Page 7 - Fairness Issue News Today

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...

And dominos, just those three, thats about 112,000 jobs and bains failures were in truth pretty rare, werent they? so are these attacks on romney and bain somewhat dishonest? >> well, they are. they are misleading at best. and they got bad reviews when they came out. obviously we saw democrats like corey booker, edwin ford, jr., ed rendell, distancing themselves from those and democrats depend a lot on campaign contributions from private equity firms like bain capital. so they got bad reviews bu...

The country and battleground states like michigan and ohio. its economic indicators will play a huge deal along with the gender gap. as opposed to canes legacy and in some ways, obama might be a hindrance to him getting ele elected. i think he will distance himself a little bit. >> and tom mentioned a fairness issue thats a very good issue, but you have to remember that republicans core belief is that economic growth is sufficient. if the economy is growing, the market will take care of everybod...

house issues a veto threat. also bill clinton making the case for president obama by invoking the ghost of osama bin laden. plus, space shuttle enterprise arrives with a bang in its new hometown, new york city. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com a sharp battle is unfolding here in washington over a bill to extend lower interest rates on student loans. millions of students are involved in this. its a bipartisan goal, but theres partis...

showdown at the u.s. supreme court, where arizonas controversial crackdown on illegal immigration seemed to get quite a sympathetic reception from the justices. the obama administration contends the law steps on powers that are exclusive to the federal government, but as cnns kate balduan reports here, there may be a majority of justices who see things differently. >> reporter: inside the courtroom, the conservative majority appeared to lean toward upholding at least part of the arizon...

Ryan. bottom line, it be electric a fight about entitlements. if you think the fairness issue now is large, it will be far worse. the upstate congressional race last year, the... bi-election was a referendum on ryanful he lost. there is nothing in his plan to suggest the same thing wont happened. portmans a real player. ryan, i think is doa. >> to stop ryan, put him in the vice presidency. >> liz: how much do you think it matters at the end of the day? i like to think it matters. but at the end ...

Chance that it would be paul ryan. bottom line, it be electric a fight about entitlements. if you think the fairness issue now is large, it will be far worse. the upstate congressional race last year, the... bi-election was a referendum on ryanful he lost. there is nothing in his plan to suggest the same thing wont happened. portmans a real player. ryan, i think is doa. >> to stop ryan, put him in the vice presidency. >> liz: how much do you think it matters at the end of the day? i like to thin...

Ryan. bottom line, it be electric a fight about entitlements. if you think the fairness issue now is large, it will be far worse. the upstate congressional race last year, the... bi-election was a referendum on ryanful he lost. there is nothing in his plan to suggest the same thing wont happened. portmans a real player. ryan, i think is doa. >> to stop ryan, put him in the vice presidency. >> liz: how much do you think it matters at the end of the day? i like to think it matters. but at the end ...

is breaking news, the senate voting on the buffet rule and failing tonight. mostly along party lines. senate democrats called for a vote on the so-called buffett rule today. it is one of the presidents election year priorities. it calls for people who earn a million dollars in adjusted gross income to pay a minimum tax rate of 30%. now, the left-leaning group moveon.org was quick to jump into the debate. target number one for them, mitt romney. >> when the wealthiest 1% pay a fair tax ...

and good evening, everyone. im erin burnett outfront tonight. is breaking news, the senate voting on the buffet rule and failing tonight. mostly along party lines. senate democrats called for a vote on the so-called buffett rule today. it is one of the presidents election year priorities. it calls for people who earn a million dollars in adjusted gross income to pay a minimum tax rate of 30%. now, the left-leaning group moveon.org was quick to jump into the debate. target number one fo...