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Dollars the president wants to provide the department of education. 2.5% increase. 476 is how many billions of dollars the president wants to pour into a new transportation package over the next six years. designed to create long-term economic growth. $61 billion is how much president obama proposes wall street pay back the american people for tarp. $1.5 trillion, trillion with a "t" that's how much the white house claims the deficit will shrink partially due to the expiration of the bush tax cuts for those making $250,000 a year. speaking of folks like that, hi mitt romney. what does your pro...

Year is at 8.2%. higher than any of the predecessors in 30 years. construction employment, a major part of the economy stalled out in june. however, as chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel explains there is a lot more to the troubling numbers. >> president obama signed the $105 billion transportation package in to law late today. funding construction jobs. he said would otherwise be lost. >> this bill will keep thousands of construction workers on the job, rebuilding our nation's infrastructure. >> the legislation will fund road and transit project through the end of fiscal 2014. a...