Topic: Jobs Bill

Yet Another Obama Jobs Proposal Dies in the Senate

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President Obama's jobs proposals are having no easier passing as individual policies as they did as one big package, as the Senate stayed up late on Thursday evening to reject a plan to give states and cities $35 billion to rehire up to 400,000 public workers.

By Adam Martin

Oct 13, 2011

Republicans Debut a Jobs Plan to Show They Have One Too

"I will freely admit .. it is in response to the president saying we don’t have a proposal," says John McCain

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By Elspeth Reeve

Oct 6, 2011

Obama Blames the GOP for Not Trying to Save the Economy

Says his jobs plan will be an "insurance policy" against another recession -- if Republicans vote for it

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By Adam Clark Estes

Sep 15, 2011

Boehner Speech Dims White House Hopes for Fast Jobs Bill

The House Speaker called Obama's high-profile effort a "poor substitute for pro-growth policies"

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