The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

How a Bill Doesn't Become a Law

Season 17 • 10/31/2011

Wyatt Cenac investigates the murder of a controversial health insurance discount bill.

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Andrew Napolitano
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Andrew Napolitano thinks that government spends more time evading the Constitution than upholding it.
10/27/2011
00:29

Moment of Zen - "Joe the Plumber" Isn't His Name
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Samuel Wurzelbacher doesn't know why his name is so hard for Americans to grasp.
10/27/2011
03:17

Indecision 2012 - Scared Mittless - Mitt Romney's Competitors
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Mitt Romney has surveyed the Republican field and decided 23% is enough to beat any of those yahoos.
10/27/2011
04:23

Stock & Awe
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Europe's financial crisis threatens to decimate the global economy, so Jon exercises his contractual doomsday clause with help from The Best F#@king News Team Ever.
10/27/2011
05:25

Indecision 2012 - Scared Mittless
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When it comes to his polling numbers, Mitt Romney remains consistent despite his shocking inconsistency in every other regard.
10/27/2011
00:21

Moment of Zen - Haunted House Analysis
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A monster explores the effects of the financial crisis on America's interest in the supernatural.
10/31/2011
01:09

The 7 Billionth Person
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A baby born in the Philippines is considered the world's 7 billionth person.
10/31/2011
07:41

Indecision 2012 - Ruh Roh Edition
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Herman Cain denies allegations of sexual harassment, and Rick Perry overcorrects for past debate performance stiffness.
10/31/2011
00:48

Halloween Spooktacular
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Jon introduces The Daily Show's Halloween Spooktacular.
10/31/2011
06:12

Mindy Kaling
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Mindy Kaling discusses her book "Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?" and her parents' fondness for Sanjay Gupta.
10/31/2011
04:27

How a Bill Doesn't Become a Law
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Wyatt Cenac reports on the death of H.R. 3472, a bill providing health insurance premium discounts for exercising.
10/31/2011
05:25

Condoleezza Rice Pt. 2
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Condoleezza Rice talks about the long-term threat posed by Saddam Hussein prior to and during the Bush administration.
11/01/2011
06:00

Condoleezza Rice Pt. 1
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Condoleezza Rice compares U.S. intervention in Libya with its actions in Iraq and believes that the Bush administration's freedom agenda was largely successful.
11/01/2011
00:52

Moment of Zen - Tribute to Gil Cates
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Jon fondly remembers the late Academy Awards producer Gil Cates.
11/01/2011
02:01

Men of a Certain Wage
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Fox News defends the real victims of the epic battle between businesses and Occupy Wall Street protesters: the demonized 1%.
11/01/2011
00:13

Moment of Zen - Justin Bieber's Paternity Suit
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Brian Kilmeade reports on Justin Bieber's paternity suit, questioning his age.
11/02/2011
07:22

Conservative Minorities vs. Liberal Minorities
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Donald Trump accuses Jon of racism, and Samantha Bee, Wyatt Cenac and John Oliver discuss the inherent superiority of conservative minority figures.
11/02/2011
06:01

Tom Brokaw
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Tom Brokaw discusses the American public's desire for their political parties to work together and end the growing bipartisan polarization.
11/02/2011
07:00

Indecision 2012 - Grope?
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America learns more about the National Restaurant Association's 1990s settlement of a sexual harassment charge leveled against Herman Cain.
11/02/2011
05:42

Brad Paisley
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Brad Paisley talks about his musical influences in his book "Diary of a Player."
11/03/2011
06:44

Men Not at Work
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Congressional Republicans believe that the only thing more important than focusing on jobs is sending Barack Obama a petty, unrelated message on official house stationery.
11/03/2011
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