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On the job after one year, well, the business will get an extra $1,000 credit. now, the bill also funnels about $20 billion into highway and transit programs. lawmakers said the moves are paid for by crackdowns on offshore tax havens. the associated press has reported it will add $13 billion to the debt over the next three years. counter terrorism officials calling it a powerful blow against al qaeda. they say drones in pakistan have killed one of the group's key leaders. a bomb expert who helped oversee the attack on a cia base in afghanistan this past december. his name is hussein alanini. i...

I'm sure you have an explanation. >> excuse me! >> are you concerned about those that are going to lose their benefits? >> well, i read a report that said he was going back down to the floor because the democrats in the senate could approve it with unanimous consent. at issue is this -- on sunday night, a bunch of government programs expired including highway and transit programs and included in that were unemployment benefits for 400,000 americans. now, there's a whole another bill -- >> extension. >> it would be an extension. the senate has already passed a separate jobs bill that has an ext...

Asian life insurance business. the price tag? $35 billion most of it in cash. it's aig's biggest asset sale since being rescued by the government. wall street is hoping greece may finally get a bailout of its own. european and greek officials are meeting today and there is talk that a deal could be hammered out soon. and the transportation department will lay off 2,000 workers today, furloughed without pay because the senate failed to pass a bill to extend highway and transit programs. this is all part of the unemployment benefits extension you heard christine talk about a few minutes ago. w...

Republican senate negotiators put out a statement saying "our bill streamlines environmental review processes for the long-term and gives more authority and flexibility to the states to decide their own funding. >> because of this compromise millions of workers in the transportation and construction industries know that their jobs will not disappear. this is a two year bill that allocates $100 billion for highway and transit programs and funding was set to expire tomorrow night. greg? >> democrats are pointing out that the republican leadership ignored one of their open rules to pass this bill...

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