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Meanwhile, seven members of the los angeles city council have signed a proposal to refrain from the city of los angeles, to refrain from conducting business in arizona and san franciscos mayor has imposed an immediate moratorium on city-related travel to arizona, that arizonas governor, jan brewer says shes not worried about possible boycotts and she points out the new laws about the safety of arizonas citizens and shes getting support from at least one legislator in texas who wants the lone sta...

Meanwhile, majority leader harry reid in the senate who called for a second vote this afternoon says the democrats wont tolerate efforts to water down the reform. the question is this, why are senate republicans blocking financial reform legislation when two-thirds of americans want it done? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile and post a comment on my blog. >> jack, thank you frmg president obamas is warning that the only way to reduce the soaring federal deficit is to put politics aside. he has a bipart...

This poll, 29% say that that is the best long-term investment. 28% say savings accounts or cds, and 14% say bonds. the poll also shows that wealthier, college-educated americans prefer stocks and mutual funds for long-term investing. those with lower incomes, no college education, prefer savings accounts or cds. there are several reasons why americans might be a bit more confident in wall street these days. for one thing, the stock market has staged quite a comeback. its in much stronger positio...

Pat in michigan writes, jack, im a democrat and i have to agree with the republican party on this. i want real reform, not window dressing for the november elections. the democrats appear so anxious to take away the stink from the health care bill that they want anything passed, just to be able to say, hey, we have your best interests at heart. mike in oklahoma city, because the 1% of the population whose interests the republicans care about dont want them to. ron in minnesota writes, i have one...

>> its pretty scary they give you a aaa rating and it turns out to be junk and its not encouraging. >> thats it. its the underlying investors and underlying mortgages that were propping up the securities. if you looked underneath, you found bbbb, you found that the mortgages were almost guaranteed to fail and yet they were still going out and selling the things. >> we have to step back and learn from the mistakes and make sure they dont happen again. i fear, though, that they are not learning as...

Two, no more bailouts, period. three, i dont want another government agency. it will just come in over budget and not do the job. and, four, im sick and tired of the antics of the democratic party playing chicken little, the sky is falling, must be done right now politics. todd writes, both sides of the aisle are pathetic juvenile imbeciles in this instance and so many others. this time its the gops turn. they all want the football no matter what the problems are for their constituencies and the...

Are outraged that this should be done. but the current pro-russian government in power in ukraine has been forcing the measure through, extending the lease by 25 years and removing one of the key sticking points, by the way, in ties between russia and ukraine, these two former soviet countries. matthew chance, cnn, moscow. jack cafferty is coming up with your e-mail. also a drama in the u.s. senate, filled with many antics, john king will talk with two leading democrats, on "john king, usa" ...

Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? >> yes, i do. >> thank you. thank you very much. you -- i dont know if you heard -- >> the opening statement, we did get that text last night. well watch it, well see if there are any changes and then go and check out his answers to some tough questions. lets check in with jack cafferty. hes got "the cafferty file". i assume this guy has been practicing. it...

Support stricter regulations for banks and financial institutions. so, in case there are a few extra bucks in your pocket, as the economy begins to show signs of recovery, heres the question -- if you had an extra $10,000 would you invest it in the stock market? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile. post a comment on my blog. >> good question, jack. i always believe in diverse -- diversification. >> well, and you have a lot of money to spread around. >> i knew you were going to say that. jack cafferty, th...