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Preserve main street jobs. I mean, plain and simple, it is just good for business. Business does better when the system is fair. I think closing this unfair loophole, really governors and congress, the white house can and should come together. The Senate Overwhelmingly passed marketplace fairness last year and i think this year is the roll up our sleeves and see if we can help make sure that there is a piece of legislation that comes through the house. We offered congress a path forward for reauthorizing the Water Resources development act, and other resources to reduce the deficit, but at the same time, economic health. Every governor, one of their Top Priorities if not the top priority is jobs. Make no mistake, we are constantly innovating at the state level. We are going to continue to work with our federal pa ....
I have watched leadership struggle this year was trying to get something done. It is just very difficult. I dont really know the answer to that. One way would be to fix campaignfinance reform again, but because of what is happening i mean, i was being a little facetious when i said it, but really, the only bill that passed last year was the National Defense authorization act. Early this year, we did get get well, did we got the budget passed last year at the end of the year. That was big. At the makeup the spending bill passed this year. We have the farming bill this year. Maybe there is caused to be a little more optimistic that it will be a better year. We already have our budget number to work on is here. The appropriators will be working and i think they want to get back into the game. They have been relevant in the last few years because everyone is just waiting until the end of the year and how long the cr is going to be a ....
Waiting as the governors get settled around her conference table at the National Governors association. This is their winter meeting held annually in washington, d. C. Of iowa Terry Branstad will be joining us tomorrow morning on washington journal to talk about his work. Were waiting for the first session to begin, titled America Works, session and job training. The guest on the first panel of the day, ceo and chair of general electric, Jeffrey Immelt. To the be talking governor. Governor mary fallin of oklahoma is the chair of the nga this year. Governor John Hickenlooper of colorado. And later today, a look at ,omeland security for the state 3 00 eastern time. Tomorrow, a special session on growth and ....