me now, senator ben cardin, democrat for maryland, a member of the senate budget committee, and lee saunders, secretary treasure you are, a union with 1.6 million members. lee will be joining me this saturday. he is cochairing the march for jobs and justice in washington, d.c. thank both of you for coming to the show. senator, let me start with you. none of your republican colleagues voted for the bill, not one. what does this say? >> people get it. we need to create more jobs, and they support the president's effort to bring this legislation forward. it's interesting. we had a majority of the senate vote for the jobs bill, this week, so we could at least take up jobs. the republicans used the filibuster to block it. it's not only that they're voting no. they're using procedure to block the senate from considering jobs legislation. the american people want us to solve problems. they want the government to work, and the republicans are saying no, no, no, we don't want to see anything done in this congress. >> now, lee saunders, not only are we having this big march that you are cochairing, an