The article offers political news briefs for the U.S. as of March 2012. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the U.S. 2012 presidential election, said in an interview that he is not concerned with the very poor in the U.S. A federal court in California has ruled that the ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional in the state. U.S. President Barack Obama has proposed a budget to the U.S. Congress.