In a rare bipartisan breakthrough, the Senate pushed a $15 billion measure intended to spur job creation over a crucial preliminary obstacle Monday night after five Senate Republicans [led by newly elected Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts] broke ranks to back consideration of the Democratic leadership initiative.
The test vote of 62-30 makes it likely the Senate will approve the measure that Democrats said would create tens of thousands of new jobs, improving the struggling national employment market. But whether the House will go along with the legislation without making substantial changes remains to be seen.
Here’s the latest on the argument.
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The case, which could reverberate beyond Idaho to other states with
abortion bans, is the second time in less than a month that the justices
have heard an ...
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