A bill giving businesses tax credits for hiring military veterans became the first part of President Barack Obama's sweeping American Jobs Act to pass the Senate on Thursday.
While his office was full of protesters, Sen. Mitch McConnell led Republicans in a vote on Thursday that blocked the $60 billion infrastructure component of President Barack Obama's jobs plan.
President Obama hasn't been able to put enough pressure on House Republicans to get them to pass his jobs bill -- or to pass pieces of his jobs bill -- so his next step in his anti-"do-nothing Congress" campaign is to use the executive order.
Cartoonist Tom Toles on Obama's jobs plan.
Harry Reid has scheduled a procedural vote on the bill for 6 p.m. Tuesday
Says his jobs plan will be an "insurance policy" against another recession -- if Republicans vote for it
In a Bloomberg survey, experts agreed Obama's plan would prevent recession
Law would forbid employers from passing over an applicant because he's out of a job
Republicans attack tax cuts, Democrats question tax hikes, and everyone is unhappy
Democrats appear to have the political upper hand, but they're still panicking
Displaying a speed they hope communicates urgency, the White House unveils its bill
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