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Pelosi and president obama? >> a little family feud, david. it is interesting. really coming to light now that the speaker is upset with the white house because she is forced a lot of vulnerable members to make tough votes. had to be on the record of climate change and had to go on the health care bill and the one that is really upset her is the jobs bill. before the house left in 2009 she passed $154 billion jobs bill. the republicans called it son of stimulus, stimulus 2, all right? pelosi wor...

Same way what the visual looked like when you had the question time with the president and the house republicans. i think youre seeing some -- chance to lay groundwork to see what the negotiating -- to do some back channel negotiating now or even out in the press to sort of set the stage for maybe even really lower expectations for what comes out of this bipartisan health care summit. >> chuck, thanks for hanging with us. >> reporter: you got it. >> house bill was $154 billion. >> reporter: than...

Those kinds of things. the house, right before the holidays, passed a $154 billion tax package. we expect the senate would be a bit more narrow in its focus and would call for less money but its just getting started. details are really hard to come by but the first deadline missed thats the story today. >> and, kelly, lets fast forward a bit. the president wants to televise a meeting with democrats and republicans coming up at the end of february. we saw a lot of response particularly from that ...

Ft. wants congress to redirect $30 billion in t.a.r.p. money to boost lending to small businesses and get them hiring again. senate democrats are also poised to pass a new bill, a jobs bill, at the urge of this president. the house passed a $154 billion version, but with democrats eager to avoid the appearance of another round of stimulus, the senate is expected to push through small measures in stages. stephen moore is co-author of "the return to prosperity." stephen, the president continues to...

President obama proensed a $3.8 trillion budget for 2011. the goal, reeling in soaring dech sits at the very same time still spending money we dont have to save the economy. the president called for a three-year cap on discretionary spending outside of defense to save about $250 billion. but in washington a spending freeze is never popular. especially in an election year. on one hand a budget designed to save $1. trillion over the next decade, but for now it seems the spending continues. the pre...

Brussels in a conference aimed to save the euro. european bankers received more bad news, though. they will have to raise $154 billion to meet new debt obligations. about $11 billion more than was expected. the market did not respond well to all of that news. the dow lost 1ed 9ed 9. the s&p 500 gave back 27. the nasdaq closed 53 behind. the number of people applying for job lost benefits fell by 23,000 last week. to the lowest level in nine months. extending long-term unemployment benefits and a...

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