Xavier Becerra
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At the end of the day if someone is driving to polls to vote and has to stop and get gas first, I’m concerned about what they decide
You're thinking, wait a minute, I want to get 20 percent off as much as I can now. Why don't I hold off that investment until next year
It really does crystallize where Republicans are on tax breaks, and I think with the Buffett Rule, it helps better define Democrats as truly trying to do everything possible to target our assistance and our efforts to create jobs at the middle classMore quotes »
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Romney’s ‘Latino problem’ similar to alcoholism, says Rep. Xavier Becerra
A top House Democrat on Friday made an unusual comparison in describing Mitt Romney’s struggle to woo Hispanic voters, arguing that the first step for the former Massachusetts governor, as for an alcoholic, is to acknowledge that he has a problem. House from The Washington Post Read more »
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Democrats talk about cutting entitlements. Republicans don’t talk about raising taxes.
The line you often hear in Washington is that Republicans won’t talk taxes and Democrats won’t talk entitlements. The two parties, the thinking goes, are similarly irresponsible, albeit on opposite sides of the budget. (Ramin Talaie - Bloomberg) But at t from The Washington Post Read more »
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Marco Rubio’s foreign policy speech stakes out a middle ground in GOP
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) took another step onto the national stage Wednesday with a foreign policy speech that positioned him squarely in the middle between a dying breed of GOP moderates and his partisan brethren who have condemned President Obama as a from The Washington Post Read more »
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Marco Rubio’s Dream Act alternative a challenge for Obama on illegal immigration
Gaby Pacheco, a vocal immigrant activist, accepted a tantalizing invitation last week from an unlikely source: Republican Sen. Marco Rubio wanted her to help craft a bill that could legalize the children of some illegal immigrants. Two hours later, Pache from The Washington Post Read more »
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Bipartisan Tax Gimmickry
Senate Democrats lost their latest attempt at tax flim-flam on Monday when their 30% minimum tax (the Buffett rule) went down to easy defeat. House Republicans plan to counter as early as today with their own tax gimmick, albeit a business tax cut. They from Wall Street Journal Read more »
