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and good evening, everyone. im erin burnett outfront tonight. the senate voting right now on the buffett rule. 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 chick to jump into the debate. target number one, mitt romney. >> when the wealthiest 1% pay a fair tax ...

This is a fairness issue. >> nobody wants to get rid of the loopholes. >> so the guy says get rid of the loopholes. >> i know a lot of democrats dont want to get rid of the loopholes. >> its a dirty little secret. >> democrats and republicans, newt gingrich his campaign millions of dollars in debt. a new report claiming that he is now loaning his campaign thousands of dollars to stay on the campaign trail. also atry beauties to the former speakers money problems to lavish lifestyle, not willing ...

Of the economy. yet, the same poll puts him ahead of alum rock. the campaign thinks the buffett rule is helping. likewise, polls suggest rolling back the bush administration upper income tax cut is popular proposal that the republicans oppose. republican thinks there is leftover resentment in that. >> they are less likely to be raised. >> rolling back the upper income bush tax cut would cut the deficit ten times as much as the buffett rule. democrats say its a fairness issue. republicans say its...

Re-election. if im the romney campaign, id duck the fairness argument and i say, look, right now, the most important thing for americans is to get a job, so weve got to get the economy moving again, and heres our plan. and again, its a very well-defined plan up to now and its a plan that has a lot of the old mumbo jumbo that doesnt work, but thats where they want to fight. they want to fight on the economys not recovering fast enough, heres our plan, we can get people back to work more quickly. ...

democrat. then never too late to talk vp stakes in election 2012. with dana dash and jeff zeleny "the new york times." im candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." a new cnn/orc poll shows president obamas job approval rating is over 50% for the first time since last june, but americans are worried about rising gas prices, and in an election year, when americans worry, politicians act. the president wants congress to end tax breaks for big oil. >> its time they got by withou...

with house intelligence chairman mike rogers and ranking democrat. then never too late to talk vp stakes in election 2012. im candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." a new cnn orc poll shows president obamas job approval rating is over 50% for the first time since last june, but americans are worried about rising gas prices, and in an election year, when americans worry, politicians act. the president wants congress to end tax breaks for big oil. >> its time they got by withou...

Congressman mckeon, to you first. the proposal here is that military members and even retired members, people who have done the their service under the presidents budget will see a huge jump in the premiums they pay for tricare, the medical health insurance service for military retires and members? >> thats right, from 345% over the next five years and means testing for military. it is just another hit on military. you know, the military accounts for 20% of our overall budget but 50% of the savi...

ends and michael holmes joins us from the region with a live report. and did gas prices go up overnight? well look at pump prices around the nation and see who is paying the most and why its going up, up, up. >> from cnns world headquarters, bringing you news and analysis from around the globe. live from studio 7, this is cnn saturday morning. former president nelson mandela is in the hospital right now. officials are calling it an abdominal complaint. the 93-year-olds health has dec...

Americans because his income came solely from investments. bob shrum and mark halperin are joining us. lets focus on the fairness issue. we know, bob and mark, that we face a deficit for years to come. we have a debt problem which grows in towers and threatens us with a catastrophe. the question is, who is going to close the gap in our deficit over time so we can deal with the debt burden over time fairly? obviously, our system is based on the ability to pay. heres a guy who is fully able to wor...

Housing has a piece of it. but he does know how to light up an arena, and it doesnt hurt to have congresswoman giffords there at the emotional moment at the beginning because that opens the heart of people. >> he must have been pumped up about the navy s.e.a.l. mission. >> hes had good news. i want to follow up on what tom and bob said, and that is a voter at the end of the day -- and i know this may shock a lot of people, but theyre looking at the president, theyre going whats in it for me? and...