are supporting. completely con sis stint with supporting the first second amendment. what the president wants to sign is strong enforceable bill with background checks it has 90% support. it can get done. what it is going to require is that the republican not filibuster require 60 votes when the president gave the state of the union with all the newtown families in the audience. they all applauded. if the cameras are off and newtown families aren t there, as the president said politics is the only reason this stuff won t get done. chris: again, on the assault weapons ban, which is is part of the president s program, harry reid says it doesn t have 40 slots. even if you didn t have filibuster, it still wouldn t pass the senatedon t e democrat. which raises the question why didn t the president go harder at democrats from red states, states with a lot of people who support gun rights and try to
employers from getting new people. aren t those more serious problems than the sequester? well, certain live the end of the payroll tax cut is hurting americans because it means there is less money in their pockets and less money to spend in small businesses. less money to pend while they are shopping. that does have an impact on the economy no question about that look at the overall picture on the economy. we have made a lot of progress. the housing market is coming back, manufacturing is coming back. american auto industry is back. while you shouldn t focus on any individual month if we would have created 290,000 i would have given you the answer we have to do more. chris: briefly, i want to get to immigration before i let you go. the total number of jobs created in the first three months of this year and there were pretty good
answer to the question as to why, the approval rating of congressional republicans is at historic low. you have to look no farther than that statement. their view is my way or o00 highway. do exactly what i want. give massive tax breaks to the wealthy. ask the middle class to pay the freight. that s not what the american people want. and if the republican party really wants to reach out to republicans to americans as they say they should start listening to americans. chris: the march jobs numbers come out friday they were grim. 88,000 jobs created. 400,000 left the labor force. labor force participation is 63.3%. that he was the lowest since jimmy carter was president. the white house was blaming the sequester and republicans for supporting the sequester. a lot of independent analysts, dan, say much bigger problems are the fact that the payroll taxes have increased and also the fact that the cost of hiring new workers under obama care is keeping some