evangelical voters. congress is at it again, arguing over a continuing resolution to fund the government through november 18th. the big issue, money for disaster relief. luke russert joins us from capitol hill. luke, people all over the country are probably saying, again? what are they thinking? >> reporter: that's right, andrea. and all this week leading up to this there were statements from eric cantor and john boehner saying we don't want a government shut down. we went through that road. that was hurtful for them, if you saur our own poll, 82% disapproval of congress a lot of people feel that's because there's this talk of shutdown. when john boehner said on this issue, he lost 48 republicans on a government funding bill, that is very normal. he put blame on democrats, i thought i had a bipartisan deal and democrats would vote for this. democrats did not like this

particular bill because it cut 1.5 from president obama's green jobs car initiative. for the first time they came together as a collective whole and kind of checkmated the republicans and said, if you want to go to a shutdown over fema funding, which is that green jobs program as an offset of that, we're more than happy to do it. john boehner today in his press conference said something that i found very interesting, usually he says the house works his will and pointed that out today. he went out of the way to say about his conservative colleagues, they could vote no but what they are in essence doing is spending more money because that's what's going to happen. john boehner doesn't usually have that pointed criticism and in this instance he took the time to say their actions are essentially helping out the democrats in empowering harry reid and empowering those democrats that don't want fema funds offset. boehner says there won't be a government shutdown, they would have to get this done by friday

because they go on recess for the jewish new year, starting next week. don't be surprised if they are in here saturday hammering out this final agreement, andrea. >> how can the speaker be that sure that this is going to work? it seems as though he doesn't know he has control of the republicans and democrats are more united than they have been in the past. >> reporter: what he's most likely going to have to do is figure out a different offset to pay for the fema funds or get rid of it all together. if he got rid of the offset, the democrats would come over right away and help him pass this bill and harry reid would give assurance it's would get through the senate. ten republicans in the senate supported a larger fema funding package. there is bipartisan support over there. in the grand scheme of things, the house gop hasn't been backed into a corner during this entire congress. this may be the issue that finally does that to them. >> let's point out to set the record straight, this is just arguing over the ongoing

spending, this isn't getting to the very big issues that the super committee is supposed to be grappling with, this isn't the big picture. this is just day to day pay for things already been appropriated. >> reporter: correct, throughout the history of congress these type of bills are normally very routine. this is only to fund the government to november 18th. very short time away when we're talking in terms of government spending, andrea. if you have this type of fighting over something as mainstream as this usually is on capitol hill, the next funding bill to fund fiscal year 2012 that we talk about on november 18th could be a big deal and has nothing to do with the super committee that has to report on november 23rd what their cuts are going to be. it will be a defining story of this congress. >> seeing a lot of fallout from the debt ceiling showdown as well. luke russert, thanks so much. president obama heading to ohio as we've said today. his second trip to the battle

ground state in two weeks. he'll speak in cincinnati, 15 miles from john boehner's district, directly krogs the river from mitch mcconnell's home state of kentucky. the background of the stage, the bridge that needs repair connecting those two states. kristen, what does the white house say about the so-called coincidence of the timing, location of his appearance today? >> reporter: well, they are saying, look, this is not all political. they want to make the point that this bridge is decaying and that if congress passes the president's jobs plan, infrastructure projects like this bridge, the spens bridge lsh rewill be repaired. in recent days there's a little bite to these comments coming out of the white house. dan fiver re -- fiver saying it is significant, that this bridge

spans into two congressional leaders' states and hasn't been fixed in over a decade. you can bet there will be political punches thrown in an hour and a half when the president arrives. the republicans have been quick though to accuse the president of a political stunt. they say, look, this bridge isn't even going to be shovel ready until 2016. that's a theme that was really echoed in the local paper today, the cincinnati inquirer says obama's visit won't build new bridge. the white house is firing back against that allegation and saying, look, we can argue over this or we can get something done and stop trying to find excuses for not doing anything. there's no doubt that the political implications of this trip are certainly there. this is a battleground state. the president knows that. this bridge is a big talking point here in cincinnati. it's something they've been trying to fix in this community for the past decade. so the people in this community care about it and the president cares about this state.

