McDermott: GOP Will Do Anything To Prevent Recovery Under Obama

Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) told reporters Tuesday that House Republicans are preventing economic recovery in order to see the president fail. (0:21)

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Ohio Dem: Gov't. Support For Small Businesses DOA

Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) said Boehner’s statements against the Chinese currency manipulation bill are sending a message to small businesses to not expect government help. (0:25)

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Michigan Dem: GOP Knows Jobs Bill Would Clear House

Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.) told reporters Tuesday that the Republican majority is stalling a vote on a jobs plan since the GOP leadership knows it will pass if it comes to the floor. (0:24)

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Rep. Larson: Jobs Bill Could Pass House

Rep. John Larson (D-CT) told reporters Tuesday that he believed the President’s job plan could pass the GOP controlled House since it has bipartisan support. (0:33)

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Congress Must Pass E-Verify Bill, Says NumbersUSA

Roy Beck, NumbersUSA President, says passing legislation making E-Verify mandatory will begin to solve America’s immigration problem. (0:24)

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NumbersUSA President: "We Shouldn't Have Any Immigration"

Roy Beck, President of NumbersUSA, reacts to New York City Mayor Bloomberg’s commets on immigration and says other than a few special cases, immigration should come to a halt. (0:31)

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Bloomberg's Comments On Immigration Are Offensive, Says NumbersUSA

NumbersUSA President Roy Beck says New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s comments on immigration are offensive to the parents of young Americans graduating from college. (0:34)

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NumbersUSA: Bloomberg Doesn't Understand Immigration

NumbersUSA President Roy Beck says New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg does not understand immigration and does not understand the gravity of the situation of the American worker. (0:29)

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Bloomberg: Immigrant Work Ethic Fuels American Economy

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the immigrant work ethic helps fuel the American economy. (0:36)

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Business Leader: Obama's Job Plan is Only a Short-Term Fix

Jack Earle, Chair of International Franchising Association (IFA), says that Obama’s job creation speech did not address the long-term issues, such as businesses’ difficult access to credit which prevents them from hiring new employees.

Earle was invited to attend the President’s speech by House Speaker John Boehner. (1:35)

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Congress Needs to Present Job-Creation Plan, Says Voter Advocate

Matthew Segal, President and co-founder of the group, Our Time, says his organization wants lawmakers to get back to work this month and present a job-creation plan (00:38)

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Rep-Elect Woodall: Fair Tax Is Only System That Doesn't Obstruct Job Creation

Congressman-elect Rob Woodall (R-Ga.) tells TRNS Reporter A.J. Swartwood that the Fair Tax is the only proposal that doesn’t obstruct job creation. (0:32)

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Unemployment Insurance Will Help More Than Tax Cuts For The Rich, Claims Pelosi

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) argues that the Republicans are wrong for wanting to extend Bush era tax cuts for the wealthy while not wanting to extend unemployment insurance. (1:00)

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McConnell: Republicans Dedicated To Giving Americans What They Want

The Republican Party is dedicated to cutting spending and the debt while creating private sector jobs, according to newly re-elected Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). (0:45)

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Eliminate Inequality For Fair Opportunity To Achieve American Dream, Says Activist

Wade Henderson, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights gives hope for an economic recovery. (0:12)

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Business Owners On Hiring Freeze Because Of Unpredictable Health Care Bill, Says Lawmaker

Rep. Dan Lungren (D-Calif.) says that business owners are afraid to hire new employees because of the unpredictability of the health care bill. (0:14)

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Democrats Failing In Creating Jobs, Says Boehner

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) says Democrats are finally, after 18 months, taking a look at creating jobs with their manufactoring agenda. (0:39)

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Foolish To Reduce Deficit Now, Will Choke Economic Growth, Says Orszag

Director of the Office of Budget and Management Peter Orszag says it is not wise to reudce the deficit quickly because it will hurt economic development, nor have the deficit remain stagnant because it would stifle economic growth in the long run (0:36)

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Hoyer Touts Sixth Straight Month Of Job Growth, Prevented Second Great Depression

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) says that a second Great Depression was squashed by six straight months of job growth. (0:45)

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Sen Schumer: We Heard The Message Of Massachusetts

In reference to losing a Democratic seat to Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said that Democrats have “heard the message of Massachusetts.”

“The message wasn’t ‘don’t do health care.’ More than half the people polled said they liked health care and we should do it,” said Schumer. Instead, Schumer said, the message was to “focus immediately on jobs, the economy, helping the middle class.” (0:22)
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