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Creation. look, look at what hes proposing, but lets go back to what were proposing. in terms of recovery out of a financial recession this steep, unfortunately this is not way off. this is not slower than a significant financial recession, which this is the greatest recession in the history of america short of the depression. if these guys would get out of the way. for example, had they passed our jobs bill it would have created 2 million more jobs. 2 million more jobs. these guys wouldnt even ...

The hour. a couple of quick headlines for you now. another government solar company on the verge of collapse. the company from ohio is laying off 40 workers, half of the work force. they received $20 million in government loans and tax breaks and was visited by vice president joe biden and the indianapolis colts firing head coach jim caldwell. this after he led the team to its worst record in two decades. the colts general manager also getting the boot. but also they didnt have peyton manning, r...

they say it wasnt statistically that significant. does it surprise you this doesnt go down or it is where its at? >> its where its at until 2014 assuming the health legislation is where its at. it didnt surprise me so much but sanjay think of it this way. while it only went up 1 million people a lot lower than people expected, think of it like 12 football stadiums filled with people that lost their health care last year. the numbers are still that big, they didnt grow that much because...

scientists come forward to challenge her claims about the controversial hpv vaccine. jim acosta is covering the race to unseat perry. shall we say it is a race indeed. >> it absolutely is, wolf, and the only thing missing from the campaign trail this week, michael buffer. the professional wrestler master of ceremonies, whos known for his battle cry, lets get ready to rumble. its the main event for the gop comes down to rick perry versus mitt romney, stand back. >> just yesterday, that ...

It is now 7:00 eastern time and president obama is just moments away from entering the chamber of house of representatives where he will tell congress and the american people his plan to create jobs. as we wait for the president with, im joined my lawrence odonnell, rachel maddow, ed schultz and reverend al sharpton. reverend al was just introducing the cabinet as they were coming out. they are joining the president. there is timothy geithner. rachel, we have a couple of moments to talk about th...

honest with ourselves is that we have a political culture that doesnt seem willing to make the tough choices to move america forward. we have a willingness to play partisan games and engage in brinkmanship, that not only costs us in terms of the economy now but also is going to place a burden on future generations. and the question is, can we break out of that pattern? can we break out of that pattern? think about it. we just went through this debacle with the debt ceiling, an entirely...

Question, but i think we have a lot of hard working people who have been very entrepreneurial attempting to do everything they can and employers who have done their best to keep people working. that being said, we lost our manufacturing businesses and trying to find ways to replace it. frankly, much of the money we invested through the stimulus act was helpful. were investing in renewable energy like wind power and upgrades like roads and bridges. a lot of that was a good help to our state in mo...

Its the stimulus jobs, the money that went to states and municipalities overwhelmingly was spent on saving union jobs. administration has been very friendly to unions as you would expect with an administration that has former union officials at some of the highest levels. jenna: not just that, jason unions gave over $400 million to democrats in the 2008 campaign cycle. steve ticks off some of the things that the unions have gotten since president obama took office. what are they so angry about. ...

Education, but all the races for the cash, does a one size fit all standard to education help all the students succeed? joining us now is joyce irvin, a principal of a low-performing school in burlington, vermont, who lost her job so her school could actually qualify for stimulus money. how did you lose your job? thought you voluntarily left your job so that the school could get the money? >> what happens is one of the four turnaround models under the stimulus act requires -- well, all four sect...

Might be catching up with her. harry reid just surged ahead in the polls of the not ready for primetime tea partier in nevada. and daily show cocreator liz winstead takes on caribou barbies tweets in club ed tonight. the republican party platform can be sum up in two words. block and repeal. they will spend all their political capital block, lets see, unemployment benefits, the jobs bill, immigration reform, and lets not forget the energy bill. now they want to repeal health care. the stimulus a...