Draft version of Senate Dems' jobs bill leaks

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/80423-draft-senate-jobs-bill-leaks


A draft version of the Senate jobs bill began circulating around Washington, offering a glimpse of the package of spending items and tax cuts Senate Democrats envision as the basis for legislation Majority Reid Harry Reid (D-Nev.) wants to begin debating within days.

After a meeting between President Barack Obama and the bipartisan congressional leadership of the House and Senate, Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) made clear that the jobs bill remains a work in progress so the document does not represent the final package. Reid had hoped to unveil the legislation Tuesday but ongoing discussions between Democrats and Republicans -- along with inclement weather that has kept senators away from the capital -- could push back the time frame for the debate.

The 362-page draft bill touches on a vast array of areas, including extensions for unemployment benefits and COBRA health insurance premiums, tax incentives designed to spur hiring, spending programs on transportation initiatives, low-income housing credits, energy programs, disaster relief, an extension of Patriot Act provisions, extensions of Medicare payment programs, and tax proposal aiming to raise revenue from foreign-held assets and trusts.

http://thehill.com/images/stories/whitepapers/pdf/jobs%20bill%20draft.pdf


Reid: Deal close on Senate jobs bill
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/02/09/reid-deal-close-on-senate-jobs-bill/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%2Brss%2Fcnn_politicalticker%2B&fbid=P6-tRRJtWbC

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I've seen this movie before. It has no end. It's always "in progress" and we'll have it on "your desk tomrrow" crap. WHY are we still fucking around with the repukes. If it's okay to them, it means we will all be unemployed tomorrow!!! Jesus, I give up..........