this past weekend, pretty busy weekend, christmas sales are on. congress repealed don t ask, don t tell. the president signed yep. the president signed the big tax cut extension. so if you re a gay soldier who is also a millionaire looking to use your tax break money to go christmas shopping, this is the best week of your life! exactly. and also today, a key vote for the s.t.a.r.t. nuclear treaty. the white house has been working the phones to rally support for the measure that could limit the nuclear arsenals of both the u.s. and russia. paul steinhauser standing by the cnnpolitics.com desk. i hear you re about to unveil some new cnn poll numbers. right here, right now, just live. let s look at this. live, this is cnn opinion research corporation is the national survey. and we asked that question. do you think the senate should
but that was not justification, at least in my opinion, for a foreclosure and an eviction. but now she s on the street or in rental housing and she lost her house. and she s just one of many where they processed the foreclosure at the same time, the so-called dual track that they were doing a modification. they kept leading people on o, often completely without justification saying they were going to get a modification and then threw them out to the curb. this is the kind of just very strange and non-transparent procedures that seem to be typical of bank of america. you can catch parker/spitzer 8:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn. democrats in the senate plan to take up a health care bill for sick 9/11 rescue workers. in the past 48 hours, they have retooled that measure to gain republican support. and the president and his pen, going to be busy. expected to sign don t ask, don t tell tomorrow.
six days tha la sixths. the ayes appear to have it. reporter: after november mid-term elections, describby president obama shellacking, democrats laut an aggressive agenda for the remaining days they controlled boa. the white house was o congress could work its way through the lengthy to-do list. the president thinks hat the pdinrnmeing inks hat unemplont ianc extensions, don t ask, don t tell repeal, the dream act, tax cuts, and s.t.a.r.t. all can be done in the next 18 days? yes. reporter: it took more than 18 days. but the house and senate checked off several big-ticket agenda items. including the repeal of don t ask, don t tell. the first step in lifting the ban on gays serving in the military. passing a tax cut bill that extended unemployment benefits. and approving sweeping new regulations designed to prevent outbreaks of tainted food. i think we re very proud what we ve accomplished the last two or three weeks. reporter: the white house isn t taking a victory lap
but 17-year ban on gay troops serving openly in the military won t end immediately. the law only changes once the pentagon proves to congress that the military has met several requirements including troop education programs. and the pentagon saying only it s moving forward at a deliberate pace. you can catch the president signing the don t ask, don t tell repeal tomorrow morning right here in the cnn newsroom 9:15 eastern time. exit stage left. wikileaks founder julian assange does it again. our jeannie moos takes a look at interview walk-offs to remember. to the morning bowl of cereal. and to lactaid® milk. easy to digest and with all the calcium and vitamin d of regular milk. [ female announcer ] lactaid®. the original lactose-free milk.
phones on monday, targeting republican senators in order to round up those final votes. rob and vinita? president obama is expected to sign the repeal of don t ask, don t tell tomorrow. it will take several months for the policy to take effect. in the meantime, the military is figuring out how it will implement the new rules allowing gays to serve openly. the first results from this year s census will be released today. and the government counted 308 million americans. that s the result of only modest population gains in the last decade. the census is also expected to show migration continues to the south and to the west. texas could gain four congressional seats, while new york and ohio could actually lose some. california is bracing for another hard hit of an intense pacific storm system. heavy rain is expected from one end of the state to the other, falling on already-saturated ground. storm barriers and debris basins may not be enough to protect neighborhoods from mudslides t