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Congress for voting against and trashing the stimulus package, but then taking credit for all of the good that the stimulus has done in their states when they're back home. the basic idea was that these guys really aren't embarrassed at all about this blatant hypocrisy. in a few cases, they're willing to be photographed handing out big, golfy, fake checks, even after they voted against the money that those checks represent. even as they acknowledge to their constituents that the stimulus works and it's good policy, they'll still denounce it and vote against it because, you know, policy skmolsy...

Last night on this show, we called out 21 members of congress for voting against and trashing the stimulus package, but then taking credit for all of the good that the stimulus has done in their states when they're back home. the basic idea was that these guys really aren't embarrassed at all about this blatant hypocrisy. in a few cases, they're willing to be photographed handing out big goofy fake stimulus checks, even after they voted against the money that those checks represent. even as they acknowledge to their constituents that the stimulus works and it's good policy, they'll still denou...

Republicans oppose and we have had 6.1 million new jobs added in this economy and i think that the problems are we have to invest in education, make sure people have opportunities and make sure that the government doesn't pull back right now. >> what we also know is there are republicans who still strongly say and assert that the stimulus did not work and they do not believe in exactly what you just said. >> economists, the majority of those interviewed by "wall street journal" believes the stimulus works. 3 million jobs because of the stimulus and other thing is about the education thing i me...

The gap. invest in teachers, and fire and infrastructure. what's the evidence? we had a 2 1/2 trillion dollar hole in the economy when obama came in, filled it with 750 million dollar stimulus package a third of which was tax cuts and went from losing jobs a month gaining six month averages 200,000 a month. 1 million positive swing we were at negative 9 gdp. now positive 2, a 11 point swing. i think the evidence there is that stimulus, stimulus works, particularly when we're in a time, either a recessionary time as jonas said or stagnant. close to .2. i don't think, most economists challenge t...

The president has to deal with. >> and the other piece is that some passionately disagree with the approach. they don't think that stimulus works. i think you'd put paul rye and some of the others in that category. they don't want to see more spending and they think it's the wrong approach. >> and they say it's what he tried before and it drnt work at least not sufficiently. clearly people in that kafrl. but the schal think for the president is even to pick any republicans off, it is the closer we get to the election, the more his poll numbers go down, the less interest they have in trying to ...