The bill would repeal a requirement that federal, state, and local governments withhold 3% of any payment to a contractor they do business with for taxes. Instead of investing in their business and hiring workers, these contractors have to send their money to the government, even if they wind up not owing that much in taxes.

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Hat tip:SEMOTIMES….US Senate candidate Sarah Steelman visits with the SEMO TIMES on her recent visit to Poplar Bluff.

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Next week, though, the Senate will have an opportunity to try something different. Instead of advancing the same stimulus spending bills designed for political messaging that attract bipartisan opposition, on Monday, the Senate will vote on a bill to help job creators that has bipartisan support.

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“A year after President Obama signed a law eliminating bank-based student lending, the lenders and guarantors that formed the backbone of the old system have laid off thousands of workers, eliminated programs…” (“A Year After Bank-Based Lending’s Demise, A Shrunken Industry Redefines Itself,” The Chronicle Of Higher Education, 3/29/11)

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“The bill includes $10 billion for a national infrastructure bank, even though Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said last year she would ‘never’ support such a proposal. . . . Boxer is one of two Democrats who in the past have criticized the policy components of the bill, the second installment of Obama’s jobs plan.

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Rasmussen Reports: 54% Favor Repeal of Health Care Reform Law

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The Chronicle of Higher Education wrote, “A year after President Obama signed a law eliminating bank-based student lending, the lenders and guarantors that formed the backbone of the old system have laid off thousands of workers, eliminated programs…”

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Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) said, “If I didn’t think much of it on the one thing, you’ve got to assume that I won’t think much of it for something else … I don’t think you increase taxes for new spending.” Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) lamented, “We have to be responsible, and basically if spending money would fix our problems in America, we’d have no problems.”

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To date, two cargo jets have landed at Lambert. The first flight was greeted on Sept. 23 by dignitaries from throughout the St. Louis region, with visions of flights to follow. The second cargo flight landed at Lambert on Tuesday. Both were filled to capacity when they arrived. But the first flight back to Shanghai was 60 percent full and the second was 40 percent full, officials said.

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The Georgia blogger obviously knows nothing about Missouri politics or the district Emerson represents. Ronald Reagan had a saying that my 80% friend is not my 20% enemy. This excerpt from Wikipedia shows why the moderate congresswoman has been re-elected eight times

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