Scott Brown was among the 5 Republicans who voted for Reid's revamped jobs billThe Party of No is seeing a few of its ranks jump ship and say No Longer. Looks like there are those in the Republican Party willing to cross the aisle ad vote for a bill that actually makes sense- well, vote for that bill to go to a vote. Now that the super-majority in the Senate is lost, Democrats have to fight to get anything past the filibuster, counting a win on that front as a win overall. But then, of course, it still has to be voted on as an actual bill.
Sudden celebrity Senator Scott Brown was among those who call themselves Republican but chose to help the jobs bill that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D) scaled back from its original spending highs. Brown and four other Republicans voted for the bill to go to a vote later on this week.
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