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John devoted his career to the labor movement, adding working folks to its ranks and fighting for fair working conditions and fair wages, as the head of the aflcio he was responsible for dozens of unions with millions of working families. family, faith, fidelity to the common good. these are the values that made john sweeney who he is, values at the heart of a labor movement that has helped build the world's greatest middle class. and finally we recognize our last recipient, not simply for the years he spent as our 41st president, we honor george herbert walker bush for service to america that...

Internet coverage in the reach of virtually all americans. you understand the importance of this. the fact is, the chamber of commerce and the aflcio don't agree on a whole lot. tom doon hue and richard trumpka are not facebook friends. [laughter] >> well, maybe. i don't think you are, anyway. >> [laughter] >> i didn't check on this, but -- but they agree on the need to build a 21st century infrastructure. and i want to thank the chamber for pushing congress to make more infrastructure investments, and to do so in the most cost-effective way possible. with tax dollars that leverage private cap...

Hear -- have you heard if he's his birthday with his family? >> reporter: white house aides are saying this is much ado about nothing. the first lady's in spain for a little mini vacation with sasha. malia's off at camp. president celebrating alone but not really. he's going to have a quiet dinner with friends in chicago later on. and also on sunday they're putting together a hush-hush party for the president. it's going to be a tight list. senior staff, close friends and family. by then, the first lady will be back. they'll reunite by the weekend. they'll have a little birthday bash. the pres...

That subcommittee and i'll be there if there's a hearing indeed on april 21st to express my outrage. these same companies, along with the business round table, the u.s. chamber of commerce and aflcio wrote a letter over a year ago to president obama and to the leadership of the democratic party, nancy pelosi and henry max man, where the bill originated. hr 3200. they know these concerns were expressed over a year ago. >> neil: very good point. i want to emphasize that. we were trying to indicate that as well, that this wasn't new found political protests. a lot of these companies, at&t chief a...

In as a u.s. senator. governor patrick has certified the the election. for more on this, let's go to luke on capitol hill. do we know what brown's big priority is coming to capitol hill? >> reporter: well, he was supposed to be here up on february 11th. that was the original confirmation date. republicans try to move that earlier to today. the main reason they want scott brown's 41st vote, specifically for confirmation fights. the one they're talking about right now is craig becker. he's the general counselor for the sciu and aflcio. he's appointed by president obama to the national labor rela...