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Hare Says Bill Will Create Jobs
A Democrat congressman is touting a bill that's designed to bail states out by helping with education and other public service costs.

U.S. Congressman Phil Hare recently promoted a new jobs bill and acknowledged Republican concerns that if congress does rescind a cut in future food stamp funding, it will put a hole in how to pay for the jobs bill.

"I was one of the people in our caucus who listened and spoke about the need to, especially given the fact...that we're in a recession, to not be able to cut the funding here," Hare said. "We're going to restore that. But we're under regulations, and we have to find a way to pay for it. If we have to come up with the money, we'll come up with the money."

Hare says the jobs bill would actually reduce the budget deficit by $1.4 billion over the next decade, in part because fewer people will need unemployment benefits. And more people will be paying income taxes.
08 31 10 by Newsroom
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