The U.S. Senate on Tuesday defeated President Barack Obama’s jobs plan in a procedural vote as Republicans and some Democrats objected stimulus spending and a tax surcharge on the rich. U.S. Senator Ben Nelson (L, front) speaks to reporters outside the Senate floor after voting President Barak Obama’s America Jobs Act on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, Oct. 11, 2011. The U.S. Senate on Tuesday defeated Obama’s jobs plan in a procedural vote as Republicans and some Democrats objected stimulus spending and a tax surcharge on the rich. (Xinhua/Zhang Jun) The 447-billion-dollars bill was stopped from advancing as the votes did not reach the needed number of 60. Forty-six Republicans joined with two Democrats to block the plan. That vote was not final. The roll call was kept open Tuesday night to allow Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. to vote. But it will not change the result. The jobs plan, launched by Obama on Sept. 8 to tackle near double digit unemployment and to spur the sluggish economy, includes measures like payroll tax cuts for employers and employees, new investment in infrastructure projects as well as tax increase on million-dollar earners. However, Republicans strongly opposed some…
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