Senate Gearing Up To Move Jobs Bill

[babylonsister]

Senate Gearing Up To Move Jobs Bill

Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010


Senate Democrats hope in coming weeks to wrap up what they say is about five months of work on job-creation legislation and appear set to ignore a House-passed measure and pass their own bill.

A group of Democrats, led by Senate Majority Whip Durbin and Senate Democratic Policy Committee Chairman Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, has worked on the package since returning from the August recess and staffers have continued work since Christmas, with the goal of moving the bill shortly after final Senate passage of healthcare legislation.

That could occur by late January if the House by then has modified the Senate-passed healthcare bill and sent it back to the Senate.

Durbin and Dorgan, aided by staff, are working to narrow a list of 121 job-creation provisions suggested by senators. They have grouped proposals into a handful of categories -- small business jobs, infrastructure work, green and energy-related jobs and public-sector employment -- according to a Senate aide.

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http://www.nationaljournal.com/congressdaily/ecp_20100107_1279.php

[SpiralHawk]

1. "No no no no. NO." - Republicon Homelanders

"Jobs are for hungry proles. No. No. No. A thousand times NO.

"What we need is more tax cuts for the rich. Somebody fax our Chorus of Chickenhawk Propagandists -- Rush, O'Lielly, Hannity and Beck, etc. Send them some a Bonus Bag of Republicon Payola and get them pontificating on the matter immediately. Smirk."

- Republicon Homelanders

[babylonsister]

2. Are you saying the rethugs might try to obstruct this legislation?

:wow:


:hi:

[madrchsod]

4. they`ll whine and cry but...

they`ll take what ever they can get cause it`s election time. they have to bring the pork back home.

[madrchsod]

3. another 150 billion would be nice.....

but those pesky wars in the middle east sucks up more money than that.....http://costofwar.com/

[hughee99]

5. Meanwhile, jobs gearing up to move to Asia. n/t

[Quantess]

6. Sounds good. (no text)