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Stalled Jobs Bill Killing Small-Business Hiring
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Aug. 31) -- As Congress sits in recess, small-business owners remain in limbo. That's the unfortunate economic news out of a Tuesday report from USA Today outlining the status of the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010, which passed the House but now sits motionless in the Senate, where it has sparked a bitter partisan tug-of-war over proposed amendments, with both Republicans and Democrats blaming the other side for failure to move forward. President Barack Obama weighed in on the issue his first day back from vacationing in Martha's Vineyard and a day trip to New Orleans. "I ask ...
Obama Signs Jobs Bill to Halt Teacher Layoffs
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Aug. 10) -- Summoned back from summer break, the House on Tuesday pushed through an emergency $26 billion jobs bill that Democrats said would save 300,000 teachers, police and others from election-year layoffs. President Barack Obama immediately signed it into law. Lawmakers streamed back to Washington for a one-day session as Democrats declared a need to act before children return to classrooms minus teachers laid off because of budgetary crises in states that have been hard-hit by the recession. Republicans saw it differently, calling the bill a giveaway to teachers' unions and ...
Jobs Bill to Stop Teacher Layoffs Clears Major Hurdle
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Aug. 4) -- Last-minute money to save the jobs of tens of thousands of teachers and other public workers overcame a Republican filibuster Wednesday and sped toward Senate passage. The House, under pressure to help hard-pressed schools nationwide, was being called back from its summer break for an expected final vote next week. The $26 billion measure would help states ease their severe budget problems and - advocates said - stop the layoffs of nearly 300,000 teachers, firefighters, police and other public employees. Though scaled back, the bill also would salvage a victory for ...
Orrin Hatch Proposes Requiring Drug Testing for Unemployment Benefits
By Mara Gay - Politics DailySenator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) has proposed an amendment to the jobs bill today that would require Americans seeking unemployment benefits and welfare to pass a drug test. He said the current social safety net only feeds their addiction to both illegal substances and help from the federal government. "Too many Americans are locked into a life of a dangerous dependency not only on drugs, but the federal assistance that serves to enable their addiction," the senator said in a statement. "Drugs are a scourge on our society -- hurting children, families and communities alike." The amendment comes ...
Democrats Begin Drive to Push Through Priorities Before Elections
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyLeaders of the House and Senate will begin a summer sprint this week to push through a huge list of Democratic priorities amid a backdrop of a still-weak economy, an out-of-control disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, a jittery electorate with a distaste for incumbents, and a federal deficit that is already projected to hit a record $1.5 trillion this year. It's a tough environment for Democrats, made doubly precarious by the looming November mid-term elections, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday he's ready to get started. "The work period between now and July 4 is short, but our ...
Obama Signs Jobs Bill, Seeks More Cooperation With GOP
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyPresident Barack Obama said Thursday he hoped that Republican support this week for a near $18 billion jobs bill would lead to further bipartisan cooperation as the country tries to dig itself out of what he called "the great recession that we've gone through." "This isn't a game we're playing here," Obama said as he prepared to sign the bill in a Rose Garden ceremony. Efforts to grow jobs "are about the people in this country who are out of work and looking for a job; they're about all Americans, of every race and region and age, who've shared their stories with me over the last year. ... ...
St. Paddy's in Washington: Irish Chief Picks 'Quiet Week' to Visit White House
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyPrime Minister Brian Cowen of Ireland didn't come up short on the blarney during his visit to the White House on Wednesday. "We decided to come on a quiet week," Cowen told President Barack Obama. "We knew there wasn't much going on." No, not much, just a critical juncture for health care reform and passage of an $18 billion jobs bill. Cowen, who wore a sprig of shamrock in his lapel, knew about that, of course. He also knew that the Irish prime minister has for many years been a welcome guest at the White House on St. Patrick's Day. The taoiseach (first chief) began his day with a ...
Opinion: Why Nothing Gets Done in Washington
By Barry Weintraub - AOL News(Feb. 24) -- I'm no big fan of Harry Reid. Under his "leadership," it seems as if the Senate has had no leadership at all. His lack of arm-twisting and pitiful pandering to gain votes is probably a major reason there's no new health care law right now. To be honest, the guy's manner and appearance just do not scream leadership. Especially when compared to the legend of old LBJ, backing people into walls, pounding fingers into their chest and telling them what they were and weren't going to do on the Senate floor. Reid's begging and deal making just seems so white bread in comparison. Are the ...
Scott Brown Under Fire for Going Rogue on Jobs Bill
By Steve Pendlebury - AOL News(Feb. 23) -- It didn't take long for the newest member of the Senate to anger some of the people who cheered his election victory just last month. Scott Brown's vote Monday afternoon helped kill the GOP filibuster against Majority Leader Harry Reid's $15 billion job creation bill. Brown wasn't the only Republican to break party ranks on the key procedural vote. Maine moderates Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe also voted to advance the bill. So did George Voinovich of Ohio and Kit Bond of Missouri -- both of whom are retiring. Nebraska's Ben Nelson was the only Democrat who voted against Reid's ...
Sen. McConnell Says GOP Might Support Jobs Bill
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Feb. 21) - The top Republican in the Senate said Sunday that GOP lawmakers "may well" vote for a jobs bill this week. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., prefers a costlier version drafted with GOP input and he didn't commit his support to advance the legislation on Monday to a final vote this coming week. The pending measure would provide businesses that hire the unemployed a one-year break from payroll taxes and a $1,000 tax credit if those workers stay on the job for a full year. The cost is estimated at $13 billion. The measure would extend a tax break for small businesses buying ...
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