Title: Braude Beat: Lawmakers debate stimulus

" I have the body -- economic stimulus talks continue at Washington but some of the provisions are coming under fire. News that host Jim Braude jurors because talked more about that this latest. Situation over in the Senate -- senate leaders of promising the president a bill perhaps by tonight tomorrow or by the weekend but can't it happen."

" What I don't know he it seems that the -- all badly wants Republican votes you know in the house he didn't need Republican votes are coming for political reasons but. There are only 177. Republicans all voted no it didn't matter is the one thing overwhelmingly in the senators you know you need sixty votes cousins are you stop a filibuster thing. They're only 58 Democrats. One of them Ted Kennedy has not gonna work has been Florida so they needed a minimum if they hold all the Democrats which is iffy with a conservative Democrats. 45 Republicans and probably more the problem is they want to make the package smaller. Most liberals think if anything the package should be bigger. So there's a whole. Conundrum of things going on over there it's unclear what the outcomes gonna make -- let's hear from the president and the Republican critic."

" The time for talk is all. The time for action. Is now. Because we know that if we do not act. A bad situation will become dramatically worse Gloria nationality conduct but it's not the conduct -- And senate moderates try to trim nearly a hundred billion dollars to win favor among Republicans. And one of the things it should help -- service tax credit for homebuyers 10%."

" Of the home value up to fifteen rather hundred dirty up to 15000 dollars given the problem is that was an addition on the Senate side that's roughly thirty billion dollars that it. The thing to protect middle income upper middle income taxpayers from the Alternative Minimum Tax on the sixty billion pardon me billions sixty billion. Yahoo's sponsored both amendments Republicans. So the cost the packet is up to 900 billion because of those Republican amendment after I get answers yet the Republicans forget the other Republicans want to bring it down. Is it real serious problem having said that when you're gonna trillion plus package for the interest. If you don't have some significant Republican support. I think -- for our problems both the Democrats and the president I think you know is that. Arts funding who's talking about it on the radio should -- be in the stimulus package I am a believer well first of all there's a whole underlying debate as you know should the government be involved -- it's funny -- I would say an emphatic yes that's not today's debate the debate today is fifty million dollars in the stimulus package for the National Endowment for the -- so which would go. To the masters is cultural council here. Is that part of a stimulus package is that just more money for something Democrats and some Republicans like. I say the answer is as pretty convincing the artists carpenters people who work. In the -- actually art workers are not its traditional workers as somebody. Who works on -- highway construction problem program infrastructure but once again shut the problem is Barack Obama spoken and overarching terms he is not made clear real people whether it's on the arts -- else what's this mean for you. How to what's going to mean for your job or your wife's job. That's what he's got to do raise some of these doubts maybe you do that Monday night respect news tomorrow night with -- news contest you're watching Larry that's a pretty -- in the mind because I guess and it's not inconceivable -- will go to weather and of course is the conference committee process but I would say there -- some urgency now that's Obama's other major messages as he said. Perfection is the as the obstacle of necessity here and he says we got to move. Also there's the artist who created that they're very well known Obama hope image accused of copyright violations by the Associated Press. Look at that but I think there's the so called fair use doctrine that may absorb these -- yeah yeah that's Shepard -- is that the presidential our first president he's not denying that he is the Associated Press photo there's no question about cutting into the images exactly -- fair use -- talk about basically is this whole thing -- don't use an image or something. Literally exactly as it is to change and obviously changed dramatically. You're pretty much safe plus what I'm not clear about I think this guy even -- made any series -- and it made his billions of dollars but I don't think it's gonna himself I'd say give the guy -- is great piece art handbag your guest tonight on Newsnight. Speaker delay."