Prior to a vote on the small business jobs bill, Senator Olympia Snowe, who eventually voted no, described her frustration with the countless delays this legislation has encountered, by her Republican colleagues nonetheless.

Tonight on the Senate floor, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell claimed that the small business jobs bill was “all snarled up.” This is the same Senator who complained about taking a vote on the DISCLOSE Act just a day before because it was taking away time from small business legislation. Well, you can’t have it both ways Senator McConnell. Republicans need to stop holding up this job-creating legislation and join Democrats in standing up for small businesses. ..

Following a failed cloture vote on the DISCLOSE Act, the bill’s sponsor, Senator Chuck Schumer, and his colleagues Senators Ron Wyden and Al Franken held a press conference to explain that they won’t give up this fight. “We will keep fighting and fighting until this passes, until we get that one courageous Republican,” said Schumer.