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Were not dealing with jobs. were not dealing with anything. were not dealing with tax fairness. we saw the buffet rule rejected. were making it so that people can bring their polar bear trophies from their hunting expeditions into the country. thats what we did in congress today? >> what? >> yeah. they changed some parks. they proposed some park changes that would allow for roads to be put through public and parklands and that you could bring a polar bear trophy into the country. theyre banned n...

Youre working hard. you havent given up. you have gone through struggles, but youre resilient. ohio is a great example of the core strength and decency of the american people. you believe in our future. you believe in this country. if we work together in common purpose, i guarantee you we will make this an american century just like the 20th century was the american century. thank you. god bless you. god bless america. >> president obama, lorraine county community college in oleariy, ohio, the p...

Core mission of congress which is to promote the general welfare. were not dealing with jobs. were not dealing with anything. were not dealing with tax fairness. we saw the buffet rule rejected. were making it so that people can bring their polar bear trophies from their hunting expeditions into the country. thats what we did in congress today? >> what? >> yeah. they changed some parks. they proposed some park changes that would allow for roads to be put through public and parklands and that you...

Would like to use this moment to make their own partys points about tax rates and money. thats why senate democrats brought up the buffet rule yesterday. the buffet rule would have meant anyone making more than a million bucks a year use loopholes to pay lower taxes. senate republicans filibustered the proposed change. they blocked it even though it had enough votes to pass a majority vote. a majority of senators, 51 voted for the buffet rule but not enough to override the filibuster filibuster....

Am concerned about the every day person here. you know, people who are making all kinds of money, he said not a million in terms of your accumulated wealth but a million dollars a year. the buffet rule is simply saying can the rich pay the fair share? i think that the president has in mind here the kind of economic policies that have not benefitted those at the bottom. 4 million jobs added to the economy over the last two years, about 600,000 in the last three months, and he is suggesting that h...

Health care and job training and investments in bronson and duane and andrea and david and put folks back to work. this is just common sense. understand this is not a redistribution argument. this is not about taking from rick rich people to give to poor people. it is about us together making investments in our country so everybody has a fair shot. that will make all of us better off. now, on monday nearly every republican in the senate voted to block whats called the buffet rule. think about th...

Its not a regular old tax day. its tax day during an election year and that means both partie would like to use this moment to make their own partys points about tax rates and money. thats why senate democrats brought up the buffet rule yesterday. the buffet rule would have meant anyone making more than a million bucks a year use loopholes to pay lower taxes. senate republicans filibustered the proposed change. they blocked it even though it had enough votes to pass a majority vote. a majority o...

Were not dealing with tax fairness. we saw the buffet rule rejected. were making it so that people can bring their polar bear trophies from their hunting expeditions into the country. thats what we did in congress today? >> what? >> yeah. they changed some parks. they proposed some park changes that would allow for roads to be put through public and parklands and that you could bring a polar bear trophy into the country. theyre banned now because theyre endangered, but thats kind of what were do...

His candidate will go down flailing around badly. >> i got the same impression as well. one of those polls that you are including is the abc "washington post" poll. that poll, they had 11% more democrats they sample than republicans. >> sure. >> which i think that is certainly outlier based on the demographics. all right, so the president strategy is he cant run on his record. so he is going to go out and attack. it seems like every time he immerses himself the war on women backfireed, sandra fl...

Tax day. happy tax day. its not a regular old tax day. its tax day during an election year and that means both parties wo would like to use this moment to make their own partys points about tax rates and money. thats why senate democrats brought up the buffet rule yesterday. the buffet rule would have meant anyone making more than a million bucks a year use loopholes to pay lower taxes. senate republicans filibustered the proposed change. they blocked it even though it had enough votes to pass a...