Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Jobs

Friday Job Market

By Streetsblog | Oct 21, 2011 | No Comments

Looking to hire a smart, qualified person for a position in transportation planning, engineering, IT, or advocacy? Post a listing on the Streetsblog Jobs Board and reach our national audience of dedicated readers. Looking for a job? Here are this week’s listings: Senior Associate, Transportation Policy, Center on Wisconsin Strategy, Madison, WI In 2010 COWS launched the […]

Will New Infrastructure Funding Survive the Demise of Obama’s Jobs Bill?

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 13, 2011 | 2 Comments

Tuesday night, the Senate blocked a vote on the president’s jobs plan. As had been forecast, Republicans voted unanimously against the plan, and they weren’t alone: Two Democrats joined them – Sens. Jon Tester of Montana and Ben Nelson of Nebraska. Now it’s on to Plan B, which involves breaking up the bill into pieces […]

McConnell Spoiling For a Fight Over Jobs Bill, House Passes Budget Extension

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 4, 2011 | 1 Comment

Amid prognostications that the jobs bill is “dead” — including House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s announcement that the House won’t vote on the bill in its entirety — Senate Minority Leaders Mitch McConnell said today that he’s just itching for a vote on the Senate floor. Yes, it’s a tactic to make Obama look bad. […]

Cantor Orders Up Tax Cuts, Hold the Jobs

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 3, 2011 | No Comments

Congressional insiders say that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is refusing to hold an “all or nothing” vote on President Obama’s jobs bill. Cantor says he’ll bring “elements” of the bill to the floor but not the whole bill. It’s pretty clear which elements Cantor approves of. He expressed his preferences soon after the president unveiled […]

Republicans Have Their Own Plan to Pay for Infrastructure Jobs: Oil Drilling

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 30, 2011 | 8 Comments

President Obama has proposed a plan to pay for the American Jobs Act, the $447 billion bill to create 1.9 million jobs, including $50 billion for infrastructure. His “pay-for” plan includes limitations on itemized deductions for the wealthy and the elimination of some tax loopholes for oil and gas companies. Republicans have a different idea, […]

Thursday Job Market

By Streetsblog | Sep 22, 2011 | No Comments

Looking to hire a smart, qualified person for a position in transportation planning, engineering, IT, or advocacy? Post a listing on the Streetsblog Jobs Board and reach our national audience of dedicated readers. Please note: The window to list your job opening for free is closing fast. Starting Monday, the price for posting a job […]

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