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Military's chain of command, tonight they're all jim bunning. every republican in the united states senate, plus ben nelson, is jim bunning. for eight weeks, senate democrats have sought passage of a bill to reauthorization several expired stimulus programs. it included relief to the 1.2 million americans who have been out of work longer than six months whose benefits have expired. it meant to fund state medicaid programs and extend a bunch of tax breaks, tax breaks, tax breaks, for businesses and for families. the original bill was fillibustered last week. so republicans tried to weaken the b...

President obama joining other world leaders in canada to talk about ways to help the global economy recover. it's the start of tree days on the topic rich and developing neighbors that collectively oversee 85% of the world's economy. two years ago when the economic crisis began, those leaders agreed on massive rescue packages to help turn things around. but tonight, disagreements are emerging on how and when to end those stimulus efforts. it's the top story at the bottom of the hour. our white house correspondent wendell goler has it live from toronto. hello, wendell. >> hello, shepard. the qu...

To show down. the g.d.p. is wrong and deficits will get higher. we have to rein in ourselves fiscally. >> it doesn't work. >> we spent $1 trillion. we spent $1 trillion on a stimulus plan. we have nothing to show for it. to go out and do it again is just going to put the burden on the heirs. we're already at $13 trillion. my four kids will have to pay for. we have can't continue to do this to them. >> cheryl: jonathan? >> another recent example is japan. they have been mired in a decade-plus recession that had something like eight stimulus programs, infrastructure, you know, health. they alway...

News sunday" where the hot topics were the economy and jobs and the retirement of justice john paul stephens from the court. happy easter to you. >> same to you. >> you talked about a number of top issues including the economy. we got jobs numbers this week. of course, there's disagreement between the two about how we're doing and where we go from here. yeah. it was very interesting. we were talking to john kyle, the number two republican from arizona, and a arlen spector, formerly democrat, now a republican from pennsylvania. kyle said about what you would have thought. he was against spend...

Going to stimulus programs in u.s. territory sms at that time u.s. virgin islands. while we were in saent thomas on a different assignment, we saw those green and orange stimulus signs an started doing some digging of our own. nicknamed america's paradise, the u.s. virgin islands are riding a wave of federal tax dollars these days. the three islands that make up this tiny u.s. territory are slated to receive more than $130 million in stimulus money. the territory's governor says the islands are entitled to the funds. >> we've been part of the united states since 1917. so had this really does h...