As an American do you approve Obama’s jobs bill?

Americans, unlike the Senate, approve of Obama’s jobs bill, poll says
Nearly two-thirds of the respondents to a survey from NBC/Wall Street Journal voiced their approval when pollsters were told them the details of the president’s “American Jobs Act”– including that it would cut payroll taxes, fund new road construction, and extend unemployment benefits. NBC reports [...]

What can I do when I find out my general contractor inflated our construction bill and get him liable for job.

We are building our house for past 1 year. Recently, we compare the building details with other friend and realized the general Contractor inflated our rough lumber bill over about 80000(same as other items). Even though on our contract we agree to pay him such amount, we felt that we were cheated when [...]

Bill would put unemployed to work as volunteers

Bill would put unemployed to work as volunteers
North Carolina Sen. Warren Daniel, R-Burke, Caldwell, and at least 12 other state senators want to put people drawing unemployment benefits back to work by requiring them to complete volunteer hours.
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WHY DOES THE Senate Stimulus Bill Provide 300,000 Jobs for Illegal Immigrants IS THIS EVEN LEGAL ?

If enacted, the Senate stimulus bill would fund over $100 billion in new government construction projects with the goal of providing additional jobs to unemployed Americans. The House-passed stimulus bill contains explicit language to bar employment of illegal immigrants in these construction projects. However, the Senate bill deliberately omits this language.
If the Senate version of [...]

Sen. Schumer visits Lake Placid, Tupper, promotes tourism bill

Sen. Schumer visits Lake Placid, Tupper, promotes tourism bill
    LAKE PLACID — Two weeks ago, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer spent four days vacationing with his family in this village.
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The Queen’s Speech: Bill by Bill

The Queen’s Speech: Bill by Bill
The Queen’s Speech will contain pledges to introduce 21 bills and other legislation during the next parliamentary year. Here is what is planned:
Read more on Daily Telegraph

State’s delegates split over bill to boost construction projects

State’s delegates split over bill to boost construction projects
Local governments could line up billions of dollars in new construction projects under the latest in a series of election-year jobs bills Democrats are pushing in Congress as unemployment hovers near 10 percent.
Read more on Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Senate passes jobs bill with tax breaks for businesses

Senate passes jobs bill with tax breaks for businesses
The Senate has passed a jobs bill that awards tax breaks to businesses that hire the unemployed.
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How is the stimulus bill going to…?

-promote job growth (and I don’t mean temporary construction work)
-keep jobs from being relocated overseas
-stimulate small business
I’m not disagreeing with a lot of the pork, I just think a lot of that pork should have it’s own bill, not be tacked on to this important bill which so far seems more about pet projects than [...]

Next Move Is In the Senate After House Passes Jobs Bill

Next Move Is In the Senate After House Passes Jobs Bill
As Congress headed for its year-end recess, the House delivered encouraging news to the construction industry, approving a jobs-producing, $154-billion economic-stimulus measure that includes about $47 billion for infrastructure work in several market sectors.
Read more on Engineering News-Record