Supercommittee member Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) talks about Democratic demands during the supercommittee negotiations. He says they wouldn’t budge from their demand to increase taxes by a trillion dollars. (0:17)
Senator Pat Toomey, democrats, super committee in Audio Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) told the Heritage Foundation Tesday that he believes Democrats in the Supercommittee found it difficult to break from the left wing of their party. (0:26)
Senator Pat Toomey, democrats, super committee in Audio Tony Perkins, President of the Family Research Council, says that, despite its ‘super’ failure, the congressional super committee did succeed in showing the ideological divide between Republicans and Democrats. (0:17)
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says Thursday that if President Obama and congressional Democrats had not passed the 2009 Recovery Act, unemployment would be at 15%. (0:13)
Nancy Pelosi, Recovery Act, democrats, unemployment in Audio Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) urged Republican Senators to support legislation that would help states employ teachers instead of focusing on the tax increase it would impose on millionaires. (0:27)
Charles Schumer, democrats, education, jobs plan, millionairs, republicans, tax increase in Audio Rep. John Larson (D-CT) told reporters Tuesday that he believed the President’s job plan could pass the GOP controlled House since it has bipartisan support. (0:33)
New Hampshire State Rep. David Watters (D-N.H.) criticizes Republican leaders for opposing the extension of a payroll tax cut, noting that under their own logic, letting the cut expire would amount to a tax increase. (0:35)
democrats, middle class, republicans, tax increase in Audio Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) says Republicans are trying to short change American’s seniors. (0:34)
Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told reporters at a news conference Tuesday that Democrats will not let the Ryan plan, or a minature version of it, pass through the Senate. (0:53)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) argued that Republicans are burdening seniors by reforming the Medicare system while simultaneously helping the oil industry and the wealthy. (00:44)
Medicare reform, democrats, seniors in Audio Senator John Thune (R-SD) says that Democrats are trying to reward themselves with the Omnibus bill’s excessive spending and that it straddles future generations with debt. (0:18)
John Thune, democrats, omnibus in Audio U.S. Virgin Islands delegate Donna Christensen says Democrats know how the new tax-cuts deal would disturb the party’s performance in economic recovery. (0:27)
Dnna Christensen, democrats, tax-cuts deal in Audio Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) says Democrats will focus on creating jobs in the next two years while the Republicans will focus on defeating the President. (0:23)
Patty Murray, democrats, republicans in Audio Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) says it is time for Republicans to step up and start working with Democrats. (0:11)
democrats, reid, republicans in Audio Following a caucus meeting, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Thursday that the Democrats must protect the middle class because the Republicans will not. (0:17)
democrats, harry reid, middle class, republicans in Audio Texas Governor Rick Perry (R) reminds an audience at the Heritage Foundation in Washington D.C. Monday that voter frustration with the government is bipartisan and includes Republicans as much as Democrats who support ineffective governmental programs. (0:33)
Rick Perry, democrats, republicans in Audio Carroll Doherty, an associate director at the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, says that while some Democrats have become uneasy with off-shore drilling following the Gulf Coast oil spill, Republicans have been committed to the notion of “drill, baby, drill.” (0:29)
democrats, drilling, midterm, republican in Audio Senior Election Analyst at CQ Roll Call Bob Benenson says when most Americans say they support compromise between Democrats and Republicans, they’re really waiting for the opposite party to give way. (0:14)
Midterms 2010, compromise, democrats, republicans in Audio Terry McAuliffe, former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, feels the policies of the Tea Party were enough to get them through the primaries but will not hold them up in the midterm elections. (0:37)
November elections, Tea Party, democrats in Audio With the November elections just around the corner, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) outlines the differences between the Democrats and the Republicans. (0:31)
