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San Diego city officials say that this section of Guy Street is what's known as an "unimproved" road.

Budget priority with these men and women and their health. look, i dont cover this as a spitting match between two well-known names. its not even about the right and left. if taking care of first responders isnt a unanimous concern, i dont know what is. the truth is congress has not done them right, period. and mcconnell, well get to it when we get to it, must be unacceptable to all of us. he and other lawmakers who have not cared for our fallen and ailing first responders can say they will neve...

Need. not people who sacrificed as americans so much in 9/11. im being sar ddonic and with reason, right? you should help people who need it no matter where they are. you spend tons of money on people that make no sense. this makes all the sense in the world. and even republicans directly involved in the negotiations privately say they had a deal all set using money in a highway bill until mcconnell objected at the last minute mixing this budget priority with these men and women and their health...

Associate degree. because its a partnership with ibm, they have a leg up when it comes to getting a job with that company. when it started in 2011, had just over 140 students, they are expecting by the start of the 2014 senior year it will have more than 400 students. the president really going to use this to talk about thinks larger budget priority as the budget conference prepares to meet next week. those recommendations do on december 13th. we learn that president obama spoke with a number of...

Been very clear, he will not pay ransom in exchange for the republicans and the house doing their job, in -- pay ransom to the tea party republicans to allow congress to do its job, which is fund government and ensure we do not default. and that position has been steady and clear throughout this period. >> why would not that same argument apply during a short-term extension of the debt ceiling where the president agrees to hole negotiations -- >> you keep adding things that we -- we havent seen ...

Years in which public sector jobs have not been part of the post recession recovery. and they wonder why the current recovery is sluggish. even ronald reagan added public sector jobs coming out of the recession. public employment was up 3.1% under reagan but down 2.7% under president obama and the republican congress. those jobs make a difference in the overall unemployment picture. according to the "wall street journal," unemployment would be a full percentage point lower with those public sect...

Years in which public sector jobs have not been part of the post recession recovery. and they wonder why the current recovery is sluggish. even ronald reagan added public sector jobs coming out of the recession. public employment was up 3.1% under reagan but down 2.7% under president obama and the republican congress. those jobs make a difference in the overall unemployment picture. according to the "wall street journal," unemployment would be a full percentage point lower with those public sect...

Show up to the meeting? look it all became a silly theatrical thing anyway at white house. so i understand the dynamics on both sides here politically. but why give up the higher ground? >> you understand that both sides were trying to do what they thought they needed to do to create political leverage for a negotiation. >> right. >> the issue now is lets have the negotiation. and lets for example, put at the heart of that discussion what we are going to do for the d.r.e.a.m.ers in a the preside...

Even ronald reagan added public sector jobs coming out of the recession. public employment was up 3.1% under reagan but down 2.7% under president obama and the republican congress. those jobs make a difference in the overall unemployment picture. according to the "wall street journal," unemployment would be a full percentage point lower with those public sector jobs factored in. it all has an effect on the economy. the center for budget priority says, quote, private and public sector workers who...