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good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight is the economy, stupid. in a surprise news conference today the president blamed congress for keeping americans out of work. >> they left most of the jobs plan just sitting there, and in light of the head winds that we're facing right now, i urged them to reconsider because there are steps to take right now to put more people back to work. >> the president is angry that congress has not passed his jobs bill, which sat on the shelf since last fall. part of it did pass. the payroll tax cut extension and long-term unemployment...

money taxpayers have spent on stimulus since it began in 2008 under george w. bush. the first stimulus bill, this was president obama's in the spring of 2009, $840 billion, and $185 billion and the payroll tax cut extension $93 billion, 69 billion had not been paid back and ben bernanke tag, $3.8 trillion. if you add in the $297 billion the cost would be $3.8 trillion. $3.8 trillion. that is a stunning and shocking number, and here we are almost four years exactly after the financial crisis began. according to research first b.t.i.g. america has 735,000 fewer jobs than at the peak in...

good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight is the economy, stupid. in a surprise news conference today the president blamed congress for keeping americans out of work. >> they left most of the jobs plan just sitting there, and in light of the head winds that we're facing right now, i urged them to reconsider because there are steps to take right now to put more people back to work. >> the president is angry that congress has not passed his jobs bill, which sat on the shelf since last fall. part of it did pass. the payroll tax cut extension and long-term unemployment...