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at the same time that message whennet out on seirius tv on wednesday. he and his father were open to talks. libyas national transitional council is in for tough questions today. he goes for the libya contact brief in paris to discuss his plans for the future. international support for the ntc is reporting. russia tv is now recognizing the group as libyas new authority. amnesty international has release add disturbing report describing the deaths of detainees. they cite at least 88 ...

America will not remain a great country if we dont keep our promises and protect ourselves. i hope everybody understands thachl we need a-that. we need a flat tax that would maximize revenue so that people would pay a fair amount to the government and unfair loop holes would be closed. we need a small national sales tax to tap into the $1 trillion per year in the underground economy. come on. criminals who sell drugs dont pay taxes. but they do buy stuff. also of 2009 about 50% american househol...

Action on the floor. >> the gentlemen from maryland loves to talk about those corporate loop holes. he loves to talk about corporate jet owners and the kind of preferences that exist in the code. the gentlemen from maryland knows all too well. he and i were in discussions for almost seven weeks when i said again and again that we would be happy to engage in a discussion of tax reform to get rid of those loop holes. i know it makes for good politics to go throw the shiny ball out there, madam spe...

Tell that from watching the action on the floor. >> the gentlemen from maryland loves to talk about those corporate loop holes. he loves to talk about corporate jet owners and the kind of preferences that exist in the code. the gentlemen from maryland knows all too well. he and i were in discussions for almost seven weeks when i said again and again that we would be happy to engage in a discussion of tax reform to get rid of those loop holes. i know it makes for good politics to go throw the shi...

yesterday. today, theyre offering an apology. the big mistaking that had people thinking they had gotten the bargain of the year. but first, here are your options. resign or be fired. that is the ultimatum that was just given to nearly 200 educators tied to one of the largest school cheating scandals in u.s. history. it was just over a week ago, a state investigation revealed 178 teachers, including 38 principals, woulding at 44 schools cheated for students on standardized tests in a...

averted. and the peoples republic of china, red china, urging washington to raise the debt ceiling. somewhere chairman mao is smiling. president obama went on record with his account of how last nights turbulent meeting ended. youll recall house majority leader cantor said the president told him not to call his bluff, said "ill see you tomorrow" and walked out of the cabinet room. >> look, at the end of the meeting after wed already met for a couple of hours, what i said to the group w...

nights turbulent meeting ended. youll recall house majority leader cantor said the president told him not to call his bluff, said "ill see you tomorrow" and walked out of the cabinet room. >> look, at the end of the meeting after wed already met for a couple of hours, what i said to the group was what i think the american people feel, which is we have a responsibility to do the right thing. we shouldnt be overly partisan. we shouldnt be posturing. we should solve problems. >> whichever...

No shame, so therefore you are saying that it is not shameful for republicans to say that seniors with medicare and people that are poor with medicaid should sacrifice but people with private jets with all kind of corporate loop holes they shouldnt sacrifice? were talking about shame here? >> again, reverend sharpton, the presidents got your talking points. if i had a dollar for every time he said tax on private jets, id be a millionaire. he does not understand, and i said this last week, the tr...

Taxes and actually got a rebate from the irs. so what the republicans are saying is were willing to take a look at some of those outrageous loop holes. maybe the tax havens in the cayman islands and bermuda. on the other hand what we want to do is lower the corporate tax rates. so its revenue neutral. i think we want to do away with these loop holes, raise revenue, use it for deficit reduction, instead of slashing medicare and medicaid and social security. >> senator, great to have you with us t...

Rich. you just indicated there are polls that say, dont cut medicare. dont cut medicaid. that is exactly what the republicans are doing. we now have the opportunity believe if were tough, if were strong, if were focused of putting these guys on the defensive and making everybody in america understand what their agenda is. >> senator coburn yesterday on record saying that he would go along with the tax increase if it was revenue neutral or the net effect of the taxes. look. youre either going to ...