Obama's new budget strategy, unemployment dips,  Rand Paul’s filibuster consequences

Unemployment Down, Budget Battle, and R Washington Week with The Atlantic

Premiered March 08, 2013
Unemployment Down, Budget Battle, and R

The panelists examine Obama's Republican “charm offensive” aimed at finding bipartisan solutions to the budget crisis. Also, with the stock market surge and positive job numbers, we look at the the unexpected boom following the spending cuts. Plus, the implications of Rand Paul's 13-hour filibuster. Joining Gwen: Greg Ip, Economist; and Susan Davis, USA Today; and Charles Babington, AP.

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Washington Week with The Atlantic

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