to devote the time and energy to devote the with-to address these issues in particular. -- devote the time and energy to address these issues in particular. -- thery should secchi secretary of the veterans demonstration spoke about the commitment when i spoke to him before coming to this event. we must also focus on impr
i remember driving from massachusetts to the airport in boston in 2006 after spending time with our son at mit and seeing on a bridge over the road and large signed and read, hate the war, love the troops. 50% is noty wife, bad. the sign makers may be right choice if they had to choose between the two. all of this notwithstanding, there is no question that we need to do more for the families of our fallen, our wounded warriors and those who returned unharmed. as i mentioned earlier, the veteran...
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first, this call from brian in massachusetts. republican line. caller: i would like to point notthat obamacare has hired a single doctor or single nurse for all the expense. that a loan should make us think about repealing. thank you. , on: this is the article the inside of the national review -- is on our line for independents calling from richmond, virginia. go ahead. caller: good morning. has everything to do about being affordable. as a divorced man who pays child support, just add another expense to people like me that work hard to make their money that forced me to go pay for insurance. that is all it is. i am being forced to do something. just one more thing i have to do. host: how much has the cost of your insurance gone up? caller: i don't have insurance right now. host: you said you are forced to pay for it? caller: the only thing that takes 1500 pages to make you do something. another 800 pages to do something else. to do with this big bill. host: sorry about that. i thought you are finished. the coverage coming up on c-span networks,
first, this call from brian in massachusetts. republican line. caller: i would like to point notthat obamacare has hired a single doctor or single nurse for all the expense. that a loan should make us think about repealing. thank you. , on: this is the article the inside of the national review -- is on our line for independents calling from richmond, virginia. go ahead. caller: good morning. has everything to do about being affordable. as a divorced man who pays child support, just add another...
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host: george in massachusetts. caller: i am on medicare right now are. this is make up the difference in the medicare that i pay? guest: there will not be much interaction between the exchanges and medicare. medicare is for 55 and up. the exchanges are people for working age and it is geared toward young people up till they are medicare eligible would be eligible for the exchange. host: are they paid for in some way under the affordable care act? guest: the states have been getting grants to set up exchanges. those set up costs are affected by sequestration to a degree. the white house wants to make this work to get these exchanges going. host: there was a new tax in the affordable care act. guest: the tax has not hit yet. a medical device tax took effect this year. the long term tax hall is further down the road to help pay for coverage expansion. host: dan in oklahoma. caller: i have a unique contract. some goes to my wages and some goes to my pension and health care insurance and so much goes to an annuity. i have a good package. what we have here --
host: george in massachusetts. caller: i am on medicare right now are. this is make up the difference in the medicare that i pay? guest: there will not be much interaction between the exchanges and medicare. medicare is for 55 and up. the exchanges are people for working age and it is geared toward young people up till they are medicare eligible would be eligible for the exchange. host: are they paid for in some way under the affordable care act? guest: the states have been getting grants to...
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she is here today from the great state of massachusetts. [applause] >> my name is casey mclachlan. i come to you today as a military wife. major in shannon is a the massachusetts national guard. , shetly after 9/11 deployed and has served his country for nearly 15 years. even though don't ask don't tell has been repealed, we are still not equal. i am now a stay at home mom raising our two-year-old twins. this would not be unusual if we were straight. many couples operate on one income and have a family plan for health insurance. but despite being legally married in the state of massachusetts, i am excluded from the family healthcare plan. in fact, despite being a mother, i am technically a legal stranger to my spouse because of the so-called defense of marriage act. like any other soldier, if she is called to a war zone, she has to go. often without little notice. ,ike any other military family the kids and i get left to manage without her. soldier,ke any other shannon does not get the comfort of knowing that if something happens to her, we will be taken care of. that's the benefit
she is here today from the great state of massachusetts. [applause] >> my name is casey mclachlan. i come to you today as a military wife. major in shannon is a the massachusetts national guard. , shetly after 9/11 deployed and has served his country for nearly 15 years. even though don't ask don't tell has been repealed, we are still not equal. i am now a stay at home mom raising our two-year-old twins. this would not be unusual if we were straight. many couples operate on one income and...
