we ve passed over 200 bills. they don t cost money, getting the government out of the way of the private sector and allowing the job creators, the entrepreneurs to grow and employ people. unfortunately, they re stuck in the senate. with respect to the president s speech tonight, let s back up a couple of weeks if we can. the president finished his three-day bus tour in may hometown of peoria, illinois. and he boarded air force one and flew back to d.c. and said give me a couple of weeks, wait until after labor day, and i will come out with a jobs bill, a jobs plan to help put americans back to work. and we re now starting to learn the details of that jobs plan. and many of the sentiment here, much of the sentiment here in washington, d.c. and back home in my district among democrats and republicans leaves people scratching their heads. much of what s in this $300 billion jobs plan as the president s calling it is more of the same. continuing unemployment benefits for 99 weeks, continui
and the bridges and the water systems. it must be targeted to those areas most in need, both in rural and urban areas. so it has to be a huge effort, $1 trillion or more. i think the president has to fight for it. you cannot start out by anticipating what you won t get and reducing your effort in ways that will not even make the fight. so it s very important that number one, it s huge. that it s real repair of the infrastructure, payroll tax deduction. the repair of our schools that are in great disrepair. also, housing trust fund. doing something about, you know, all of these foreclosed homes. i think the president has to fight hard for it. a lot of people are prepared to stand with the president in this
it didn t work. bob: dana something that was important about the committee. the committee fails to do anything, you know what happens? there are automatic cuts and 50% will come out of defense, to make the right wing nuts go crazy. 50% comes out to make us left wing crazy. majority of congress or those voting on any day declare the word emergency. that validates the automati automatic dana: what would congress do if they came back? greg: considering the fact it s ending the whole page program. they will take the pages out to lunch because it s the last chance. talk about a judge being a page yet? later. greg: asking congress to come back in is asking your mugger to come back because he forgot your watch. congress back in and do two things now. they could extend payroll tax deduction and put together infrastructure bank. two things they could do.
bob: dana something that was important about the committee. the committee fails to do anything, you know what happens? there are automatic cuts and 50% will come out of defense, to make the right wing nuts go crazy. 50% comes out to make us left wing crazy. majority of congress or those voting on any day declare the word emergency. that validates the automati automatic dana: what would congress do if they came back? greg: considering the fact it s ending the whole page program. they will take the pages out to lunch because it s the last chance. talk about a judge being a page yet? later. greg: asking congress to come back in is asking your mugger to come back because he forgot your watch. congress back in and do two things now. they could extend payroll tax deduction and put together infrastructure bank. two things they could do. if they get it back without
tom davis. i m candy crowley. and this is state of the union. the president said he wanted a deal by friday so lawmakers met with him at the white house day after day after day. they took a break friday, and the president pushed again. if washington operates as usual and can t get anything done, let s at least avert armageddon. joining me now, white house budget director jacob liu. thanks for being here this morning. good to be with you, candy. we are told by hill sources that since the last white house meeting on thursday and this morning there has been no progress. do you concur? i think quite a bit has been going on since the meeting at the white house on thursday night. there s been activity. has there been progress? there s been activity and progress i think on two fronts. first, there are substantial discussions going on in the senate between the two leaders to make sure that at a minimum congress has a way to take action and avoid default on the u.s. de