it is the center of the electoral map as it has always been. andrea, by the way, ohio is one of nine states that president obama won in 2008, which george bush won in 2004. this is going to be a hard fought state. and the president comes here by the way against the backdrop of more disappointing polls for him. according to the latest gallop poll, 53% of the americans give him at least some of the blame for the state of the economy. so the president trying to really beat back against that type of criticism. he will make the argument today that look, i have the vision to move the economy forward, to create jobs. he'll try to argue that the republicans have stood in the way of that type of progress. he will certainly draw a line in the sand today, andrea. >> thank you so much. indeed there is no path to victory conceivable really without passing through ohio for either party. stocks though are deep in the red right now. wall street is reacting in the

latest signals from the fed. markets plunged after the central bank suggested by its actions it could be years and years before the economic outlook i am proves. john harwood is cnbc's chief correspondent. let's get awfully technical. both of us are old enough to know what the twist was when it was just a dance. >> exactly. but the twist here was ben berna bernake's attempt to provide a little bit of down trd pressure on long term interest rates. the market didn't react terribly well and that puts pressure on everybody to show results. it's quite interesting too listening to luke and kristen's reports because through the blizzard of rhetoric in the wake of this market turbulence, you can see the glimmers of some progress on a bipartisan basis. first of all, i just left a lunch with a prominent republican member of congress who said the a private version of what john boehner said publicly which says we're going

to end up with a spending bill more favorable to democrats because of what these conser conservatives did. that's potential bipartisan compromise, but the second part is, on the president's jobs package, this member said the payroll tax cut extension doesn't offend our principles, if we can put pro-growth stuff on corporate tax reform, we might get a deal. with the back drop of fragile markets, you could see this fall some bipartisan progress more than the political rhetoric would indicate right now. >> do you see that coming from the super committee? >> i think the jobs package is likely to move separate from the super committee. i think the super committee is going to be the place where you have dualing partisan approaches that we fight on for the next year until november 2012. >> john, at this stage, when you

see this much political jockeying, the bridge appearance by the president today and john boehner's reaction, does that further poison the waters or is that just politics as usual and everybody kind of discounts it when they have to sit down and negotiate? >> i do think that both sides are in a different mode than they were when they were trying to do the grand bargain. to some degree, yes, it poisons the atmosphere. it was pretty poisoned already and it's possible that if you elevate it, take it to the public, that in essence generates pressure on congress to do something. maybe the outside game is more appropriate to getting action than the inside game since that didn't work very well this summer. john harwood, thank you very much. right now at the united nations, iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad was still speaking but sell l several delegations led by the u.s. have left the room. the u.s. left the general assembly as did france and several other countries in

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outside the united nations against iran's president ahmadinejad who is speaking right now. he released new rhetoric about the u.s. and holocaust. >> through peace and democracy, the zionists over 60 years of war, homelessness and terror and mass murder on the palestinian people and on the countries of the region. >> ambassador susan rice, there was a walkout, the u.s.

delegation and french delegation and others. what inspired the walkout, was that inspired before he began his speech or in specific to things he was saying, ambassador? >> hi, andrea, it was in reaction to the specific things that he said. i mean, it's become a pattern. every year ahmadinejad comes and says hateful ant tie sem itic and destructive things and every year for the past three years this administration, it has necessary ses tated a walkout. >> we have the hikers finally released but ahmadinejad told ann curry they would be released more than ten days earlier and in fact there was clearly a split in the regime where the judiciary pushed back against him. is hi weak in his status or are

there more hard line iranians on the asendancecy there? >> there's the political situation inside iran is complicated as it when you have any dictatorship repressing its people, violating international laws and norms and pursuing a nuclear weapon. and you know, leading the hit parade of human rights abusers in the nation. in terms of the relationship between ahmadinejad and the supreme court leader, it's obviously complicated. it's frout and i think we've seen some of that play out over the last several days, including through the delay in the release of the hikers. the bigger message, andrea, this is a rotten regime and it is a regime completely outside the bounds of international norms both in terms of the human rights record which is abysmal and in terms of its illegal

