The House on Thursday voted 217-201 to pass a $15 billion jobs bill, mostly comprised of a payroll tax credit for employers. The bill now goes to the Senate, which recently passed a similar measure

Yeas

Jason Altmire, D-McCandless; Mike Doyle, D-Forest Hills; Tim Murphy, R-Upper St. Clair

Nays

Bill Shuster, R-Blair; Glenn Thompson, R-Centre

Not voting

Kathy Dahlkemper, D-Erie

The Senate on Wednesday voted down, 38-59, emergency $250 payments to seniors, veterans and disabled people that would have compensated for the lack of cost-of-living Social Security increases this year. The measure would have been financed with unspent stimulus funds.

Nays

Bob Casey, D-Pa.; Arlen Specter, D-Pa.

The Senate on Tuesday voted 78-19 to pass temporary extensions of unemployment and COBRA benefits, as well as surface transportation funding and other measures. The bill was blocked for nearly a week by Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., causing gaps in payments. President Obama signed the bill late Tuesday.

Yeas

Bob Casey, D-Pa.; Arlen Specter, D-Pa.

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