entile, 67%, more than 2 in 3 favor a mix of spending cuts and tax increases. that s what they say real progress would look like. keeping them honest, though, real progress is one thing, washington progress is another. so far at least, we re seeing much more of the second and the first and we re getting late new word that any progress might be stalled. more on that shortly. first, a good example of washington progress. republican lawmakers standing up in a limited way to a beltway power broker named grover norquist over the 1980s era pledge he pressures to sign. promising not to raise taxes, any taxes, ever. i m not obligated on the pledge, i made tennessee ans aware i am honoring the oath when i m sworn in this january. that s one of the handful of republican lawmakers repudiating the pledge. he joins us shortly. i ll ask him to be more specific about whether that means higher tax rates for high incomes are on the table. something president obama campaigned and won re-el
favor a mix of spending cuts and tax increases. that s what they say real progress would look like. keeping them honest, though, real progress is one thing, washington progress is another. so far at least, we re seeing much more of the second and the first and we re getting late new word that any progress might be stalled. more on that shortly. first, a good example of washington progress. republican lawmakers standing up in a limited way to a beltway power broker named grover norquist over the 1980s era pledge he pressures to sign. promising not to raise taxes, any taxes, ever. i m not obligated on the pledge, i made tennessee ans aware i am honoring the oath when i m sworn in this january. that s one of the handful of republican lawmakers repudiating the pledge. he joins us shortly. i ll ask him to be more specific about whether that means higher tax rates for high incomes are on the table. something president obama campaigned and won re-election on. senator lindsey gra
three favor a mix of spending cuts and tax increases. that s what they say real progress would look like. keeping them honest, though, real progress is one thing, washington progress is another. so far at least we re seeing much more of the second than the first. we re getting late new word that any progress might be stalled. more on that shortly. republican lawmakers standing up in a limited way to a beltway power broker named grover norquist over the 1980s era pledge, he pressures them to sign, promising not to raise taxes. any taxes. ever. i m not obligated on the pledge, i made tennessee ans aware i am honoring the oath i take when i m sworn in this january. that s one of the handful of republican lawmakers repudiating the pledge. he joins us shortly. i ll ask him to be more specific about whether that means higher tax rates for high incomes are on the table. something president obama campaigned and won re-election on. senator lindsey graham also breaking with norquis
we agree that the sixties saw explosive, social change, but the question is, why in the sixties, eric? there are periods in history as far as i can see it when human energy is constructive and seemed to come to the a boil. you were living in a time of incredible economic growth. in theory, thinks have never ever been better. it was a really american norman rockwell vision but there were all kinds of tensions. civil rights movement is the seminil event of the 1960s that ignites so many changes in society. the day had come when racism must be banished. the civil rights movement was incredibly inspiring but at the same time the women in it were not recognized as leaders in the same way that the men were. it said to us if these movements we love still are not equal, then there has to be a woman s movement. the democratic platform promises to work for equal rights for equal pay. i m sure we haven t done enough and [ laughter ] in 1961, president ken
Rep. Jim Walsh said Cowlitz, Lewis and Thurston counties led the way for initiatives — like axing the state s capital gains tax — to make it on 2024 ballots.