january 13th. there are multiple deadlines coming up. the question is, are these combievend. is this one big negotiation or a separate fight democrats have to push for on their own with the help of a couple republicans when the new year comes around? we get into that situation, there is so much pressure on republicans and john boehner has to put something on the floor his republican colleagues don t want? i have already seen the ads. call your republican congressman, that sort of thing. look, there is a congress that doesn t get anything done until the deadline is right in front of it. who knows what will happen? the american people are putting pressure on congress, whether it s enough will remain to be seen. it energizes people that aren t experiencing this kind of economy. jared, thanks for joining us down there in florida. some of the stats i see have jumped out at meant this. 37% currently unemployed for six
mandatory minimums. the obamaed a penstration showed reform this year. attorney general eric holder announced a new directive aimed as reducing sentences for non-violent crimes. it is clear as we come together today tattoo many americans go to too many prisons for far too long and for no truly good law enforcement reason. it s clear [ applause ] . it s clear that at a very bake level the 20th century criminal justice solutions are not adequate to overcome our 21st century challenges. and again, it is well past time to implement common sense changes that will foster safer communities from coast-to-coast. the question is are democrats ready to finally cast off once and for all any worry of being soft on crime, especially in an election year. are there more serious criminal
what is it that you can tell us about new jersey that makes it so susceptible today, what are the other states that will be hardest hit and why? that s a good question. new jersey is a high state with unemployment. some of the other states, california is home to most. new york is next. nevada is up there. florida is up there. a lot of the states that will be most agent. ed are states affected by the housing bust, so. and this is something as the year goes on, there will be several waves of this, we were talking 1.3 million now as people hit the 26-week mark, there will be more. are there other states as the year goes on, will this map look different? yeah, pretty much every state. be i the end of the first half of the year, it s going to be another i think 1.8 million. by the end of the year totally, it will be several million more, in fact. susie. yeah. this sort of points out to the fact that this is happening and is having outside influence on
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nature of this recovery. other than the shale point you made earlier. there are some pockets. generally, it s been, you know, small c catholic in the sense that lots of different people from lots of different walks of life have been hurt. it s not just been low skilled workers. college workers. workers in i.t., which is usually a field of lots and labor and demandch those workers too have been experiencing spells of unemployment and many of them depend on these benefits while the job market still recovers. roj, i want to ask you, one more question about the map there. we are talking federal benefits expiring here. the unemployed are at the generosity of whatever state they live in. what states do you have a sense what states that are left? we can see north carolina the least states. what states are the most generous i guess is an awful question to ask. what is the best state to be unemployed now with federal aid