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Twenty-one centrist Democratic lawmakers raised concerns about the provision, which banks have fought to keep out of the social policy package. Meanwhile, the White House made no explicit mention of it in a draft summary of the bill.

equality, a federal appeals court has struck down the defense of marriage act following a lawsuit by the state of massachusetts and others. >> it is unconstitutional for the federal government to create a system of first and second class marriages and it does harm to massachusetts and families of massachusetts every day. >> all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. im amy goodman. a federal appeals court has struck down the de...

court has struck down the defense of marriage act following a lawsuit by the state of massachusetts and others. >> it is unconstitutional for the federal government to create a system of first and second class marriages and it does harm to massachusetts and families of massachusetts every day. >> all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. im amy goodman. a federal appeals court has struck down the defense america act, known as ...

>> tonight on frontline... for 30 years, americans have played a game with the banks, with the banks holding all the cards. >> changing the terms, raising interest rates, changing the rules of the games. >> consumers use plastic for 100,000 transactions a minute. it has produced billions in profits, and nearly a trillion dollars in debt. >> americans people simply cannot pay back the level of debt that has grown over the last 30 years. >> and the credit card industry even played a hand...

>> tonight on frontline... for 30 years, americans have played a game with the banks, with the banks holding all the cards. >> changing the terms, raising interest rates, changing the rules of the games. >> consumers use plastic for 100,000 transactions a minute. it has produced billions in profits, and nearly a trillion dollars in debt. >> americans people simply cannot pay back the level of debt that has grown over the last 30 years. >> and the credit card industry even played a hand...

today. initially investors were expecting the fed to do something. >> something concrete. >> quantitative easing, right. the fed did not announce that and by the end of the day, investors realized the best thing to do is to keep interest rates low until we saw the 430- point update. >> reporter: were -- . >> were look at the statement from the federal reserve. a lot of people called this unprecedented y? >> its unprecedented because everything is negative, they talk about flowing, flat...

this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening everyone. were less than a week away from president obamas deadline for raising the debt ceiling. tom, today the president said he and republican lawmakers were "making progress" after a series of weekend meetings. >> tom: susie, with the clock ticking, these are the latest developments. as we know, the leader of the senate says the chamber will ...

this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening everyone. were less than a week away from president obamas deadline for raising the debt ceiling. tom, today the president said he and republican lawmakers were "making progress" after a series of weekend meetings. >> tom: susie, with the clock ticking, these are the latest developments. as we know, the leader of the senate says the chamber will ...

this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening everyone. were less than a week away from president obamas deadline for raising the debt ceiling. tom, today the president said he and republican lawmakers were "making progress" after a series of weekend meetings. >> tom: susie, with the clock ticking, these are the latest developments. as we know, the leader of the senate says the chamber will ...

this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening everyone. were less than a week away from president obamas deadline for raising the debt ceiling. tom, today the president said he and republican lawmakers were "making progress" after a series of weekend meetings. >> tom: susie, with the clock ticking, these are the latest developments. as we know, the leader of the senate says the chamber will ...