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Theres no way that the system is set up, that anyone can enforce it and obama says that hes angry about this. and he is angry. but they were nowhere during the election cycle when tons of groups were getting tax-exempt status that probably were abusing the tax break. >> i wonder, on that practical level, sam, in terms of the folks that are on the front line of the controversy, right, as nick says, probably dont really even know how to interpret or let alone confer the 501(c)4 status. we know tha...

And factory owners about raising wages for those garment workers. factory owners dont want to do it. they dont want to raise wages. an eu trade commissioner calls this whole system modern slavery. others say working in a clothing factory is the best, only option for women in bangladesh because they have no alternative. in many cases these women have to borrow money to get money from their next paycheck just to make it through so just really low wages. the eu has warned bangladesh to make its fac...

Because they think theres a strong coalition of people who are supporting this. faith groups, unions, labor groups. grover norquist is going to be at the rollout today. there are going to be 12 different groups, so i think that that is what they see as being really a key difference. >> you know, the question is washington, you know, it used to be you could lose some, win some and washington could juggle. the question now is can washington juggle. is it an intense, the intense focus on one issue ...

Without border enforcement. >> bret: if you get agreement of the group of 8 have you hurddles to go through on the committee, on the senate floor and the house before it gets to the presidents desk. >> that is true. it sounds -- its not going to be that it wont be met with great challenge along the way. the way that senator schumer and senator graham described it, republican and democrat this weekend is that all of the substantive issues have been dealt with by the gang of 8. and that the last g...

He also prayed for those suffering in syria and here in the holyland. meanwhile, protestants and catholics celebrated easter in jerusalem with services at the church, the site where christians believe jesus was crucified, buried and resurrected. in iraq, christians flocked to churches amidded extremely tight security. several hundred catholics wore worshiped at saint josephs church in baghdad. >> harris: news of progress toward a deal. one senator, republican marco rubio is warning any kind of h...

Was premeditated and trying to wries emfrom the against specifically a notebook holmes shared with a school psychiatrist at the university of colorado. in the book he actually portrayed violent acts. the prosecution may have some batting from the jury in this when it comes because the jury are not usually sympathetic when it comes to insanity claims. >>heather: thank you dominic. >>gregg: a comprehensive immigration bill is a step closer, perhaps, to the nations top big business and labor groups...

Easter sunday. good to see you always. >> as you. >> why savannah this guest worker deal being held as such a significant breakthrough? >> reporte . >> as its being hurl heralded, not so fast. the guest worker program has for long been the holdup. this has been the issue so many times before. the fight often being between the laborer and business communities. the afl-cio and changer of commerce, negotiating with one another. it sounds like theyve resolved the pay scale in the situation. the labo...

Work." the term used for a series of bills in the 40s and 50s predominantly in the south and west that ban requirements that nonunion employees pay unions for negotiating contracts and other services. for years, right to work laws were primarily concentrated in states that didnt have history of labor unions, but thats changed. now, 23 sfats have right to work laws. as you can see, its encroaching in on the midwest and not quite in the northeast yet. republicans stand on the crus. in the state th...

Republicans, not get bogged down in a bunch of partisan bickering but lets focus on people who sent us to washington and make sure that were doing the right thing by them. so i want you to call, i want you to send an e-mail, post on their facebook wall, if you tweet, then use a hash tag were calling #my2k, not y 2 k, #my2k. because its about your 2k in your pocket. were trying to burn that into peoples minds here. [ applause ] in the meantime im doing my part. im meeting with every constituency ...

Also crying about the president taking the message to the people. >> so now we are back out on the campaign trail and we are having people make twitter announcements and youtube videos about what they think about the fiscal cliff. at least thats what this administration is asking people to do to convince their members of congress to vote in a certain way. what about saving all that time and actually doing the job that we elected you to do, which is to sit in a room and get something done. >> is ...