Forty-six Republicans joined with two Democrats to filibuster the $447 billion plan
President Obama addresses Congress last month in a speech aimed at drawing support for his nearly $450 billion jobs plan, a proposal that failed tonight in the U.S. Senate.WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans have voted to kill the White House jobs bill despite weeks of campaign-style barnstorming by President Obama across the country.
Forty-six Republicans joined with two Democrats to filibuster the $447 billion plan.
That vote was not final. The roll call was kept open tonight to allow Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. to vote. But it would have taken 60 votes in the 100-member Senate to keep the legislation alive.
The plan would have included Social Security payroll tax cuts for workers and businesses and other tax relief totaling about $270 billion. There also was to be $175 billion in new spending on roads, school repairs and other infrastructure — as well as jobless aid and help to local governments to avoid layoffs of teachers, firefighters and police officers.
Republicans opposed the measure over its spending to stimulate the economy and its tax surcharge on millionaires.
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