more they produce, and the more they produce, the more people they hire, and that means more jobs. nor democrats are now breaking with president obama and the debate over extending tax cuts. the central issue, whether to extend the bush tax cuts for everyone or just the middle class. just moments ago, the top republican called for an all-or-nothing vote. the american people are not going to accept anything less than the vote that they deserve. the speaker should pledge to the american people and when she stands before these cameras later today, she ought to pledge that there will be an honest up or down vote on stopping all of the coming tax cuts. anything less than that is unacceptable. if the speaker allows an up or down vote, i m confident that the american people will not see increases in their tacks. dana bash joining us live from capitol hill now.
settlers living in the we have bank. every government has asked israel to settle this for decades but settlers control 42% of land in the west bank. most experts believe a land swap is possible but there s another complicating factor. since 2002, israel has been building this, what it calls its security barrier, originally intended to keep palestinian suicide bombers out of israel. palestinians have another term for it. they call it the apartheid separation wall and they think it s a land grab. a united nations report says 85% of it is built on palestinian lands. it s tricky for both sides to talk about borders when this war has effectively drawn out its own border no matter how temporary. another contentious issue, the try of return. hundreds of thousands of palestinians were displaced in
that, democratic pollster dan greenberg has been pushing a poll that says among independent voters, those that they are most concerned about that this issue is the top one to try to hit this harder and harder to get those independent voters back. appreciate it. thank you so much. your next political update in an hour and for the latest political news, you know where to go, cnnpolitics.com. remote keyless entry and turn-by-turn navigation available in every model. so it must be hard for you to hear autoweek.com say our interior raises the small-car bar. if you want to talk about it, call me. that is you know when you get home. since you don t have bluetooth in every model. the all new chevrolet cruze. starting under $17,000. get used to more. it was a real shock. i remember being at the hospital thinking,
reporter: this has nothing to do with hanging chads. this is something else. it has to do with florida governor charlie crist and a problem he has on the ballot as he tries to become the next senator for florida. he will have to be nine out of ten on the ballot because he is not part of any party and unaffiliated dowthere. those are the rules. if you are on the ballot, it depends on when you file. he admitted it is an issue for him in getting votes. lastly, the third item, obviously, the big debate is what to do about expiring tax cuts. what is the american people think? there is a new new york times/cbs news poll out saying 53% of americans say they do agree with democrats that you should just let the tax cuts for the wealthiest americans expire. 38% say that s a bad idea. so, for the most part, they have the majority on their side, democrats, but one side note