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maddezmom

(135,060 posts)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 03:19 PM Jul 2012

Senate GOP kills measure to curb job 'outsourcing'

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans on Thursday killed a measure backed by President Barack Obama that would encourage companies to bring overseas jobs back to the United States.

The measure being pressed by Obama's Democratic allies is rich with political symbolism, but whether it would have had much practical impact on decisions by companies to "outsource" jobs to lower-wage countries is open to question.

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Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, said the legislation "asks whether we should continue to reward and incentivize American businesses to send jobs overseas to low-wage countries or create incentives for them to bring the jobs back home."

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"We need to be exporting our products, not our jobs," said Stabenow. "Instead of giving tax breaks to companies that ship jobs overseas, we need to be cutting taxes for U.S. companies that create jobs in America."

Thursday vote was a precursor to debate next week on extending the Bush-era tax cuts. Most Democrats appear to be sticking with Obama's position that tax rates on family income exceeding $250,000 should return to Clinton-era levels, with the top rate increasing from 35 percent to 39.6 percent. Republicans want a full one-year extension of all the current rates.


Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/article/Senate-GOP-kills-measure-to-curb-job-outsourcing-3720216.php

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Senate GOP kills measure to curb job 'outsourcing' (Original Post) maddezmom Jul 2012 OP
Another ready-made ad that the DNC could use. HughBeaumont Jul 2012 #1
Obstructionists RedStateLiberal Jul 2012 #2
filibuster reform maindawg Jul 2012 #6
Well lets think like gop for a second benld74 Jul 2012 #3
Is there a special term for legislation proposed only for ad value? aquart Jul 2012 #4
Obama doesn't need Senate Republican approval to discontinue the pending job-transferring free-trade AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2012 #5
The "good news": Democratic unity, and only 3 more Rs needed for victory ProgressiveEconomist Jul 2012 #7

RedStateLiberal

(1,374 posts)
2. Obstructionists
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 03:39 PM
Jul 2012

and too many political games in Washington keep anything from getting done.

I'm so sick of seeing legislation fail with a majority vote in the Senate. Filibuster reform!

 

maindawg

(1,151 posts)
6. filibuster reform
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 04:48 PM
Jul 2012

I read an article last month that talked about this. Harry Reid stated that he was sorry they hadn't done this already . He said that it can only be done on the first day of the session. He promised to enact this reform on the first day of the next session in jan.

benld74

(9,888 posts)
3. Well lets think like gop for a second
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 03:50 PM
Jul 2012

if jobs brought back, profits decrease, ceo salary drops, less $$ donated to gop.

damn that was too easy.

 

AnotherMcIntosh

(11,064 posts)
5. Obama doesn't need Senate Republican approval to discontinue the pending job-transferring free-trade
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 04:28 PM
Jul 2012

agreement negotiations.

He's the head of his Administration. He could, without the approval of the Senate Republicans, order his underlings in the Administration to stop negotiating for terms in the latest let's-send-even-more-jobs-to-foreign-countries "free-trade" agreement.

Trans-Pacific negotiations have been taking place throughout the Obama presidency. The deal is strongly supported by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the top lobbying group for American corporations. Obama's Republican opponent in the 2012 presidential elections, Mitt Romney, has urged the U.S. to finalize the deal as soon as possible.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/13/obama-trade-document-leak_n_1592593.html

Obama, of course, has only signed three "free-trade" agreements so far:
2011 - Panama - United States Trade Promotion Agreement
2011 - Colombia - United States Trade Promotion Agreement
2011 - Republic of Korea (South Korea) - United States Free Trade Agreement

In 1994, NAFTA was signed by Clinton (after Bush I could not get sufficient Senate Democratic votes during his term).

The other job-transferring "free-trade" agreements were signed by Bush II.
2001 - Jordan – United States Free Trade Agreement
2004 - Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement
2004 - Chile - United States Free Trade Agreement
2004 - Singapore – United States Free Trade Agreement
2005 - Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA; incl. Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic)
2006 - Bahrain – United States Free Trade Agreement
2006 - Morocco - United States Free Trade Agreement
2006 - Oman – United States Free Trade Agreement
2007 - Peru – United States Trade Promotion Agreement

ProgressiveEconomist

(5,818 posts)
7. The "good news": Democratic unity, and only 3 more Rs needed for victory
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 06:39 PM
Jul 2012

When you consider that Herb Kohl (D-WI) did not vote, Democrats need only 3 more Republicans to switch from NO to YES to get cloture and pass the bill.

Today, Scott Brown R MA, Susan Collins R ME, Dean Heller R NV, and Olympia J. Snowe R ME voted YES. With a YES from Mark Kirk (R-IL), who did not vote today, only two more Republicans would be needed.

Richard Lugar (R-IN) is a longtime "moderate" who's leaving the Senate this year. Bob Corker (R-TN) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) are up for re-election this year. And John McCain (R-AZ), Lindsay Graham (R-SC), and Tom Coburn (R-OK) are high-profile pragmatists who eventually might get tired of repeatedly explaining votes in favor of outsourcing.

"Yes 56 No 42 S.3364 On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 3364 A bill to provide an incentive for businesses to bring jobs back to America. Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected in the Senate by 4 votes

From http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/112/senate/2/181

Senate Vote 181 - S.3364: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 3364
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 3364

Bring Jobs Home Act

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow
Introduced: July 9, 2012
Considered by President: –

Result: Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected by a margin of 4 votes
Date of Vote: July 19, 2012
Time of Vote: 2:15 p.m.
Roll Call Number: 181

Yes Votes (56), including 4 Republicans:
Scott Brown R MA
Susan Collins R ME
Dean Heller R NV
Olympia J. Snowe R ME

No Votes (42 Republicans)

Did Not Vote (2)
Mark Steven Kirk R IL
Herb Kohl D WI

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