The unemployment rate among construction workers in California is running at 40 percent, and there is no better stimulant than to put a paycheck in a construction worker's hands on a public works project.
Senator Boxer emphasizes the importance of funding public works to reduce construction unemployment.
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They've sold their soul, this party used to be called the Grand Old Party. And now it's a cowardly party of lies.
We Democrats, we do have a very good and diverse coalition. It truly is diverse, everywhere you look at it. But in terms of leadership in Congress, it is true, they’re getting older.
The way the Senate works, as you know, it`s a supermajority to get anything done. It has nothing to do with age.
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