Senate to start health care debate today

From CNN.com:

To debate or not to debate the Senate’s health care reform bill; that is the question.

The legislative body on Saturday is expected to vote on whether to begin debate — also known as invoking cloture — on its version of the health care bill, which was introduced Wednesday by Senate Majority Leader [...]

Feingold introduces jobs tax credit bill

Shortly after jobless claims numbers were released, Sen. Russ Feingold issued a statement announcing the introduction of a jobs tax credit bill:

“Today’s jobs report clearly shows we need to do more to help people get back to work. With the unemployment rate at 10.2 percent, the highest since the early 1980s, Congress should consider [...]