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going so far as to say the extra time the president is giving religious organizations to come apply is a slap in the face. >> that may actually be almost the most offensive part of this whole idea. the religious institutions you have to do things that are contrary to your faith principles and by the way, were going to give you a year to figure out how to accommodate that change in your faith principles. >> but todays award for golden hyperbole may wrong in rick santorum. he addressed t...

leaders excode those sentiments going so far as to say the extra time the president is giving religious organizations to come apply is a slap in the face. >> that may actually be almost the most offensive part of this whole idea. the religious institutions you have to do things that are contrary to your faith principles and by the way, were going to give you a year to figure out how to accommodate that change in your faith principles. >> but todays award for golden hyperbole may wrong ...

District elected the president. there has to be some mutual respect here if were going to make any progress. essentially you try to channel anger is very destructive to solving political challenges. >> warren buffetts secretary will be a special guest tonight of the first lady. thats clearly designed to make a point. >> it is designed to make a point. we try to make points. but the bottom line is, we have to make progress. and thats the job that we have to do. i hope we dont write off a year jus...

who has built his reputation on a head to head conflict with the president, tea party freshman. >> great to be with you. >> given that you were somewhat disrespect in not attending the presidents speech to a joints session of congress last september, i have to ask will you be attending this evening? >> yeah. this is a state of the union address. as we do it in modern times, the president comes before us. ill be there. the jobs speech he made wasnt a state of the union. i will be there,...

>> great to be with you. >> given that you were somewhat disrespect in not attending the presidents speech to a joints session of congress last september, i have to ask will you be attending this evening? >> yeah. this is a state of the union address. as we do it in modern times, the president comes before us. ill be there. the jobs speech he made wasnt a state of the union. i will be there, and i will listen. >> excellent. im sure your constituents will be glad of that. i believe your...

Were continuing to see unacceptable levels of violence inside that country, and, so, we will continue to consult closely with jordan to create the international pressure that encourages the current to step aside. >> that was president obama today with jordans king abdullah. representative peter welsh is a democrat from vermont. he joins us live from washington. good afternoon, sir. >> hi, martin. >> having just visited the region with other colleagues, is the president right in asserting that re...

and mitt romney fending off his rivals to remain at the front of the pack after last nights 16th gop debate. its clear that romneys got a spring in his step today on the campaign trail, and no wonder, the multimillionaire who recently claimed that he feared a pink slip says hes paying a lower tax rate than most americans. >> whats the effective rate ive been paying? probably closer to the 15% rate than anything because my last ten years, ive -- my income comes overwhelmingly from inves...

spring in his step today on the campaign trail, and no wonder, the multimillionaire who recently claimed that he feared a pink slip says hes paying a lower tax rate than most americans. >> whats the effective rate ive been paying? probably closer to the 15% rate than anything because my last ten years, ive -- my income comes overwhelmingly from investments made in the past from ordinary income or earned income. i get a bit of income from my book, but i gave that away and i get speakers...

Of help for the average person? >> indeed. congressman peter welsh from verlt. thank you for joining us. coming you, the trump card is played in todays top lines. >> they want me to announce that i wont run as an independent candidate. and i wont do that. because if the republicans picked the wrong person, i would in fact seriously consider running. ♪

Measure to extend the tax holiday that loaded it with cuts and jobless benefits and approval of the controversial key stone pipeline project. with the government shut down looming, things turned nasty between two men who were supposed to be the leaders of that dysfunctional body. >> i think that everyone can see very clearly that my friends on the other side of the aisle obviously want to have the government shut down. >> if the majority leader is convinced that the house passed bill is doa, why...