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Going to be coming out from the federal government today and you might not pay attention to every single detail of a lot of these reports but this one you might want to because this report is going to be scathing in the sense of how much money we are wasting right now billions in government bloat and overlap with programs that do the same thing and may not have any results. >> let's take a look at the big board over there, gretch and look at the number of federal programs that cover the same stuff. on the top line, surface transportation. there are hundreds of projects that cover that. there a...

Better jobs report next month. still let's look at the bottom line here. the unemployment rate still sitting at 9.7%. and that's double what it was two years ago when the rescission started. so if you're unemployment health could be on the way, the house of representatives passed a $15 billion jobs bill. the bill now has to go back to the senate where they hash out their changes. that's going to delay its passage until probably next week. if they hire currently unemployed workers. it also funds highway programs and extends a tax break for businesses. all right, let's check on the early numbers...

I'm sure you have an explanation. >> excuse me! >> are you concerned about those that are going to lose their benefits? >> well, i read a report that said he was going back down to the floor because the democrats in the senate could approve it with unanimous consent. at issue is this -- on sunday night, a bunch of government programs expired including highway and transit programs and included in that were unemployment benefits for 400,000 americans. now, there's a whole another bill -- >> extension. >> it would be an extension. the senate has already passed a separate jobs bill that has an ext...

Left without these benefits. even if congress passes an extension, people won't be able to get missed payments. it's times like these when congress pulls something like this, leaves reasons for americans to think are these members of congress really in touch with the american people, kyra? >> you're talking about a price tag of $10 billion. and this bill includes a lot more than just an extension of unemployment benefits. there's a lot of other things that are going to be impacted as well. >> exactly. there are. talking about d.o.t., the the president of transportation is furloughing 2,000 wor...

Megyn: what do you think? does brian have it right? does he accurately characterize how middle americans feel? americans are debating harry reid -- harry reid $15 billion jobs bill. it includes tax breaks for businesses that hire the unemployed as well as transit and highway programs. five republicans joined the democrats to advance the measure. among them massachusetts senator scott brown. but the show of bipartisan did not last long as evidenced by two senators on the floor today. >> the fact that every republican idea, every republican amendment is being shut out is really frustrating, even...