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Component of recovery act. >> reporter: cash-strapped states receive $150 billion in stimulus cash, cushioning cut-backs and tax increases. still, states cut services or increase taxes by $185 billion in the past two years. those moves would have been even more harsh, the white house says, without the stimulus. >> tens of thousands of teacher just in new york city who were about to be fired and did not have to be fired because of the recovery act. that is an element of rescue. >> still, the white house says looking back there should have been more infrastructure spending and it should have bee...

Endeavor on the launch pad at kennedy space center. endeavor and its crew are set to leave earth before dawn tomorrow. >> this launch will be one of the last as the space shuttle program. nasa bracing for cut backs. what will that mean to the future of america's space program? joining us is fox news contributor, tom jones, the former shuttle astronaut and author of a book, calls good to talk to you. thank you for being here. now it's t minus four missions or so for the shuttle program. once they're all done, then what >> that's a good question. the president said nasa would be invest not guilt...

Drives it to keep going like, this we're told that people are feeling confident, they feel good about their jobs, so they'll keep driving up the demand. normally this peaks around this time of year. it will ebb a little bit. what do you see happen something. >> you're seeing so much travel. we had a brutal winter in the north and chicago where we're happy. we're not going to cut back during the holidays. what you'll see is gas buddy's travel survey, people are getting anxious and will make cut-backs but they will come between the holidays. you know, we have a lot of traditions, memorial day, l...

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