(CNSNews.com) – One week after the Democrat-led Senate rejected President Obama’s American Jobs Act in its entirety, the Senate on Thursday also rejected the first attempt to pass the bill piecemeal.
In a 50-50 test vote -with three Democrats joining every Republican — the Senate rejected legislation that would have supported jobs for teachers and first responders.
The $35-billion “Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act” would have given state and local government $30 billion in taxpayer funds to hire teachers and others in the education field. It also included $5 billion in taxpayer funds to help pay the salaries of police officers and firefighters.
