according to the houston chronicle, -- houston chronicle, they are supporting mitt romney. just last week, floor -- former florida gov. jeb bush also endorsed mitt romney. >> the maryland gop primary as on tuesday. there is one day left of early voting. some marquee races should inspire a big turnout by the registered republican voters in maryland. >> i want to get our economy going again and i know how to do it. >> when it comes to the primary ballot in maryland, the gop presidential race has turned into a delicate hot. mitt romney, newt gingrich, and ron paul have all been on the stop here, vying for our 37 delegates. >> this is a long-term struggle for an elusive 1144 delegate votes, the republican potential nomination. it will certainly play out extremely well in maryland. >> did you get your sticker? >> early voting continues at 46 locations statewide. as of tuesday, 60,000 ballots had been cast -- 1.5% of eligible voters. it is what the state board of elections expected. the turnout improves each year early voting is available. >> we encourage people to come out and v

gary shar covers the statehouse and state politics for the houston chronicle and san antonio express news. the ruling seemed to focus on the large number of registered voters in texas that don't have driver's licenses. how difficult would bit for them to get those alternative i.d.s? >> it all depends on where they live. there are 81 counties in texas that have no department of public safety driver's license offices. so if you are living in some of these remote areas and you have no transportation, it's going to be very hard to travel to another county that might be 100 mile or 125-mile round trip. or in the metro areas, houston or san antonio, for example, there might not be a dps driver's license in your neighborhood, and it might require ten or -m driver's lice the complaint right now in texas is that the waiting lines to renew a driver's license might be two hours long. and so it will be difficult for some people. >> the texas primary is just weeks away, april 3rd. what does this ruling mean to voters in texas? no i.d. needed? >> actually, the primary got changed to -- it's now sc

point let's talk about sort of where some of these stories took place when you talk about the houston chroniclereporter houston this is a pretty prestigious newspaper texas of course most of the girls i know from texas you know how debutante balls and. texas is not new york city even houston it's not a way do you think you know it depends on which part of the country you live in how this profession will be viewed. yeah definitely think of the story was coming out of new york that would get like maybe a young followed by a kos but it didn't i think you know there's still a little bit of that aspect of like the ladies who lunch in the society folks who don't look kindly upon that for fashion but you know you also has a really diverse population it's the fourth largest city in the country and also they have an openly lesbian mayor that's not very common so i think even i think even for houston the story kind of like for a lot of people in houston was a nonstarter so what do you think i mean where should the line be drawn obviously certain professions and businesses that have their rules about work

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sarah tressler covered high society for the houston chronicle by day, stripped at a club by night and wrote about it in a book called diary of an unnamed stripper. the houston press discovered her blog. the chronicle suspended her and may fire her. >>> what does google know about you? now there's a way to find out. shawn yancy has your fox 5 top five. >> up first tonight, brian, you want to know what google knows about you? no. 5, google has a brand new feature that will send you a monthly report about what you've been doing while signed into google services. it will include everything from the number of e-mails you received to the types of purchases you made. google says it's a way to help users get used to the new privacy policy. no. 4, you may notice some changes going through customs at dulles airport. renovations doubled the space of the newly expanded customs facility making it easier for passengers to get through. another bonus, plenty of public art now on display. no. 3 may be good news to your kids' ears. australian researchers found homework offers little to no benefit to el

according to the "houston chronicle", more texans have donated to americans for a better tomorrow tomorrow than to the pro romney super pac restore our future. (cheers and applause) martial, do you hear that romney? put that in your pipe and don't smoke it because tobacco is strictly forbidden by your religion. apparently more texans respond to my message corporations are people than romney's message m itt is a person. and according to none other than the congressional newspaper the hill, a super pac craze is sweeping the nation. and the explosion of super pacs is lightly being fueled by a surge of media interests because stephen colbert has brought the issue to late-night television. (cheers and applause) >> yes, hell yes! once again, once again, folk, of course the liberal media missed the whole story. i have also brought the issue to midmorning repeat television so folks considering my influence it is no surprise at all that i got this actual e-mail from someone named paul benefiel, a student at the university of texas at austin. the fighting only part of texas's liberal. he writes, quo