nuclear program. you saw the demonstration of disgust, displayed in the general assembly as the united states and allied partners walked out. that's why suf even the international community come together and impose toughest sanctions ever imposed on iran. that is why the human rights council and other organs of the united nations not typically consistent on these issues have stood up and opposed iran and why we got a resolution through the general assembly condemning iran's human rights abuses and practices by the largest margin in history. >> ambassador, at the same time, on the middle east issue, all of the headlines today in u.s. papers and around the world is that the palestinians have rejected president obama's appeals, secretary of state clinton's appeals that it has been rebuffed. is there any change in that? do you see any chance in the last hours they are not going to

go to the security council and push for statehood? can they get nine coavotes in t council? >> first of all, president abass said last friday before his own people that he was going to the security council. so we've been well aware of that. we have expected that. and to say -- >> they were -- >> to say it was rebuffed -- >> let me be clear here. >> in the president's speech and or the margins, there was an all out press, white house had acknowledged this to us. >> the argument that the president and secretary clinton and i and many others have made is that this is an unwise course. it is counter productive because it will only impede and delay the resumption of negotiations, which is the only way for the palestinians to get what they want and what they want for them, an independent state. that's their choice and that's what they said they were going to do. they will then as a consequence

have to live with what comes next. but there was no expectation on the part of the administration that after abass went to his people and publicly committed to take this course he would change course. our purpose has been to make clear that he understands what in our view the negative consequences of that will be. why we do not feel that it will advance his cause and what response the united states will be owe bliged to take if it comes to a vote. we've been clear that we'll veto it -- >> we were told by top officials that it can be sent to committee or slow walked, there are a lot of steps that can be taken to delay a vote to buy some time. >> well, assuming that the palestinians do as we expect them to do and submit their application for full membership of the united nations, that will come tomorrow and it will come in the form of a letter perfefr

president abass, the secretary general is obliged to transmit that letter to the security council president. i suspect that early next week the security council will gather behind closed doors to begin discussion of that request. and until that discussion begins, it's impossible to know for sure where positions will align. i think it's fair to say andrea, as i've said in other context. the united states is not aloning as viewing this as premature and counter productive. there are various steps inside the committee and the council and council itself. it remains to be seen both how the expressions of concern mount up and what the palestinians choose to do when they glean that there is by no means unanimous support for this. they know very well the united states' position, they'll know if necessary we'll veto and this

won't succeed. they'll find to their surprise that there are several other countries that do not think this is an appropriate next step. >> in the few seconds we have left, let me quickly ask. if we're going to stipulate that this could be a setback for them, that it actually does not advance their cause, that it in fact there are better paths to take for them, at the same time, isn't it awkward for the president and the administration, only a year ago he went before the general assembly and talked about the importance of palestinian statehood and arab spring inspired people around the world. how can the u.s. be on the side of asking the palestinians to wait and wait and wait for something that has been achieved in cairo and tunisia and elsewhere when they've been waiting for decades? >> well, as you heard the president say repeatedly yesterday, the united states is committed to the creation of the palestinian state. we want to see a jewish state of israel and independent sovereign

state of palestine living side by side in peace and security. when the president came to the general assembly last year, he said he hoped to see that accomplished by this year through the path of negotiations and an agreement between the two parties. as much as this has dragged on. as much as the palestinian people feel frustrated that their aspirations have not been rerealized. there's no way, no way at all to accomplish the creation of a state without direct negotiations between the parties. there's no piece of paper here in new york that we can adopt. there's no magic wand that can create that reality short of a negotiated agreement between the two parties. that -- if that were easy as the president said yesterday, it would have happened already. it's not that easy, there's no short cut for the work the two sides have to do with the support of the united states and the community to resolve their differences if there is to be what we hope there will soon be a independent palestinian state.

>> we really do appreciate you're coming out and talking with you today. thanks very much. >> thank you. on to politics, fight night for perry and romney in battleground florida. the politico briefing up next on andrea mitchell reports. ♪ [ dog barks ] [ birds chirping ] ♪ [ mechanical breathing ] [ engine turns over ] ♪ [ male announcer ] the all-new volkswagen passat. a new force in the midsize category. ♪ [ coughing continues ] [ gasping ] [ elevator bell dings, coughing continues ] [ female announcer ] congress can't ignore the facts: more air pollution means more childhood asthma attacks.

