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Only bringing in less than 15% of gdp and youre spending over 20%. its almost criminal what the republican party is willing to steal from their grandchildren and our grandchildren. thats the problem, brian. just because its politically popular. >> lets go back to always spending. lets start by going back to a baseline thats defensible. lets talk about take whats left of the stimulus and not spend it. lets take whats left of t.a.r.p. and not spend it. lets prove to the american people that were w...

We have spent tens of millions of dollars on it in one year. in the course of the program we will spend nearly $200 million on the signs. they are not putting people to work. infrastructure andtruck fuhr i dont want to ask the next generation of americans to pay for them. >> there was a response by the white house saying im glad the republicans complaining about the signs have notice there are 1,000 road projects underway. do -- 11,000 road projects underway. do they have a right to put the sign...

Controversy is a sign of the times. the administration knows if there was greater public appreciation for what the stimulus accomplished so far, this would not be an issue. but most americans dont believe the stimulus financing has improved the economy nearly as much as the administration sit would. because of that, this controversy appears to be take on a life of its own. megyn: that one sign costed $10,000. do you know what the overall cost is for these signs? maybe you could put out a web sit...

Money. is there any information on think of these signs we need know? i understand signs saying dont go over 60 miles an hour, amber alert, roadwork. are these signs providing any content or substance that we need to know for safety reasons? >> absolutely not. they are pure ly promotional, a strategy on the part of the obama administration. we a copy of the document they sent to -- they send to these construction projects that say how big the logo has to be. and goes on to say this demonstrates ...

Money. is there any information on think of these signs we need know? i understand signs saying dont go over 60 miles an hour, amber alert, roadwork. are these signs providing any content or substance that we need to know for safety reasons? >> absolutely not. they are pure ly promotional, a strategy on the part of the obama administration. we a copy of the document they sent to -- they send to these construction projects that say how big the logo has to be. and goes on to say this demonstrates ...

Mike, this is something that weve seen over the past few months and the president going out there and getting in front of these projects to kind of show people what is going on. >> with that stimulus package $787 billion worth that proved to be so controversial. the president is en route to that site and the 10,000th road project to begin and he is coming to ohio for the eighth time and we go to north carolina, we go to ohio and we go to pennsylvania and we go to other states that are swing stat...

Exploretary well exploded and set in motion the massive oil spill threatening the entire gulf of mexico, the interior department exempted the oil company from intense regulatory scrutiny. they were granted what is known as categorical exemption from the minimal management service which reports to the interior secretary ken salazar. that means the exploratory drilling process and plans to deal with a spill if one should occur evaded several environmental reviews. >> they cut corners and went stra...

>> reporter: before the exploretary well exploded and set in motion the massive oil spill threatening the entire gulf of mexico, the interior department exempted the oil company from intense regulatory scrutiny. they were granted what is known as categorical exemption from the minimal management service which reports to the interior secretary ken salazar. that means the exploratory drilling process and plans to deal with a spill if one should occur evaded several environmental reviews. >> they c...

What theyre getting. they also have $500 million theyre talking about for construction out of stimulus funds to build and modernize buildings and we do have a big picture on that. nationally, the education department has gotten basically $100 billion out of stimulus. by far, more than those road projects and you heard about shovel ready. >> by far the education department is grabbing $100 billion total, 98.3, 71 billion was awarded so far. the education department tells me 300,000 jobs have alre...

Ethics committee completes its work. >> among other things, rangel is accused of failing to pay taxes on a home in the dominican republic and violating gift rules related to conferences he attended in the caribbean. oh, my, what a photo. the ways and means committee drafts the nations tax policies. senator jim bunning blinks, and lawmakers pass a bill to extend jobless benefits. the republican from kentucky held up the bill for days, while pushing the senate to come up with a way to pay for it...