Durbin says Democrats don’t currently have the votes for Obama jobs bill

[The Northerner]

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said, at the moment, Democrats in Congress don’t have the votes to pass President Obama’s jobs bill, but Durbin added that that situation would change.

“Not at the moment, I don’t think we do, but, uh, we can work on it,” Durbin said, according to Chicago radio station WLS.

President Obama has been calling for Congress to pass his American Jobs Act since legislators returned from their August recess. The jobs plan is made up of a combination of tax increases on the wealthy, new infrastructure spending, an extension of the employee payroll-tax cut and additional funding for unemployment insurance benefits.

Republicans have voiced opposition to the plan, albeit less than with other pieces of legislation Democrats have proposed recently.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/184713-durbin-says-democrats-dont-currently-have-the-votes-for-obama-jobs-bill

[RaleighNCDUer]

1. Ahh, don't worry. Just throw in a few more tax cuts, and it will sail

right on through.

[jwirr]

2. They need the 60 to stop the filibuster.

[dtexdem]

3. So put it to a vote and let Dems be recorded as aye or nay.

Let the electorates in the states see how their senators vote.

[Bonhomme Richard]

4. This is the same shit they were saying about every other bill that

might assist the rest of us.
I never hear them say that shit when they talk about doing something for the wealthy.