pass 99 weeks from the house that may reach us as soon as a week or two from now. the measure that just passed the senate tonight now moves to the house, which is expected to tackle the measure late tonight. that would allow lawmakers to head home to districts tomorrow morning. bret: they love to do that. james, thanks. okay. bret: industrial production edged up one-tenth of a percentage point last month. that was less than expected. foreclosures have hit record numbers in the first three months of the year. private firm says the number of homes taken over by banks jumped 35% compared to a year ago. those facing foreclosure are up 16%. dow s hot streak continued today, gaining 21.5. the s&p 500 picked up a point and the nasdaq finished ahead 11. president obama today tried to convince workers in the space industry that his new plan for nasa will not lead to the surrender of american space supremacy. senior correspondent brian wilson has the story from the
pass 99 weeks from the house that may reach us as soon as a week or two from now. the measure that just passed the senate tonight now moves to the house, which is expected to tackle the measure late tonight. that would allow lawmakers to head home to districts tomorrow morning. bret: they love to do that. james, thanks. okay. bret: industrial production edged up one-tenth of a percentage point last month. that was less than expected. foreclosures have hit record numbers in the first three months of the year. private firm says the number of homes taken over by banks jumped 35% compared to a year ago. those facing foreclosure are up 16%. dow s hot streak continued today, gaining 21.5. the s&p 500 picked up a point and the nasdaq finished ahead 11. president obama today tried to convince workers in the space industry that his new plan for nasa will not lead to the surrender of american space supremacy. senior correspondent brian wilson has the story from the
10% interest rate, it would go up to 30%. one-third of the budget will be interest. when we came in office, the prime interest rate was 21.5%. i know you don t remember because you re so young. 21.5%. can you imagine the u.s. economy? it would be around this twice. oh, gosh. [ laughter ] glenn: we ll be back in just a second.w
go up to 30%. one-third of the budget will be interest. when we came in office, the prime interest rate was 21.5%. i know you don t remember because you re so young. 21.5%. can you imagine the u.s. economy? it would be around this twice. oh, gosh. [ laughter ] glenn: we ll be back in just a second. ç
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