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move on because this is a really good story apparently a reporter in houston she writes for the houston chronicle she's a conservative reporter our twenty one year old sarah trust or wasn't making here's a picture of her as she was making out of money i guess working as a reporter so she had another job there she is there in her stripper outfit now. here's what happens when you have you know they say this is a very cutthroat competitive business so richard connelly a reporter with the houston press found out about her other job and did an exposé about her. found out that she also keeps a facebook and twitter profile and blog using the pseudonym angry stricker. and she was shamed well love you know she was not shamed asport she had an angry stripper blog where she blogged in detail about stripping including the preferences of weird customers and our nickel positions i mean that's what i think for this is absurd and she tries to. do you know not ok doesn't matter after her it doesn't matter what she was asking for what she got was an interview tomorrow morning on good morning america so i'm going t

revealing of which are example reporters there are trust or she was a society reporter for the houston chronicle by day and a stripper by night well as you can imagine she didn't tell her bosses about this other job but a reporter for a rival newspaper did he was an exposé on it and trusts are was just fired she's not the only one doing us r.c. correspond on a stasia churkin i found another woman doing a similar thing but she says she doesn't regret it one bit. a blue color shirt a knee length skirt and conservative flats a journalist working on a newspaper article by day six inch heels a few strips of clothing if any and a pole a stripper by night. taking her clothes off is her secret main source of income being a journalist for a new york newspaper just doesn't pay enough it's a real problem in journalism and. please specially in america because you know journalism is seen as the fourth branch of government it's sad and since they don't get paid for the twenty six year old who wants to remain anonymous started stripping in college a piece for education and rent she now has her own home and has

the houston chronicle fell in that middle ground, they moved it saying the topic is more appropriate for the editorial page. one newspaper the athens, georgia banner herald decided not to run the series because the editor thought readers might confuse the texas anti-abortion story, that is featured in the strip with anti-abortion legislation that is pending right now in georgia. no, really, that is what he said. that is how he explained it. given the georgia general assembly is considering which would hoe hib bit abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy, quite simply i thought this was a possibility that readers might confuse the topic of this week's doonesbury with georgia's proposed legislation, wouldn't want the hurt the chances for the legislation. if all the newspapers and all the states with super extreme anti-abortion measures decided not to run the trans vaginal ultrasound strip to avoid confusion with their own state's anti-abortion bills, this strip would have been seen by practically no one. as it is, the strip is run all over the place. censorship tends to have that eff

it's very interesting, my friends called me up and we showed you this morning the "houston chronicle" had this story. hide out was no paradise for bin laden with three angry wives. really? i found out that the tip off for where he was, pay painted a target on him and said get me out of here. the angry housewives. >> it's way too early. see you back here tomorrow. stick around. >>> get out, no, you get out. mitt romney wants them both gone. will the march through march push anybody to the breaking point? team obama starts hammering romney from the other side as hom me in struggles with his own party's primary. they define him as an unacceptable alternative and romney can fully fight back. john boehner butts heads can fellow republicans over billions of dollars for roads, rails and bridges. can he get the tea party base to govern? good morning from washington. it's super thursday. this is "the daily rundown." let's get to the first read of the morning. super tuesday marks the beginning of the end. it's marked the beginning of the end of every competitive campaign for the last quarter ce

she covered high society for the "houston chronicle" by day and stripped in a club by night and wrotet in a blog called diary of an angry stripper, wrote under the pen name sarah truss and posted pictures of herself. the chronicle suspended her and may new fire her. >>> keeping bars open later could bring millions to the district. some leaders don't think this is how the city should be raising revenue. we'll hear from both sides of the issue next. >>> and also ahead, what happens if the supreme court strikes down the mandate of president obama's healthcare law and we'll go in-depth at the b. hour. >>> and megamillions mania. the jackpot swells to record levels. we will have details coming up.  chili's $20 dinner for two has a bold new favorite -- steak. first, share an appetizer, then choose two entrees, like our 100% usda choice sirloin, available for a limited time on chili's $20 dinner for two. [ coughing continues ] [ gasping ] [ elevator bell dings, coughing continues ] [ female announcer ] washington can't ignore the facts. more air pollution means more childhood asthma attacks

