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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....