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Obsession he has with raising taxes and lets engage in a real conversation about how to bring the debt under control and more importantly, about growing our economy rapidly because thats the only way were going to create the jobs we need and bring our debt down. >> steve: all right. senator, were going to put up on the screen a list of the presidents agenda. hed like to -- im going to start with the second one, expand preschool programs. hed like $40 billion toward infrastructure, shovel ready s...

Most states are winer take all in the electoral college. republicans look at interrupts in seven battleground states a wondering if the states should consider divided electoral college votes by congressional district. you win that district, you get an electoral veg vote. if that had been the case in 2019, republican romney would have picked up enough votes in these states to win the white house. a former michigan republican party chairman supports the idea and says a chance to ensure the populat...

What? lets make it hard for these people. maybe we can cut down that vote. >> thats one of those great underreported stories of the 2012 campaign is the extent to which the people deliberately made it harder for others to vote, which was i thought sort of reprehensible. >> and the federal government, since were talking about practical stuff, can obama, the president, get something done with eric holder and the voting rights people, maybe not historic voting rights like in the 1960s, but can they...

Our workforce rather than expelled from our country. >> theres grievance there, not just rights. people waiting in line. i said this before, i was lucky to be there when south africans first got the vote, all south africans, and they waited for four or five hours and i thought that was unbelievable. and then to watch people in america in this advanced society of democracy having to wait eight hours. it looked like a punitive action by republicans to be blunt about it from state legislatures and ...

Casablanca, i adore bogart. good choice, one of my favorite flicks as well. the tip of the day, earlier today i appeared on the view and as usual, outnumbered by people who see life differently than me. a new wrinkle, tom arnold was on the program, and apparently friday is man day on the view. and the main topic, guns. >> and define the issue, number one, its not going to get to congress, thats not going to happen. >> its not? why. >> too many people in the house, no, i think its a state issue. ...

Casablanca, i adore bogart. good choice, one of my favorite flicks as well. the tip of the day, earlier today i appeared on the view and as usual, outnumbered by people who see life differently than me. a new wrinkle, tom arnold was on the program, and apparently friday is man day on the view. and the main topic, guns. >> and define the issue, number one, its not going to get to congress, thats not going to happen. >> its not? why. >> too many people in the house, no, i think its a state issue. ...

Washington. jenna: part of the priorities they say of the tax force at hand. well see what comes from it. interesting study to take a look at here. this is very much a federal issue but its also a state issue when we talk about gun control and gun laws. we are getting word now that new york governor andrew cuomo is preparing to announce his own set of sweeping gun control measures. >> reporter: governor cuomo thinks there is a role for states to play here. he is going to be one of the first gove...

Constituents. parsing his words kierfully when he was asked about the right to work in february. >> the state legislature in indiana has recently and this is a state issue, taken up right to work. which is a controversial subject, as you know. governor snider, are think any discussions in your state concerning this type of action at the state level? >> it is under discussion. there are a number of legislatolegislator s that are are promoting i made it clear it wasnt on my agenda. right to work i...

Government workers. this is theoretically a less divisive issue. in wisconsin the president stood nearly silent. in michigan the president goes there the day before this mass demonstration and fires up the crowd. that didnt sound like a middle class tax relief outing, that sounded like the president firing up the base ahead of a day of maas demonstrations. alisyn: as you point out, chris, two years ago when this came up with wisconsin, the president basically said thats a state issue. he talked ...

Will end up getting union benefits for free. they claim the real goal is to weaken organized labor. >> these so called right to work laws, they dont have to do with economics. they have everything to do with politics. what theyre really talking about is giving you the right to work for less money. >> this is a state issue. indiana did this under governor mitch daniels a couple years ago. theyve had some job growth since then. we have to compete. my district is along the state line. we have to co...