houston chronicle moved the comic out of the funny pages saying we believe the topic is more appropriate for the editorial page. one newspaper decided not to run the doonesbury comic at all because they thought readers could confuse the texas legislation with that pending in georgia. given that the georgia general assembly is considering an abortion bill, house bill 954, i made a decision not to publish the strip intended for publication this week. i thought this was a real possibility that readers might confuse the topic of this week's doones bury with georgia's proposed legislation. didn't want to hurt the chances for the legislation. if all the newspapers in all the states were super extreme anti-apportion decided not to run the strip to avoid confusion with their own state's real anti-abortion bills, this strip would have been seen by practically no one. as it the strip is being run all over the place. censorship tends to have that effect in america, gets you more attention than you would have had if you just published it in the first place like you weren't cowardly. rick perry, beca

this year goes to nick andersen at the "houston chronicle." nick. [applause] >> thank you.i feel like obama with these teleprompters appear. a little joke for the conservatives in the audience, don't get too comfortable. first i like to thank my editor, jeff cohen. a few years ago he asked me to reinvent the road of staff cartoonist by eliminating them. [laughter] by eliminating them. [laughter] ample i've got one that still believes in what ample i've got one that still believes in what i do. second i could think with kerry, governor of texas. [laughter] for providing me so much over the last year. and third, i can't remember the third. i'm sorry, i can't let it go. i'm still in mourning that is not running anymore. now one of the ways that jeff has inspired me to do different things. i do full-page cartoons and a decent animations. and a lot of cartoonists are getting into flash animation and i decided i was a little too lazy to learn how to do that. i decided to go restaurant get into claymation this past year for my son brought home claims that he wanted to learn how to

for example, the "houston chronicle" wrote about that case extensively. and mostly from government documents themselves. after resendez was caught and so many weaknesses in the system were exposed, the inspector general came out with a very comprehensive narrative and expose of what happened and they talked about many of these victims and the gruesome details of how he killed them. what i did was with claudia benton and several of the other victims, was really try to put a face on the people who are lost w. claudia benton, it was a terrible, terrible, sad tragedy because she was such a promising researcher. she specialized in pediatric neurology issues and she researched this rare genetic disorder among children called -- i believe it is pronouned angleman's syndrome. she was making huge breakthroughs in that. she was also the mother of young twins and a loving wife. and, you know, he squared the details of how brutal the murder was with the incompetence with the i.n.s. and it really makes my blood boil. when i wrote this chapter and when i tell people ab

this year it goes to nick anderson of the "houston chronicle pe." [applause] >> thank you. i feel like obama with these teleprompter is up here. a little joke for the conservatives in the audience. do not get too comfortable. [laughter] first of like to thank my editor, jeff cohen. he asked me to recreate the role of the editorial cartoonist in the newspaper. a lot of newspapers are eliminating them. i feel very thankful i have one that believes in what i do. second, i like to thank rick perry, governor of texas, for providing me so much fodder over the last year. [laughter] third -- i cannot remember the third. [laughter] sorry. i cannot let it go. i am still in mourning and that he dropped out. one of the ways jeff has inspired me to do different things -- i use -- i do full- page cartoons and i do animate -- i do animation. a lot of cartoons are getting into flash animation. i was too lazy to learned to do that. i decided to go retro and get into a clay-natmation. i found that i can get them done pretty quickly. i have got this first one that is on rick perry, as a matte

gary sharp febris state politics for the houston chronicle. the doj ruling seemed to focus on a large number of registered voters in texas to do not have drivers licenses. how difficult would it be for them to get those alternative id's? >> it all depends on where they live. there are 81 counties in texas that have no department of public safety driver's license offices. so if you're living in some of these remote areas and you have no transportation, you know, it is going to be very hard to travel to another county that might be 100 miles or 125 miles round trip. or in the metro areas, houston or san antonio, for example, there might not be a dps driver's license in your neighborhood, and it might require a 10-mile or 15-mile trip to get to the driver's license. a complaint to right now in texas is that the waiting lines to renew a driver's license might be two hours long. so it will be difficult for some people. >> the texas primary is weeks away, april 3. what does this really mean to voters in texas? no id needed? >> the primary is now sch

