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He will be forced to break this bill into pieces and attempt to move it through in tekzs. given the nature of this congress, shouldn't the president have proposed a smaller bill from the out set or do you think this was deliberate some. >> a lot of people have actually asked the white house that same question. why not just try to offer up the bill in pieces from the beginning knowing it wasn't going to pass from the out set? the white house makes the argument that we want the bill to pass in total. what we are seeing this is a bit of a campaign tool. the president is using this as part of the ...

White house contends, the private economist say, that would increase the number of jobs. the republicans opposed the provisions of the job act, that the white house says would create the jobs immediately, spending to let state and local governments be able to hire teachers and livers police offid infrastructure improvements, because the republicans impose those central aspects of the deal they feel this is a campaign tool and the president, you will see, repeating it from now until the election next year. >>shepard: on this matter lens -- the republicans have made a political stand. >>reporter...

To go from here? >> reporter: well, jamie, the number was better than most economists had expected, but it was far short of good because nearly half of it was verizon workers who happened to be on strike when the august number was counted. the white house says the september number shows the need for passing the president's jobs bill which republicans have largely written off as a campaign tool. the president says he will use it as a campaign tool if republicans block the bill. the white house believes there is strong public support for it. mr. obama's chief economic adviser says it could prote...

Few weeks. >> i want it back. i'm ready to sign it. my expectation is in the month of october we will schedule a vote. before the end of the month. >> rand paul doesn't think much of the prospect. >> his chances in the house are zero. maybe slightly better in the senate. >> house majority leader eric cantor of virginia agrees and he wants the white house to negotiate what part of the bill to bring up. press secretary jay carney wants a president wants a vote on all of it. >> come 2012, every member of the house can be up for re-election. they will have to answer the question in a time of econo...

The famous governor killed in a plane crash. tom carnahan, a wind farmer for years, getting this money. down it's inappropriate. >> it's inappropriate and i disagree that it's used as a campaign tool. it's fundamentally wrong and it's inappropriate for them to do that and it's a conflict of interest. it's that simple. talking about a lot of money here. >> clayton: conflict of interest? >> of course the republicans in washington, everybody else, and john boehner money for oil companies and other republicans for that matter, campaign contributors passing legislation. this actually less after con...