October 5, 2011
IN EFFECT, THEY JUST DID VOTE ON IT:
President, Allies, Launch Ill-Timed "They Won't Even Vote On It' Attack on GOP (Jake Tapper and Mary Bruce, 10/04/11, ABC News)President Obama today in Mesquite, Texas, attacked Republicans for not moving on the jobs bill he sent to Congress on September 12. [...]
The problem is Senate Democrats haven't acted to pass it either. And, even worse, at around the same time Messina and the president were complaining about the House GOP not voting on the jobs bill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., announced he would block an attempt to bring the jobs bill to the floor of the Senate for a vote.
At around 2:25 pm ET, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced he would introduce the jobs bill.
McConnell's point was to show that enough Democrats oppose the bill to prevent it from reaching the 60-vote hurdle.
Shortly thereafter, Reid took to the floor to say he wouldn't let that happen, an acknowledgment that the bill needs some changes to get enough Democrats on board.
Posted by oj at October 5, 2011 6:45 AM
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