>> "houston chronicle."ails reveal osama bin laden spent his final days living in a home with three of his angry wives. >> poor guy. by the way, which explains why -- i'd heard from some guys from behind the scenes, they kicked down the door and they're like -- and he's like, no, no, no -- right here, right eye. >> according to his young -- >> get me out of this. i'm ready for the virgins. >> during the interrogation, the household was uncomfortably cramped and divided. it's like the real housewives -- >> the comedy stylings -- >> we're told there was bad blood among the wives who believe the older one was plotting to betray that. is that a real story? >> it's -- and khloe will be playing the middle wife. >> he was alone playing video games in his room. >> no, seriously, don't cuff me. if you could right here. because i may have to get -- i may get a good lawyer and have to live with these -- that's a nightmare. >> that's awful. >> three angry wives, willie. >> i miss mika, but we get to tell the truth when

we begin with "the houston chronicle" which reports mexico is getting ready for this weekend's visit by pope benedict. that nation has the second largest catholic population in the world. many texas catholics plan to cross the border to see the pope before he goes to cuba next week. >>> imagine if you could flick a switch in your brain to turn your memories on or off. scientists at m.i.t. say they are activated memory cells with a beam of light. "the boston globe" confirms memories are stored in specific cells. >>> "new york times" reports young people are losing interest in cars. 46% of drivers 18 to 24 say they choose internet access over owning a car. general motors has turned to mtv to try and change it. >>> and you may remember the town of clintonville in wisconsin, we told you about it yesterday, this mysterious bomb that had residents all shook up. loud booms, bangs, voi operations. this morning we have an answer. the milwaukee sentinel journal reporting the noise was triggered by a small earthquake beneath the city early tuesday >> announcer: this national weather report spon

the houston chronicle says the boy's godmother is accused of taking the boy when he was eight months old. the boy is expected to be reunited with his mother this week. >>> there is a little less of the famous white cliffs of dover. the daily mirror shows how a huge section it collapsed into the english channel last week. they believe rain and temperatures made it unstable. no one was >>> this national weather report sponsored by sleep inn. cleem b cle dream better here. >>> it is the motion picture association being a bully? it gave an r-rating to a new documentary about bullying. producer harvey weinstein says that's wrong. he'll explain why they're challenging this decision. >>> hbo cancels a big name drama because of the death of at least three horses. we'll see the trouble with "luck." you're watching "cbs this morning." >>> this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by newtons fruit thins. one unique cookie. real blueberries in blueberry brown sugar. crispy whole grain. newtons fruit thins, one unique cookie. newtons fruit thins, [ growling ] captain, one step at a time.keep g

the houston chronicle reports the justice department rejected the law saying it could discriminate against minority voters. >>> in northern ireland they say nike is stirring up controversy with its new black and tan sneakers. they're being released just before st. patrick's day. nike says they've named -- they're named after the popular drink that attacked irish citizens in the 1920s. >>> new york's coney island board walk is getting a makeover. the city approved plans yesterday to rebuild the board walk using concrete and plastic lumber. residents say the project will turn their beloved board walk into a sidewalks. >>> spring may not officially begin until next week but it is unusually warm in much of the country. you're looking at washington, d.c., where the expected high today, 78 degrees. >> love that. >> not too far below that for us here in new york city. hope,, >> announcer: this niona >>> this national weather report sponsored by the u.s. postal service. >>> this morning we have more of our rare interview with prince harry. he told seth doan when he gets back from celebrating the q

the houston chronicle says the boy's godmother is accused of taking the boy when he was eight months old. the boy is expected to be reunited with his mother this week. >>> there is a little less of the famous white cliffs of dover. the daily mirror shows how a huge section it collapsed into the english channel last week. they believe rain and temperatures made it unstable. no one was >>> that is a gorgeous shot of this day start. beautiful this morning, temperatures low 50s, winds are absolutely calm. it just -- it just doesn't get any nicer. let's go ahead and take a look at the forecast. well maybe it does. 79 this afternoon, yeah, you say 80, the record by the way is 82 set in 1990, sunshine will mix with clouds by tonight and through tomorrow a chance for show >>> this national weather report sponsored by sleep inn. cleem b cle dream better here. >>> it is the motion picture association being a bully? it gave an r-rating to a new documentary about bullying. producer harvey weinstein says that's wrong. he'll explain why they're challenging this decision. >>> hbo cancels a big name

the houston chronicle says a woman got into trouble on a southwest airlines flight for painting her nailsation that a flight attendant starting screaming at her and she screamed back. never good. after the passenger got off the plane, she was cuffed and held for ten hours. >>> overhead bins are getting bigger. boeing officials say they're designing new cabins with more room for the bags. >> i love that. >>> the mayo clinic has come up with the office of the future. squidoo.com says it's more like a gym with a desk that doubles as a treadmill and a meeting room with a walking track. >> i'm going to pass. >>> look at this from britain's daily telegraph. one woman was checking the tags on her boyfriend's pants. it says machine wash, warm tumble dry, or give it to your woman. it's her job. unfortunately, she didn't tell us who made those pants. >> so we can't boycott them. >> no, we can't. >>> according to e online, members of kirk kameron's growing pain's tv family aren't happy about the comments he made condemning homosexuality. tracey gold tweeted about it saying she's a supporter of the l

