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The deficit a single nickel. >> and remember, separately, the president has already said he would deploy 1500 national guard troops to the border to help support those forces actually on the ground. shep? >> you know, republicans have some similar legislation, i guess, but theyre taking their money from the stimulus program and that was a big sticker, i guess. >> yeah, it was a big sticking point because the democrats said they wouldnt take a single penny from the stimulus program also known as ...

For the president but too slow. and were not seeing the unemployment rate come down very much if it comes down at all. but the president is having some good news on the economy as you and savannah just talking about . 1,200 jobs at ford. the economic report that the stimulus program has actually succeeded in averting a great depression and perhaps preventing the unemployment situation from being much worse, good news. yesterday, the president got an unexpected birthday present from the u.s. sena...

Upswing thats great. once he changed the direction with that stimulus program he began to own the trend. while some indicators may look positive, unemployment is very painful and punishing people cross the country still at 9.5. >> it is so sad. you hear about the people they call them the 99ers, nickname in reference to people who have been on unemployment for 99 weeks thats when you go off your benefits. they havent found jobs yet. you had the report from mccain and coburn that showed all the w...

Mccain released a report detailing these and 97 more wasteful projects. >> senator coburn joins us now from washington today with more on this story. nice to see you this morning. >> good morning. how are you? >> were doing well. it sounds, though, the democrats not happy with your study of these projects this morning saying you guys are just playing some election year politics right now. with all of this stimulus money and you guys should be truthful and say you know what? this stuff has worked...

That you also want to tell us about, stuart. >> yes, this is another example, i believe heres the videotape, this makes it even worse, fraudulent payments totaling $108,000 for a tsa worker, improperly receiving disability payments while at work. now, when youve got the videotape, it just looks so bad. and when it comes on top of the stories that we got yesterday about waste and fraud in the stimulus program, remember, the $71,000 for cocaine monkeys, well, it really looks bad for government pro...

New york times" called "welcome to the recovery" because good news, america, we are in recovery. really? ok, we know theyre having a six-week summer of recovery to the administration is but yesterday, a couple of u.s. senators, mccain and coburn released a document with a list of 100 projects from the stimulus program that just was a waste. absolutely a waste. >> they called it summertime blues at least for all of us taxpayers who have given our sweat and tears to -- money to the government and ...

Ask you both this the whole day. tim geithner guess on with stephanopoulos today. unemployment could go up before it goes down. what a startling admission. three more months of unemployment reports. it is expected it is going to go up. so they are trying to, i guess, you know warn the american people. >> this is all part of the defense of the stimulus program. the defense of obamas economic policy. they have to say it is a success. things are improving. tim geithner gets out there in his editori...

Ask you both this the whole day. tim geithner guess on with stephanopoulos today. unemployment could go up before it goes down. what a startling admission. three more months of unemployment reports. it is expected it is going to go up. so they are trying to, i guess, you know warn the american people. >> this is all part of the defense of the stimulus program. the defense of obamas economic policy. they have to say it is a success. things are improving. tim geithner gets out tre in his editorial...

Under the federal stimulus program according to a "usa today" analysis. florida ranks last in stimulus benefits peres -- peres dents. the approach focus primarily on raising taxes on national corporations that democrats accuse of shipping jobs overseas in "the washington post." they mocked it as political designing to save the jobs of rust belt democrats. "the wall street journal" new government data reflect a change in priorities for american consumers who are spending more on electronics lik...

Flashes in women going through menopause. the report also claims researchers are spending more than 19 thousand dollars of your stimulus money to study how people feel about the stimulus program. rich edison of the fox business network is live on capitol hill tonight. rich, what do we know about this study? >> well, shep, the senate republicans who wrote this report say this spending is the latest in a congressional process environment thats led to a national debt of more than $13 trillion. one ...