But still, the Dems refuse to bring it to a vote in the Senate today. If "a majority of the Senate" supports it, bring it to a vote and pass it.
The truth is, he doesn't have the votes.
I read that there are zero co-sponsors of this Jobs Bill in either the House or Senate. It has no support.
When will they be called obstructionist?
And there it is...DIMs say Jobs for American are not top priority.
Gee even when we want to work with the President we get thwarted. Go figure!
when the House decided not to put it up for a vote, Obama complained. When the Senate decided to bring it up for a vote, the Democrats complained.
The Regime Media is busy “reporting” PRECISELY THE OPPOSITE!
Not one co-sponsor.
Hasn’t threatened or twisted enough arms...however, being an election year, I doubt even threats will hold water.
90 Second Summaries: Season 2, Episode 23
S. 1549: American Jobs Act of 2011
Introduced 9/13/2011
Sponsor: Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) on behalf of President Obama
Click here to download this summary (pdf)
Cosponsors: None
Status: Bypassed committees entirely upon introduction. Will likely be brought to Senate floor within the next couple of weeks, but unlikely to reach the 60-vote threshold on a motion to proceed to debate.
House Companion: H.R. 12, sponsored by Dem Caucus Chair John Larson (D-CT1) at the request of the President. No cosponsors. Referred to Ways and Means and ten other committees with partial jurisdiction. Highly unlikely to move barring a compromise deal.
Purpose: America currently faces two dueling crises: deficits and jobs. For most of this year, the focus in Washington has been on debt reduction and spending cuts, but such measures only serve to worsen the unemployment situation. Thus, in response to the August deal that paired a raise in the debt ceiling with substantial spending cuts and the formation of a “Super Committee” on deficit reduction, the outcry for federal action to create jobs has grown. President Obama responded with a major speech to Congress on September 8th, in which he announced the American Jobs Act.
Summary: The $447 billion American Jobs Act contains three major components:
1) Tax Cuts for Individuals and Businesses
• Cuts the employee payroll tax in half (from 6.2% to 3.1%) for 2012 (Cost: $175B)
• Cuts the employer payroll tax in half for the first $5 million of payroll for 2012, and completely eliminates the payroll tax for new employees. ($65B)
• Allows 100% expensing of business investments. ($5B)
• Offers a tax credit of up to $4,000 for businesses hiring workers unemployed for over six months. ($8B)
Total: $253 billion (56.6% of total)
2) Infrastructure and Investment Spending
• Aid to states in order to prevent teacher layoffs ($30B) and police and firefighter layoffs ($5B).
• Grants for modernization of K-12 school facilities ($25B) and community college facilities ($5B).
• Immediate investment in infrastructure, including highways ($27B), transit system repairs ($9B), intercity rail ($2B), high-speed rail ($4B), airports ($2B), air traffic modernization technology ($1B), and innovative multimodal transportation programs ($5B).
• Creation of a National Infrastructure Bank, modeled on the Kerry-Hutchison BUILD Act ($10B)
• Project Rebuild, designed to rehibilitate and repurpose foreclosed-upon properties in distressed communities ($15B)
• Development and implementation of a nationwide wireless broadband network ($7B) and reallocation of some spectrum for public safety purposes ($3B). The costs of this program would be offset by auctioning off spectrum.
Total: $140 billion (31.3% of total)
3) Help for Unemployed Americans
• Extension of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program and various extended benefit provisions through 2012.
• Reform of the unemployment insurance system to encourage the states to implement innovative reemployment assistance, work sharing, wage insurance and training programs for beneficiaries (Combined $49B).
• Creation of a Pathways Back to Work Fund designed to help low-income unemployed Americans find work ($5B).
• Prohibition of discrimination against the unemployed in hiring decisions.
Total: $54 billion (12.1% of total)
The bill also contains some offsets from tax increases targeted to upper-income Americans and ending oil and gas industry subsidies. To fully offset the cost of the legislation, it mandates the “Super Committee” to find an extra $450 billion in deficit reduction measures.
CBO Score: None provided.
Supporters: President Obama, most Democrats, infrastructure advocates, teachers and first responders, etc.
• Supporters see this as a win-win proposal, one that would create or save millions of American jobs and thus aid Democratic fortunes in the 2012 election cycle.
Opponents: most Republicans, Tea Party activists
• Many opponents believe only the private sector, not government, can create jobs, and the best way to turn the economy around is to shrink the government. Furthermore, they staunchly oppose to the taxes increases on the rich proposed as offsets. Some, however, simply see continued economic troubles as a boon for Republicans in 2012.
http://www.mainstreetinsider.org/90secondsummaries/?p=489
Question to Mr. Reid: your party is in control of the senate, did you block yourselves?
btw, I'll say it again: Nevada will not get a dime of tourism money from me until they replace Hairy Reed the moron with a Constitutionalist. Why you people would put that jackass back in office when you've got record unemployment is a question that should be answered.
Now that was a cool move by Republicans. Obama’s goal was to have Republicans stop it so he could say they don’t want to work on jobs. Now the Republicans have turned it on the Dems. Good Job!
This administration is filled with maroons! Statist maroons!
I'm guessing Reid and the Senate Dems don't love this president.
He can't. That dog wont hunt as the 2012 elections are going to display.
Harry Reid is a failed joke.
but but but zero keep saying it is the republicans who keep blocking his crap bill
Is this a checkmate....or am I reading it wrong?