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>> gretchen: bring your rain boots. mitt romney says he knows how it make u.s. make us and the u.s. energy independent by 2020. it will create millions of jobs. peter doocy live in washington with more on his newly vealed plan. hi, peter. >> mitt romney says his plan would create more than 3 million jobs, including a million in manufacturing by the end of his second term as president in 2020, while also strengthening national security and the way it does both those things at the same time, he says, is by making america energy independent. here is how he wants to do it. first off, empower the s...

Infrastructure and nancy pelosi would not even allow a single vote on that amendment. i've been pushing our leadership here in the house, john boehner and eric cantor, to allow for a six-year highway bill to move forward. now, why is a six-year highway bill significant? number one, it's about $400 billion to $500 billion of infrastructure investment, close to ten times what the president wants to spend, number one. number two, it's over six years, so the infrastructure community, the construction industry -- >> why don't you become a democrat? >> i don't need to become a democrat. >> because y...

Would have doubled the amount in the president's original stimulus bill to be spent on infrastructure and nancy pelosi would not even allow a single vote on that amendment. i've been pushing our leadership here in the house, john boehner and eric cantor, to allow for a six-year highway bill to move forward. now, why is a six-year highway bill significant? number one, it's about $400 billion to $500 billion of infrastructure investment, close to ten times what the president wants to spend, number one. number two, it's over six years, so the infrastructure community, the construction industry --...

The same reason president obama hasn't advocated for a six-year highway bill is the same reason that the republican leadership hasn't offered the plan, is because you've got to come up with a way to pay for it. john boehner a few weeks ago in a speech here in d.c. said he's looking at doing a six-year highway bill using the current gas tax coupled with revenue from offshore leasing of offshore drilling rights. i don't care what the pay fors are, but ronald reagan passed one, bill clinton passed one, george w. bush passed one. a six-year highway bill that's paid for -- >> i know, the problem is...