john barrasso joins us. thank you for your time today. the first bill talking about jobs that will be broken out from that original bill that the president wanted that will be introduced in the senate, it will be to save or create what the white house are saying are 400,000 jobs at a cost of $35 billion. what is your thought on that? will you support that? >> richard, you know, the president said that all of the republicans voted against the jobs plan last week. what he forgot to mention is the number of democrats also voted against it. and harry reid blocked two times an opportunity for the senate to vote on the president's original jobs plan, the one he said take it or leave it. so, i'm looking for a way to work together to make it easier and cheaper for the private sector to create jobs in this country. that's what we need to do. even msnbc harold ford jr. in an editorial yesterday in the "washington post" said we ought to have a moratorium on regulations. they are hurting jobs. i heard about it this past weekend in wyoming. >> let's g

. >>> we're going to bring in republican senator john barrasso. >> he's rational. >> there are some, we know this. -- who accused the vice president of using scare tactics to try and pass the white house jobs proposal. >> he did. >> governor mitch daniels. >> mitch is going to be here! good. >> jill abramson. >> and in a bit -- >> he's got a dog. >> it wears a sweater. >> it wears a sweater. >> dresses up for halloween. >> we should do a week of shows where everyone brings in a dog. >> bill karins has a little dog with a little sweater, and he's got a little sweater -- >> be careful, i might step on them. >> sane and rational is not the words we've ever used going to weather. not once. well, good morning, everyone. hope you had a wonderful weekend. i think this weekend was pretty much an "a" in many people's books. we're having a pretty decent monday, but carry the umbrella, showers blowing through areas like cleveland, pittsburgh, buffalo, and eventually that'll make it into areas in new england. it's not going to rain that much, probably only about 30 minutes in one location. but i

let's ask republican senator john barrasso of wyoming.ack with us. >> thanks, jenna. jenna: is there parts of this land that you'd like to see get through the senate? >> absolutely. specifically, the parts that have to do with tax credits for wounded warriors, getting them back to work. there are things that we can talk about, and i want to work together with others to get people back to work. i want to find ways to make it easier and cheaper for the private sector to create jobs in america. but, you know, the president had said, hey, take it or leave it about a month ago, and yesterday in a bipartisan vote all of the republicans in the senate as well as a number of democrats voted against this bill that the president put forward which, to me, was just a tax and spend approach. jenna: as far as the payroll tax cuts that's part of this plan, this larger plan, that's something that the president has pointed to and other democrats to say, hey, look, republicans liked this before, why don't they like it thousand? are you for these payroll tax

i appreciate john barrasso, senator barrasso coming here and talking as i am talking and telling the truth about the problem that we have. sometime, someplace we've got to draw the line. i named all these appointments that the president made, the nominations he's made. but we have to draw the line. and i felt this is a good place to do it, and i recognize there's going to be a lot of pressure on conservatives to kind of sit this one out. but i want them to keep in mind that this is the number-one concern of most of the conservative groups right now. i read the editorials that are out there. everybody knows. our eyes are open. this is not a vote where you go later on i wish i'd known that. i would have voted "no." this is your chance to do it. have i had calls from people on board? yes. they all said he's a good friend of oursant i don't want to weigh in. one of them, he called up and after he told me how good a person john bryson was, he said have you got that down? you've got that down? ignore everything i said. we know the phone calls come in, they are leaders out there. i love the

i've worked with my colleague -- colleagues, senator david vitter of louisiana and senator john barrasso of wyoming, on two legislative proposals that would reverse the president's attacks on domestic energy production. the three d, domestic jobs, domestic energy and deficit reduction act, that's s. 706, and the american energy and western jobs act, s. 1027, would get america back in the business of producing its own energy, creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs and billions in new revenue for state and federal government. number eight, we need to help america compete by protecting and encouraging innovation. we must modernize and make permanent research and development the r&d tax credit to help keep america on the leading edge of technological innovation. the united states once led the world in research and development and status when we created the r&d credit back in 1981. however, in the years since, other countries responded with their own incentives, and now we rank 17th behind many of our global competitors. i know senator baucus and i have been the prime sponsors of the rese