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all i see is foreign in massachusetts and new york. you buy the non-union car. you by the korean car. we are the only free country. i laid my life down to keep my country free. and i willo stay fight. thank you. host: we are looking at the impact of sequestration, whether you are seeing an impact in your community or services that you rely on. a photograph of john boehner says he wants budget cuts or reforms to accompany company a boost in the debt ceiling. the speaker held a news conference to talk about sequestration and whether or not a grand bargain could be negotiated between democrats and republicans. >> we have made clear we need cuts and reforms to put us on a path to balance the budget. president has been clear that he will not address the crisis until we are willing to raise taxes. at this point in time, i don't know how we go forward. i would suggest out of this budget process might be our best opportunity. >> speaker boehner. our independent line. a federal worker. what is your experience right now? caller: white a bit. -- quite a bit. i work with th
all i see is foreign in massachusetts and new york. you buy the non-union car. you by the korean car. we are the only free country. i laid my life down to keep my country free. and i willo stay fight. thank you. host: we are looking at the impact of sequestration, whether you are seeing an impact in your community or services that you rely on. a photograph of john boehner says he wants budget cuts or reforms to accompany company a boost in the debt ceiling. the speaker held a news conference to...
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now i am only in massachusetts. i am not licensed in any other states like cannot move around the country to get licensed in your else. this has hardly a lot. host: as far as your practice, how large is it now if you do practice? caller: i am not practicing. the government does not do anything to help you start a business. if they destroy your business, they give you absolutely nothing. i never got a penny of unemployment benefits. i have spent down my savings just trying to survive. host: i understand now. thank you for your input. guest: a lot of republicans in washington argued that regulation of a lot of different industries have -- has held that job growth. many republicans like to point to industries like energy, finance, and even health care and say the regulations in this area and the obama administration's health-care reform are holding that jobs reform in these areas. people on the other side point out there has been job growth in energy and health care. those concerns about regulation are definitely out t
now i am only in massachusetts. i am not licensed in any other states like cannot move around the country to get licensed in your else. this has hardly a lot. host: as far as your practice, how large is it now if you do practice? caller: i am not practicing. the government does not do anything to help you start a business. if they destroy your business, they give you absolutely nothing. i never got a penny of unemployment benefits. i have spent down my savings just trying to survive. host: i...
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host: david from massachusetts. caller: good morning. i am in massachusetts. i have had to use the health- care system. the difference between romneycare and obamacare is you're still able to keep your health care plan unless you fall into hard times, and then the romneycare will kick in. if our government ran so much more -- they just waste so much money and frivolously. they need to clean up. my wife is brazilian. i have gone to brazil and seen their health care system. it is very good in an emergency. it is still affordable. they can pay it out of their pockets. or take a small loan. there are 3 million less jobs in the country even though there are more people here. the lowest skilled people are losing their assets and end up on the romneycare system. that is worthy cycle is not working. you have last taxpayers. guest: great to hear from any republican in massachusetts. the massachusetts health plan put in by governor romney is a forerunner of obamacare. we can look at that and see what has happened. the highest costs in the nation for small businesses to
host: david from massachusetts. caller: good morning. i am in massachusetts. i have had to use the health- care system. the difference between romneycare and obamacare is you're still able to keep your health care plan unless you fall into hard times, and then the romneycare will kick in. if our government ran so much more -- they just waste so much money and frivolously. they need to clean up. my wife is brazilian. i have gone to brazil and seen their health care system. it is very good in an...
