BUCYRUS - Thanks to 300 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, it s going to be a good week at Crawford County Public Health, its leader said. We re finally playing offense instead of defense, Health Commissioner Kate Siefert said Tuesday morning, standing amid the bustle of a vaccination clinic for residents ages 80 and older. Because wearing the mask, social distancing, all that was defense. Now we can finally fight the virus with some offense, with the vaccine.
The effort to vaccinate the county s oldest residents against the novel coronavirus got started at 9 a.m. Tuesday with a steady stream of seniors filing into the health department s building on Isaac Beal Road.
workers cheaper? will we get an unemployment benefits extension, which they ve always fought. will we get infrastructure. what s it going to be, howard? what gets through after this? well, i think payroll tax, probably. i think they ve got to do it, having cut it twice, they ve got to do it again. otherwise, you know, we could be tipped back into a second recession, because of cuts and consumer spending and consumer confidence. that s probably not wuumber one. after that, who knows? i don t know what else will get passed. and the question you asked is the right one, chris. this isn t something that is going to do much more than preserve the status quo. extend unemployment benefits, continue a payroll tax cut. yes, the infrastructure piece is a big piece, but i seriously doubt that the president s going to have the muscle to get that through. yeah, i wonder if this administration is the last one for president obama, will he look back and say, i tried to do too much on jobs, or i did
something about jobs right now by voting for the american jobs act. this is a moment of truth for the u.s. senate. the moment of truth for the u.s. senate. well said. welcome back to hardball. president obama was in pittsburgh today, as you saw, for a meeting of the counsel on jobs and competitiveness, and he made sure to let voters know there was a jobs bill vote today, but senate minority leader mitch mcconnell described the jobs bill as a political stunt. well, that s what he says. let s hear. democrats have designed this bill to fail. they ve designed their own bill to fail. in the hopes that anyoneyz votes against it will look bad for opposing a bill they mistakenly referred to as a jobs bill. wow. the upcoming procedural vote requires 60 votes to keep the jobs bill alive. that looks mighty unlikely right now. but will the president get enough democrats to support his bill to save his face and look strong. howard stineman is an msnbc
running against the do-nothing congress. and that s going to include some number of democrats. he s going to run against them as much as he s running against republicans. he s going to have to save his own skin as he goes forward to re-election. let s take a look. president obama called on voters to support his jobs bill and actually reprized that pass this bill mantra. let s listen. let congress know who they work for. remind them what s at stake when they cast their vote. tell them that the time for gridlock and games is over, the time for action is now, and tell them to pass this bill. if you want construction workers on the job, pass the bill. if you want teachers back in the classroom, pass the bill. if you want tax cuts for your family and small business owners, pass this bill. if you want veterans to share in the opportunity that they upheld and they defended, do the right thing. pass this bill. howard, my big question to