joining me now, senator tammy baldwin, democrat from wisconsin, senator, good morning. >> good morning votes? >> well, we are awfully close. as of my last reporting, maybe one shy, and we hope that will develop shortly, but we'll have good news to proceed to the full debate on extending emergency unemployment compensation, because it's really a crisis in the united states, and in my home state of wisconsin right now, that needs to be addressed. >> well, let me ask you about your home state. led the nation in new jobless claims in december, but your republican counterpart in the house, as you know, paul ryan, points to data showing that unemployment, long-term unemployment, would actually be hurt, that it would enhance long-term unemployment if you make this vote. what do you say to him? >> you know, i just don't buy that set of arguments. i think that we have discovered over and over again that emergency unemployment compensation as we recover from a deep recession, especially in states like wisconsin that have been lagging behind, that this has, first of all, the impact of keeping fam