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Little sun must shine. so even in that bad year for republicans, they did have some bright spots. that year, 1970, a gentleman, bill young was first elected to the house of representatives from florida. although he did not know it at the time, bill young would go on to hold that seat in florida for 42 years. congressman bill young, first elected in 1970, he went on to become the longest continually serving republican member of congress ever in the history of the country. he was serving in his 22...

As the president said, thats not his idea of a balanced approach. >> middle class seniors who are on medicare, young people who are trying to get student loans to go to college, i cant ask them to sacrifice and not ask anything of higher income folks. >> no, thats republicans job, of course, a very special christmas for the very, very rich brought to you by the makers of romney and ryan. congressman charles rangel is a democrat from new york and he joins us live from capitol hill. good afternoon...

>> im ashleigh banfield. good to have ali here all week. in the battle over the bush-era tax cuts, playing politics with your takehome pay and nothing hort of the presidency is on the line here. if the two parties cant agree on extending those tax cuts by the end of the year, a typical american family making $70,000 a year could get hit with a tax increase of $3,000. that is a lot of pain. right now house republicans are busy crafting a plan to extend those tax cuts for everyone acro...

personal returns. >> joining us now live, congressman steve king, a republican from iowa and member of the tea party caucus. good morning. >> good morning. >> the president wants to keep lower taxes for 97% of americans, the treasuries departments office of tax analysis for the tax year 2007, under bush, 3% of all tax returns were for incomes over $250,000. explain the view that obamas proposal would hurt. walk me through it. >> i recall back when the bush tax brackets were first imple...

Now in charlie rangels re-election race. he declared victory in the democratic primary for his 22nd term last tuesday night. but now there are charges that supporters of hispanic his opponent were expressed and there are demands for a federal investigation. rangel appeared to win last week despite redistricting and the shadow of that censure by the house in a tax and ethnics scandal two years ago he defeated the first dominican to s*efr in congress i serve in congress if he whats elected. they c...

The get ran congressman declared victory in the primary for for his 22nd term. there are charges from supporters of hispanic his opponent that many latino votes were suppressed, even not counted and they claim tampered with after folks voted. they are demanding that federal investigation. rangel appeared to win despite redistricting and the shadow of that censure in the house two years ago. he was ahead, but his supporters told us voters who speak spanish were told they had to fill out affidavit...

Likes is iowa. thats where were going to find the vice president in dubuque. he has just arrived, giving his message there after campaigning yesterday as well. were going to listen to that as well. veteran lawmakers, time for the poli sidebar. in new york, 82-year-old charlie r rangel is closer to a 22nd term. redistricti redistricting changed his term in harlem. and orrin hatch with 69% of the vote. the 78-year-old faced a stiff challenge from a tea party candidate. claire mccaskill says its st...

congress. and former u.s. attorney general alberto gonzales is here. hellw weigh in on holder. president obamas health care law, the supreme court could keep parts of it or strike it altogether. is the individual mandate constitutional? if it is found unconstitutional, does the whole law have to go? or can the mandate be instruct down? and is medicaid expansion constitutional? and will the tax law prevent the court from addressing the mandate issue right now? a chief correspondent,...

summer games, right? so much fun. good morning, everyone. welcome to early, early "early start." >> up first, debby doing more damage and dumping more rain than some full-blown hurricanes. the deadly storm now downgradeds to a tropical depression where is slashes across florida where a state of emergency is still in place. that storm is second to bring rains to florida for another day. george, i was reading this morning the folks here were really scared because the water came in so qui...

April and steadily fallen since. stocks were up today. dow gained 32. the s&p 500 added 6. the nasdaq finished ahead 18. ♪ ♪ checking americas election headquarters. several states are holding primaries today. republican utah senator orrin hatch is facing his first primary challenge since winning office in 1976. hatch looked vulnerable several months ago but he is now viewed as the heavy favorite tonight against former state senator lillenquist. new york democrat, jennifer chas rangel is run...