From The Hill:
For the third time in four weeks, Senate Republicans on Thursday voted in unison to block a piece of President Obama’s jobs package.
The GOP senators were joined by one Democrat, Sen. Ben Nelson (Neb.), and Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman (Conn.) in rejecting a procedural motion on legislation that would spend $60 billion on transportation infrastructure programs. The vote was 51-49.
The spending was offset with a new tax on income earned above $1 million that Republicans oppose.
Many Republicans, including Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) (Ala.), said they favored the idea of patching up the nation’s roads, railways and bridges, but refused to agree to any tax hike.
“Sen. Reid comes in with a tax-increase plan, a big spending plan totaling $60 billion, and we are supposed to pass this?” Sessions asked prior to the vote Thursday.
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