The White House apparently regards this as too much to ask.

白宫显然认为向国会提出这个要求有点过分。

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Because you deserve to know when your elected officials are meeting with lobbyists, I ask Congress to do what the White House has already done: put that information online.

因为你们应当知道自己选出的官员何时会见游说团体，我已要求国会按照白宫已经在做的将这些信息公布上网。

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"It's only right we ask everyone to pay their fair share," Obama said from the Rose Garden at the White House.

“唯一正确的是，我们要求每个人都负担各自的公平份额，”奥巴马在白宫的罗斯花园讲。

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And how is that any different from when people ask the White House to release the long-form birth certificate obviously implying that he wasn't born in this country?

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He was the first administration official to take part in the "Ask the White House" interactive feature, and he generated headlines with his response to one question from "Casey" in Quincy, Massachusetts.

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In addition, the press corps did not have an on-camera briefing, or an off-camera gaggle, with you yesterday to ask the White House about its decision-making process during this major foreign policy crisis.

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