rssSenate Moves One Step Closer to Passing Hiring Tax Credits
Monday, March 15, 2010 at 6:36 pm
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The Senate this evening took a long stride toward (finally) passing an $18 billion proposal designed to tackle the nation’s jobs crisis, voting to end debate on a bill granting tax credits to businesses that hire unemployed workers. The vote was 61 to 30 to block a GOP filibuster. Six Republican senators — Kit Bond (Mo.), Scott Brown (Mass.), Richard Burr (N.C.), Susan Collins (Maine), James Inhofe (Okla.) and Olympia Snowe (Maine) — voted for cloture, while just one Democrat — Ben Nelson (Neb.) — voted against it.
It marks the second time around for the so-called HIRE Act. The Senate last month passed a similar measure, only to have moderate House Democrats balk because the entire cost wasn’t offset elsewhere in the budget. House lawmakers tweaked the proposal to include that pay-for, and the new version is what the Senate is considering now.
Today’s cloture vote blocks a GOP filibuster by limiting debate on the bill to 30 hours. Republicans, though, are threatening not to allow Democrats to count the hours after adjournment tonight toward the 30-hour clock, setting the stage for a possible all-night session. That would put the final vote somewhere near midnight Tuesday, though Democratic leaders are hoping that a deal can be worked out beforehand to stage the vote sooner.
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Comment posted March 16, 2010 @ 2:03 am
the senate right now needs to be working on an extension of federal benefits for the long term unemployed the ones that have used 99 weeks. we are hurting bad especially the ones over 50 years of age no one wants an older person when they can hire younger ones. but their not even hiring them nobody is hiring anyone.this new jobs bill that just passed hasn't even passed all the way to the president to sign yet and who knows if this bill will even work.I hope it does but to drop us long termer's off before they no if it's going to work is just ludicrous and they know it. their trying to fool the public that this depression is over that's right it's a depression the recession never ended. people this government is so out of touch with whats really going on in our country with the economy it's shame full. the real unemployment rate is about 17% don't let them full you that it's not. these people work very hard at lying if they would work as hard trying to create jobs we probably wouldn't be in this mess. we are not the cause of this great problem. this started after they signed NAFTA into law and then came the Bush years Bush is gone but the rest of the idiots the republicans are still there and still a few dems.it's going to be years before we even get close to putting almost 20 million people back to work they gave away all the good jobs with NAFTA! PEOPLE PLEASE CALL YOUR CONGRESSMAN AND SENATORS AND EVEN THE PRESIDENT AND LET THEM KNOW HOW BAD THINGS REALLY ARE.they need to take care of our own people instead of sending our tax dollars to every country that ask for money.they would rather keep a roof over somebody else s head in another country than to keep a roof over our own peoples heads and that is SHAME FULL of the supposedly greatest nation in this world. this government should walk with their heads held low for they have no reason to walk with their heads held high for such a poor job performance. anyone working like this should be fired. I CALL FOR THE RESIGNATION OF THE ENTIRE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA YOU HAVE LET YOUR PEOPLE DOWN.
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