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>> joining me is ben cardin of maryland. >> it's a pleasure. >> you were with the president yesterday. do you think this is the best a, taking it out to the people and using his pen? >> i think the president has a responsibility to explain his program for the american people and he's doing just that. it started with the state of the union address, he came to maryland yesterday in pennsylvania, and today he's traveling to other places. i think this is the right thing for hem to do, to explain how his program would help our economy create good paying jobs. so i'm glad to see he's out in the comm...

Mr. obama called for restoring benefits for the long-term unemployed, expanding job training programs. and he directed the treasury to help american workers create retirement savings accounts. congresswoman kathy mcmorris rogers, the highest ranking republican woman, gave her party's response. >> tonight the president made more promises that sound good. but won't actually solve the problems facing americans. >> reporter: president obama said last night he is committed to making washington work better but his approach, which basically cuts congress out of his game plan, may actually increase th...

And that is why i firmly believe, it's time to give america a raise. >> reporter: and the president's campaign style swing through the american heartland does not stop today. he'll be heading off to wisconsin tomorrow to talk about job training programs, a reforming of job training programs, that he's put vice president joe biden in charge of. then on to nashville, tennessee, after that to talk about upgrading schools. carol, he is very much in campaign style mode right now, trying to sell that state of the union speech and that agenda he has for the coming year. much of it through executive a...

Advancerely on expanding opportunities, making sure that hard work and responsibility is rewarded and opportunity is expanded. >> the white house signalled he is willing to go alone and take unilateral action on issues related to the economy, environment and healthcare if he can't get congress to go along. you see pictures of the president working on his speech in the oval office yesterday. some republican em ins of congress say this shows a degree of quote lawlessness by the president. >> it certainly appears to me when you ignore the constitution i don't like that law i am not going to enfor...

Uranium plants. he did propose spending less overall than john f. kennedy ever had as president. but, you know, the smallness of the size of his budget proposal that year was not for a lack of ambition for what lbj wanted to do. that war on poverty that he declared 50 years ago tomorrow was not just a declared war, it was actually a fought war. as part of the ambitious activist government of lbj and the great society era. that congress that he addressed 50 years ago this week and the next congress, president johnson proposed more than 100 pieces of legislation to each of those congresses that ...