Reasons. And it is quite entirely possible that the fourth one may have second thoughts down the road. But anyway, thats the way it is. I have changed my party label but i have not changed my beliefs. Indeed my decision is about affirming the principles that have shaped my careers. I hope that the people of vermont will understand it. I hope in time that my colleagues will as well. I am confident that it is the right decision. What do you say to those people who only six months ago [inaudible] [cheers and applause] so what do you say to them . I understand. And im sorry that i have no expectation [inaudible] i was not Campaign Chairman but thats a small point. I believed at the time and had hoped at the time that those of us that are moderates of the party not just myself, and i speak imse sure for many moderates of the party, who had high hope when the president spoke of education and when he gave his dedication to education that we would be able to follow him. And i praise the presid
The work opportunity tax credit expired. Why not extend that, not only to those groups who qualify now but also to people who have been unemployed for a long time, to encourage employers to take a advance on them, to bring them into the back into the work force where they want to be. We could also include other provisions. For example, i have a bipartisan bill with senator donnelly and senator manchin and members on my side of the aisle that would fix the definition of fulltime work under obamacare so that it would be 40 hours a week and not 30 hours a week. We would go back to the standard definition of 40 hours a week. There are tax incentives having to do with bonus depreciation and Small Business expensing that would encourage Small Businesses to make the investments so that they can hire more employees. Madam president , we ought to have a full debate on all of these options, not just stop with one vote on whether or not to proceed to one bill to raise the minimum wage to 10. 10 w
The several thousand attending at the correspondents listen to president obama and entertainer joel mchale. The president of the united states. [applause] thank you. Hank you so much thank you very much. Thank u so much. Everyone, have a seat. Before i get started, can we get the new president ial set up out here . [laughter] worked before. [laughter] that is more like it. It is great to be back. What a year, huh . I usually start these dinners with a few selfdeprecating jokes. After my stellar 2013, what can i possibly talk about . [laughter] it last year was rough. Sheesh. [laughter] bad,e point, things got so the 47 called mitt romney to apologize. [laughter] of course, we rolled out healthcare. Gov. That could have gone better. [laughter] in 2008, my slogan was yes, we can. 2013, my slogan was control, alt, delete. [laughter] on the plus side, they did turn the launch of healthcare. Gov into the years biggest movies. [laughter] but rather than dwell on the past and i would like to
Transferring the funds to youth and social service programs. All of this despite a rise in Violent Crimes across new york city. Good morning everyone, im sandra smith. The boat to get the budget from the nations Largest Police force came just after midnight, but occupy city hall protesters say it does not go far enough, reaction now from both sides. These are real changes and i stand by what we were able to accomplish. Making cuts to appease a fraction of new yorkers and i understand the politics of that, but we are also making these cuts to continue this false propagation that Police Officers are the greatest danger to the public. Aishah hasnie reporting live from new york city. Good morning torres and sandra. The vote came and went and protesters are still here. You can see that nothing has changed, the only changes the bicycle barriers on the side of the park are gone. We saw protesters moving them out into the streets and now protesters weve even seen standing along the sidewalk. W
Somebody that has done a really good job for us the gop chairman man. [cheers and applause] how are we doing . Doing great, sir. I think we are doing great. I also want to thank a legendary champion and green bay packer halloffamer bret favre for his indorsement. He is a tough guy and great. 2 days ago i saw that he endorsed me. I want to thank him. He is a hell of a champion. [cheers and applause] a great champion. I look at some of his records. You dont realize it, but passing yards and touchdowns. Tough as hell and really talented. Thank you very much. For decades our politicians spent trillion dollars rebuilding foreign nations. Now we are rebuilding our nation. [cheers and applause] i sended the nafta nightmare and replaced it with a brand new usmca. Just think about it. I only ran because of them. I said that during the debate. Joe, you never thought of this. I ran because of you people because you did such a bad job. He had no response to that. [laughing]. With the usmca our dai