Jobs Bill Passes in Senate With 11 Votes From Republicans

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New York Times:

WASHINGTON — The Senate approved and sent to President Obama on Wednesday what Congressional Democrats hope will be the first in a series of bills spurring employment by providing tax breaks and other hiring incentives to businesses.

The measure, approved on a bipartisan vote of 68 to 29, would give employers an exemption from payroll taxes through the end of 2010 on workers they hire who have been unemployed for at least 60 days. It also extends the federal highway construction program and takes other steps to boost public building projects.

Who were the 11 Republicans who voted yes? From the AP:

ALASKA

Murkowski ®, Yes

FLORIDA

LeMieux ®, Yes

MAINE

Collins ®, Yes; Snowe ®, Yes

MASSACHUSETTS

Brown ®, Yes

MISSISSIPPI

Cochran ®, Yes

MISSOURI

Bond ®, Yes

NORTH CAROLINA

Burr ®, Yes

OHIO

Voinovich ®, Yes

OKLAHOMA

Inhofe ®, Yes

TENNESSEE

Alexander ®, Yes

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Treason!

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Treason!

There will be a secret teabagger meeting tonight, at an undisclosed location not far from Darth Cheney's lair... to discuss what is to be done with these RINO infiltrators. We have RINO's in our midst!

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There will be a secret teabagger meeting tonight, at an undisclosed location not far from Darth Cheney's lair... to discuss what is to be done with these RINO infiltrators. We have RINO's in our midst!

Apparently they voted with their constituents' interests in mind before ideology. Honorable, yet treacherous. You can't serve two masters....or can you?

Edited March 17, 2010 by Galt's gallstones

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The GOP wall is crumbling.

LeMieux (Charlie Crist's placeholder) in the yes column will give Rubio campaign something else to b!tch about. Not sure whether they will, though, and if they do, how Floridians will feel about any attack. Odds are that Floridians are in favor of the bill seeing that we're some 2 points above the national average in terms of unemployment rates.

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Those big bad Republicans are at it again.

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Those big bad Republicans are at it again.

rinos make me sick!

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Now, if only a few Democrats would do the same with the Healthcare Bill and vote in accordance with their constituents wishes, we could be done with a year's worth of distraction, scrap the mistake that's out there now and try putting together real reform and not the sham that Pelosi and Reid are hawking at the moment.