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Republicans block Obama jobs bill | Republicans block Obama jobs bill |
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Republicans in the US Senate have blocked President Barack Obama's jobs bill in a procedural vote. | Republicans in the US Senate have blocked President Barack Obama's jobs bill in a procedural vote. |
Forty-six Republican senators joined with two Democrats to filibuster the $447bn (£287bn) bill. | Forty-six Republican senators joined with two Democrats to filibuster the $447bn (£287bn) bill. |
Democratic support for the bill wavered this week, as several Democrats said they would vote for moving the bill forward, but against the bill itself. | Democratic support for the bill wavered this week, as several Democrats said they would vote for moving the bill forward, but against the bill itself. |
Republicans opposed the measure over its spending to stimulate the economy and its tax rise on millionaires. | Republicans opposed the measure over its spending to stimulate the economy and its tax rise on millionaires. |
Mr Obama has said he will work with Democrats to reintroduce components of the bill back into Congress. | Mr Obama has said he will work with Democrats to reintroduce components of the bill back into Congress. |
The president has spent several weeks promoting the jobs bill in a campaign-style tour across the country. | The president has spent several weeks promoting the jobs bill in a campaign-style tour across the country. |
The plan would have included $175bn in infrastructure spending and aid for local governments to avoid layoffs, as well as Social Security payroll tax cuts for workers and businesses. | The plan would have included $175bn in infrastructure spending and aid for local governments to avoid layoffs, as well as Social Security payroll tax cuts for workers and businesses. |
Reacting to the vote, Mr Obama said it was "by no means the end of this fight". | |
He challenged lawmakers to "explain to their constituents why they're against common-sense, bipartisan proposals to create jobs". | |
The president told a union audience earlier in Pennsylvania. "I think they'll have a hard time explaining why they voted no on this bill - other than the fact that I proposed it." | |
Mr Obama then travelled to Florida for fundraising, and a beer with four unemployed construction workers to discuss jobs. | |
He met with the group - three unemployed pipe fitters and one unemployed plumber - at an Irish pub in downtown Orlando to solicit their opinions on the jobs situation. |