The Senate on Tuesday blocked President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs bill, highlighting the confrontation between Republicans and a president who has been traveling the country exhorting Congress to pass the measure.
By early Thursday evening, 48 senators had voted against proceeding with the bill, making it impossible for it to garner the necessary 60 votes to overcome a filibuster. Fifty had voted in favor, and Democratic leaders were holding the vote open to allow Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D., N.H.) to return to Washington, providing an expected 51-48 final tally. Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, being treated for cancer, |
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