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GOP Leaders Lay Out Plan to Block Reid’s Jobs Bill

By John Stanton and Anna Palmer
Roll Call Staff
Feb. 17, 2010, 5:57 p.m.

Senate Republican leaders are hoping to persuade waffling members of their Conference to block Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) $15 billion jobs bill by arguing that Reid has brushed aside minority rights in bringing it to the floor, aides told a gathering of lobbyists Wednesday.

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor leaves the podium after speaking to reporters at the Republican National Committee following a House Republican Conference meeting at the Capitol Hill Club on Feb. 7.

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