Democrats in Senate: Won't Pass Jobs Bill

Posted by Jim Spence on Friday, September 30, 2011
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The Hill - Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said, at the moment, Democrats in Congress don’t have the votes to pass President Obama’s jobs bill, but Durbin added that that situation would change. “Not at the moment, I don’t think we do, but, uh, we can work on it,” Durbin said, according to Chicago radio station WLS. President Obama has been calling for Congress to pass his American Jobs Act since legislators returned from their August recess. The jobs plan is made up of a combination of tax increases on the wealthy, new infrastructure spending, an extension of the employee payroll-tax cut and additional funding for unemployment insurance benefits. Read full story here: News New Mexico
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Anonymous said...

I gather what Durbin is trying to say is that he hasn't had enough time yet to bribe them with earmarks to get them on board. Good luck with that. I suspect many of them are facing tough races in 2012 and don't wish to add to their stupid voting record. This might be something the voters would remember for sure.

September 30, 2011 at 2:28 PM

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