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A famous claim... is that the GOP Congress has "given Obama everything he wants." It is utter nonsense. Here is a partial list of items Mr. Obama has requested from Congress since the GOP took the House back in 2010: -- The American Jobs Act -- The Paycheck Fairness Act -- An increase in the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour -- An array of gun control measures -- Universal pre-kindergarten education -- A week's paid sick leave for all -- Higher tax rates on the rich -- A new minimum tax on multinational companies -- Overhaul and expansion of...

.....[BIG snip]..... .....“But what about President Obama’s explicit promise that if you like your insurance you can keep it?” [Hume] continued. “He later amended that to the government is not going to make you change plans. But that’s not true either because the government has made many lower cost plans illegal. Emanuel and others argue such plans were a rip-off and people should have better ones. But better in whose opinion? Why the government’s of course. And never mind the president’s repeated promise it would never come to this. A promise the very design of Obamacare made impossible to keep....

On “The O’Reilly Factor” Monday night, Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume explained how conservative radio talk show hosts like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Mark Levin can cause serious problems for the GOP. “I’m not sure you’d say they’re calling the shots, but make no mistake about it, Bill — some of these radio talk show hosts have real influence,” Hume said. “They have a huge following particularly in very conservative areas where they are most popular and where the many members of Congress who inhabit those areas are not worried about getting reelected if they can get...

FOX ANCHOR: Obama's DOJ 'Reminds Me Of Nixon's Justice Department' Noah Davis Jul. 11, 2011, 2:57 PM Brit Hume is launching bombs at the Obama administration. His latest: Comparing the current Department of Justice to the corruption-filled Nixon Justice Department. The anchor made his comments when discussing the government's response to Operation Fast and Furious. "This Obama Justice Department reminds me of nothing so much as the Nixon Justice Department,” he said. “You have the scent of high-level knowledge of serious wrongdoing and you have the smell of cover-up and I think the stench of cover-up on this gun-running operation...