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On the recordOctober 26, 2011
We find ourselves at a place where we should have been at for many, many months, and that is working in a bipartisan way to save American jobs. Mr. Speaker, it is amazing that we have this opportunity to have the President's support with those of us on the right, to have the Democrat leadership joining us, 269 cosponsors on this legislation that simply says to the job creators: We believe in you. Mr. Speaker, today we have a very simple vote. We can remove an impediment to job creation from the backs of small businesses with no overall increase in government spending. That should be our vote today. I encourage all of my colleagues to support the rule and the underlying bill. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, here we go again. Another day in the House of Representatives, another day without a jobs bill. As a Red Sox fan, I'm not prone to quoting Yogi Berra--but this is deja vu all over again. This Tea Party-run Republican House is not only breaking House rules to move a bipartisan bill--something they said they would never do--but they are breaking these rules to protect big oil while taking healthcare away from low-income Americans. Talk about hitting the trifecta. Let's start with the rule. We have one rule for two bills, one bill repealing the 3% withholding requirement and another bill offsetting the costs of the first bill. Why have two bills come up under one rule?…
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina
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Oct 26, 2011

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