Fortunately, in February a number of our Republican colleagues, after a great deal of foot dragging and creating an unnecessary crisis for too many of our families, joined with us as Democrats in maintaining emergency unemployment benefits throughout the rest of 2012.
Doggett acknowledges bipartisan support for extending unemployment benefits despite previous delays.
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I think rather than some tests here or there, what I'd like to see is the President out actively engaging with journalists like you, answering the tough questions, demonstrating that he doesn't need a teleprompter.
Mr. President, please look at what's happened, recognize that the reality out there may not be the same thing you're hearing from the circle of your closest friends and family and consider putting our country first.
Indeed, the 55 large, profitable corporations--55 large corporations paid no tax whatsoever in 2018.
They also spend a lot of time defending corporations that like to hide their profits on American sales in foreign tax havens.
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