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The president today vowing to keep pushing the $447 billion jobs bill although it failed to get 60 votes needed in the senate. of course the president has been calling for congress to pass this bill. with campaign-like speeches in key swing states with payroll tax cuts to workers and businesses with $175 billion in spending on roads, school repairs and other building projects. but, now, democrats have indicated they will try to break the measure up into several smaller bills. and now the news fr...

Republicans are in favor of things like payroll tax cuts, and, you know, huge infrastructure, $175 billion to be spent on infrastructure, were going to see if that is difficult for them to turn down in the public forum. what do you say about that? >> when are they going to quit playing crass politics? everybody knew the democrats themselves were not going to support the presidents bill as written and they wouldnt even support the bill with harry reids millionaire surtax that would hit 34% of all...

So says the great majority of all economists both bearish and even though bullish. so tonight in the united states senate, there was a test vote on the senates version of president obamas jobs bill. for the $175 billion and that everybody agrees on it, infrastructure investment. not a single republican senator voted for the bill. not one. charlestown bridge, how you doing, scott brown? almost every single democrat and therefore a majority of the senate voted to move this bill forward, but the re...

Senate, there was a test vote on the senates version of president obamas jobs bill. for the $175 billion and that everybody agrees on it, infrastructure investment. not a single republican senator voted for the bill. not one. charlestown bridge, how you doing, scott brown? almost every single democrat and therefore a majority of the senate voted to move this bill forward, but the republicans filibustered it. they are unanimously opposed. joining us now is john stanton, reporter for "the roll cal...

Of the public. so says the great majority of all economists both bearish and even though bullish. so tonight in the united states senate, there was a test vote on the senates version of president obamas jobs bill. for the $175 billion and that everybody agrees on it, infrastructure investment. not a single republican senator voted for the bill. not one. charlestown bridge, how you doing, scott brown? almost every single democrat and therefore a majority of the senate voted to move this bill forw...

Should be able to win and probably will win. beyond that i dont really know. i dont know about the extension of unemployment benefits. the guy i was talking to up here, you know, outside on the dartmouth green. hes been unemployed for a year and a half. hes had unemployment benefits for most of that time. they are running out now. i dont know whether they can be extended again. thats actually going to be a big fight if that happens, and i think republicans are going to take the risk of saying th...

You both right now, is this big enough? is this big enough, this difference between democrats and republicans, for the president to be able to say with $175 billion infrastructure bill, is he able to say, this is a turnaround proposal? this is the difference between economic hell and economic heaven? this is the good guys position, the other guys are the bad guys? >> no, i dont think the numbers are big enough, chris, for that kind of thing. he had his one shot at that in the original stimulus b...

Dartmouth green. hes been unemployed for a year and a half. hes had unemployment benefits for most of that time. they are running out now. i dont know whether they can be extended again. thats actually going to be a big fight if that happens, and i think republicans are going to take the risk of saying they are not going to support it without compensatory budget cuts elsewhere. they tried that before and failed. i bet they try it again. and in terms of the presidents big infrastructure program, ...

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ridiculist tonight. breaking news everyone. tonight right now in that building over on the senate side according to democrat harry reid who spoke last hour, nothing is going on. the senate is now adjourned. but the clock is still ticking and the government is running out of money to pay the bills at this moment because the debt limit was not raised back in may, the united states treasury has less cash on hand than apple computer. on wednesday the government will have $23 billion in s...