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Office. we have a president who has done more in three weeks than some have done in an entire administration. >> that is a bit of an exaggeration. at this point into president obama's first term, he had signed into law a massive $787 billion stimulus package. >> the most sweeping economic recovery package in our history. >> he expanded health care coverage to an additional 4 million children, signed a law for equal pay for women. >> we will make sure that our daughters have the same rights, the same chances and the same freedoms to pursue their dreams as our sons. >> and sent an additional 1...

By this time eight years ago, 28 days into the obama administration, the president had already signed an equal pay law that has been languishing in congress, he signed a major health care bill expanding insurance to millions of low income kids. he was on the verge of signing a $787 billion stimulus package to try and save the economy and the senate had confirmed 28 members of his team. 28 days into the trump administration the senate has only confirmed 13 members of his team, the pat has signed two significant pieces of legislation, one repealed a law requiring oil companies to be transparent ...

Time to take a bite there your morning dish of scrambled politics. mashing the fifth anniversary of the $787 billion economic stimulus, remember that? yeah, president obama signed the bill on february 17th, 2009. the white house is on the defensive now after a barrage of criticism from republicans saying in part, quote, the economy has now grown for 11 straight quarters and businesses have added $8.5 million jobs since early 2010. but hold up, senate nine ority leader mitch mcconnell is not convinced. writing in a reuters op-ed, he says five years later, the stimulus is no success to celebrate...

American recovery and reinvestment act passed the house and the senate. well, it was a big one. some think it should have been bigger. it was a $787 billion economic stimulus package that did create jobs. it's a fact. infrastructure, investment, and assistance to the unemployed in this country, it was definitely needed. and there is no debate. there's no debate here. the 2009 stimulus package pulled this country out of the great recession. now back then, both houses of congress were controlled by the democrats. i guess you could say a pretty good thing that was happening because if boehner wer...

Ubs. >> do you great deal that inequality is a problem? >> yes, it's getting worse. you would think they weren't in power. the fact is the democrats have the house and senate. they did a $787 billion stimulus plan, the cash for clunkers, all these things that didn't grow the economy. they exacerbated the problem. we have literally more than 66,000 federal workers on the federal payroll. the deficit has just exploded. the pope actually blamed income and equality, and rush limbaugh