Senate sends jobs bill to Obama for signing
Posted: March 18, 2010 at 4:14 a.m.
From left, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. and Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., take part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 17, 2010, following the Senate passing the jobs bill.
Companies that hire unemployed workers will get a temporary payroll-tax holiday under a bill that easily won congressional approval Wednesday in what Democrats hope is just the first of several election-year measures aimed at boosting hiring.
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