red states rule
10-12-2011, 03:51 AM
Of course Obama knew it would not pass- and he may have actually set up to fail - with the tax increases he added to the bill
Of course the liberal media will not mention the additional taxes will do nothing to solve the debt issue and will only slow the already stillborn rate of job growth in the country
Shortly after his $447 billion jobs plan stalled Tuesday in the Senate, President Barack Obama vowed to break the broad initiative down into numerous, separate bills -- potentially setting up even more showdowns between Democrats and Republics on how to boost the economy and where to get the money to do so.
The Democrat-pushed bill failed Tuesday night to get the 60 votes needed in the Senate to proceed. A total of 50 members of the chamber supported the measure, while 49 cast ballots against it.
In a statement issued Tuesday night, Obama said that despite being an obvious defeat, "tonight's vote is by no means the end of this fight." He then outlined his intention to work with Senate Majority Harry Reid and produce several smaller bills derived from the bigger plan.
"In the coming days, members of Congress will have to take a stand on whether they believe we should put teachers, construction workers, police officers and firefighters back on the job," Obama said in a statement released Tuesday night. "They'll get a vote on whether they believe we should protect tax breaks for small business owners and middle-class Americans, or whether we should protect tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires."
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/11/politics/jobs-bill/index.html?hpt=hp_c1
Of course the liberal media will not mention the additional taxes will do nothing to solve the debt issue and will only slow the already stillborn rate of job growth in the country
Shortly after his $447 billion jobs plan stalled Tuesday in the Senate, President Barack Obama vowed to break the broad initiative down into numerous, separate bills -- potentially setting up even more showdowns between Democrats and Republics on how to boost the economy and where to get the money to do so.
The Democrat-pushed bill failed Tuesday night to get the 60 votes needed in the Senate to proceed. A total of 50 members of the chamber supported the measure, while 49 cast ballots against it.
In a statement issued Tuesday night, Obama said that despite being an obvious defeat, "tonight's vote is by no means the end of this fight." He then outlined his intention to work with Senate Majority Harry Reid and produce several smaller bills derived from the bigger plan.
"In the coming days, members of Congress will have to take a stand on whether they believe we should put teachers, construction workers, police officers and firefighters back on the job," Obama said in a statement released Tuesday night. "They'll get a vote on whether they believe we should protect tax breaks for small business owners and middle-class Americans, or whether we should protect tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires."
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/11/politics/jobs-bill/index.html?hpt=hp_c1