spent a trillion and it hasn't created jobs. we lost 3 million jobs. what the republicans on the house side have pointed out is that they've passed between 15 and 20, depending on whether you believe the speaker or the majority leader of the house, jobs bills in a bipartisan fashion on the house side that the senate has not acted on. the same senate ha hasn't passed a budget in 900 days and i'm sure the american people are frustrated about that. >> i don't think the american people would characterize as a throw away things to veterans. i think people would see this as important given the fact that we have returning veterans from a decade in war. so to say this is a throw away, waste of money is the exact kind of political -- >> heather: margie y think anyone is arguing that point. >> i heard the word throw away. >> it is a veterans policy. it is not a jobs program.