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Said that they're going to do that. they don't have the character to step up dean it. don't expect this broadcaster to show change anytime soon if they keep acting the way they've been acting all the way long. now, the country likes health care. the country was for wall street reform. the country doesn't like sourcing. and the american people are now at a higher percentage than ever before questioning the war spending and what the heck we're doing in iraq and afghanistan. so is it rhetoric? is it not civil to question these policies? you mean to tell me that we can go through a record number o...

But the economy was roaring and we went to surplus which is a remarkable thing and the economy tip inside recession and the deficit began to grow again. in the middle years of the bush presidency the economy boomed and the deficit despite the war spending which was extraordinary, the deficit came down i think for three consecutive years. we didn't get to surplus but it came down remarkably during those three years. that was we now know the housing bubble. and bubbles which the way, for all their other problems are wonderful for dealing with the deficit because they produce a gusher of tax rece...

Economy was roaring and we went all the way to surplus which was a remarkable thing and the economy, eventually tipped into recession and the deficit began to grow again and the middle years of the bush presidency, the economy boomed and the deficit, despite the war spending which was extraordinary, the deficit came down i think for three consecutive years and didn't get to surplus but came down remarkably during those three years and that was, we now know, the housing bubble. bubbles -- for all their other problems, bubbles are wonderful for dealing with the deficit, because they produce a gu...

But the economy was roaring and we went to surplus which is a remarkable thing and the economy tip inside recession and the deficit began to grow again. in the middle years of the bush presidency the economy boomed and the deficit despite the war spending which was extraordinary, the deficit came down i think for three consecutive years. we didn't get to surplus but it came down remarkably during those three years. that was we now know the housing bubble. and bubbles which the way, for all their other problems are wonderful for dealing with the deficit because they produce a gusher of tax rece...

Think that government spending is at too high a level and the midterm election is around the corner. >> this a real push-pull. when will congress get to work on this, and what's likely to happen, and a third one here, is the money there? >> reporter: let's start at the beginning. when will congress take this up? they're away right now and come back next week. this is on the to-do list. here's the rub. this money, it isn't just money for summer jobs. it's on a big spending bill that funds the war in afghanistan as well as a number of domestic issue like this one, summer job, and what you have n...