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Boon. instead, weve had stagnation. thats one reason why the reagan economy is different than the stagnation. >> instead of spending $25 billion a year for benefits, can that money be used to rehabilitate the labor market and create jobs? >> yes, in theory it can. the government has, i think, 169 different job training programs. but the government isnt necessarily a good job trainer. it cant duplicate the needs. the best jobs program is giving economies the incentive and the certainty in the eco...

>> dont forget this got a bunch of republican votes in the house. >> yeah. >> 169 republicans voted for this in the house and thats been a heavier lift for anything that wreaks of compromise. so i do think that they found a patch of common ground. an interesting question, one you posed in the introduction, is does this patch of common ground mean that more of this kind of compromise can take place, whether its unemployment insurance to immigration reform and on that i guess i dont want to be a s...

Backbone of america by attacking the united states postal service. now were starting to see people in community the push back. seven people were arrested at a mail processing center in springfield on tuesday. they gathered. on the busiest mail day of the year to protest the impending closure of the center. >> not necessary. the postal service is not broke. >> the mail processing center in springfield employs 169 people and has been told its going to be forced to close sometime in february. now t...

Extremely short-sighted. we are not going to be a military super power if we are no longer an economic super power. so you have to restrain the size of government, the overall cost, and i would say, yes, this is a big reform, a big step forward to get democrats on board even though its modest. i think as a moment, that part of it is helpful, but this really should have been a better deal. >> kim, were you surprised by the number of republicans who voted for this, 169 to 62 in the end? that was s...

Pressure republicans to extend unemployment insurance. another bill. so she used that vivid turn of phrase, embrace the suck to get frustrated democrats to support the agreement people close to her saying she told house democrats, we need to get this off the table so we can go forward. with fancy pelosi, go forward it did. 163 democrats voted for the measure, joining another 169 republicans to pass the budget through the house, 332-94. and so the message to the 1.3 million americans still out of...

Remember, carol, released three years ago, they were charged with spying for the u.s. government, roxanna siberi, journalist iran, charged to spying, sentenced for eight years although released after a month. the concern is, the fear is that a report like this could be used as ammunition by the iranian government, when cases like this come up, and thats certainly a concern that the u.s. government has. >> all right, jim sciutto reporting live for us from washington. now some surprising news ou...

Hannity and also with mike huckabee, in both interviews just trashing paul ryan and this budget deal that 169 house republicans just voted for tonight. marco rubio and other senate republicans are calling paul ryan and the house republicans essentially sellouts, essentially calling them liberals for making this deal and for voting yes on it tonight. and its not just marco rubio, and its not just the usual suspects, like senator rand paul and mike lee and ted cruz. the other senate republicans fi...

As final debate on the bill was taking place, in fact, right around time that boehner himself was defending the deal on the house floor -- >> i urge all of my colleagues to vote for this budget. >> ted cruz tweeted this. understanding the budget deal in two words. what followed was a link to this youtube clip. 62 house republicans took the ted cruz position and voted against the boehner/ryan budget deal. the deal passed 332-294. 169 republicans voted for it. and 62 republicans voted no. without ...

They dont want to be thes to scuttle a paul ryan deal and more importantly, they dont want to be thes owning this like the shut down. we are unsure who will be the to ten republicans who will end up being asked to vote for this to get to 60 votes and get through the filibuster. the rhetoric is ratcheting up marco rubio saying the deal threatens the american dream. p >> senator, why is this not a deal you can back. >> washington promises a future reductions in spending never seem to come true. >>...

He also went on conservative talk radio today with sean hannity and also with mike huckabee, in both interviews just trashing paul ryan and this budget deal that 169 house republicans just voted for tonight. marco rubio and other senate republicans are calling paul ryan and the house republicans essentially sellouts, essentially calling them liberals for making this deal and for voting yes on it tonight. and its not just marco rubio, and its not just the usual suspects, like senator rand paul an...