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expected to take place sometime this week. 60 votes are needed to overcome republican efforts to block the measure. here s athena jones with more on jobs bill and earth whether it ever pass. reporter: putting americans back to work is president obama s priority. say we can grow the economy as much as 2%, and as many as 1.9 million workers. reporter: he s been pushing the plan everywhere. at a press conference last week, on the road, on facebook and twitter, and in his weekly address. this is not the time for the usual games or political gridlock in washington. reporter: the bill would cut payroll taxes, extend unemployment benefits, give tax credits for hiring veterans or the long-term unemployed and provide money to keep public workers on the job and invest in rebuilding schools and road and paid for with a 5.6% tax on income over $1 million starting in 2013. the political stakes for mr. obama are high. no president since franklin roosevelt has bun re-elected with
good morning to you. this is your am: wake up call. this is a crucial week for president obama. the senate is expected to vote tomorrow on bringing the measure up for debate. president obama has been pushing this bill ever since unveiling it about a month ago saying it s what is desperately needed for this country to put people back to work. among other things, the president s jobs plan would cut payroll taxes on workers and employers, extend unemployment benefits, and spend money on public works projects. of course, republicans oppose how to pay for this plan. what s concerning is he put ideas in this jobs bill that have already proven to fail. instead of trying to get compromise, he s embracing conflict. he s running around the country campaigning on a bill he knows won t pass. all right. you didn t hear what president obama said because we were having technical difficulty, but here it is. these independent economists say we could grow the economy as much as 2% and
people s assemblies going on. you can see it and possibly hear it over my shoulder, where people make speeches, but because they don t use a mic system here, they don t have permits for that, so instead, they shout it from person to person to person so the entire crowd can hear what the message is, trying to rally support for their cause. as you say, as we pan the crowd here, you can see that there are a lot of young activists here, certainly, but already also others here from different walks of life. last hour, we introduced you to a grandmother who came here all the way from detroit. all kinds of people represented. they re also getting visits from celebrities. some who are here to show support, some who stopped by, not necessarily looking for the spotlight, but just to hear what s going on. in the middle of this week, on the biggest day we saw of all the crowds we had, that was the day we had the big rally. we ran into documentary filmmaker, michael moore, who s been here