Durbin, Dorgan Writing Senate Jobs Bill

• By Emily Pierce and Steven T. Dennis
• Roll Call Staff
• Nov. 19, 2009, Midnight

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Democratic Policy Committee Chairman Byron Dorgan (N.D.) have been quietly trying to write a jobs bill that the Senate can act on early next year, underscoring the renewed emphasis Congressional Democrats are putting on the economy as 2009 comes to a close.