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The president today vowing to keep pushing the $447 billion jobs bill although it failed to get 60 votes needed in the senate. of course the president has been calling for congress to pass this bill. with campaign-like speeches in key swing states with payroll tax cuts to workers and businesses with $175 billion in spending on roads, school repairs and other building projects. but, now, democrats have indicated they will try to break the measure up into several smaller bills. and now the news from the white house. wendell, we felt like this could be coming because the republicans are against s...

Republicans are in favor of things like payroll tax cuts, and, you know, huge infrastructure, $175 billion to be spent on infrastructure, we're going to see if that is difficult for them to turn down in the public forum. what do you say about that? >> when are they going to quit playing crass politics? everybody knew the democrats themselves were not going to support the president's bill as written and they wouldn't even support the bill with harry reid's millionaire surtax that would hit 34% of all pass-through income would be attacked by that that means small businesses that would wreck our ...

So says the great majority of all economists both bearish and even though bullish. so tonight in the united states senate, there was a test vote on the senate's version of president obama's jobs bill. for the $175 billion and that everybody agrees on it, infrastructure investment. not a single republican senator voted for the bill. not one. charlestown bridge, how you doing, scott brown? almost every single democrat and therefore a majority of the senate voted to move this bill forward, but the republicans filibustered it. they are unanimously opposed. joining us now is john stanton, reporter ...

Senate, there was a test vote on the senate's version of president obama's jobs bill. for the $175 billion and that everybody agrees on it, infrastructure investment. not a single republican senator voted for the bill. not one. charlestown bridge, how you doing, scott brown? almost every single democrat and therefore a majority of the senate voted to move this bill forward, but the republicans filibustered it. they are unanimously opposed. joining us now is john stanton, reporter for "the roll call" newspaper. thanks very much for your time tonight. it's nice to have you here. >> goods to be h...

Of the public. so says the great majority of all economists both bearish and even though bullish. so tonight in the united states senate, there was a test vote on the senate's version of president obama's jobs bill. for the $175 billion and that everybody agrees on it, infrastructure investment. not a single republican senator voted for the bill. not one. charlestown bridge, how you doing, scott brown? almost every single democrat and therefore a majority of the senate voted to move this bill forward, but the republicans filibustered it. they are unanimously opposed. joining us now is john sta...