Wednesday - October 12, 2011

I Guess They Didn’t Listen

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 50 votes falling 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.

Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., had said earlier that although he intended to vote in favor of ending the Republican filibuster, he did not intend to support the bill if it reached a final vote.

Now that it has failed, both the House and Senate are expected to turn this week to approving U.S. trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea, one of the few areas of agreement between Republicans and the administration on boosting the economy. And Senate Democrats are looking at ways of breaking the jobs bill into pieces that would be easier to pass.

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.”

President Barack Obama has joined four unemployed construction workers in Florida for a round of beers on a day his jobs bill met defeat on Capitol Hill.

Obama met with the group at Harp and Celt Restaurant & Irish Pub in downtown Orlando. He solicited opinions on the jobs situation and said he was trying to figure out how to get the construction trades back to work.

The three unemployed pipe fitters and one unemployed plumber drank beer and soda; Obama had a Guinness. They all toasted “to more jobs.”

Obama held the meeting between fundraisers in Florida as Senate Republicans—and two Democrats—turned back an effort to open debate on the president’s $447 billion jobs bill. Obama says the bill would create construction jobs.

Might be a bit of fact checking needed for this one; the guys in the picture all look close to retirement age. That could be one reason they’re hanging out at the pub in the afternoon.

Posted by Drew458     on 10/12/2011 at 07:08 AM   
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