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conservatives, the florida primary next year will be a closed primary which means only registered republicans will be only to participate which could be helpful to perry. but here's some good news for romney in that data too, andrea. head to head match-ups against president obama. romney had a lead, 47-40 lead over president obama, perry and obama were neck in neck within the margin of error with obama leading a bilittle bit. you're seeing romney make a stronger argument on electability. >> thanks very much. >> florida politics and foreign policy continue with democratic party cher debbie wasserman shultz. alka-seltzer plus liquis fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your stuffy nose. [ deep breath ] thank you! that's the cold truth! while i took refuge from the pollen that made me sneeze.

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much and as the -- as plflorida voters get to know both sides of the aisle, it will be clear that every single republican has embraced the tea party and their extre extremism and in florida, that is not a position that is normally embraced by our voters. i would expect between his commitment to creating jobs and continuing to turn the economy around and the fact that president obama supports making sure we can shore up social security and medicare as opposed to ending it, that he will be very competitive from florida. and i think we'll be successful in putting it in the win column again in 2012. >> the republicans, principlely mitt romney and perry, are going after the president's support or lack of support for israel. that said, the president's white house staff gave prime minister

netanyahu the president's u.n. speech in advance and solicited his vote of approval, him going public in front of the media saying nice things about the president, clearly this is more political than anything. domestic politics are important here. four in ten jewish voters disapprove of the president's stand on israel or in general and that's increased by 8 points since only june. >> andrea, i know you might have misspoken, that poll was overall approval, not on israel. and specifically, you have -- when you say four in ten, that means 60% of jews in america support president obama -- >> but he was elected with more support than that. he's lost support -- bottom line is he's lost support among jewish voter and perceived as not being supportive enough of israel.

>> that's not the case. the reason that the president continues to enjoy overwhelming support from the jewish community because on domestic issues whether it comes to education or health care or civil rights and civil liberties or beginning to turn the economy around and his strong support of israel, that speech yesterday was remarkable. he stood before the entire world and expressed america's unshakeable commitment to our ally israel and the fact that the only way the palestinians would be able to achieve a state is to direct bilateral negotiations, even foreign minister lieberman, a very conservative politician said that was a speech of an ally. the distortions about his record on israel must cease. we have to stop having israel be a partisan issue. i predict, andrea, that once again because the natural home for jewish voters on all issues is the democratic party, that the president will receive

overwhelming support from our community once again. >> what do you think of rick perry suggesting that the president has had a policy of appeasement and mitt romney saying it was mistaken. what about the republicans going after the president on this issue while he is trying to negotiate a delicate question here at the united nations? >> both rick perry and mitt romney's criticism and commentary about the president's policy on israel have been widely and roundly criticized. they clearly do not understand the politics that exist between in the middle east and they don't understand how important it is that america on both sides of the aisle stand -- but it's absolutely imperative because we do agree on both sides of the aisle on our support for israel that we stand together and not undermine the peace process and undermine israel's strength in

the middle east by appearing to not be on the same page when it comes to both parties. it's irresponsible and the comments are irresponsible and that's why they were criticized. we need to put together and president obama -- for me, andr andrea, as a jewish member of congress who brings my love of israel to work with me every day, i was proud of president obama's remarks yesterday. every national jewish organization was supportive of his speech because he strongly stood before the world and expressed america's support for israel and the fact that the only way, the only path to a two-state solution is through direct bilateral negotiations. >> debbie wasserman shultz, thank you very much. >> thank you. as republicans try to stake out ground, rick perry is comparing mitt romney, the man they are both trying to replace. >> we don't need to nominate

obama lite, someone who will blur the lines. >> norm coleman is special adviser for the romney campaign. good to see you again. >> great to be with you, thank you. >> let's talk about perry versus romney showdown. it does seem to be a two-person race. what about rick perry's surge in the polls and the fact he has replaced romney as the front-runner? >> andrea, the reality is that the horse is first out of the gate doesn't necessarily cross the finish line first. perry has entered the campaign but in the end voters, first republican voters and their process, 24 years in the private sector knows what it takes to grow jobs. career politicians got us into this mess, they are not going to get us out. that's going to be effective both for republicans and then ultimately to mainstream voters

