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Give them a raise. There are steps we can take to help families make ends meet. Fewer are more effected than the earned income tax credit. Right now, it helps about half of all parents at some point. Think about that. It helps about half of all parents in america at some point in their lives. But i agree with republicans like senator rubio that it doesnt do enough for single workers who dont have kids. Lets do more to help americans get ahead. Lets help americans save for retirement. Today, most americans dont have a pension. Social Security Check often isnt enough on its own. And while the st...

Inside. It has not been a good year for the president. In the last state of the Union President obama called on congress for an increase in the minimum wage. He didnt get it, and today he announced he was sidestepping congress to get the minimum wage increase for some federal workers. Immigration reform went nowhere. Gun control measures stalled. The president wauxz into the chamber for the First Time Since the 17day Government Shutdown centered around his Signature Health care law. The same bitterly divided donothing congress were just 72 laws passed in all of 2013. We have an allstar panel j...

July 20th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this saturday morning. We are here with jenna wolfe. Lester is on assignment and erika is off. Im the lucky one. Where was it warmer, california or new york . Its been so hot here. I dont know how you have been dealing with the heat. No problem. I had a softball game yesterday at noon. It was unbelievable. I never thought we would make it through, but we won. At the airport, 101 degrees the pilot announced t. Waves came through the airplane. I w...

Campaign fundraising case, and there was alito with that outburst from the second row of the well of the house. Their about to introduce members of the cabinet. There will be one member who is not there tonight, the energy secretary, he is at an undisclosed hoax, as tradition would have it. Theres the first lady coming into the first ladys box. [ applause ] john, of course its a very interesting selection of guests that theyve taken for the first the ladys box with dr. Jill biden and valerie jarrett, the confidante to the president and first lady. Heroes from the Boston Marathon bombing, that ...

Nation on earth. The question for everyone in this chamber, running through every decision we make this year is whether we are going to help or hinder this progress. For several years now, this town has been consumed by an argument over the proper size of the federal government. Its an important debate. One that dates back to our very founding. When that debate prevents us from carrying out even the most basic functions of our democracy, when our differences shut down government or threaten the full faith and credit of the United States, then we are not doing right by the american eople. Now a...