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Obama's Jobs Bill Fails To Advance In Senate Despite White House Push | Fox News
Why didn't you work with Reid to get the vote done last week, when the GOp wanted and CALLED for it publicly???
Reid REFUSED to allow the vote the REPUBLICANS called for last week, and the result is that the bill as a whole is dead.
For once, I agree with something Harry Reid did.
President Obama's $447 billion jobs bill failed to clear a procedural hurdle in the Democratic-controlled Senate Tuesday night despite a White House push that accelerated in the 11th hour.
The bill received a simply majority of 51 votes but fell short of the necessary 60 to end debate. Sens. Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Jon Tester of Montana were the only Democrats to vote against the bill. Both of them are facing tough re-election campaigns next year.
Obama declared earlier Tuesday that the U.S. Senate faced a moment of truth when it voted on the bill, calling it "gut check time." He later issued a statement accusing Republicans of obstruction.
"Tonight's vote is by no means the end of this fight," Obama said. "We will now work with Senator Reid to make sure that the individual proposals in this jobs bill get a vote as soon as possible."
Why didn't you work with Reid to get the vote done last week, when the GOp wanted and CALLED for it publicly???
Reid REFUSED to allow the vote the REPUBLICANS called for last week, and the result is that the bill as a whole is dead.
For once, I agree with something Harry Reid did.