Debate. it must be taken as what it is. a compromise between existing poles. so howard fineman, is tomorrow s budget from the president just a final compromise? i m trying to remember where those poles are positioned. i think that jared bernstein is wrong in this case and i think he is a very smart guy. he is an economist though. while he might know a lot about politics, i think the president s budget is realistically basically the perimeter of realistic democratic proposals. and as such, i think it is off the mark. not only as a piece of political strategy but as a piece of economics as well. the statistics over the weekend about the work force, the fact that we now have the lowest work force participation rate since 1979 should indicate to some people that there should be more in this budget in terms of
Connecticut governor dan malloy. then, north korea reportedly moves medium-range missile launchers to its east coast. the u.s. sends military assets to the region while north korea s neighbor and ally, china, expresses grave concern. former ambassador to china jon huntsman weighs in on tensions in the korean peninsula. plus, immigration reform, the house version. two key members working on a compromise tell us what they ve got and how it jives or doesn t with senate efforts. and our political panel on the reemergence of hillary clinton, private citizen, the emerges obama budget and why there is no emergence of jobs. i m candy crowley and this is state of the union. with some of the parents of sandy hook looking on the connecticut governor enacted some of the toughest gun laws in the country this week, that includes the addition of more than 100 weapons to the state assault weapons ban including
Then, north korea reportedly moves medium-range missile launchers to its east coast. the u.s. sends military assets to the region while north korea s neighbor and ally, china, expresses grave concern. former ambassador to china jon huntsman weighs in on tensions in the korean peninsula. plus, immigration reform, the house version. two key members working on a compromise tell us what they ve got and how it jives or doesn t with senate efforts. and our political panel on the reemergence of hillary clinton, private citizen, the emerging obama budget and why there is no emergence of jobs. i m candy crowley and this is state of the union. with some of the parents of sandy hook looking on the connecticut governor enacted some of the toughest gun laws in the country this week, that includes the addition of more than 100 weapons to the state assault weapons ban including the bushmaster, one of the guns used at sandy hook. it bans the sales of magazines
Into turn a medicare into voucher program and enact the romney economic plan. house speaker byner heard the reports of the obama budget flatly rejected it because he he is says it cawmtion for new taxes. i m not going to go average lo wng that rkts have some pineller with teivet reduction. does the president think he can go around the leadership of house republicans, senate republicans, go around the leadership and deal with the rank and file members and get some of them to support him on the budget? well, what we are looking for is what the president calls a caucus of common sense. folks who are willing to compromise who understand that in divided government, both sides aren t going to to get everything they want. there have been some willing partners in the senate republican caucus. and we have had some good conversation with them. there is a lot of work to do before we get there i would say to speaker boehner s statement. if you are looking to the
Includes more than $600 billion and in addition to the tobacco tax, capped tax deductions claimed by the wealthy at 28%. by the way, that idea has been in every single obama budget and has never made it into law. also put a $3 million limit on tax deferred retirement accounts. allow beneficiaries to receive and the president s saving through spending cuts. in the white house that adds up to $4.3 trillion in total deficit reduction since 2010. the republican leaders in the senate and the house, speaker boehner and mitch mcconnell have made it clear, revenues are a sticking point. the president understands we have some long-term spending that we need to deal with. but, he s going to hold hostage the fact that he wants to raise taxes on the american people, again.