the bush-era tax cuts. as pressing as those matters are those aren t the only items the lame duck congress may tackle. the outgoing memorandum krat particular majority led by speaker nancy pelosi in the house may make another attempt to pass the employment nondiscrimination act. this protects gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals in work settings. she wants to take up the d.r.e.a.m. act which allows some i will lying alaliens under the age of 18 to not be deported. a continuing resolution or spend bill which is needed by december 4th to keep under sam in business and the bush-era tax cuts introduced in 2001 and 2003, and as mike emanuel at the white house was explaining set to expire at year s end. the last item, the white house has sought to extend these tax cuts only for individuals and families earning $250,000 a year
a left of center majority led by him that s not a difference exactly. studied in the us we re manager of ford and you said that the s.p.d. still doesn t understand the demands of a globalized world do you still believe that. that s what i do to very global eyes the world has made competitiveness the most decisive factor in how we behave for example trump has cut corporate taxes we have a higher corporate tax rate in germany so then germany immediately wonders if it needs to follow suit with all the competitive conditions in the world to determine agenda and that s a premise we need to accept that we can t keep saying that there are no inherent factual constraints as the s.p.d. is always saying. of course there are and we need to deal with them constructively . when the s.p.d. finally acknowledge is the link between competition the market and freedom which
use lame-duck sessions of congress to try to pass tame legislation but democrats have one more opportunity to exercise their majority in the house. so this year we could see some more controversial bills coming up for a vote. james rosen is live in washington with more on this, hi, james. reporter: good morning. that sound you re hearing over the partisan din is the clatter of two simultaneously ticking clocks on the federal government s ability to continue operating without funding. the other on the dwindling lifespan of the bush era tax cuts and yet as pressing as those two matters are they are not the only items the lame-duck congress may wind up tackling. let s look at few others. sources tell fox news the outgoing democratic majority led by speaker nancy pelosi may make perennial so the nondiscrimination act. nancy pelosi the house speaker has mused about taking up the dream act. this allows some illegal aliens under 18 to avoid deportation. they could seek to retie