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Resolved. for your -- for people who out there who wonder what a consumer -- protection agency is -- how is it going to help them? it means theyre going to have a pretty clear language for all of the financial contracts that theyre going to use in their life. theyre probably going to be able to get a free credit score if it you have been denied a job because of your credit history or a loan because of your credit history, youre going to be able to see a lot more clearly a lot of the things that ...

The unemployed animals and theyre only out of jobs because theyre lazy and want to be. insult, insult, insult. to add another insult, every republican in the senate plus ben nelson, blocked a bill to provide badly needed help to the unemployed in this country. starting tomorrow, more than 1 million americans will lose their unemployment benefits. this might sound like something youve heard before. this is the sort of thing thats been knocking around in and out of the headlines for months now. it...

Unemployment since the great depression. this will have repercussions for generations. the political leadership on the right in response to that called the unploimd animals and theyre only out of jobs because theyre lazy and want to be. to add another insult, every republican in the senate plus ben nelson, blocked a bill to provide badly needed help to the unemployed in this country. starting tomorrow, more than 1 million americans will lose their unemployment benefits. this might sound like som...

Forever. what we do for that group will dictate our abilities going forward to a great extent. were not doing enough in my view. >> what do we do for that group? >> well, theres a couple of things. you want to, if you can, avoid having them withdraw from the labor market because once people just stop looking for work, they lose the habits. >> 30-year-olds quit looking for work? were talking about the newest workers. >> we do see it happening. so in fact one of the things that youre seeing is tha...

Welcome they lose the habits. >> can 30-year-olds quit looking for work? were talking about the newest workers. >> one of the things youre seeing, these efforts to keep people on unemployment insurance, although its expensive, it may at least keep them in the market, looking for work. so when demand for workers comes back, theyll be ready to go to work. >> let me ask you a question about unemployment benefits. i did an interview with former congressman tom delay a while back. and he said, look, ...

They got to get it by april 30th. next friday is the deadline. >> getting the $6 ,500 for $8,000. when are they getting the money? >> its just like a tax return. if you filed your taxes an waiting at home and the clocks ticking, it is just like that. if you owe the irs money, they take the difference from that tax return. >> you mentioned the deadline. that was april. >> april 30th. next friday. what happens is on april friday, you have of the a contract signed. at that time, youre eligible for ...

On the ground, without giving them the option of getting off and making sure that they have medications and potable water and food in case they are stuck on the ground. its pretty rewarding weve gotten as much as we have and were still fighting for more. >> so these new rules take affect at the end of this month, but already some of airlines are pushing back asking for extensions of these deadlines. really saying that some of the stuff is out of their hands. when you talk about airport construct...

Consumer advocates wanted. some 212,000 people rolled off their benefits last week, and if nothing is settled, it will be 1 million people this month in april, tom, who will lose their benefits. at issue here is the cost of another extension. some $9 billion. and there are some republicans who are concerned that this so-called emergency spending, first begun underneath the stimulus act, theyd like to see some, as they say in washington parlance, budget offsets. theyd like to say is there going t...

Republicans, particularly senator coburn, objected to the extensions. kelly odonnell is live on capitol hill. are we picking up where we left off? >> reporter: this is one of those complicated issues that deals with something thats very basic. there are so many people in need and all sides, both parties, want to extend unemployment benefits. this is a one-month extension. so the problem is that republicans believe the $9 billion cost should be paid for. they need to find somewhere else in the bu...

Left for their vacation for easter and did not extend unemployment benefits. the advocates want another extension are very concerned this has left 212,000 people out in the cold last week. thats how much people lost benefits because congress went home for the break without acting. overall advocate for the unemployed see there are a million people at risk of losing benefits in april unless congress does something. the senate didnt because there was one republican senator, tom coburn, we have to f...