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... >>> counting up the jobs created or saved by the stimulus is not so simple. now the white house is backing away from some of its initial claims and kitty pilgrim tells us, many are still waiting to see the benefits. >> reporter: allison barber graduated from colorado state university last may in one of the worst fields to find a job, construction management. she was surprised when a denver area company, flush with stimulus money, recruited her after attending a college job fair. >> a lot of our projects that castle rock has going on right now are stimulus funded, so that made, you know, a lot of money available to hire new employees, like myself. >> reporter: castle rock construction company says it was able to save 40 to 50 jobs using stimulus money it received for three projects. allison is managing two projects that will give her work through july of next year and she says she is grateful for the work. some of her classmates may not be as lucky. colorado has an unemployment rate of 6.9% compared to a national average of 10.2%. >> there's no doubt about it that our industry is, you know, been greatly influenced by all the money that is flowing from the stimulus package. >> reporter: the obama administration is under attack from republicans in congress who claims it is overstating the number of stimulus jobs created. and significant errors have been found on the list of stimulus jobs on the government website, recovery.gov. on thursday, testifying before the house oversight and reform committee, earl devaney, the head of the government oversight group for the stimulus program, admitted that the stimulus program had saved or created jobs is inaccurate. >> i have no doubt there are a lot of jobs being created. i think it could be above or below 640,000. i think missing reports could drive the job numbers up and i think there's enough inaccuracies in here to question the 640 number. it might go down. >> reporter: the white house touted its job creation figures a few weeks ago to show that the $787 billion stimulus package already is reaping benefits. while congress looks into that, allison is simply grateful for the work, no matter what the duration. >> a lot of them may look like short-term projects, but a job is a job, and if any jobs are created, i think the stimulus package is doing what it's meant to do. >> reporter: kitty pilgrim, cnn. >>> well, ""state of the union"" starts at the top of the hour. do want to thank richard lui for sitting in for t.j. this weekend. did a great job. thank you, betty. always a great time. >> he pays me to say that. >>> morning headlines coming up right now. here they are. democrats in the u.s. senate stop republican efforts to prevent a debate on that $848 billion health care overhaul plan. the senators are headed home for the thanksgiving holiday. and when they return, they will begin debate on the plan itself. >>> you know, there's been a leak at the three mile island nuclear power plant near harrisburg, pennsylvania, but officials say it does not pose a threat to the public. still, though, they are investigating the cause. more than a dozen workers who were exposed to low levels of radiation yesterday have been decontaminated. >>> as i mentioned, ""state of the union with john king"" comes up at the top of the hours. it is that time and let's throw it over to john king. >>> i'm john king and this is ""state of the union."" the magic number, 60. >> the motion is agreed to. >> senate democrats clear a critical health care hurdle, but will differences within the party unravel the sweeping measure? we'll go inside the deliberations with three leading democratic senators, sherrod brown of ohio, michael bennett of colorado, and jeanne shaheen of new hampshire. >>> then in an exclusive interview, we'll hear the republican reaction and strategy from senate gop leader, mitch mcconnell. >>> and our ""american dispatch"" from arkansas. two small business ownes showcase the policy divide that make health care politics so dicey for vulnerable democrats. >>> this is the ""state of the union"" report for sunday, november 22nd. >>> we begin this sunday morning with the senate's dramatic step to open debate on major health care legislation. it was a rare saturday night session, and in the end, a big win for the democratic majority. but just barely. leader harry reid needed 60 votes and he got just that. all 58 democrats and both independents voted aye on the motion to proceed. every republican voted nay. ... |
