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There's no way that the system is set up, that anyone can enforce it and obama says that he's angry about this. and he is angry. but they were nowhere during the election cycle when tons of groups were getting tax-exempt status that probably were abusing the tax break. >> i wonder, on that practical level, sam, in terms of the folks that are on the front line of the controversy, right, as nick says, probably don't really even know how to interpret or let alone confer the 501(c)4 status. we know that the irs budget was cut by 17%. the groups are mushrooming up around. these are civil servants w...

And factory owners about raising wages for those garment workers. factory owners don't want to do it. they don't want to raise wages. an eu trade commissioner calls this whole system modern slavery. others say working in a clothing factory is the best, only option for women in bangladesh because they have no alternative. in many cases these women have to borrow money to get money from their next paycheck just to make it through so just really low wages. the eu has warned bangladesh to make its factories safer or risk access to the uk market. that's where most of the clothes for bangladesh go. ...

Because they think there's a strong coalition of people who are supporting this. faith groups, unions, labor groups. grover norquist is going to be at the rollout today. there are going to be 12 different groups, so i think that that is what they see as being really a key difference. >> you know, the question is washington, you know, it used to be you could lose some, win some and washington could juggle. the question now is can washington juggle. is it an intense, the intense focus on one issue so it was on guns and we saw what happen, interest groups can prevail on that. does that happen wit...

Without border enforcement. >> bret: if you get agreement of the group of 8 have you hurddles to go through on the committee, on the senate floor and the house before it gets to the president's desk. >> that is true. it sounds -- it's not going to be that it won't be met with great challenge along the way. the way that senator schumer and senator graham described it, republican and democrat this weekend is that all of the substantive issues have been dealt with by the gang of 8. and that the last guest worker, most contentious provision had been worked out between these business and labor grou...

He also prayed for those suffering in syria and here in the holyland. meanwhile, protestants and catholics celebrated easter in jerusalem with services at the church, the site where christians believe jesus was crucified, buried and resurrected. in iraq, christians flocked to churches amidded extremely tight security. several hundred catholics wore worshiped at saint joseph's church in baghdad. >> harris: news of progress toward a deal. one senator, republican marco rubio is warning any kind of history making agreement is premature. we are are learning there is a marriage compromise between bu...