across america. you compare -- i listened to congresswoman wasserman shultz. if the discussion is on jobs and the economy, barack obama has got big problems because the country has big problems. we are looking for someone to turn it around. mitt romney has the experience to do that. >> let's talk about the jewish vote and the whole question of the president's policy towards israel. first perry accused the president of appeasement, then it is the culmination of the repeated efforts over three years to throw israel under the bus. >> there were good things in the president's speech yesterday. all of us applaud when he says we stand by israel. you have to look at it in context. you have to look at what this president has done since he was in office. his original speech in attempting to reach out he at one point ee quif indicated the holocaust with some of the challenges that the palestinians are facing, the indefensive

defense of the borders, making settlements a key issue when they are not at the core of this thing. all of those things have undermined israel. there's a reason obama has single digit ratings in israel. he has not strengthened israel's hand in working with the palestinians, ultimately, these two parties have to figure out the solution but it's not helped when the president does things that puts israel in a corner that effect throws them under the bus. and you're seeing a reaction. you saw it politically in new york nine and i think you'll see it throughout the country next november. >> in all due respect, there are many people in foreign policy, not only jewish people as well as christians and democrats and republicans who think settlements are a key issue. it's been a key question for a number of administrations, president obama certainly put it

out there at some political risk to himself. you could argue that the cairo speech in a way advanced what happened throughout the arab spring. that's -- isn't that a very narrow perspective to take. is it appropriate for mitt romney right now to be challenging the president on this issue when he is trying to negotiate something on behalf of israel at the united nations? >> the president isn't trying to at this point negotiate anything, the matter is before the u.n. it will only exacerbate the problem and raise arab expectation. whatever happens at the u.n. will not create a palestinian state. i think governor romney has appropriately challenged the president. we should be more aggressive. we should tell the u.n. if you move forward with things like this, then we're going to have to re-evaluate our support of certain u.n. programs. we have to be much more aggressive. this problem has to be solved between the israeli and palestinians and the efforts of this administration have not furthered that process. the bottom line, we haven't seen

a lot of progress. what's happening in the u.n. today is not furthering the peace process. it's only making it less likely that there will be a resolution. we need strong leadership, more affirmative leadership and i don't think we've seen it from this administration. >> what you just said about the palestinian process should be dealt with at the negotiating table is exactly what the president told the general assembly yesterday, that's the u.s. position. >> but what the president -- what the president has in the past things i've outlined, it has undermined israel's negotiating pos tour. the bottom line is the palestinians have to say we accept the right to exist. the palestinians which include hamas as part of the palestinian government. they haven't shown a willingness to do that. and ultimately it's the right of israel to exist. it's the recognition that right of return is not going to happen. things have changed on the ground in the years since 1967.

the president unfortunately didn't recognize that a while ago. he stepped back and i give him credit for stepping back. what i don't think you've seen the kind of strength of standing with our strong ally, we should be wanting to strengthen its hand so it can go into negotiation and fix the problem. bottom line, this problem is not going to be fixed in the united nations. it will more difficult to be a stronger more aggressive policy would help everyone. if you move down this path, that's causing us to have deep concerns and we're going to re-evaluate a lot of our relationships. >> senator coleman. on behalf of mitt romney from our good affiliate in minnesota. who killed paul ryan's budget plan? that's up next. major garrett here next. are you ready for your check-up? i'm so ready. [ female announcer ] prepare to ace your check-up.

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hall, coming up at news nation, president obama will touch down in cincinnati, ohio, he is strategically pitching his new jobs proposal from the site of an outdated bridge that connects the states of john boehner and minority leader mitch mcconnell. mcconnell calls the move political theater. but is it working? plus, students in washington state have missed more than a week of school because of a teacher strike. this the latest battle over union rights. i'll talk with one parent who's kids are caught up in the middle of it, all of that and more ahead in 15 minutes. whatever happened to paul ryan's budget plan? it was released last spring with much fanfare. major g maj major gar receipt joins us now. the fact is they have not introduced a single piece of the

