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Truth. he's got more support than you realize if you look outside of congress. he is saying, you want to extend unemployment benefits, you better pay for it. we don't want to borrow any more. >> sean: the bunning amendment to pay unemployment was just -- defeated. the issue is, i thought the stimulus was supposed to create job, save jobs? >> that why you had larry summers today saying we are going to have bad unemployment numbers. when he said he was gonna blame the storm i thought he was going to say it is because of global warming. when those numbers come out friday they want to make sure th...

Truth. he's got more support than you realize if you look outside of congress. he is saying, you want to extend unemployment benefits, you better pay for it. we don't want to borrow any more. >> sean: the bunning amendment to pay unemployment was just -- defeated. the issue is, i thought the stimulus was supposed to create job, save jobs? >> that why you had larry summers today saying we are going to have bad unemployment numbers. when he said he was gonna blame the storm i thought he was going to say it is because of global warming. when those numbers come out friday they want to make sure th...

Elevator, 100,000 americans have suffered the cessation of unemployment benefits and a million more were at risk. 2,000 workers were actually laid off. and even though senator bunning has now agreed to a deal, his actions had real consequences. americans who work hard and play by the rules watched one man manipulate senate rules to defy democracy. three different demonstrations were held today in kentucky at a ral in -- rally in louisville. the protesters included unemployed constituent of the kentucky senator. but that state was obviously not the only one affected by senator bunning's obstina...

The pay go thing. his excuse, it has no teeth anyway. the first opportunity in a he had to try to help it out, he didn't do that, he could have offered amendment to the pay go thing if he was serious about it. i think he's on the loose, he's the tea party in karn at in the senate. people like mcconnell and the other republicans are going to have to be dealing with him from now until the time that the senate quits its business at the end of the year. >> howard, the msnbc sports desk just screamed into my ear that the kentucky basketball game is tomorrow night. let's keep that straight. >> all r...

On it. senator bunning should certainly meet a guest who will join us soon. what you're seeing now on our screen is the bunning amendment. just was defeated in the united states senate as it now moves forward toward voting on this final passage of the emergency extension of unemployment benefits. the bunning amendment just defeated. now the senate will move forward. joining us now is sue mason, a mechanical engineering designer in pensville, new jersey, who has been unemployed since january of 2009. now, sue mason, i know this is your first time on tv and i'm sure you wanted your first time on...