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Christians 44%. muslim 6.5%. jewish 6.2%. buddhist at 3.1%. the critics say the university is clearly forcing students to choose between work and faith. here is a student. >> fair is all well and good, but its a school, and when youre setting students back that is bad. it shouldnt be that way. you shouldnt have to make that choice. >> reporter: so the school is now offering a trade off, let me just show you the white board here. there will be no exams on religious holidays at all, no assignments...

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Is headed to kansas. he is calling to extend payroll tax cuts for millions of americans. republicans and democrats are unable to agree on a plan so far. in a compromise suggested by democrats yesterday has been greeted with surprise so far by the gop. lets talk to the man behind that compromise plan, democratic senator bob casey of pennsylvania. senator casey, we have to talk about policy as well as procedure. i will start with procedure to get that out of the way first. you know the reactions f...

>> i will bet you dollars to doughnuts if it is put on the house floor which speaker boehner has thus far refused to do, it will pass with not 219 votes, one more than necessary but 50 or 60 votes more than necessary because a large number of republicans will vote for it as well. >> reporter: we expect house republicans to say this is bad for jobs. a two month extension. we need a year. we know the speaker asked president to call senator reid to bring the senate back. he has not. we expect the h...

Pass the two-month payroll extension by unanimous consent. it is expected to pass easily in the u.s. senate as mike emanuel said. a single objection in the house of representatives could wipe the issue off the board today. then the house would have to come back for a full session next week and hold a formal roll call vote. julie: if the deal doesnt pass on january 1st, paychecks will shrink for about 160 million americans to be exact. the social security tax will actually increase from 4.2 to 6....

Ever campaign on, dylan. >> and yet, am i misunderstanding this, in that theyre having a hard time agreeing to give away money? >> you are correct. this past saturday, the united states senate, in a bipartisan deal, which 90% of the senate was on board with it, the vote was 89-10, agreed to extend the payroll tax cut holiday that went from 6.2% on your check to 4.2%. about $1,000 in the pockets of 160 million working americans. that deal sailed through the united states senate. it was expected t...

To maybe 90%. who knows? >> the fact of the matter is, i mean, reports are now out that 84% of americans would pay more taxes under his plan. the worst part about t is regressive. lot of people that arent paying any taxes and i like that. i dont think that we should even things up by raising taxes. so, it is a regressive tax. very, very dangerous. >> will the people of nevada not is have to pay nevada sales tax and in addition pay the 9% sales tax. >> they would. >> bill: the feds cannot dictate...

I wish they had a notion of what its like being on the other side of the gun or 200-pound man standing over you. >> harry reid offered an interesting claim of his own. >> it is clear the private sector jobs are doing fine. public sector jobs we lost the huge numbers. >> republicans notice that the facts show the opposite. 6.2 private sector jobs are lost. >> time democrats realize they were elected to lead not choreograph political theater. >> for the first time, the president used his wife to h...

There are things we can do right now that will mean more customers for businesses and more jobs across the country. we can cut payroll taxes again so families have an extra $1,000 to spend. >> that was president obama in his weekly address urging congress to extend payroll tax rates that he signed into law last december. now, for those who are still employed, you might have seen the payroll tax on your pay stub. heres how it works. last year employees paid 6.2%, employers also paid 6.2%. as part...