Some lawmakers want to break up $447B bill
(NEWSER) - President Obama is touring the country trying to sell his $447 billion jobs plan to voters but even some lawmakers from his own party are still skeptical, the New York Times finds. Some Democrats, balking at certain portions of the American Jobs Act, say they cannot support the bill as a single entity. Some object to the end to tax breaks for oil firms, others are firmly opposed to payroll tax cuts, while others are turned off by the sheer size of the bill. More»
