Harry Reid slimmed down the jobs bill from $85 billion to $15 billion, tossing out important priorities for Republicans and Democrats. He did this because he was faced with the critisim that the Democratic sponsered jobs bill won't create new jobs. Reid, when asked about it said, "We are going to move a smaller package than talked about in the press. Republicans are going to have to make a choice. We have a bipartisan bill that will create jobs, according to the CBO, immediately." It is hard to tell if this bill will be as bipartisan because the smaller package gets rid of some key provisions such as a popular package of tax extenders that Republicans are keen to renew. Republicans are now mad about this new decision. "Sen. Reid's announcement sends a message that he wants to go partisan and blame Republicans when Sen. Grassley and others were trying to find common ground on solutions to help get the economy back on track and people back to work," said Grassley spokeswoman Jill Kozeny.
My Opinion: I feel that this pulled the rug out of the idea of bipartisanship. This was a stupid move by Mr. Reid. Obama says he wants bipartisanship, yet this stuff happens.
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