receive a tax cut, and i think it s even upwards of 90% depending who you re talking to. this is real money for hard working americans. when you are saying $800 didn t is matter. i covered barack obama. he made a big deal. and the congressman will remember, hashtag $40. that s what you got in the paycheck and the democrats said this is a big deal. talk about crumbs. i think she said, actually. democrats spent, remember when barack obama did this, $787 billion, and most people didn t feel it, and ed s exactly right. they were bragging about 40 bucks. the companies are saying $1,000 bonus. steve: there s a fundamental thing here i think, you say what you want about the trump administration and you do, the one thing i think that it seems to be going well is the economic story, and there s a political problem for the democrats. because good news for american workers, bad news for the democrats politically.
do 787 billion-dollar infrastructure program but the problem is a very, very small percentage of that actually went to roads, bridges and infrastructure. so it s not an easy equation, especially when you have to get to 60 votes in the senate. lisa: congressman, what if democrats don t join republicans. #resistance that they have been doubling down on. not joining republicans with tax reform. democrats are pointing to wins in virginia and alabama as signs they have momentum in 2018. are you concerned for republicans? no. look. republicans need to keep putting victories up and explaining to the american people what they are fighting for. i think the tax reform was a good example. they won t allow the american people their own money to keep their own money in their own wallets. somehow democrats think that s armageddon. it is much tougher to get to 60. interesting if mitch
think it was $787 billion. but now they re going to vote to add a $1.5 trillion debt? i mean, how do they rationalize? they didn t want to bail a country out on the verge of a depression. and suddenly a recession with $787 billion. but the bill they would now put on us $1.5 trillion in the name of what? i mean, the economy is supposed to be doing well. why don t they worry about the debt now. and they have no former way to pay for it? it makes no sense. that s why the american people should be joutz raged. here are the same individuals who are talking about, as you re correct, we talked about fixing the economy, which hasn t been fixed by the obama administration, of which we are in now. that s why they are trying to round up on the present. without, that we wouldn t be who we are today.
he signed a $787 billion stimulus. this moves the economy from recession to recovery and ultimately to prosperity. we began by passing a recovery act that s saved or created over 150,000 jobs and provided a tax cut to 95% of all working families. that was obama s view of his hundred-day success. bill clinton got his own party to approve a $1.5 trillion budget and franklin roosevelt set the standard, ramming 76 bills through congress. our report tracked executive orders. this is a place where trump has been busier, releasing 25 executive orders, more than obama or george w. bush at this point. while the travel ban is on hold, most of the orders are in effect. we were just reporting on trump s d.o.j., busy putting in the tougher policies on crime and immigration, coordinating with local police. we found some of his orders
one is the supreme court justice for his agenda, that was a big positive for him to be able to get that through. i also think that bombing syria and making clear that it was there s no place for chemical weapons in the civilized world, another positive, although it came with no strategy attached to it, a serious problem. but on the other hand, if you do this in comparative context, trump said it was a ridiculous standard to look at him after the first 100 days. in obama s first 50 days, he passed a gender equity pay act. he expanded health insurance for four million people. he passed a $787 billion economic stimulus package, and fully funded the government s budget. trump s first 100 days, the signed legislation so far has been repealing the stream protection rule which allows mining companies to pollute streams. eradicating a requirement for mining companies to disclose foreign payments, and a nasa authorization bill. if you actually look at signed legislation, trump is not even clo