I know everything's gone to shit with the health care bill, and the world is going to end tomorrow, but I thought that at some point someone would pay attention to the issue that most Americans care about right now...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
This passed in the house with a simple majority thanks to Nancy Pelosi, 217-212.
No Republicans voted for JOBS, which on a sane day would make politically-minded progressives eager to shout that fact from the rooftops.
This is not a diary and I don't care that much that its not. I just want to point out that a jobs bill which gives me my own personal health care subsidy (COBRA) passed today, and I will always be thankful we have Democratic majorities to at least get that far.
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The jobs bill would use $75 billion in money earmarked for the bailout and redirect it to infrastructure investment and aid to states...extends the duration of the COBRA subsidy from 9 months to 15...extends the deadline for eligibility to June 30, 2010...extends by six months unemployment benefits...expands a child tax credit to 16 million families.