over spending and the debt and the debt ceiling. today that deep dive into the battle between these two political heavy weights. the seeds of conflict, if you will, were planted early. president obama has been targeting lobbying groups like the chamber since the day he announced his white house run. they write the checks, you get stuck with the bill. they get the access while you get to write a letter. they think they own this government, but we re here today to take it back. the time for that kind of politics is over. it is through. despite that, the relationship actually started off on a somewhat positive note. the chamber broke with republicans early on in obama s presidency and backed the $787 billion stimulus package. but things went down hill quickly as the two sides clashed over the president s health care and economic agendas. the chamber s number two man, bruce joss ten, blamed the white house for targeting the group
will waste the eight minute video. it claims that the rich are so used to being rich that when the government set up a stimulus, the rich got all the money. take a listen. but they didn t give any to the ordinary people whose houses and shops were broken by the crash. those people said you give the rich people money and were giving us any to fix our houses and our jobs? reporter: of course, they failed to point out the $787 billion stimulus. 20 billion went towards food stamps, $39 billion plus went towards extending unemployment insurance benefits, and 25 billion went to extending health benefits for the unemployed. the lions share of the stimulus went to those in lower and middle-class families. the video, by the way, you might have noticed is meant to give president obama a boost when it comes to raising taxes on those who make more than $200,000 a year. the california federation of
blue dog democrat matheson is in the fight of his love with republican mia love, and she was on year. today is the congressman s chance to respond. your opponent was challenging your record yesterday. take a listen to what she said. i want your reaction. he voted for the $787 billion stimulus. he voted for cash for clunkers the he voted against the repeal of obamacare. he has to answer those, not only do we have to do that but you have to find a way after that to provide solutions for the problems that we face. congressman, go ahead. she points out you voted for cash for clunkers and obamacare. guest: that is not true. that is not true i voted against obamacare and i voted against it three times first on energy and commerce committee and voted against it on the house floor and voted against it when it came back from the senate. she is trying to muddy the
makes a challenger or makes the incumbent, have to explain their position. it is the same area with my opponent, he supports president obama. he supports and voted for the $787 billion stimulus. he voted for car check, cash for clunkers , vote the against the repeal of obamacare. he has to answer that and find a way to provide solutions on the problems we face. obama is in the same position my opponent is. people saying need only can you runaway from your own record you don t even have solutions or are incapable of creating solutions. neil: have you campaigned with governor romney? i have been a sure gatt and helped out in november. we going this weekend to help out in ohio. we are excited. i am trying to run two campaigns
shannon: i m shannon bream in for megyn kelly. a new jobs report signaling a weak economy, only 96,000 jobs add in the move august according to the labor department. look at this chart. a huge tee klein from the gains we found six months ago. more americans have given up look for work. estimates show 368,000 people quit look for work all together. governor romney addressed this at an in iowa a short time ago. he was going to get people back to work with his stimulus plan. he said with we let him borrow $787 billion he would hold unemployment under 8%. it s been 43 straight months above 8%. there are 23 million americans