Now that Republicans have successfully blocked debate on President Obama’s full jobs bill, Senate Dems plan to break it into pieces — force tough votes for Republicans on issues they’ve supported in the past like infrastructure spending and payroll tax cuts. But all those things cost money or deplete revenues, and in this austerity-obsessed Congress, nothing will pass unless its paid for. So Dems will present the GOP with a stark choice: side with the unemployed or side with rich people.
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