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Announced rules on overtime pay to lift wages for around 5 million people in this country. and. >> this was a transformational presidency. when he leaves office we are a country in a different place fundamentally than we were when he took office. and that is going to be the legacy. and thats got to be an amazing feeling to know that. >> and the overtime rules are interesting in that they are yet another example of using executive power to pursue things that cannot be done through the legislature...

Not running. [laughter] they do not want to be in the center of that bulls eye, and shes the same way. >> im still hoping for joe biden. im holding out hope. come on, joe. >> oh, president biden. [laughter] >> thatd be the greatest -- >> stimulus act for journalists. >> its the worst storm system to hit the west coast in years, thanks to something called the pineapple express. this thing is strong enough to knock homes right off their foundation. wow. plus, the battle over wellness programs in...

Great partner. president obama has made this a priority. hud and va have made this a priority. it was a priority of the stimulus act. a lot of the housing units that the homeless veterans have been housed in were the result of the stimulus act. it took additional resources by the city council, great partnerships with the business community here in phoenix, arizona, through the united way, a great partnership called project h-3, health, home and hope, a coalition of non-profits. when you would co...

The right partners. the federal government was a great partner. president obama has made this a priority. hud and va have made this a priority. it was a priority of the stimulus act. a lot of the housing units that the homeless veterans have been housed in were the result of the stimulus act. it took additional resources by the city council, great partnerships with the business community here in phoenix, arizona, through the united way, a great partnership called project h-3, health, home and ho...

Time for news by the numbers. first, $5 billion. thats how much is getting cut from the food stamp program. tomorrow this is a piece of the 2009 stimulus act that boosted monthly benefits. it finally expires. next, 21. thats a new age a person must be to buy cigarettes in new york city. public health advocates say a higher minimum age delays young people from starting to smoke. sorry, junior high schoolers. finally, number 1. thats where camaros rank in the sports cars most likely to be stolen. ...

>> chuck todd with the depressing message that the solution may be rescheduling this mess for six weeks down the road. i want to bring in "time" magazines mike grun wald, the new new deal, now out in paperback. mike, i want to start with your book. sort of the central these sis is that the obama presidency and stimulus act was transformational than its being given credit for. are republicans undermining the progress with their hamstringing of the obama presidency, under mining the progress that ...

Washington which is very rare. to be fair, its -- we cant judge it at this point. if it was designed for companies to go public to be able to sell stock and raise money, it takes a year for a company to have an ipo. we would be seeing it in the upcoming months. >> to jumpstart up business act, the ability to tell whether it works or not? >> yes, exactly. its kind of like obamacare. they said youll find about it after we do it. its kind of what happened here. the only difference that both sides h...

Consider the record of the direct predecessor, they passed the stimulus act, the affordable care act, the dodd frank act, the dont ask, dont tell. they agreed to the 2010 tax deal, which agreed in return for the tax passage of the middle class stimulus. the laws passed were controversial, particularly among republicans, but also they were big, bold initiatives if not always fully equal to work with our problems, they perched on congresss edge to deliver solution. you can love them or hate them b...

Thank god. it was not a moment too soonment to properly appreciate just how bad the 112th congress was, consider the record of the direct predecessor, they passed the stimulus act, the affordable care act, the dodd frank act, the dont ask, dont tell. they agreed to the 2010 tax deal, which agreed in return for the tax passage of the middle class stimulus. the laws passed were controversial, particularly among republicans, but also they were big, bold initiatives if not always fully equal to work...

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