Weekly Addresses 3-31-2012

Passing the Buffett Rule So That Everyone Pays Their Fair Share
President Obama calls on Congress to pass the Buffett Rule, a principle that ensures that millionaires and billionaires do not pay less in taxes as a share of their income than middle class families pay -- as a matter of fairness.
Weekly Republican Address: Challenging President Obama to Back House-Passed Energy Bills
In the Weekly Republican Address, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) challenges President Obama to press for Senate action on bipartisan, House-passed energy bills. All of these bills have passed with bipartisan support, and many are backed by the president's own jobs council. The address caps off a week that saw passage of the GOP's "Path to Prosperity" budget and a 90-day transportation bill extension that Democrats initially vowed to oppose, as well as the launch of the next phase of the American Energy Initiative.

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