final. the fighting rages on. >> why does obama keep talking about the stimulus? look at all the spending in this bill. this ethanol is just the tip of the iceberg. they are loading all kinds of spending into this bill. that's why obama's calling it stimulus. he's getting effectively what he's getting here is second stimulus bill. in exchange for the republicans going along with this know of keeping tax rates the same. >> the president: the issue is not whether i think that the tax cuts for the wealthy are a good or smart thing to do. i've said repeatedly, i think they're not a smart thing to do. particularly because we've got to borrow money essentially to pay for them. the problem is, this is the single issue that the republicans are willing to scotch the entire deal for. >> greta: republican