senator shumer and senator hatch have proposed a pailroll tax holiday which will have the effect ofputtingsome bucks in the people's pockets. is the administration in favor of that? >> we discussed a similar idea. the notion is that we are right on the cusp of hiring growing in this country. you've seen product tivity at record highs. people hiring large numbers of temporary workers. and that's generally a prelude to hiring. the notion is if you give people an added decision, they might make that decision six months from now, this might encourage them now. so we are receptive. >> the other issue is the deaf sit spending that we could see. run away inflation. >> you always have to -- these are concerns for the future. right now that's not our concern. right now our concern is that we still have a fragile economy. we have real growth but it's not yet translated into job growth. and the worst thing that we could do is be stinting in our recovery efforts. now, we've seen in history what happens when you do that. in japan, a couple of decades ago, and in the united states during the great depre

chuck shumer and barney frank will have voter registration. take well fair recipients you have, take all unemployed. it is a total myth. there is no such bill. there wasn't in november. then the right-wing echo chamber picks it up. "the washington times" says shumer and frank have plans to ram through legislation that will produce universal voter registration. and they say it will be on the floor of the house in two weeks. it's the lie repeated. glenn beck joined in. rush limbaugh joined in. this begins with a totally fictional accusation by john fund with no basis whatsoever. it is then repeated by glenn beck and repeated by "the washington times" and repeated by rush limbaugh none of them checked what we were talking about, none of them seeing if it was accurate. i was asked by a constituent why i had done that. my response was, done what? i didn't do it. so i checked into it and found that the source was mr. fund's totally irresponsible myth in november. so i wrote to mr. fund and i will put this letter in there and said i was puzzled to ha

coming up at about 11:30, we hope to take you to a live conference with senator chuck shumer and chrisalk about legislation they plan to introduce in response to the citizens united case. they expect to brief reporters at about 11:30 eastern. we will show you that as we are available at about that time. until then discussion on jobs creation and more with a couple of house members from this morning's "washington journal." >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us from stereos -- -- syracuse, new york, now washington, d.c., representative maffei. if you could tell us a little bit about your district economically? guest: my district has been challenged economically really over the past 20 or 25 years. we were a heavily industrial district. my grandfather and his brothers worked in the auto plants here. the auto plants were closed somewhere over the last 10 or 15 years. carrier, which made a lot of air conditioners here, big manufacturing facility -- they still have a research facility but all the manufacturing jobs have left. the region has been lately grown up over high-tech k

and you want to watch buy ron dorgen and chuck shumer. these group of senators to see what they're saying and doing. and you might be able to read the tea leaves. host: and what should viewers be watching across the country where jobs is the big issue? guest: the states hurting the most. jobs are going to play a key role in whether or not he gets reelected in nevada. nevada has the second highest unemployment rate in the country. he faces some poll numbers that show him down double digits to republican candidates who nobody has even heard of. that's a terrible thing for him as he faces reelection this year. he's got a lot of money in the bank. but if jobs keep coming back to nevada, if tourists keep going to nevada he has a shot at winning. if not, he izz going to face a very tough road. host: we just talked about what's happening inside washington. coming up next on the washington journal, we're going to get a perspective of how this is all plawing out, outside of washington with andrew kline of the new hampshire leader editor and mike w

and you want to watch buy ron dorgen and chuck shumer.you might be able to read the tea leaves. host: and what should viewers be watching across the country where jobs is the big issue? guest: the states hurting the most. jobs are going to play a key role in whether or not he gets reelected in nevada. nevada has the second highest unemployment rate in the country. he faces some poll numbers that show him down double digits to republican candidates who nobody has even heard of. that's a terrible thing for him as he faces reelection this year. he's got a lot of money in the bank. but if jobs keep coming back to nevada, if tourists keep >> i appreciate you being here to support this. i want to talk about the situation we find ourselves and concerning our national security. let's look at it from the perspective that foreign policy issues do not take place in a vacuum. the are the result of decisions with specific -- they are the result that specific individuals may. i did not leave and determinism. it is important that we understand -- i do n

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