caller: i would like to explain to the american people -- i kept this "houston chronicle" article. it explains how many several millions -- million barrels a left this country, and how almost one and 60 million barrels were actual gasoline. if we are concerned about the american people, and drill, the be drilled, why are you selling the stuff out appear to keep the prices up? guest: that is a great question, and it has very little if any impact on the price. due to our state of the art refineries we have produced more product than ever. we have produced more refined products than our market can consume. today, some of that is exported because it is access. what we should not do, and sometimes politicians like to confuse these facts -- we need to remember the refined product is a finished product, but the cost, the impact on price is driven by the price of crude oil. it is just like an automobile. if you're going to build a car, and you have $20,000 worth of steel in the car, once you produce the car, you can not change that front-end cost. in order to get the price down, you need t

"houston chronicle." >> where is she going with this? >> did you do your taxes?arted. >> start and finish. i heard this is terrible. if you haven't done your taxes, do them now because someone might do them for you and not in a nice way. somebody might steal your identity, file your taxes for you and get your refund. if you think this is just a little problem -- >> i know. tell you what, it's possible because you don't have to have a lot to file taxes like name, address and social security number then you can do it. and, listen, there are thousands and thousands of people who have been victimized. a woman in texas wanted to file online. it said duplicate, duplicate. she's like what do you mean duplicate. and she found out it was because it was, yeah -- >> cashed her check. >> they cashed her check, yep. apparently in 2010 irs interc t intercepted 49,000 of these cases. guess what they expect it to be this year, 262,000 cases. >> tough times. >> do your taxes. if you don't need incentive, get your money earlier anyway, get your money. bigger incentive now. >> 25 m

we're going to start with the houston chronicle. a contested new voter i.d.in texas could bar millions of registered voters from casting ballots. that law would actually require voters to present state issued photo i.d.s to match voter registration cards. here's something very interesting. the records reveal 18% of registered voters in texas don't have a prior i.d. and that is 2.4 million people who could actually be turned away. hispanics here are the most heavily impacted. the department of justice is reviewing the law to determine whether it falls in line with the voting rights act. >> sometimes i wonder what our i.d.s do for us. i remember when i first came to this country, before i became a proud american citizen, i got a summons for jury duty because i had a driver's license. and i thought, i'm not a peer. i'm not a part of your peers. i'm not a jury of your peers. constitutionally i cannot serve. >> that that fall through the crack. >> there's a little box. if i didn't read up the fine print. i would have shown up for jury duty. noncitizens show up for

caller: i would like to explain to the american people -- i kept this "houston chronicle" article. it explains how many several millions -- million barrels a left this country, and how almost one and 60 million barrels were actual gasoline. if we are concerned about the american people, and drill, the be drilled, why are you selling the stuff out appear to keep the prices up? guest: that is a great question, and it has very little if any impact on the price. due to our state of the art refineries we have produced more product than ever. we have produced more refined products than our market can consume. today, some of that is exported because it is access. what we should not do, and sometimes politicians like to confuse these facts -- we need to remember the refined product is a finished product, but the cost, the impact on price is driven by the price of crude oil. it is just like an automobile. if you're going to build a car, and you have $20,000 worth of steel in the car, once you produce the car, you can not change that front-end cost. in order to get the price down, you need t

we begin with "the houston chronicle" this morning, and there had lied on the justice department moved. -- headline on the justice department's move. "the washington times" frontpage 3 -- -- front-page story -- and then, "the washington post" had of their story this morning inside the newspaper. our question to all of you this morning, voter i.d. laws for or against. a democrat from indiana. are you for or against that? caller: i am against. host: why is that? caller: -- host: anything else to add? caller: they are doing this to stop this black man from winning the election. host: let's go to new york. scott, independent caller. your thoughts. caller: i am a democrat but i am also running for office as an independent and i believe that when i go to vote, i actually have to present an idea of some sort. so, i think obviously you have to identify yourself in some way, shape, or form. what the id is, is debatable. a lot of different forums -- forms. but it is reasonable to prevent voter fraud to have some kind of idea. host: you broke up there a little bit. you said, on the other hand --

