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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. |
The president has spent several weeks promoting the jobs bill in a campaign-style tour across the US, where the unemployment rate is jammed at 9.1%. | |
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: "Tonight's vote is 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". | He challenged lawmakers to "explain to their constituents why they're against common-sense, bipartisan proposals to create jobs". |
The president said he would work with Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to see that individual proposals in the bill gained a vote as soon as possible. | |
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." | 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 has cited independent economists as having told him that his American Jobs Act could create up to 1.9m jobs. | |
After Tuesday's appearance in Pennsylvania, Mr Obama travelled to Florida for fundraising, and a beer with four unemployed construction workers to discuss jobs. | |
The president told the group - three pipe-fitters and a plumber - at an Irish pub in downtown Orlando that he was trying to figure out how to get the construction trades back to work. | |
The tradesmen drank Budweiser and Mr Obama had a Guinness as they all toasted: "To more jobs!" |