All told, the proposal would raise roughly $600 billion in new revenue over the next decade from the wealthiest 2 percent of households — less than Obama had been seeking, and less than House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, had offered in negotiations earlier this month.
Keneally said that, when Obeid rang her at home in 2010 to advocate for the proposal, she told him: "The proposal was going to be determined on its merits.
On Monday, Mr. Obama praised Mr. McCain's proposal, telling the Ohioans, "I want to give credit where credit is due".
One Wall Street denizen, Leon Cooperman, had choice words for Mr. Dell's proposal, telling Mr. Sorkin, "He's not doing this because he thinks his company is overvalued.
Mr. Obama called it "a reasonable proposal," telling the governors, "It will give you flexibility more quickly while still guaranteeing the American people reform".
Osborne recognises that it will be a significant hit for Clegg (he tells his Tory staff, 'They are mad to let us do this'), and offers to pass on the proposal telling him the change is not imperative.
Nazan Fennell, whose 13-year-old daughter Hope was killed by a texting HGV driver in 2011, welcomed the proposal telling the BBC "none of those texts of calls are really worth someone's life - especially a child's.
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble dismissed the Greek proposal, telling broadcaster ZDF on Tuesday evening: "It's not about extending a credit programme but about whether this bailout programme will be fulfilled, yes or no".
Hoyer dismissed the proposal, telling reporters on Capitol Hill that "you're either in or you're out".
The Fenwicks and her guardian aunt all urge her to accept his proposal, telling her that the affection she does not now feel will come after marriage.
