and heather mcgee, vice president of the think tank dmos. so taxes on people's mind, you have until tuesday, april 17th to get those in. president obama realized there was no better time to push for congress to pass the buffett rule, which senate republicans are expected to block from a straight up-or-down vote tomorrow. the rule would establish a tax rate of at least 30% on federal income above $1 million. the president and his team released the president and first lady's tax returns friday. the first couple paid a federal income tax rate of 20.5%, on a reported adjusted gross income of $798,674. it turns out according to the white house, that's slightly higher than the rate paid by the president's own secretary, who makes $95,000 a year. the premise of the buffett rule comes from the fact that warren buffett pays a lower effective rate than his secretary. on wednesday in rhode island, mitt romney criticized the buffett rule as an attempt to cut the country in half. >> the new source of division is to say, let's find the very most successfu