here's the real problem, this was from the houston chronicle in december, fuel exports up and so is theost of the gas pump. u.s. prices high. this was put out by the u.s. energy information association. last year almost 700 million barrels of refined products leading this country. if we so need this oil, why are the big oil companies or a lot of the energy out of here? host: john, you are an independent. what do you make of president obama's energy strategy? he says that he will continue to say all of the above. this was a headline, obama hales corner and energy, solar power, including the pipeline from oklahoma down into texas. what you make of it? caller: i think he is doing what he has to do. there's politics on both sides. you have to try to please the majority of the people so you can get an office again. i think his policies have been fine. i would not disagree with him. host: is this a big enough issue for you to vote for president obama in november 2012? caller: not really. the larger issue is the overall issue of the health care situation, for example. the program the other nig

business section, the houston chronicle said former texas financier alan stanford has been found guiltyrunning a $7 billion ponzi scheme. the man who had six private jets and received knight honors from the government of antigua faces life in prison. >> this was great. was this not great? i felt bad for him yesterday. >> in his interview, he appeared to threaten abc. >> he gave us so much to be happy about. >> it's no ponzi scheme. the only thing i would ever say about something like that in terms of my allegation is if you say it to my face again, i will punch you in the mouth. >> you're going to punch me in the mouth? >> no, i'm not going to punch you in the mouth. >>> the new apple ipad is expected to be unveiled today. speculating the new device will have a faster processor and crisper hd screen, it could be on shelves as early as next week and it'll record your every movement over the next generation. do you have it? >> no, i've got the old one, but i can't wait to get the new one. >> oh, i would love to take a -- >> he's so adorable. especially during primaries, he gets so excited

settlement, it was written -- host: another perspective on this, it also on the front page of the "houston chronicle" this morning, gulf oil spill deal made, and this is how it plays out. host: again, we're taking our question from this event that we took in yesterday on c-span, education now, cities at the forefront of reform. if you don't watch it, we invite you to go to our website, go to our library, and watch the whole event there. one of the people participating yesterday was the former chief of staff at the obama white house, president obama's chief of staff, and current mayor of chicago, rheaume emanuel, talking about the need to motivate principals, parents, and teachers. >> in the end of the day, a principal that is truly accountable to what happens and the results that come out of that building, because that you can get your hand around. i want a teacher who is motivated and excited about being there and a parent who doesn't think the system is too powerful for them, but they actually can be involved in their own school, in their own child's education. because all the information to date

. >>> from the houston chronicle, friday's megamillions jackpot now half a billion dollars.t are the odds of hitting the jackpot? about 1 in 176 million. compare that to the odds of getting hit by an asteroid. 1 in 700,000. the odds of becoming president, 1 in 10 million. all right. >> full disclosure, bought five tickets yesterday. >> you did not? >> yeah. i was walking down broadway. there was one right there. i said what the hell. >> what's the jackpot now? >> it's over half a billion. >> half a billion. >> with all the publicity, it will get up to like $750. >> he has two plans if he wins. one, he'll fund 1,000 kids to go to college, and build a car elevator. >> i love that. >> exactly. >> two dreams. but first i need a car. that's the first thing. >> well, actually, first you need a car. and secondly, you need a house. >> right. >> because you're not going to like to do that in your apartment. >>> joining us now with the political playbook, jim, good morning. >> good morning. >> big endorsement last night. senator marco rubio of florida announcing he will be backing on

from tampa to mobile, to gulf coast, mississippi, to "the times-picayune" to the "houston chronicle"and as faraway newspapers as "the new york times," have written editorials about bringing economic relief to the gulf coast, and area hard hit by the 5 million barrels of oil. just this month, when we go into angers it will be april 20. next month it will be a two-year anniversary. so i don't know what the house of representatives is thinking. they've got a real jobs bill over there right now, voted on by republicans and democrats here, not just a few republicans. i think more than half of the republicans in the senate joined with us to pass this bill. in addition it has the restore act in it, which funds the -- as you know, you had a great hand, mr. president, in supporting part of that bill -- or part of that effort, not that bill, but part of that effort to fund the land and water conservation fund, which again will provide money to all the states for park, restoration, and maintenance and for land purchase, with willing sellers. so i am here on the floor to support barbara boxer, t