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[applause] >> the pri mire in massachusetts on april >> today was the second and last day the two same-sex marriage cases. today the federal defense of marriage act. i about 955, we will open up our phone lines in here from you. we will also open up our twitter account and take a look at the #, next up, today's case. the supreme court heard the second of two cases. is u.s. versus windsor. thatis the federal law defines marriage between one man and one woman. die case was brought by ed windsor. was denied a marital extension on federal estate taxes under the defense of marriage act. she is asking the down the law as on constitutional. the refund of the $363,000 in estate taxes. the argument begins with the question of standing and consideration. >> we will hear argument this morning in case 12-307, united states v. windsor, and we will begin with the jurisdictional discussion. ms. jackson? >> mr. chief justice, and may it please the court: there is no justiciable case before this court. petitioner, the united states, does not ask this court to redress the injuries it asserts. the house of r
[applause] >> the pri mire in massachusetts on april >> today was the second and last day the two same-sex marriage cases. today the federal defense of marriage act. i about 955, we will open up our phone lines in here from you. we will also open up our twitter account and take a look at the #, next up, today's case. the supreme court heard the second of two cases. is u.s. versus windsor. thatis the federal law defines marriage between one man and one woman. die case was brought by...
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. >> massachusetts. do you know what has the best, where african american turnout actually exceeds white turnout? mississippi. >> yes, mr. chief justice. but congress recognized that expressly in the findings when it reauthorized the act in 2006. it said that the first generation problems had been largely dealt with, but there persisted significant -- >> which state has the greatest disparity in registration between white and african american? >> i do not know that. >> massachusetts. third is mississippi, where again the african american registration rate is higher than the white registration rate. >> but when congress -- the choice congress faced when it -- congress wasn't writing on a blank slate in 2006, mr. chief justice. it faced a choice. and the choice was whether the conditions were such that it could confidently conclude that this deterrence and this constraint was no longer needed, and in view of the record of continuing need and in view of that history, which we acknowledge is not sufficient o
. >> massachusetts. do you know what has the best, where african american turnout actually exceeds white turnout? mississippi. >> yes, mr. chief justice. but congress recognized that expressly in the findings when it reauthorized the act in 2006. it said that the first generation problems had been largely dealt with, but there persisted significant -- >> which state has the greatest disparity in registration between white and african american? >> i do not know that....
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he oversaw the massachusetts state police and the department of corrections. he has also served as chief of police in springfield and chelsea, massachusetts, and in arlington, virginia. he is a member of the police executive research forum. he is a member of harvard, connecticut school of policing. if the two of you will go ahead. keep the remarks to five minutes so there is an opportunity for questioning. >> [inaudible] >> could you activate the mike? there is a button right there. >> it is a privilege to present the views of the department of justice on the need to protect american public by eliminating -- reasonable limitations on these weapons are supported by a majority of americans. the department does not yet have a decision on any particular legislation in this area, we are confident the ban to be implemented in a way that protects the public without inter-hearing with the rights of law-abiding citizens. on behalf of the department of justice, thank you, senator feinstein, for your efforts to address the plague of gun violence in our country. colorado
he oversaw the massachusetts state police and the department of corrections. he has also served as chief of police in springfield and chelsea, massachusetts, and in arlington, virginia. he is a member of the police executive research forum. he is a member of harvard, connecticut school of policing. if the two of you will go ahead. keep the remarks to five minutes so there is an opportunity for questioning. >> [inaudible] >> could you activate the mike? there is a button right there....
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host: john is calling from massachusetts on the line for republicans. the question or comment for harold holzer? caller: good morning. i come from a point of view where my least favorite president is lincoln. i sit along with the opinions on lincoln. one of my heroes was andrew spooner who was more into- slavery than lincoln. -- anti-slavery way before lincoln. i think the war was a result of economic issues because of the cotton gin and things of that nature. the slavery issue was solved around the world without killing 800,000 americans. i think lincoln is a prime example of government being overrun. i think this lincoln propaganda for the most hated man of the century, and rightly so when 800,000 americans were killed in the slavery war. -- the civil war. the slavery issue was solved from a world without this kind of death. host: john, we will leave it there. harold holzer, go ahead. guest: there has been a robust anti-lincoln tradition that insists the war was fought for in cities reasons that have nothing to do with slavery and had everything to do
host: john is calling from massachusetts on the line for republicans. the question or comment for harold holzer? caller: good morning. i come from a point of view where my least favorite president is lincoln. i sit along with the opinions on lincoln. one of my heroes was andrew spooner who was more into- slavery than lincoln. -- anti-slavery way before lincoln. i think the war was a result of economic issues because of the cotton gin and things of that nature. the slavery issue was solved...
