playing field in the republican primary. rick santorum would not be in this race. he is keeping him in the game and keeping his message out, there s an argument to be made that this is leveling the playing field. whether it s good or bad to your point bill go ahead. i think that he has made a point about how the super pacs have made a large impact. but they are not just keeping gingrich and santorum in the gang. if it was not for romney s super pac he would not have been in in position that he is now. but for 20,000 votes between michigan and ohio, santorum would be the nominee right now. i think you have to say the person that is benefitting the most from super pacs, it s undoubtedly mitt romney. it has ended up that way, but it did not start out that way. and as governor rendell said, if you get to a threshold and it
for by a 5.6% surtax only on personal incomes over $1 million. a tax that would apply to .1% of the population. joining me now is senator barbara boxer of california. chairwoman of the environment and public works committee. thank you very much for joining me tonight, senator. thank you for inviting me, lawrence. senator, this is one of those nights in the senate where a majority is not enough and a majority voted for 99% of the people out there but there was enough of a protection vote from republicans on that top .1% of the people not allowing any taxation, anymore taxation on incomes over $1 million. where does the bill go from here? let me first just say i have to say this, that it is really a sad situation. when everyone in america, almost everyone says the biggest issue
personal incomes over $1 million. a tax that would apply to .1% of the population. joining me now is senator barbara boxer of california. chairwoman of the environment and public works committee. thank you very much for joining me tonight, senator. thank you for inviting me, lawrence. senator, this is one of those nights in the senate where a majority is not enough and a majority voted for 99% of the people out there but there was enough of a protection vote from republicans on that top .1% of the people not allowing any taxation, anymore taxation on incomes over $1 million. where does the bill go from here? let me first just say i have to say this, that it is really a sad situation. when everyone in america, almost everyone says the biggest issue was jobs and all we were asking for is the ability for a
a tax that would apply to .1% of the population. joining me now is senator barbara boxer of california. chairwoman of the environment and public works committee. thank you very much for joining me tonight, senator. thank you for inviting me, lawrence. senator, this is one of those nights in the senate where a majority is not enough and a majority voted for 99% of the people out there but there was enough of a protection vote from republicans on that top .1% of the people not allowing any taxation, anymore taxation on incomes over $1 million. where does the bill go from here? let me first just say i have to say this, that it is really a sad situation. when everyone in america, almost everyone says the biggest issue was jobs and all we were asking for is the ability for a majority of the united states senate to vote to simply take up
respondent for the examiner and she joins us now. that is the next question, where does this bill go and what does the timeline for it look like. hi jenna. i know the president talked about the bill passing right away, but there are things that have to happen first. the speaker of the republican-controlled house, john boehner, just put out a statement moments ago saying he welcomed the president s bill when it arrives later today but he wants to know how much it s going to cost. that means that the congressional budget office is going to have to score it, in other words, it s going to have to go through it line by line to see how much it s going to cost. at that point, once it s broken down, you re going to see a lot of debate about the bill, people are going to perhaps want it to move through various committees to see if they want to amend it or make changes to the bill. this could be time consuming, so i don t think you re going to see any immediate action right away on what the pr