deeper into debt. those are the headlines on the economic front this morning. martha: stuart, we ll be chewing over that a lot this morning. thank you so much, stuart varney of the fox business network. we ll see you soon. gregg: let s put this in some context here. the jobless rate has exceeded 8% for 30 straight months. that is the longest stretch on record. 42.6% of unemployed americans have been jobless for 27 weeks or more. the private sector though has added jobs for 24 straight months. martha? martha: the house passing a jobs act bill on capitol hill on thursday afternoon. it mostly supports small businesses. the republicans praised bipartisan support on this. nancy pelosi called the bill meager. let s hear from both sides on that. here we go. we passed a bill that will help small businesses start up and grow in this economy. that s what we need right now is a bill to undo red tape a bill to make it easier for small businesses to access capital.