of congress who are here today. we could not have done it without them. and they should be proud of what they ve done. they should be proud of what they ve done. [ applause ] president obama and vice president biden today celebrating the success of the most hard-fought policy victory for democrats in decades. telling congressional democrats they ought to be proud of what they have done to get this done. the white house saying congressional democrats did the very hard work of passing health reform in the president s first term. and the political capital that that achievement cost them cost them at the ballot box in the first midterm election in 2010. the democrats took a big political risk to get this policy done, and they did pay a political price for it. well, now it is the next midterm election of the obama era. and the gerrymandered map that determines control of the house and pattern of terms and retirements in the senate means this election is likely to be another steep climb fo
dick durbin and all the members of congress who are here today. we could not have done it without them. and they should be proud of what they ve done. they should be proud of what they ve done. [ applause ] president obama and vice president biden today celebrating the success of the most hard-fought policy victory for democrats in decades. telling congressional democrats they ought to be proud of what they have done to get this done. the white house saying congressional democrats did the very hard work of passing health reform in the president s first term. and the political capital that that achievement cost them cost them at the ballot box in the first midterm election in 2010. the democrats took a big political risk to get this policy done, and they did pay a political price for it. well, now it is the next midterm election of the obama era. and the gerrymandered map that determines control of the house and the pattern of terps and retirements in the senate means this election is
thousands to raise a child. an extra $1500 back in taxes isn t going to pay for the kids but it s going to reduce that penalty that is imposed on parents and really targets the funding to the middle class who are struggling with kids. it s so expensive to raise kids. quickly is it smart politically to be focusing on the middle class? that will attract more voters for the gop where they are fairly weak. i think last time there s too much emphasis on entrepreneurs which are drive our economy, but not enough talk about middle class, middle class tax cuts. that s where republicans are trying to win on this as well as a policy victory. always good to talk to you. thanks, john. we re following deepening tensions in ukraine as russia extends its hold. u.s. is weighing sanctions. who will win this game t white house or the kremlin?
called the professional left. he doesn t care about these advocacy groups. this is a legacy issue for him. he wants to get a big piece of legislation on his desk this term. even if it is sort of half a loaf on immigration, he ll sign it. does a policy victory for the the president and legacy victory for the president what s the political impact. organized labor doesn t matter as much as it used to but in a mid-term election year it is all for the base. he s going to say the president just took fool s gold? it is also the president s staffers. i was at a breakfast this week with an advisor who said we need a pathway to citizenship. jay carney said the same thing but the president is out there. president himself has said it in the past. he s actually splitting with himself. as a policy matter, you could say this bill creates a legal framework for these people to get some kind of status, green card, but it doesn t actually
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