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2009 when obama-biden tried to push a $787 billion infrastructure program, less than 5% of that actually went to roads, bridges and highways. its that same formula. but nancy pelosi and others make that number so exorbitant. they make it so ridiculously high that it feels like oh, look how reasonable we are to take it down to $1.7 trillion. are you kidding me? they act as if we dont already have more than $4 trillion budget thats going out the door already plus all the stimulus dollars that are ...

Good. but going forward, if we want to expand it, which i think is great. id like to just know how are we going to pay for it. >> noel, youre looking at such a small-- its $5 billion out of a 787 billion dollar defense reauthorization and youre saying how are we going to pay for this? how are we going to pay for the other 780 million dollars? >> and deficits sadly not resonating as an issue. not yet and one wonders why its not resonating in the republican party. mick mulvaney, a tea party guy, i...

>> once you go to the t-word you cant go back. now is like who can give us more? i have $3 trillion, $5 trillion, what about $10 trillion? remember all the political pushback when president obama had this $787 billion stimulus plan. people were like are you kidding me? thats almost a trillion bucks. that would be a drop in the bucket. >> bill: how did this happen? >> democrats are pointing to the 1.5 trillion dollar tax -- president trumps tax plan saying it legitimizes what we want to do. the f...

Unemployment karining are. a con sense among economists we desperately need to inject stimulus into the economy. the white house proposed a package which totaled $787 billion in tax cuts and federal spending by the time president obama signed into law a month after his inauguration. the republicans who had just spent the duration of the bush years exploding deficits through bush tax cuts, war spending and meds care part d suddenly on a dime got deficit religion. that stimulus bill that president...

Receive a tax cut, and i think its even upwards of 90% depending who youre talking to. this is real money for hard working americans. >> when you are saying $800 didnt is matter. i covered barack obama. he made a big deal. and the congressman will remember, hashtag $40. thats what you got in the paycheck and the democrats said this is a big deal. talk about crumbs. >> i think she said, actually. >> democrats spent, remember when barack obama did this, $787 billion, and most people didnt feel it,...

Receive a tax cut, and i think its even upwards of 90% depending who youre talking to. this is real money for hard working americans. >> when you are saying $800 didnt is matter. i covered barack obama. he made a big deal. and the congressman will remember, hashtag $40. thats what you got in the paycheck and the democrats said this is a big deal. talk about crumbs. >> i think she said, actually. >> democrats spent, remember when barack obama did this, $787 billion, and most people didnt feel it,...

Do 787 billion-dollar infrastructure program but the problem is a very, very small percentage of that actually went to roads, bridges and infrastructure. so its not an easy equation, especially when you have to get to 60 votes in the senate. lisa: congressman, what if democrats dont join republicans. #resistance that they have been doubling down on. not joining republicans with tax reform. democrats are pointing to wins in virginia and alabama as signs they have momentum in 2018. are you concern...

Think it was $787 billion. but now theyre going to vote to add a $1.5 trillion debt? i mean, how do they rationalize? they didnt want to bail a country out on the verge of a depression. and suddenly a recession with $787 billion. but the bill they would now put on us $1.5 trillion in the name of what? i mean, the economy is supposed to be doing well. why dont they worry about the debt now. and they have no former way to pay for it? >> it makes no sense. thats why the american people should be jo...

He signed a $787 billion stimulus. >> this moves the economy from recession to recovery and ultimately to prosperity. we began by passing a recovery act thats saved or created over 150,000 jobs and provided a tax cut to 95% of all working families. >> that was obamas view of his hundred-day success. bill clinton got his own party to approve a $1.5 trillion budget and franklin roosevelt set the standard, ramming 76 bills through congress. our report tracked executive orders. this is a place where...

One is the supreme court justice for his agenda, that was a big positive for him to be able to get that through. i also think that bombing syria and making clear that it was -- theres no place for chemical weapons in the civilized world, another positive, although it came with no strategy attached to it, a serious problem. but on the other hand, if you do this in comparative context, trump said it was a ridiculous standard to look at him after the first 100 days. in obamas first 50 days, he pass...