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i'm a gay man in massachusetts. i really don't care one way or the other about the words, civil union or marriage. if civil unions afforded all of the same rights that the word marriage does, i wouldn't care what you call it. but it doesn't work that way. guest: that's correct. as i was just saying, to us it's really a matter of separate but equal. if civil unions were really the way to go and it was the way that the preponderance of hetero sexuals in the united states felt congress going that route, i would encourage them to go that route. that's not the reality we're dealing with. there are things that go beyond the tax code that impact married couples. we're seeing things right now when it comes to transfer of property, hospital visitation. even burial in cemeteries for spouses of same sex spouses of individual who is served in the military. it's far more a matter of simply calling something by another thing. the laws we have in the united states are exclusionary gay couples. host: jeff dean democrats line, welco
i'm a gay man in massachusetts. i really don't care one way or the other about the words, civil union or marriage. if civil unions afforded all of the same rights that the word marriage does, i wouldn't care what you call it. but it doesn't work that way. guest: that's correct. as i was just saying, to us it's really a matter of separate but equal. if civil unions were really the way to go and it was the way that the preponderance of hetero sexuals in the united states felt congress going that...
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ed from massachusetts. caller: good morning. taxrepeal of the payroll holiday, of course, is part of the political focus on reducing the federal budget deficit. however, i think our policy makers in washington and the media and financial sectors seem to have totally ignored the fact that the budget deficit shrank by $206 billion in fiscal year 2012. that is almost 15%. in other words, the recovery, weak and tepid as it is, has nevertheless produced at enough tax revenue to shrink the deficit by that amount without any spending cuts or tax increases. at that pace of deficit reduction, the budget would be in balance within about five years. can you comment on that? guest: you are absolutely right. the budget deficit has been coming down. people talk about the deficit problem in this country, and there's different ways to look at it. essentially, because the budget deficit is related to economic growth, as the caller has suggested, if you cut too much too quickly, then you run into a problem of declining job growth, which began its
ed from massachusetts. caller: good morning. taxrepeal of the payroll holiday, of course, is part of the political focus on reducing the federal budget deficit. however, i think our policy makers in washington and the media and financial sectors seem to have totally ignored the fact that the budget deficit shrank by $206 billion in fiscal year 2012. that is almost 15%. in other words, the recovery, weak and tepid as it is, has nevertheless produced at enough tax revenue to shrink the deficit by...
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as the top environmental official in massachusetts and connecticut, she helped design programs to expand energy efficiency and promote renewable energy. as assistant epa administrator, she is focused on practical, cost-effective ways to keep our air clean and our economy growing. she has turned a reputation as a straight shooter. she welcomes different points of view. i'm confident that she is going to do an outstanding job leading the epa. these two over here, they are going to be making sure we are investing in american energy, that we are doing everything we can to combat the threat of climate change, that we're going to be able to create jobs and economic opportunity in the first place. they're going to be a great team. these are some of my top priorities going forward. as president, one of the things you learn quickly is it's not enough just to talk a big game but the real test is whether your priorities are reflected in the budget. that's where the rubber hits the road. that is where my third nominee comes in. jeff zients has been the director for management of the office of manage
as the top environmental official in massachusetts and connecticut, she helped design programs to expand energy efficiency and promote renewable energy. as assistant epa administrator, she is focused on practical, cost-effective ways to keep our air clean and our economy growing. she has turned a reputation as a straight shooter. she welcomes different points of view. i'm confident that she is going to do an outstanding job leading the epa. these two over here, they are going to be making sure...
