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And i have talked about forever is the position that the vast majority of the american people support. they understand large corporations are seeing record breaking profits and yet, one out of four profitable corporations pays zero in taxes. losing $100 billion a year from these corporations and wealthy individuals offshoring their profits in the cayman islands and bermuda. do you think there's any state where people would want to cut medicare, medicaid or close those loopholes? >> what you're saying the basic stuff. where's the president? why would he consider this? >> well, we chatted about ...

First! aflcio president is confident the president will keep his commitment to the current tax rates for the middle class. >> the president led with that notion of protecting the middle class, and now you have republicans that have it in their power. they could sign a bill tomorrow that protects the middle class, and we'll see what they do. are we going to push them on that? without a doubt we're going to push them on that. are we going to collectively stand up and make sure that workers get a fair shake in all of this? absolutely, we are. do we believe that the president is committed to that ...

The congressional calendar for the rest of the year. i want that schedule. that means this congress, which has done arguably little in the past 20 months now has 16 days to get over the gridlock. congressional leaders will start h hammering out a way forward. the the president has already met today with labor leaders and aflcio president had this to say when leaving the white house. >> we're very, very committed to making sure that the middle class and workers don't end up paying the tab for a party that we didn't get to go to. and the president is committed to that as well. >> we start today ...

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