senator john portman, senator west case, senator john mathis, senator nicky sisler toward representative kinney bingham, representative jack e. hayes, and representative felons. you came into this with an open mind and a willingness to work and to listen week met with teachers, parents, former state superintendent's door republicans and democrats. a planned 7r eddy that south carolina we need to take targeted approaches to education in a way that charge results for our kids. we looked at the way we funded education at the state level. we found a formula to be updated, misguided, and then as a result we're entering the gulf -- best out of directing dollars to where they're most needed. those who require individuals traction. we don't have difficulty with those speaking english that the lawsuits are still the person in a plumber. the most glaring failure on our part has been the failure to acknowledge that it simply cost more to educate a job in poverty . research shows that the constant teaching low-income students was proven methods is roughly $1,200 more faugh per child. as a state we c

dean heller, lisa murkowski of alaska, susan collins, dean coats, dan portman of ohio. this is johnd many things off camera. "one month ago i personally told the white house another extension of unemployment benefits should not only be paid for, but include something to help put people back to work. to date the president has offered no such plan. if he does, i'll be happy to discuss it, but right now the house is going to remain focused on growing the economy and giving america's unemployed the independence of only finding a good job." clearly, there will be a fight in the house of representatives. let's talk about this a little bit. we await for the president. let's bring in our agenda panel for today, kelly goff, columnist for "the daily beast," lee fong, contributing writer for "the nation," and cheryl, i'll start with you. you were going to sort of pay attention to the republicans voting here and we saw six voted for it. what did you think of what you saw in terms of the unemployment rates of the senators who voted for and against this? >> it was a pretty unpredictable group of

at this hour as you mentioned, six republican senator, kelly ayote, rob portman, saxby chambliss, john john hoeven come for word with a idea. they would pay for three month extension and pay for military retiree benefits trimmed in last year's budget deal and closing loophole where immigrants can claim additional child tax credit. john boehner on house side of the capitol was asked about his thoughts on unemployment. >> we're all concerned about those who have had a difficult time trying to find a job. that is why we passed dozens of bills to try to help improve the economy so those jobs will be created. we'll continue to do our work but the senate ought to be looking at ways to really solve this problem. >> reporter: while a lot of focus is on the senate moving forward with what to do about unemployment benefits boehner says, pay for it and also include some type of job training in there. then he is willing to take a look at it. jenna? jenna: that is interesting. interesting to see if it will happen. what are democrats saying about these pay-fors? >> they're emphasizing a lot of numbe

portman, susan collins, when you get back to washington, d.c. on monday, how about doing your jobs so other folks can get back to work as well? joining me now, john nichols, washington correspondent of the nation. you are baseded in the midwest and kor the midwest for a while. what do you think the politics are like for mark kirk and rob portman on this extension? >> i think they're pretty intense. i think you identified the right folks. i might also throw senator toomey into that mix as well. one of the things that you have to understand and i think that most of your viewers do, is that the great lake states and that's what you're really talking about there, those states have suffered incredible industrialization. so, in a number of cities, places that don't get covered much in national media, western new york, head across, they've had a lot of job losses and people have been put into very tough situations. right now, it's some of the cold e weather that we've had in years. lot of snow. this is not a time when businesses are putting on new workers. it's not a time when it's going to be easy to find jobs. and so, it's very, very clear to the vote