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And if they don't vote for it today, we're going to stay on it until they vote for something. we're going to keep pushing. >> the president's american jobs act got a majority vote in the united states senate tonight. a majority isn't enough. republicans have succeeded in stopping the bill in its tracks on a procedural vote that required 60 votes to advance the bill. the bill includes a large cut in payroll taxes that would leave more take home pay in workers' pockets, spendable income and make it cheaper for employers to hire new workers. the bill also extends unemployment benefits and provide...

>> the senate is an up usual place. the only legislative body in the world that majority isn't enough. it takes 60 votes to do most things. to give an example, the healthcare bill passed 60-40, 60 democrats and 40 republicans the if scott brown had been elected thee weeks earlier it wouldn't have passed. what we have now with 47 is the ability to be at the table or block an idea or if it's salvageable to ensure that it's a compromise worked out in a way acceptable. >> bret: you say 47 because you assume lisa murkowski or joe miller will win in alaska. colorado has been called now for michael b...