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Weight. there are some signs of improvement but such a different landscape than it was before and some people who are at a later stage in their careers who are out of work. >> well, the reality is the uncertainty that exists in washington and the anticipation that there will be a logjam again in january and february, and there will be no fiscal resolution to putting together a budget to move the economy forward has made corporate america just basically freeze. and so until you have stability you...

Indicated to us that part of the problem was once he took away the ability to browse, everybody had to go through the business of setting up an account and you stopped one of the browsing options as well and that contributed to the logjam and contributed to the problems. is he correct on that, not a lot of people can look without having to sign-up, wouldnt it have made it easier for the american people? sebelius: in hindsight that would have been advantageous. the reason the decision was made go...

A clean spending resolution and we could sit down and have a discussion over the appropriate level of spending, over what we should do to iron out the kinks in obama care as we move forward. at the end of the day republicans have to accept two things. we have to pay our bills. we have to keep the government functioning and we have to make sure that everybody can have access to quality, affordable health care. >> congresswoman, thanks very much. youve got to go and vote. >> thanks. >> congressman...

Bipartisan solution to break the logjam. i dont know whats going to happen going forward. were going to vote on a few bills today. i think the path we have laid out is a good one. theres increasing interest in our proposal from the senate. >> what do you say to the speaker? >> ive encouraged the speaker from the get go not to let the government shut down and shutting the government, there would be no winners in that process. ive encouraged him to allow a vote on the clean continuing resolution. ...

The trail today and will continue his push to end the logjam in washington by rallying public support. the president will speak in jacksonville, florida this afternoon following two impassioned speeches yesterday, ones in which he vowed to fight for the middle class and to triumph over the gops refusal to legislate. >> if you ask some of these folks, some of these folks mostly in the house, about their economic agenda, how it is that theyll strengthen the middle class, theyll shift the topic to ...

But these days, congressional inaction is at an historic high, why? the filibuster. who is using it? republicans, last year, 60 votes were required to stop the threat of a filibuster 115 times, a near historic high. it was so fever-pitched, that last year, senate majority reid and mitch mcconnell tried to stop it with the simple goal, stop the legislative logjam and start to compromise by passing bills. part of their gentlemens agreement meant that harry reid promised not to resort to his contro...

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Security secretary tom ridge. to recap, three people are dead including an 8-year-old boy identified by boston nbc affiliate as martin richard. his family members are reportedly seriously wounded, as well. nearly 130 people were injured. theyre being treated at nearby hospitals. and joining us now, we have white house correspondent for the "wall street journal" who was actually running in yesterdays boston marathon. set the scene for us. you werent writing a piece. this is not your beat. you wer...

This background checks bill. and as youve all been saying, not just in your show, but throughout the day. this is something that 90% of americans support. its the most common sense of common sense gun safety improvements that we could do. we believe that the senate should do it. >> quickly on immigration, i know there are a lot of things that can come up at dinner. "meet the press" with lindsay graham, he said he thought what the president had been proposing is proposing in his budget is a step ...

The president is saying im looking beyond these budget battles which have jammed the pipeline and congress. i want congress to do more. i want my second term to be about more. >> right. takes two to tango with a logjam. democrats on one side and the republicans on the other side. marco rubio of florida delivering the republican response. lets take a quick look at a portion of that. >> his solution to virtually every problem we face is for washington to tax more, borrow more and spend more. the i...