paul ryan budget? >> that's right, they have not tried to translate any of the changes, the very controversial changes that paul ryan put forward to shift medicare from what it has been, fee for services benefit structure to a premium support or voucher like program, moving medicaid from a partnership from the state and local states from a block branch. he said the senate didn't passed theirs and we never had reconciliation and 50 vote simple majority protection in the senate, why go forward? that was always true, republicans knew that from the beginning, the question i ask, why go through the process in the first place if you know the senate won't join up with you? the bottom line is the republicans have to certain degrees stepped back a little bit from the paul ryan budget. if you look at the debt ceiling negotiations they created discretionary spending for this

year, $24 billion higher than the paul ryan budget. that's one of the reasons stop gap spending bill fell on the floor yesterday. conservatives said we're abandoning the paul ryan budget. that's one of the reasons it failed and the house republican leadership will have to rebuild that. >> how does that play out in the long term he have, deficit cutting and work of the super committee? do his ideas still have influence? >> well, paul ryan said to me, my budget exceeded my expectations because he said it drove the negotiations unsuccessful between eric cantor and vice president joe biden. i believe they are going to be a part of what the super committee looks at. when you talk to super committee democrats, they don't agree. it's not going to go anywhere, president obama will not alter the beb fit structure of medicare or medicaid. the paul ryan budget is still relevant for house republicans

but doesn't appear to be anywhere near as relevant as he hoped it might be in the super committee or larger question on how to wrestle with entitlement spending. >> thank you so much, major garrett. what political story will make headlines in the next 24 hours? that's next. [ male announcer ] this is lara.

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hours. i think it's the next hour we will see how president obama in ohio will be bridging in ohio and kentucky and encroaching on the home turf of the speaker and the senate republican leader. >> a 2 for 1 between president obama and a bridge between the home states of the most powerful republican and the senate and republican in the house. >> the bridge to the future or is this a bridge to nowhere? >> i think all bridges are in

politics. that's up for debate. mitch mcconnell went out on the floor and was pointed that this was a political photo op and not doing anything. the jobs plan was not ultimately going to work. the fight for what this jobs plan means is on. is it making the wealthy pay more or is it getting people who are small businesses are hurting their growth? that's the fight. it's a fight in another swing state we will see. florida is a fight that will play out another republican debate. this is 3 and 15 days in case you lost count. it will be a topic of debate. is it what the president is proposing trying to get the wealth to pay more? that's the message fight that's going on in washington. the message fight that presidential candidates will be addressing as well. >> when you look at the candidates tonight, rick perry really pushing up in the polls.

interestingly in new hampshire, for the first time, john huntsman has traction. double-digits. >> a poll came out last night and 10% for john huntsman and mitt romney is leading with 41%. 10% is better than where he was which was asterisk. he didn't even get 1%. he is moving in the right direction. without running any television ads. the only way you move up if you are an unknown is to run ads. his campaign has to be encouraged stlachl gone all in in new hampshire. he was going to play in florida and south carolina and all that has gone on the wayside as they try to win. he is moving and if you are a fan, it's a positive sign. >> it's better than the opposite. it is going to be post debate analysis and the last word with lawrence o'donnell tonight at 11:00.

tune in for that. that's it for us. mideast experts tomorrow on the show. my exclusive interview with kate edwards, daughter of john edwards and the late elizabeth edwards. to follow the show online, my colleague has a look at what's next on "news nation." >> great to see you coming up, president obama is set to land in cincinnati in a few minutes from now and optics do matter. the president is giving a speech in front of a bridge that connects the home states of two gop leaders and say the location of the speech you are about to hear is no accident. plus a new plea from former president jimmy carter for the nation to reexamine the death penalty after the execution of troy davis. next on "news nation." ♪ [ dog barks ] [ birds chirping ] ♪

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aimed at two leading republicans n. about 30 minutes, the president will bring his plan it get americans back to work to cincinnati, ohio. as the saying goes, location, location, location. he will give his speech at the bridge that connects ohio and kentucky, home states of john boehner and mitch mcconnell. it is considered so outdated it needs to be replaced. one of the best trucking routes in north america. president obama said it's $447 billion jobs plan will put more than a million unemployed construction workers back on the job by rebuilding the nation's roads, bridges and tunnels. mitch mcconnell calls the speech location a political stunt. >> the plan is to go out to the bridge and say if only lawmakers in washington would pass his second stimulus bill right away, then bridges like this one would