UPDATE 1-New U.S. senator helps Democrats advance jobs bill

Reters ^ | Mon Feb 22, 2010 6:27pm EST | Reporting by Andy Sullivan, editing by Philip Barbara

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Agreed. Although I would not support any more spending, as described the bill is reported to have two things: tax cuts, road construction. Road construction is one of the few items actually listed as a congressional power in the Constitution.

I don’t trust the guy, but this is hardly a test.

[mono]

.....holding up Obama death bill,,,,

True, but they are planning another route to pass it.

[brushcop]

Forget this guy FReepers, we’ve seen this before in McCain’s pathology. Nothing new here.

[elpadre]

as a matter of curiosity, I wonder how many of Kennedy's staffers Brown hired???

I read somewhere that often these new MCs and Senators are reflecting the politics of their staff.

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The Dems refused to use the first title for this bill, which was “stimulus” and decided “jobs” would make it something different for those who don’t like stimulus.

I though at least our elected Senators would have read about this and seen it for what it is — another slush fund to elect Dems.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 20 percent of the U.S. workforce lacked adequate employment in January and struggled to make ends meet with reduced resources and bleak job prospects, according to a Gallup poll released on Tuesday.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61M1OL20100223