In the House, it has been introduced as a bill by Rep. John B. Larson (D-Conn.).

In the Senate, the bill has been introduced by Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.).

Neither bill has attracted any co-sponsors.

And, earlier this week, Reid said that the Senate would not take up the bill when it returns from a short recess. Instead, it would first take up a measure to punish China and other nations for currency ma­nipu­la­tion. That bill, in keeping with the Democrats’ strategy, is meant to help several individual senators in manufacturing states, where competition from China is blamed for local job losses.

What about the jobs bill? “We’ll get to that,” Reid told reporters.

Despite early and regular pleas from the White House, Senate Democrats say they will not move immediately to take up President Obama’s jobs bill when they return next week from a short recess.

“We’ll get to that,” Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) said Monday night when asked if the likely passage of a temporary spending bill to keep the government functioning meant the Senate could now consider the president’s package.

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“There is work to be done,” Obama said. “There are workers ready to do it. So let’s tell Congress: Pass this jobs bill right away.”

Given his urgency, Reid’s position has Republicans chortling that it is congressional Democrats who appear to be standing in the way of a quick vote on the president’s plan.

h/t to Rich K

Posted by Drew458     on 10/02/2011 at 03:14 PM   
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