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The american jobs act. it means they want to help the american people. it means they want to put friends and neighbors to work. thats what this bill would do, building roads and bridges and runways. >> lets talk about the infrastructure part that will be voted on tomorrow, calls for $50 billion for projects around the country and an additional $10 billion seed money for future projects. the money would come from a surtax on incomes above $1 million. do you think this has any chance of passing co...

Be some tax incentives to some companies to make -- do more research and development, so there are different pieces in that bill that we might be able to find votes for. >> lets talk about another one. last night the president was in orlando and between fund-raisers you might have seen this, he toasted to jobs with a group of unemployed workers. and he talked about republican presidents, lincoln and eisenhower, who invested in infrastructure which is a centerpiece of the presidents plan. youre a...

have a significant effect for our economy and for middle class families all across america. what these independent experts have also said is that if we dont act, the opposite will be true. there will be fewer jobs, weaker growth. so as we look towards next week, any senator out there who is thinking about voting against this jobs bill when it comes up for a vote needs to sdmran exactly why they would oppose something that we know would improve our economic situation at surnl such an ur...

lost the ability to inspire confidence in the american people here? >> the entire country is show-me state. they have heard for some time from the very beginning before the stimulus plan, that the stimulus plan would keep unemployment under a certain amount, grow the economy this amount. theyve heard a lot of things that didnt happen, whether it was because the economy was worse than anyone thought it was, whether it was because it was the wrong remedy or not enough remedy, whatever th...

time, since before the stimulus plan, that the stimulus plan would keep unemployment under a certain amount, grow the economy this amount. they have heard a lot of things that didnt happen, whether it was because the economy was worse than what they thought it was, whether it was because it was the wrong remedy or not enough remedy, whatever the reason is the american people are now skeptical that washington, including president obama, can do much to change things. i think thats whats ...

For example, you have heard the mayor and i talk about infrastructure, the infrastructure part of the stimulus has worked. theres absolutely no question about it. we can demonstrate in pennsylvania and other states around the union how it has produced good paying jobs on the construction sites and back in american factories. it has worked. we should be investing more money in our infrastructure right now. we need it, number one, and number two, its the best job creator. >> if you look back in th...

Mayor and i talk about infrastructure, the infrastructure part of the stimulus has worked. theres absolutely no question about it. we can demonstrate in pennsylvania and other states around the union how it has produced good paying jobs on the construction sites and back in american factories. it has worked. we should be investing more money in our infrastructure right now. we need it, number one, and number two, its the best job creator. >> if you look back in the 1930s, the money went to infra...

I think the mayor is absolutely right about the paralysis. i think the paralysis is driven mostly by partisanship and by the fall election. david walker of the peterson foundation said it best. we should still be investing in things that stimulate the economy and we can do that at the same time that we put together a long-term plan for deficit reduction. we can do both and we have to do both. for example -- and you have heard the mayor and i talk about infrastructure. the infrastructure part of ...