Stimulus Money Could Have Funded Military, Says Lawmaker

Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) tells reporters what could have been funded in the military with the stimulus money spent in bail outs. (0:41)

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Union Leader Praises Obama's Vision On FTAs, Not Execution

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says that President Obama has put the country on the road to recovery, but that “the scale is not there.” (3:17)

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Election Results Indicate Voters Don't Want Government Expansion, Says Analyst

Carroll Doherty, an associate director at the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, says that the results of Tuesday’s elections show that voters are against government expansion. (0:29)

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Many Still Feeling Economic Drag, Claims Former CBO Consultant

Many are still not seeing the benefit of the stimulus and thusly are still stuck in the economic drag says AEI scholar John Makin, a former consultant to the CBO and Treasury Department. (0:44)

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Obama: I Will 'Stimulate' The Economy As Long As I'm President

President Barack Obama says, in response to allegations that Democrats are avoiding the term “stimulus,” that he will continue to “stimulate” and create jobs as long as long as he is president. (0:43)

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Virginia Democrat Praises Recovery Act

Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-Va.) says that the stimulus has helped his district in Northern Virginia and urges Democrats to let the stimulus continue to work. (0:19)
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Stimulus Website Contains Inaccuracies Says Republican Wilson

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) says on Wednesday that he was startled to find district discrepancies on the official stimulus website, www.recovery.gov. (0:22)

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Boehner Says Recovery Act Not Responsible For Unemployment Drop

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) refused Friday to attribute November’s small drop in unemployment to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

“We’re encouraged that the rate dropped slightly, but I don’t think it has anything to do with the stimulus bill at all,” said Boehner during a morning press conference. (0:06)
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Texas Republican Says Positive Reports About The Stumulus Are False

Joint Economic Committee Ranking Member Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) says during a hearing Friday that the 10.2% national unemployment rate shows that the stimulus package has not had a very positive effect on the nation. (0:26)

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Texas Republican: Stimulus Is Failing

Joint Economic Committee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-Texas) says during a hearing Friday that the stimulus package has failed because unemployment is still rising. (0:13)

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10.2% Unemployment Much Higher Than Obama Originally Predicted It Would Be

Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio) says that the latest unemployement numbers - the national rate jumped to 10.2% in October - prove that President Barack Obama was wrong when he said earlier this year that the stimulus package would prevent unemployment from rising above 8%. (:34)
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Latest Unemployment Numbers Show That Stimulus Isn't Working

Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio) says that the fact that the national unemployment rate is now at 10.2% shows that President Barack Obama's stimulus package, passed earlier this year, is still not working to create jobs. (:17)
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States Can't Afford Democrats' Health Care Bill Says Ohio Congressman

Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio) says that Democrats aren't talking about the fact that their healthcare bill will force a huge financial burden upon states, many of which are currently experiencing massive budget deficits. (:44)
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Americans More Concerned With Jobs Than Healthcare Says Ohio Congressman

Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio) tells reporters during a conference call on Friday that when he went home during the August recess, his constituents told him that they want Congress to focus on creating jobs before anything else. Latta says that one person told him that he doesn't care about having access to healthcare if he doesn't have the means of providing for his family. (:35)
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Each Job Created By Stimulus Is Costing The Average Taxpayer $248,000

Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio) explains that each job created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, otherwise known as the stimulus plan, has cost the average American taxpayer over $248,000. (:26)
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First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Having Huge Effect Says Economist

Talk Radio News Service Bureau Chief Ellen Ratner speaks with Dr. Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist with the National Association of Realtors. Yun discusses the first-time home buyer tax credit which was part of the stimulus plan, and how it has positively impacted home sales of late. Yun says that there has never been a better time than now to buy a home, but adds that the time to take advantage of the tax credit is running out. Says Yun, unless his organization can successfully lobby Congress to extend the deadline, home buyers will need to close by the end of November. (4:11)
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Congressman Pete Hoekstra Talks Illegal Immigration, Economy

Talk Radio News Service's Geoff Holtzman speaks with Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) during the "Hold Their Feet to the Fire" radio row in Washington, D.C. Hoekstra says that due to healthcare reform and energy legislation, Congress probably won't address immigration reform until 2010 at the earliest. On issues such as the economy and healthcare, the Congressman says that his constituents are urging him to oppose any legislation that would allow for the expansion of government. (6:09)
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Stimulus Has Saved Jobs Says White House Economic Adviser

Christy Romer, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors, says the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 can be credited with slowing job-loss during the second fiscal quarter of this year. (:25)
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Economic Advisor: Obama Wanted 'Good Employment Bang For The Fiscal Buck' With Stimulus Plan

Christina Romer, Council of Economic Advisers Chair, describes the Economic Recovery Act as a collaborative effort by the Obama administration and Congress to create a bold and well-conceived plan. She said the President wanted a package that "was large and got good employment bang for the fiscal buck." (0:36)
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Salazar: Stimulus Wasn't Meant To Turn Economy Around Overnight

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar discusses how the stimulus package was not supposed to act as a magic wand that would improve the economy overnight. He says that since Congress is going to disperse the stimulus funds over the next 18 months, jobs creation will gradually occur throughout those months and into the future. (0:26)
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