we don t have some special bye that we got to get out of town by the 20th of december. congressman, the criticism is not all coming from members of the democratic party. here s what your republican colleague in the senate, senator scott brown, said just today. the house republicans plan to scuttle the deal to help middle class families is irresponsible and wrong. the sa hard-working americans and stop unemployment benits for those out of work. during this time of divided government, both parties need to be reasonable and come to the negotiating table in good faith. we cannot allow rigid partisan ideology and unwillingness to compromise stand in the way of working together. what s your response to your republican colleague? well, what i would say, picking out his own words, he said we need to negotiate, we need to come to the table to compromise. that s the only thing we re asking. we re saying, you guys want a two-month deal, that s not in the interest of the american recovery.
as of last night, the month no jobs were created, 40 weeks is the mean duration, amount of time you spend on unemploit. when you add another year, that number is going up. people spend more time bob: you let 4 million people go with no moneyed no food? eric: find jobs. bob: they can t find jobs. you are in favor of not giving people unemployment insurance; is that right? eric: find jobs. economists show as you approach the expiration of your benefit miraculously you find work. bob: see if the five is right. you re exten against extending unemployment benits? dana: why would you say that? you d assume. bob: i thought you said that. dana: you assume. i think the program needs to be reformed, but i think if you re not adding enough jobs to keep up with number of people who are entering a workforce every month, then we