These proposals. since then they ve also blocked a jobs bill that would keep teachers in the classroom and first responders on the street and blocked a jobs bill last week that would have put hundreds of thousands of construction workers back to work rebuilding america, despite the fact that more than 70% of americans supported the ideas in this bill, not one has yet stepped up on the other side of the aisle to say this is the right thing to do. they ve had three chances to do the right thing, three times they ve said no. i believe it s time they said yes to taking action that would boost the economy overall, because the overall economy has an impact on veterans. it s a lot easier for veterans to find jobs if the economy is growing rapidly and unemployment is dropping. and i think it s important for all of us to remember that we are all in this together. it s time we started acting like it. bold action from congress is ultimately the only way we are going to put hundreds of thousands o
Chosen to block these bills and these proposals. since then, they ve also blocked a jobs bill that would keep teachers in the classroom and first responders on the street and plocked a jobs bill last week that would have put hundreds of thousands of construction workers back to work rebuilding america. despite the fact that more than 70% of americans supported the ideas in this bill, not one has yet stepped up on the other side of the aisle to say this is the right thing to to. so they ve had three chances to do the right thing. three times they ve said no. i believe it s time they said yes to taking action that would boost the economy overall because the overall economy has an impact on veterans. it s a lot easier for veterans to find jobs if the economy is growing rapidly and unemployment is dropping. and i think it s important for all of us to remember that we re all in this together. it s time we started acting like it. bold action from congress ultimately is the only way we re goi
Infrastructure bill that would have put hundreds of thousands of construction workers back to work. it s the third time in the last months they have acted governs the nation s unemployed. first the american s jobs act, then the jobs for teachers and firefighters, now jobs to rebuild our roads and brings. this is appalling, but what s most appalling is they might be holding this country hostage because of one man speaker boehner, grover nor quist was on the hill this morning. was he an influence on your listen, our focus here is on jobs. we re doing everything we can to get or economy moving again. it s not often i m asked about some random person in america. now to be fair, for most americans grover nor quist is some random person, but for republicans, nor quist is an
What they re claiming are repackaged, are certainly ideas that were discussed by the biden group and other commissions, talking about eliminating deductions for people making $200,000 or more, opposing tax loop holes for oil and gas firms. treating hedge funds as ordinary income. niece are ideas that have been out there, but maybe there were only so many ideas. well, that s absolutely right, andrea. and then there s the 100% expensings that the president has proposed, and also adding it on the employer side, as well. investment in infrastructure. fixing bridges, which all over the country are in really bad disrepair. making sure we unclog our nation s arteries so we can get people to where they re going faster and put hundreds of thousands of construction workers back to work. keep police officers and firefighters on the job. make sure our schools have really top-quality teachers that
captions by vitac www.vitac.com tonight the jobs crisis, america s and his. there is work to be done, and there are people who are willing to do it. we need congress to get on board. can barack obama save his own job? with the lowest approval ratings ever, is this the last chance to get the presidency on track? ly talk to one of his biggest advisers and the country s biggest labor leader if he has turned the corner, and what he thinks of this let s take these sons of a bitches back and give america what they want. and will dennis kucinich challenge him from the left? and a man who is part of the team who has briefed the president everyday and sat face to face next to osama bin laden, and we will talk to author john miller. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening, president obama hard at work today on the speech that america is waiting for, his address to a joint session of congress thursday night laying out the jobs plan. the stakes could not be higher