AP – Republicans in the Senate Thursday dealt President Barack Obama the third in a string of defeats on his stimulus-style jobs agenda, blocking a $60 billion measure for building and repairing infrastructure like roads and rail lines.
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Senate GOP blocks Obama infrastructure plan
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Renewing his effort to push a jobs agenda, Obama proposed tax credits for companies that hire veterans as well as enhanced training for those leaving the military.
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Obama Pushes Jobs Agenda
Wait, wasn’t that what the political payback legislation, known as “Stimulus”, was supposed to do? Create jobs? And all the follow-up legislation? The “green jobs” initiatives? Even ObamaCare was billed as a jobs creator. None of which worked, and, it seems, made things worse, so Democrats eye new jobs agenda Senate Democrats are beginning to fear
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Democrats Flailing Around For A Jobs Policy Heading Into 2012
AP – WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s election-year jobs agenda suffered a new setback Thursday when Senate Republicans blocked a bill creating a $30 billion government fund to help open up lending for credit-starved small businesses.
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Republicans block small business lending bill
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