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>> marty paris who lived in cambridge, massachusetts, taught at harvard, and was one of these people who was moving jewish intellectuals who was becoming more conservative, particularly on the issue of israel and foreign affairs, but also on some, but not all domestic issues, so in any case, i went to the new republic in 1985, and one of the things i discovered there was how much the reagan white house relished seeing that magazine every week. the new republic would send 30 copies or something all bundled together immediately when the copies came to washington. struck me and some other people that, well, wait a minute. this is basically a liberal magazine. it wasn't liberal on everything. isn't there a time for a weekly magazine on politics and policy from washington? i mean all of us who got together to start the magazine were from washington. we didn't want to move to new york. you had a great magazine that comes out every other week. we wanted to start something different, and the first guy we talked to about it was a man named rupert murdoch who agreed with us. he funded the maga
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host: eddie is in massachusetts, republican. caller: good morning. i was pessimistic when i heard the l.a. times say they were happy. we're lowering the deficit spending. big deal. going down to 1.3 trillion. you touched on furloughs. europe goes on a four-day workweek. that's fine. but address the pensions. one guy in california, a manager retiring gave himself a raise. $850,000 per year. he has had 30 years' service at 3 percent per year, that gives him 90% of that, giving him $800,000 pension per year. would you please address it? >> we take you live to the white house where president obama is announcing sylvia burwell pipa be his next budget chief as well as his choice to head the epa and the energy department. live coverage on c-span. sylvia burwell to be his next budget chief. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states accompanied by sylvia burwell, ernest monus, and gina mccarthy. >> this is a serious group. [laughter] everybody have a seat. good morning, everybody. this afternoon i will hold my first cabinet meeting of my sec
host: eddie is in massachusetts, republican. caller: good morning. i was pessimistic when i heard the l.a. times say they were happy. we're lowering the deficit spending. big deal. going down to 1.3 trillion. you touched on furloughs. europe goes on a four-day workweek. that's fine. but address the pensions. one guy in california, a manager retiring gave himself a raise. $850,000 per year. he has had 30 years' service at 3 percent per year, that gives him 90% of that, giving him $800,000...
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and stay in massachusetts. a much simpler solution is to have a much cleaner towards of logroll where you say come -- a choice of law rule where you say, if you got married, it counts. you certainly do not want to deny equality to the vast majority of married same-sex couples who do not have any interest in moving to the state of texas where they are not married. >> the reality is, there is no substantive position that is neutral. whenever position the government takes, it either subsidizes or refuses to subsidize. what congress decided in 1996 with a simple matter that it was quite to stick with the traditional definition of marriage. the definition has always been understood to exist in the versions of federal law. it was codifying it against traditions of reinvention. we can just degree as a pack -- and sayr of policy -- there's no reason to subsidize same-sex marriage. it is permissible for congress to have gone either way. it went against subsidizing forcing the taxpayers, the federal taxpayers of states t
and stay in massachusetts. a much simpler solution is to have a much cleaner towards of logroll where you say come -- a choice of law rule where you say, if you got married, it counts. you certainly do not want to deny equality to the vast majority of married same-sex couples who do not have any interest in moving to the state of texas where they are not married. >> the reality is, there is no substantive position that is neutral. whenever position the government takes, it either...
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. >> with that, we go to the gentleman from massachusetts. tighe, your office did a study and they found there was $187 billion in student aid funds involved in student fraud. i commend you on that. in reality, it is less than one- half of 1% of what we spend on federal aid and next to what i find of the subcommittee of oversight for the national security, it is minuscule. it is important nonetheless. if you look at for-profit institutions in a higher education field, 90% of their revenues come from taxpayers. >> that's correct. >> federal financial aid, pell grants, g.i. bills, tuition assistance -- the have about 10% of all student enrollment but they take up about 25% of all financial aid dollars we spend. 2009-2010, they got $32 billion in taxpayer money. that is a lot of it we have had problems with overpricing tuition and recruiting practices. have you looked at them with respect as to whether they are at greater risk in a fraud? >> where we have seen the greater risk is the low-cost institutions. which is primarily community colleges.
