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Officers and firefighters who actually will be there on the job because of this bill. >> the republicans have been insisting that every single spending measure be paid for, even the emergency spending bills like the extension of the unemployment insurance, the long-term unemployment bills and such. but this thing is paid for. is there any valid criticism of it, other than perhaps its not doing enough? >> no. i mean this is paid for. the idea that republicans or anybody would criticize this bill ...

Classrooms. youve got tens of thousands of sanitation workers and police officers and firefighters who actually will be there on the job because of this bill. >> the republicans have been insisting that every single spending measure be paid for, even the emergency spending bills like the extension of the unemployment insurance, the long-term unemployment bills and such. but this thing is paid for. is there any valid criticism of it, other than perhaps its not doing enough? >> no. i mean this is ...

Sanitation workers and police officers and firefighters who actually will be there on the job because of this bill. >> the republicans have been insisting that every single spending measure be paid for, even the emergency spending bills like the extension of the unemployment insurance, the long-term unemployment bills and such. but this thing is paid for. is there any valid criticism of it, other than perhaps its not doing enough? >> no. i mean, this is paid for. the idea that republicans or any...

Think people definitely need this income to survive in their daily lives. >> as you point out and a big and very important vote for those 2.5 million people. the senate judiciary commission has voted 13-6 to approve elena kagans nomination. just one republican senator lindsay graham of south carolina joined the democrats in supporting the presidents nominee, the ranking republican member on the judiciary committee, senator jeff sessions complained why he voted against kagan. >> i believe and i t...

>> i dont know that i trust him or dont trust him an arbiter of whats good and bad. do i think that i believe what he says when he said if he had resolution authority, as this bill provides, it would have been a very different situation in 2008 in a systemic risk council. he said particularly if he had that in place as early as when he became treasury secretary, appointed by president bush in 2006, that systemic risk council would have been able to sniff out a lot of these problems. at the same ...

It will ensure taxpayers are never again are on the hook for wall streets mistakes, and it will end an era of irresponsibility that led to the loss of 8 million jobs and trillions of dollars of wealth. >> i also want to throw in something from hank paulson, who is basically the guy who told president bush that we had a big problem that had to be dealt with. here he is, former secretary of the treasury hank paulson talking to the "new york times" today. quote, we would have loved to have had some...

Paulson? senator brown? >> i dont know that i trust him or dont trust him an arbiter of whats good and bad. do i think that i believe what he says when he said if he had resolution authority, as this bill provides, it would have been a very different situation in 2008 in a systemic risk conso console. he said particularly if he had that in place as early as when he became treasury secretary, appointed by president bush in 2006, that systemic risk council would have been able to sniff out a lot o...

The unfair practices of credit card companies and mortgage lenders. it will ensure taxpayers are never again are on the hook for wall streets mistakes, and it will end an era of irresponsibility that led to the loss of 8 million jobs and trillions of dollars of wealth. >> i also want to throw in something from hank paulson, who is basically the guy who told president bush that we had a big problem that had to be dealt with. here he is, former secretary of the treasury hank paulson talking to the...

Has to to have somebody to catch him there. it sounds like president abbas at this point doesnt think its a good time. >> the analogy would be pleasant if it were true. but the challenge is that israel continues to expand its occupation to palestinian territory. every day it does that, it makes viability of two-state solution more difficult. resolving this is in the fundamental national security interest of the united states of america. we have to do so in a way to show were a fair and just arbi...

Scrutinize this nominee. she invited in her chicago law view article in 1995. whether she is a results oriented nominee or would approach each case as a neutral arbiter, the burden is on the nominee to show her record demonstrates she can be fair and impartial rather than one with an outcome based approach. thank you, mr. chairman. >> solicitor general kagan, i join my colleagues in welcoming you. with the passing of senator byrd earlier today i was reminded of ore hears for judge bohr and senat...