Posted by
Defend America on Monday, February 22, 2010 6:04:15 PM
Brown to Vote for Senate Jobs Bill
WASHINGTON—Freshman
Republican Sen. Scott Brown (R., Mass.) is to vote with the Democratic
majority and support a crucial procedural motion on a $15 billion piece
of legislation aimed at spurring job creation, an aide to the senator
said Monday.
The move by Mr. Brown to break with most of his party's members in
his first ever vote in the Senate is a significant development.
It still leaves Democrats requiring one further Republican vote in order to move forward with the jobs bill.
The vote, which is set to begin shortly, requires the support of at
least two Republican lawmakers in order to overcome a filibuster threat
by the minority party. One of those votes is necessary because of Mr.
Brown's surprise victory in an election to fill the seat held by Sen.
Edward Kennedy (D., Mass.) for nearly four decades until his death last
year.
Democrats need a second Republican vote because Sen. Frank
Lautenberg (D., N.J.) will not be in Washington, D.C., to vote as he
begins treatment to combat stomach cancer.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704454304575081732384684088.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_news