Senate Votes To Keep Jobs Bill From Being Debated

by Tamara Keith, NPR

The jobs plan President Obama introduced in a special joint session of Congress last month has been killed in a procedural vote in the Senate. Majority Leader Harry Reid could not find the 60 votes needed to begin debate on the $447 billion bill. Democrats are now considering smaller pieces of the package that might get greater support.

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• Morning Edition, October 12, 2011