. >> with that, we go to the gentleman from massachusetts. tighe, your office did a study and they found there was $187 billion in student aid funds involved in student fraud. i commend you on that. in reality, it is less than one- half of 1% of what we spend on federal aid and next to what i find of the subcommittee of oversight for the national security, it is minuscule. it is important nonetheless. if you look at for-profit institutions in a higher education field, 90% of their...
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this is nelson, republican in massachusetts. caller: good morning, peter. what i would like to say, there's no party that gets everything right on every issue as far as our government is concerned. one prospective i would like to bring forth to the american people is that the constitution and the bill of rights, to protect the people and to protect people from their government. if they chose to overthrow the government, for the people to be able to do so. this is where people should look at it from that perspective. us being protected so that we could overthrow our government. that's all i would like to say. host: on twitter -- jim -- sam -- robert -- i want to show you this picture in the new york times. this is part of the funeral recession -- procession for hugo chavez in caracas, venezuela. and in a related article is this picture of the new leader. here's the new leader of venezuela, vice-president of nicolas maduro. and some editorials on the issue of hugo chavez. this is the financial times. this is how they conclude their editorial. the headline --
this is nelson, republican in massachusetts. caller: good morning, peter. what i would like to say, there's no party that gets everything right on every issue as far as our government is concerned. one prospective i would like to bring forth to the american people is that the constitution and the bill of rights, to protect the people and to protect people from their government. if they chose to overthrow the government, for the people to be able to do so. this is where people should look at it...
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the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. >> i ask for a record vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 246, the nays are 181. the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. mcgovern: i move that the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the nays have it. mr. mcgovern: i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker p
the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. >> i ask for a record vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage...
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host: from "cq weekly," -- fromis joining us massachusetts. welcome to the program. caller: my word is "education." so many people in america just listen to what they hear on the news and all of the hooplah. all they have to do is pick up a paper or book on the internet to see where our money is going. the u.s. has a 15 trillion dollar gdp. that is to show people we are a growing economy. we are doing better than we were a few years ago. people need to get educated on this. read more about it, contact your reps. it is easy to point fingers but the more we know the more we can help the situation. host: later on the program we are going to focus on bi of terrorism. today is an anniversary -- 100 years ago in march took place on the eve of the inaugural ceremony for president woodrow wilson. we will take a look at how that led to the public outcry providing women's right to vote. diane is joining us from california, democrats line. caller: good morning. nice to talk to you. i call this sequestration a dysfunctional diatribe. this is just payback for the president when h
host: from "cq weekly," -- fromis joining us massachusetts. welcome to the program. caller: my word is "education." so many people in america just listen to what they hear on the news and all of the hooplah. all they have to do is pick up a paper or book on the internet to see where our money is going. the u.s. has a 15 trillion dollar gdp. that is to show people we are a growing economy. we are doing better than we were a few years ago. people need to get educated on this....
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she is at the massachusetts historical society where she is a research associate for the adams papers. ms. matthews, we learned there was not much documentary evidence about elizabeth monroe. how about louisa catherine adams, what exists? >> quite a wealth. she kept diaries intermittently. she wrote autobiographies and memoirs. there are hundreds and hundreds of letters of hers. we have her thoughts and feelings from her point of view, both reflective and contemporary as the events were taking place. >> another suggested that in her research she saw louisa adams as the first modern first lady. do you agree with that contention that she developed a sense of self? >> in some ways she has her own cause. washingtonith the female orphan asylum, so in that way it's somewhat modern having this cause that she was involved in and she does work politics in her parlor in such a way as to help win the presidency for her husband in her own way. >> well, richard norton smith, explain to people how the presidency was won in 1820's, it was a very different system than we have today? >> it was. as we
she is at the massachusetts historical society where she is a research associate for the adams papers. ms. matthews, we learned there was not much documentary evidence about elizabeth monroe. how about louisa catherine adams, what exists? >> quite a wealth. she kept diaries intermittently. she wrote autobiographies and memoirs. there are hundreds and hundreds of letters of hers. we have her thoughts and feelings from her point of view, both reflective and contemporary as the events were...