Bhatara Katong Gage: In Lawrence visit, Obama focuses on working famili...

...continuedBut it was quite popular in Lawrence on Thursday."We need help," said Nancy Schneider-Wilson of Lawrence. "I went broke putting my kids in day care so I could keep working and still feel that impact."Obama wants to pay for the expanded credit by raising taxes for some higher-income Americans."Let's have a tax code," he said, "thattruly helps working Americans."He then offered to work with Republicans in Washington on childcare and other middle-class benefits."Tell me what you want to do," he said. "Let's get to 'yes' on helping more families get by. I want to get to 'yes' on child care."But his statements appeared to anger some Republicans, who accused Obama of obstruction."Delivering empty rhetoric and misleading proposals are hallmarksof Obama's presidency," said a statement from Republican NationalCommittee spokesman Michael Short, "but the reality is while he's out telling the country he wants to get to 'yes,' back in Washington he's threatening to veto one bipartisan bill after another."Obama's speech wasn't limited to child care concerns. The biggest applause came after he urged Congress to pass a law guaranteeing women equal pay for equal work."I mean, come on now. It's 2015," he said. "This should be sort of a no-brainer."...continued