pposal it is a a proposal that was 50 already rejected by 50 senators including 11 members from acrossm acrohe ais le the aisle and number of months ago. if we are going to attempt toe a going help those seniors to help thehaveeen seniors as mentioned by my colleague, we need to do it in a fiscally responsible way.rt -- i so i support, i absolutely support helping the seniors that are having a hard time. d that's w i just propose that we pay for it and that is why i offered the amendment to the proposal from w the senator from rhode island that would in factfact just pay for it, simple as that. i propose that instead of pilingtn money, debt on top of our massive debt what i have offered as an amendment that would offer the office of management and budget to cut ant appropriate amount from other other programs to help them find money to pay for this one.mr. whehouse: wo >> you with the senator yield for a question?dam >> yes maam president, i would. >> with the senator questioned through the chair?in with the senator explained why it is when it comes to the deficit is more important toan

the pposal addressed many of the issues that would have to be addressed in a permanent job creation strategyas such as allocation a distribution of funds, allowable uses of those funds, of the ability and targeting provisions. it is much easier to do and suitable to do within the structure of a public job creation program. importantly, protections to minimize substitution and of employees. you will find that proposal in a paper i wrote. it is on the urban institute web site if you are adjusted in more details about what a full-blown proposal with the plot. hickel has to be creating some sort of capacity for infrastructure to support a job creation, one that could be radically expanded at the onset of a >> would close with a bottle of wine as a pro. now than ever. that is because we have made a lot of progress over the use and creative use of publicly funded jobs. it has not been progress that we have made on countercyclical job creation. it has not been responding to the recession. it is an approach through what is now called a transitional jobs programs where publicly funded jobs are create