Senate Dems ax bipartisan jobs bill

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats scrapped a bipartisan jobs bill in favor of one they say is leaner and focused solely on putting Americans back to work, and they're all but daring Republicans to vote against it.

The new, stripped-down proposal followed criticism that the bipartisan version wouldn't create many jobs.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100212/D9DQHG900.html

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Saved or created = smoke and mirrors

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's latest bill focuses on several popular provisions aimed at boosting job creation, including a new tax break negotiated with Republicans for companies that hire unemployed workers and for small businesses that purchase new equipment. It also would renew highway programs and help states and local governments finance large infrastructure projects.

Reid, D-Nev., put forward the pared-back plan after Senate Democrats balked at a broader bill stuffed with unrelated provisions sought by lobbyists for business groups and doctors.

So they took the pork and unrelated provisions out to focus on those elements - bi-partisan elements - that are actually designed to boost job creation in this country. The GOP should be cheering. Isn't pork and unrelated provisions what they largely complained about? Or is taking their earlier criticism to heart now a bad thing because it further exposes their hypocrisy?

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If the Feds try to create jobs and they fail at everything else then we are doomed.

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If the Feds try to create jobs and they fail at everything else then we are doomed.

The feds aren't trying to create jobs with this bill but provide incentives to employers to do that.