House Speaker Pelosi, Hoyer, Majority Whip Clyburn and others announced a House Jobs Bill named “Jobs for Main Street” The 174billion dollar legislation was filed today and passed on 12/16/09 for the coming year.
The Jobs Bill should create more public service jobs, sustains the success of the stimulus, reduces the deficit, sustains the current job loss path toward a more positive result, will also sustain investments, boost construction.. infrastructure program; the following are all paid for by tarp funds …credit for small biz, the bill also allows for an extension of unemployment insurance and Cobra for 6months to help like public service jobs… teachers, firefighters and police officers.
In all the House worked on and passed the following items of legislation..
Defense Appropriations 636billion dollar bill was voted on and passed 395 ayes 30 nays,
Debt extension,
300billion dollar increase to the debt limit passed 218 ayes 214 nays would top out at 12.394 trillion dollars
The 174billion dollar jobs bill using tarp funds will also extend both unemployment insurance and Cobra for 6 months.
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