As David noted this morning (as he does every morning in the fabulously information "Today in Congress"), the Senate will have a cloture vote on a scaled down jobs bill this afternoon.
The chamber will vote on whether to proceed with a $15 billion measure that includes a one-year Social Security...
In a conference call Thursday, Sens. Jack Reed and Chuck Schumer, joined by Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Economy.com, discussed the HIRE Act, the jobs bill Reid is planning to bring to the floor on Monday.
TWI reports that Zandi downplayed the impact this bill alone is likely to achieve.
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In a surprising and welcome turnaround, The Hill reports that Harry Reid is rejecting the Baucus bipartisan jobs bill.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is rewriting a jobs bill after Democrats complained of too many concessions to Republicans.
Reid announced Thursday that he would cut back on the jobs...
Ezra has the gory details:
Wasn't the jobs bill coming from Byron Dorgan and Dick Durbin? Well, yes, but the Finance Committee wants control of the process, so it's trying to muscle its way in front of them. And look how they did it:
While not addressed in the proposals...
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President Barack Obama said Thursday he hoped that Republican support this week for a near $18 billion jobs bill...