Vote on a bipartisan proposal to extend for three months the unemployment benefits that got cut off at christmastime for 1.3 million americans. the labor department estimates that that cutoff letting those benefits expire will cost the u.s. economy 240,000 jobs. the senate will vote tomorrow on whether or not to reinstate those benefits and thereby try to save those jobs. when you look at washington from most angles, it feels like the sea ice is winning. it feels like we are stuck, there is no hope of movement, and it is starting to feel like our little ship of state might be at risk of being crushed by the ice and sunk altogether. but then, you know what, along comes the old, tough, many times refurbished polar star. and maybe we can keep going. maybe movement is possible. maybe there is an american way to get unstuck. even here at home. joining us now is senator charles schumer of new york. he s vice chair of the
Huge, long list of nominees. and most of these nominees are renominations of people who had already been put forward by the white house last year, but the senate didn t act on them. so maybe the length of this list is deceiving since it s a lot of renominations, but this is a very long list of people. and it is possible that a great number of these people, if not all of them, could happen now that the democrats in the senate have changed the rules so republicans can t block nominees with just a minority of votes anymore. it s a huge list that the white house put out today. so janet yellen, that happened. that list of nominees, that could happen. and tomorrow morning, at 10:30 eastern time, we will find out what else can happen because tomorrow morning the united states senate has scheduled a vote on a bipartisan proposal to extend for three months the unemployment benefits that got cut off at christmastime for 1.3 million americans. the labor department estimates that that cutoff letti
Put forward by the white house today. huge, long list of nominees. and most of these nominees are renominations of people who had already been put forward by the white house last year, but the senate didn t act on them. so maybe the length of this list is deceiving since it s a lot of renominations, but this is a very long list of people. and it is possible that a great number of these people, if not all of them, could happen now that the democrats in the senate have changed the rules so republicans can t block nominees with just a minority of votes anymore. it s a huge list that the white house put out today. so janet yellen, that happened. that list of nominees, that could happen. and tomorrow morning, at 10:30 eastern time, we will find out what else can happen because tomorrow morning the united states senate has scheduled a vote on a bipartisan proposal to extend for three months the unemployment benefits that got cut off at christmastime for 1.3 million americans. the labor depar
Would have paid for cut by taxing the rich. then democrats with republican votes killed a gop proposal to renew an existing payroll tax cut. paychecks of 160 million americans in the balance with the vote. reporter: today s unemployment report on the minds of wall street investors after a big market boost this week. latest prediction from the labor department estimates about 100,000 new jobs were reported in november, but of the number of people filing for unemployment will go up. analysts predict the job rate will go up 9%. and those who lost jobs returned to jobs that pay as well as the ones they lost. another bright spot, though. a new report showing a boost in car sales. several automakers including chrysler, ford, nissan, hyundai, reported double digit gains in november sales over a year ago. it came as something of a surprise because november is usually a slow month at car dealers. analysts said good deals and
Our own budget, but i m not going to i m not going to get ahead of the president and i m not going to get ahead of our budget process right now. all right, gene sperling, economic advisor at the white house and a man in the room for these tax cut negotiations. thanks for your time. we appreciate it. thanks, gene. thanks for having us. all right. coming up it s the biggest job discrimination case in u.s. history. so big that wal-mart says it shouldn t be allowed. plus, coming to a campus near you, it s a new movement. forget co-ed dorms. how about co-ed dorm rooms? parents, lock up your daughters and your sons. this is scary stuff. how do you feel about that as a father? first, let s do our washington speak. 99ers. now, these are the long-term unemployed who have exhausted the 99 weeks of eligible unemployment benefits from the government. the labor department estimates about two million americans are in this category. that number could rise to as many as four million next